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CHARLES KEMBLE (1775—1854)

CHARLES LOWELL (1782-1861)

CHARLES MARC RENE DE VOYER

CHARLES MONTAGU

2ND DUKE OF DORSET CHARLES SACKVILLE (171I-1769)

6TH EARL OF DORSET CHARLES SACKVILLE (1638-1706)

CHARLES SEYMOUR

CHARLES STANHOPE

CHARLES WESLEY (1707-1788)

CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)

ELIZABETH CHARLES (1828-1896)

JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR CHARLES (1746-1823)

THOMAS CHARLES (1755-1814)

NICOLAS TOUSSAINT CHARLET (1792-1845)

PIERRE FRANCOIS CHARLEVOIX

CHARLOTTESVILLE

CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

CHARNAY (CLAUDE JOSEPH) DESIRE (1828– )

CHARNEL HOUSE (Med. Lat. carnarium)

CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.1663–1696)

JOB CHARNOCK (d. 1693)

CHARNWOOD FOREST

FRANCOIS CHARPENTIER (1620-1702)

PIERRE CHARRON (1541-1603)

CHART (from Lat. carta, charta, a map)

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

CHARTERED COMPANIES

CHARTERS TOWERS

ALAIN CHARTIER (c. 1392—c.1430)

LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE (1808-1873)

SAMUEL CHASE (1741–1811)

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849– )

CHASING, or ENCHASING

VICTOR EUPHEMIEN PHILARETE CHASLES (1798-1873)

CHASSE (Fr. for " chased ")

CHASSE (from the Fr., in full chasse-cafe, or " coffee-chaser ")

THEODORE CHASSERIAU (1819-1856)

CHASSIS (Fr. chassis, a frame, from the Late. Lat. capsum, an enclosed space)

PIERRE DE BOCSOZEL DE CHASTELARD (1540-1563)

GEORGES CHASTELLAIN (d. 1475)

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

VICOMTE DE FRANCOIS RENE CHATEAUBRIAND (1768–1848)

LA BELLE CHATEAUNEUF

MARIE ANNE DE CHATEAUROUX

CHATELAIN (Med. Lat. castellanus, from castellum, a castle)

CHATELAINE (Fr. chdtelaine, the feminine form of chdtelain, a keeper of a castle)

CHATELET (from Med. Lat. castella)

CHATHAM ISLANDS

WILLIAM PITT CHATHAM

CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

BANKIM CHANDRA [BANKIMACHANDRA CHATTARADII-YAYA] CHATTERJI (1838-1894)

THOMAS CHATTERTON (1752-1770)

GEOFFREY CHAUCER (? 1340-1400)

GUILLAUME AMFRYE DE CHAULIEU (1639-1720)

PIERRE GASPARD CHAUMETTE (1763-1794)

ISAAC CHAUNCEY (1772–1840)

CHARLES CHAUNCY (1592-1672)

MARQUIS DE BERNARD FRANCOIS CHAUVELIN (1766-1832)

ETIENNE CHAUVIN (1640-1725)

LA CHAUX DE FONDS

JEAN MATHIEU DE CHAZELLES (1657-171o)

PAFNUTIY LVOVICH CHEBICHEV (1821-1894)

CHECHENZES, TCHETCHEN, or KHISTS (Kisti)

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

SIR JOHN CHEKE (1514-1557)

1ST BARON FREDERIC THESIGER CHELMSFORD (1794-1878)

CHELYS (Gr. x Xvs, tortoise; Lat. testudo)

CHEMICAL ACTION

CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

CHEMNITZ (or KEMNITZ), MARTIN (1522-1586)

CHENAB (the Greek Acesines)

CHARLES JULIEN LIOULT DE CHENEDOLLE (1769-1833)

THOMAS CHENERY (1826-1884)

ANDRE DE CHENIER (1762-1794)

CHENILLE (from the Fr. chenille, a hairy caterpillar)

CHEQUE, or CHECK

CHARLES VICTOR CHERBULIEZ (1829-1899)

CHEREMISSES, or TCHEREMISSES

CHERKASY (Polish, Czerkasy)

CHEROKEE (native Tsalagi, " cave people ")

CHEROOT, or SHEROOT (from the Tamil word " shuruttu," a roll)

CHERSONESUS CHERSONESE

MARIA LUIGI CARLO ZENOBIO SALVATORE CHERUBINI (1760-1842)

PIERRE ADOLPHE CHERUEL (1809-1891)

WILLIAM CHESELDEN (1688-1752)

CHESIL BANK (A.S. ceosol, pebble bank)

PIERRE CHARLES CHESNELONG (1820-1894)

CHARLES CORNWALLIS CHESNEY (1826-1876)

FRANCIS RAWDON CHESNEY (1789-1872)

SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS CHESNEY (1830-1895)

CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

EARLS OF CHESTER

OF 4TH EARL PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE CHESTERFIELD (1694–1773)

GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874- )

CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

HENRY CHETTLE (1564?–16o7?)

