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COUNT GUSTAF FILIP CREUTZ (1729-1785)

JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS CREVIER (1693–1765)

CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,

3RD BARON NATHANIEL CREW CREW (1633–1721)

ROBERT OFFLEY ASHBURTON CREWE

CRIB (a word common to some Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch krib and Ger. Krippe; it has a common origin with the O. Eng. " cratch," a manger or crib, cf. Fr. creche)

JAMES CRICHTON (156o-? 1582)

CRICKET (Gryllidae)

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

CRIMMITZSCHAU, or KRIMMITSCHAU

CRIMP (possibly connected with " crimp," to draw together, or fold in parallel lines, in the sense of " confine "; the primary meaning, however, seems to be that of " agent," and the word may be a distinct one, of which the origin is lost)

CRINOLINE (a Fr. word formed of the Lat. crinis, hair, and linum, thread)

CRISA, or CRISSA

FRANCESCO CRISPI (1819-1901)

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN (1787-1863)

CRO55 SECTION THRO A B

CROCKET (Ital. uncinetti, Fr. crochet, crosse, Ger. Hdklein, Knollen)

DAVID CROCKETT (1786–1836)

SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT (186o– )

WILLIAM CROCKFORD (1775–1844)

CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)

SIR HERBERT CROFT

SIR JAMES CROFT (d. 1590)

JOHN WILSON CROKER (1780-1857)

RICHARD CROKER (1843– )

THOMAS CROFTON CROKER (1798-1854)

JAMES CROLL (1821-1890)

GEORGE CROLY (1780-1860)

1ST EARL OF GEORGE MACKENZIE CROMARTY (1630-1714)

JOHN CROME (1769-1821)

1ST EARL EVELYN BARING CROMER (1841– )

SAMUEL CROMPTON (1753-1827)

HENRY CROMWELL (1628-1674)

OLIVER CROMWELL (1599-1658)

RICHARD CROMWELL (1626–1712)

EARL OF THOMAS CROMWELL

PIET ARNOLDUS CRONJE (c. 1840– )

SIR WILLIAM CROOKES (1832– )

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (1823–1900)

CROQUET (from Fr. trot, a crook, or crooked stick)

CRORE (Hindustani karor)

HOWARD CROSBY (1826–1891)

CROSS SECTION AND

CROSSBILL (Fr. Bec-croise, Ger. Kreuzschnabel)

CROSSEN, or KROSSEN

HENRY WILLIAM CROSSKEY (1826–1893)

WILLIAM CROTCH (1775-1847)

CROTCHET (from the Fr. croche, a hook; whence also the Anglicized " crochet," pronounced as in French, for the knitting-work done with a hook instead of on pins)

CROTON OIL (Crotonis Oleum)

CROTONIC ACID (C4H6O2)

JEAN PIERRE DE CROUSAZ (1663-175o)

CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

CROW INDIANS, or ABSAROKAS (the name for a species of hawk)

CROWBERRY, or CRAKEBERRY

CROWTH CROUTH CROWD

EYRE EVANS CROWE (1799-1868)

SIR JOSEPH ARCHER CROWE (1828-1896)

CROWLAND, or CROYLAND

ROBERT CROWLEY (1518?-1588)

JOHN CROWNE (d. c. 1703)

SAMUEL ADJAI CROWTHER (18o9?—1895)

PIERRE CROZAT (1661–1740)

WILLIAM CROZIER (1855– )

CRUCIAL (from Lat. crux, a cross)

ALEXANDER CRUDEN (1701-1770)

CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (1792–1878)

JOHN CRUNDEN (d. 1828)

MAGNUS JAKOB CRUSENSTOLPE (1795-1865)

CHRISTIAN AUGUST CRUSIUS (1715–1775)

JEAN CRUVEILHIER (1791–1874)

ANTONIO DINIZ DA CRUZ E SILVA (1731–1799)

CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

CRYPTEIA (Gr. Kpinrrew, to hide)

CRYPTOGRAPHY (from Gr. Kpurrros, hidden, and ypItOav, to write)

