BRUNSWICK  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine,U.S.A., in the township of Brunswick, on the Androscoggin See also:

• RIVER

river, 9 M . W. of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, and 27 M . N.N.E. of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland . Pop. of the township (1900) 68o6; (191o) 6621; of the village (1900) 5210 (1704 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 5341 . Brunswick is served by the Maine Central railway, and by the See also:

• LEWISTON

Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath, and the Portland & Brunswick electric See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Opposite Bruns-See also:

• WICK

wick and connected with it by a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge is the township of Topsham (pop. in 1910, 2016) . The village of Brunswick lies only 63 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, shut within rather narrow See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds by hills or bluffs, from which See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good views may be obtained of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island-dotted sea and deeply-indented See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Mountains to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The river falls in three successive stages for a See also:

• TOTAL

total distance of 41 ft., furnishing good See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power for See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and other manufactories; the first cotton-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill in Maine was built here about 1809 . The See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the site of Brunswick was begun by fishermen in 1628 and the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was called Pejepscot; in 1717 Brunswick was constituted a township under its See also:

• PRESENT

present name by the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and in 1739 the township was regularly incorporated . The village was incorporated in 1836 . Brunswick is best known as the seat of See also:

• BOWDOIN, JAMES (1726—1790)

Bowdoin See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, a small institution of high educational See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . There are eleven buildings on a campus of about 40 acres, I m. from the river-See also:

• BANK

bank at the end of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal village thoroughfare .

The See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel (See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Chapel, named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William King, the first See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Maine), built of undressed See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, is of Romanesque See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, and has twin towers and See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires rising to a height of 12o ft.; the interior walls are beautifully decorated with frescoes and mural paintings . The See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker See also:

• ART

Art See also:

• BUILDING

Building (built as a memorial to See also:

• THEOPHILUS

Theophilus W . Walker) is of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance style, has mural decorations by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John la Farge, Elihu See also:

• VEDDER, ELIHU (1836- )

Vedder, See also:

• ABBOTT
• ABBOTT, EMMA (1849-1891)
• ABBOTT, JACOB (1803-1879)
• ABBOTT, JOHN STEVENS CABOT (1805-1877)
• ABBOTT, LYMAN (1835- )

Abbott H . See also:

• THAYER, ABBOTT HANDERSON (1849— )
• THAYER, JAMES BRADLEY (1831—1902)
• THAYER, JOSEPH HENRY (1828-1901)

Thayer and See also:

• KENYON, LLOYD KENYON, 1ST BARON (1732-1802)

Kenyon See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox, and contains a good collection of paintings and other See also:

• WORKS

works of art . Among the paintings, many of which were given by the younger See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Bowdoin, are examples of See also:

• VAN

van Dyck, See also:

• TITIAN
• TITIAN (c. 1477-1576)

Titian, Poussin and See also:

• REMBRANDT (1606-1669)

Rembrandt . The. library building is of See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic style, and in 1908 contained 88,000 volumes (including the private library of the younger James Bowdoin) . Among the other buildings are an astronomical See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, a See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science building, a memorial See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, a gymnasium and three dormitories . The building of the Medical School of Maine (1820), which is a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the college, is on the same campus . Bowdoin was incorporated by the general court of Massachusetts in 1794, but was not opened until 1802 . It was named in honour of James Bowdoin (1726–1790), whose son was a liberal benefactor . The college has been maintained as a non-sectarian institution largely by Congregationalists, and is governed by a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of trustees and a board of overseers . Among the distinguished alumni have been Nathaniel See also:

• HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-1864)

Hawthorne, See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

Pierce, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry W .

See also:

• LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882)

Longfellow, John P . See also:

• HALE, EDWARD EVERETT (1822-1909)
• HALE, HORATIO (1817–1896)
• HALE, JOHN PARKER (1806–1873)
• HALE, NATHAN (1756-1776)
• HALE, SIR MATTHEW (1609-1676)
• HALE, WILLIAM GARDNER (1849- )

Hale, William P . See also:

• FESSENDEN, WILLIAM PITT (1806—1869)

Fessenden, See also:

• MELVILLE, ANDREW (1545-1622)
• MELVILLE, ARTHUR (1858-1904)
• MELVILLE, JAMES (1556-1614)
• MELVILLE, SIR JAMES (1535-1617)

Melville W . See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller, and See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas B . See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

Reed . BRUNSWICK-BEVERN, See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST WILHELM, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

DUKE OF (1715-1781), Prussian soldier, son of See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Bevern, was born at Brunswick in 1715, and entered the Prussian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1731, becoming See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in 1739 . He won See also:

• GREAT

great distinction at Hohenfriedeberg as a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, and was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general in 1750 . He was one of the most experienced and exact soldiers in the army of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the Great . He commanded a wing in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Lobositz in 1756, and defeated the Austrians under See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Konigsegg in a well-fought battle at See also:

• REICHENBERG (Czech, Liberec)

Reichenberg on the 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1757 . He took See also:

• PART

part in the battles of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague and See also:

• KOLIN

Kolin and the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to See also:

• GORLITZ

Gorlitz, and subsequently cornmanded the Prussians See also:

• LEFT

left behind by Frederick in the autumn of 1757 when he marched against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . Bevern conducted a defensive See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against overwhelming See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers with great skill, but he soon lost the valuable assistance of General Winterfeld, who was killed in a skirmish at Moys; and he was eventually brought to battle and suffered a heavy defeat at See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . He See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Austrians on the following See also:

• MORNING

morning, and remained prisoner for a See also:

• YEAR

year .

He was made general of infantry in 1759, and on the rrth of August1762 inflicted a severe defeat at See also:

• REICHENBACH
• REICHENBACH, GEORG VON (1772–1826)

Reichenbach on an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian army endeavouring to relieve See also:

• SCHWEIDNITZ

Schweidnitz . Bevern retired, after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• HUBERTUSBURG

Hubertusburg, to his See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, where he died in 1781 .