ALBERT CHEVALIER (1861– )

MICHEL CHEVALIER (1806-1879)

ULYSSE CHEVALIER (1841– )

JEAN LOUIS ANNE MAGDELEINE LEFEBVRE DE CHEVERUS (1768-1836)

MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL (1786-1889)

CHEVRON (Fr. from chevre, a goat)

CHEYENNE (Sioux for " of alien speech ")

THOMAS KELLY CHEYNE (1841— )

ANTOINE LEONARD DE CHEZY (1793-1832)

GABRIELLO CHIABRERA (1552-1637)

CHIANA (anc. Clanis)

CHIAROSCURO (from the Ital. chiaro, Iight or brightness, and oscuro, darkness or shade)

CHIAVENNA (anc. Clavenna)

CHIC (a French word, either a shortened form of chicane, or derived from the Ger. Schick, tact or skill)

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

HENRY CHICHELEY (1364-1443)

BARON ARTHUR CHICHESTER CHICHESTER OF BELFAST (1563-1625)

CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

CHICLANA, or CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA

CHIDAMBARAM, or CHEDUMBRUM

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREEK

CHIEF EXPORTS OF THREE AMERICAN

CHILBLAINS (or KisE; Erythema pernio)

FRANCIS JAMES CHILD (1825-1896)

LYDIA MARIA CHILD (1802-1880)

SIR FRANCIS CHILD (1642-1713)

SIR JOHN CHILD (d. 1690)

SIR JOSIAH CHILD (163o - 1699)

HUGH CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS (1827-1896)

ROBERT CAESAR CHILDERS (1838-1876)

LAW RELATING TO CHILDREN

GEORGE WILLIAM CHILDS (1829–1894)

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

CHILEAN CIVIL WAR (1891)

CHILIASM (from Gr. xiAeao-6s, XL)woI, a thousand)

WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH (1602-1644)

CHILTERN HILLS, or THE CHILTERNS

CHILTERN HUNDREDS

CHILWA (incorrectly SHIRWA)

CHIMERE (Lat. chimera, chimaera; O. Fr. chamarre, Mod. Fr. simarre; Ital. zimarra; cf. Span. zimarra, a sheepskin coat; possibly derived ultimately from Gr. xei,u pros, " wintry," i.e. a winter overcoat)

CHIMESYAN (Tsimshian)

CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

CHIMPANZEE (Chimpanzi)

CHINANDEGA, or CHINENDEGA

CHINCHA ISLANDS

CHINCHEW, or CHINCHU

LA PLATA CHINCHILLA

PERUVIAN CHINCHILLA

CHINESE PAVILLON, TURKISH CRESCENT, TURKISH JINGLE, or JINGLING JOHNNY (Fr. chapeau chinois; Ger. tiirkischer Halbmond, Schellenbaum; Ital. cappello chinese)

CHINESE POTTERY AND

JAPANESE AND CHINESE

CHINGLEPUT, or CHENGALPAT

THOMAS CHIPPENDALE (d. 1979)

CHIPPING CAMPDEN

CHIPPING NORTON

CHIQUITOS (Span. " very small ")

CHIROMANCY (from Gr. Xeip, hand, and yavreia, divination)

CHIRON, or CHEIRON

CHIROPODIST (an invented word from Gr. Xeip, hand, and zroiis, foot)

CHIROPTERA (Greek for " hand-wings ")

CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, modern ciseau, Late Lat. cisellum, a cutting tool, from caedere, to cut)

SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY (1828-1899)

CHIUSI (anc. Clusium)

CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

CHIVE (Allium Schoenoprasum)

GREGORZ JOZEF CHLOPICKI (1772-1854)

CHLORINE (symbol Cl, atomic weight 35`46 (0=16)

CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

CHLOROPHYLL (from Gr. XAwpos, green, 4bXXov, a leaf)

CHLOROSIS (Gr. xXwpbs, pale green)

CHLORPICRIN (Nitrochloroform)

BOGDAN CHMIELNICKI (c. 1593-1657)

JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE (1832- )

RUFUS CHOATE (1799-1859)

CHOCTAWS, CHAHTAS, or CHACATOS (apparently a corruption of Span. chato, flattened)

JAN KAROL CHODKIEWICZ (156o-1621)

DANIEL NICOLAS CHODOWIECKI (1726–1801)

GEORGIUS CHOEROBOSCUS (c. A.D. 600)

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

ETIENNE FRANCOIS CHOISEUL

APIA DE FRANCOIS TIMOLEON CHOISY (1644-1724)

CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

CHOLON (" great market ")

FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN (1810-1849)

CHORAGUS (the Lat. form of Gr. xopaybs or xop1176s, leader of the chorus)

CHORALE (from the Lat. chorales, sc. cantus; the final e is added to show the Ger. pronunciation choral)

CHORIAMBIC VERSE, or CHORIAMBICS

AARON CHORIN (1766–1844)

CHORIZONTES (" separators ")

HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY (1808—1872)

CHORUS (Gr. xopbs)Z

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

CHOTA (or CHUTIA) NAGPUR

CHOUANS (a Bas-Breton word signifying screech-owls)

CHRESMOGRAPHION (from Gr. xplvµbs, oracle, and yp64Ew, to write)