CRYPTOMERIA, or JAPANESE CEDAR

THE CRYSTAL PALACE

CRYSTALLIZATION

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (from the Gr. Kpbo TaXXO , ice, and -ypachew, to write)

ANTON CSENGERY (1822-1880)

GREGOR CSIKY (1842-1891)

MIHALY VITEZ CSOKONAI (1773-1805)

ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KOROS (c. 1790-1842)

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

CUBE (Gr. K46os, a cube)

CUBEBS (Arab. kababah)

CUBICLE (Lat. cubiculum)

SIR WILLIAM CUBITT (1785-1861)

THOMAS CUBITT (1788-1855)

CUCHULINN (Cuchuinn; pronounced " Coohoollin ")

CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus, Fr. concombre, O. Fr. coucombre, whence the older English spelling and pronunciation " cowcumber," the standard in England up to the beginning of the 18th century)

RALPH CUDWORTH (1617-1688)

CUIRASS (Fr. cuirasse, Lat. coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather)

CUJAS (or. Cujacrus), JACQUES (or as he called himself, JACQUES DE CUJAS) (1520-1590)

PAUL CULLEN (1803–1878)

WILLIAM CULLEN (1710-179o)

CULMINATION (from Lat. culmen, summit)

CULROSS (locally pronounced Coo-rus)

CUMAE (Gr. Kb/.m)

CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS (or more correctly the Cumber-land Plateau or Highlands)

CUMBERLAND RIVER

DUKES AND EARLS OF CUMBERLAND

RICHARD CUMBERLAND (1632-1718)

RICHARD CUMBERLAND (1732-1811)

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CUMBERLAND

CUMIN, or C UUMIN (Cuminum Cyminum)

JOSEPH GEORGE CUMMING (1812-1868)

CUMNOCK AND HOLMHEAD

SIR SAMUEL CUNARD

CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

CUNEUS (Latin for " wedge "; plural, cunei)

MARIA CUNITZ (c. 1610-1664)

ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM (c.1655-173o)

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1784-1842)

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM (1805-1861)

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

CURACAO, or CURACOA

CURASSOW (Cracinae)

CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

CARLO MARIA CURCI (1810-1891)

VICOMTE DE FRANCOIS CUREL (1854- )

CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)

WILLIAM CURETON (1808-1864)

CURIA REGIS, or AULA REGIS

PIERRE CURIE (1859-1906)

OAIUS SCRIBONIUS CURIO

CURITYBA (also CORITYBA and CURITIBA)

CURLEW (Fr. Courlis or Corlieu)

THOMAS BLIZARD CURLING (1811-1888)

EDMUND CURLL (1675-1747)

JEAN NICOLAS CURLY (1774-1827)

JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN (1750-1817)

CURRICLE (Lat. curriculum, a small car)

JAMES CURRIE (1756-1805)

SIR DONALD CURRIE (1825-1909)

LUCIUS PAPIRIUS CURSOR

CURTANA (a latinized form of the A.-Fr. curtein, from Lat. curt us, shortened)

CURTEA DE ARGESH (Rumanian, Curtea de Arges; also written Curtea d'Argesh, Curtea d'Ardges, Argish and Ardjish)

CURTESY (a variant of " courtesy," q.v.)

CURTILAGE (Med. Lat. curtilagium, from cortile or cortile, a court or yard, cf. " court ")

ANDREW GREGG CURTIN (1817-1894)

GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS (1812-1894)

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1824-1892)

QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS

ERNST CURTIUS (1814-1896)

CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

HUGH CURWEN (d. 1568)

JOHN CURWEN (1816-188o)

CURZOLA (Serbo-Croatian Korcula or Karkar)

1ST BARON GEORGE NATHANIEL CURZON OF KEDLESTON (1859– )

NICOLAUS CUSANUS (NICHOLAS OF CUSA) (1401–1464)

CALEB CUSHING (1800-1879)

WILLIAM BARKER CUSHING (1842–1874)

CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS CUSHMAN (1816–1876)

CUSP (Lat. cuspis, a spear, point)

GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER (1839-1876)

COMTE DE ADAM PHILIPPE CUSTINE (1740-1793)

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

CUSTOMARY FREEHOLD

CUSTOS ROTULORUM

CUSTRIN, or KUSTRIN

CUTCH, RUNN OF, or RANN OF KACH

SAINT CUTHBERT (d. 687)

MANASSEH CUTLER (1742-1823)

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

BARON JOHN CUTTS CUTTS OF GOWRAN (1661-1707)

BARON GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT CUVIER (1769-1832)

FRANCOIS DE CUVILLES

CUXHAVEN, or KUXHAVEN

CUYABA, or CUTABA

CUZA (or CouzA), ALEXANDER JOHN [Alexandru Joan] (1820-1873)

CYANIC ACID AND CYANATES

CYANOGEN (Gr. ebavos, blue 'yevvav, to produce), C2N2

CYAXARES (Pers. Uvakhshatra)

CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

CYCLOID (from Gr. iciidws, circle, and ennos, form)

CYCLOMETER (Gr. KUK)toc , circle, and Or pop, measure)

CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

CYCLOPEAN MASONRY (from the Cyclopes, the supposed builders of the walls of Mycenae)

CYCLOPES (KUKXW9rer, the round-eyed, plural of Cyclops)

CYCLOSTOMATA, or MARSIPOBRANCHII

CYCLOSTYLE (Gr. KUKAos, a circle, and vrvXos, a column)

CYGNUS (" The Swan ")

CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

CYLLENE (mod. Ziria)

CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, wave)

CYMBALS (Fr. cymbales; Ger. Becken; Ital. piatti or cinelli)

CYNEGILS (d. 643)

CYNEWULF (d. 785)

CYNOSURE (Lat. cynosura, Gr. Kuv000upa, from iambs, genitive of Kixav, a dog, and oup1L, tail)

CYPRESS (Cupressus)

called THASCIUS] SAINT [Caecilius Cyprianus CYPRIAN (c. 200–258)

CHURCH OF CYPRUS

MEGARIAN SCHOOL CYRENAICS

CYRENE [mod. Ain Shahat-Grenna]

CYRIL (376-444)

CYRIL (827-869)

CYRIL (c. 315–386)

CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

CYSTOFLAGELLATA (so named by E. Haeckel)

CYSTOLITH (Gr. K67ns, cavity, and Xi8os, stone)

CYTHERA (mod. Cerigo, but still officially known as Cythera)

CYTISINE (Ulexin, Sophorin), C11H14N20

CYTOLOGY (from huros, a hollow vessel, and X6yos, science)

STEPHEN CZARNIECKI (1599-1665)

PRINCE ADAM GEORGE CZARTORYSKI (1770-1861)

PRINCE FRYDERYK MICHAL CZARTORYSKI (1696-1775)

CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

CZENSTOCHOWA, or CHENSTOKHOV

CZERNOWITZ (Rum. Cernautzi)

KARL CZERNY (1791–1857)

D2D7 (14) (19) (13)

D2D715 (13)(12)(12)+2(14)(12)(1)+2(13)(13)(1)1

DACE, DARE, or DART (Leuciscus vulgaris,, or L.. dobula)

SIMON DACH (1605-1659)

DACITE (from Dacia, mod. Transylvania)

DACTYL (from Gr. S&crvXo , a finger)

DAFYDD AB GWILYM (c. 1340-c. 1400)

LOUIS JACQUES MANDE DAGUERRE (1789-1851)

DAHL (or DALE), VLADIMIR IVANOVICH (1802-1872)

HANS DAHL (1849- )

JOHANN CHRISTIAN DAHL (1778-1857)

MICHAEL DAHL (1656-1743)

DAHLBERG (DAHLBERGH), ERIK JOHANSEN, COUNT (16z5-1703)

JOHN ADOLF DAHLGREN (1809-1870)

KARL FREDRIK DAHLGREN (1791-1844)

FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH DAHLMANN (1785-186o)

GUNNO DAHLSTJERNA (1661-1709)