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GRASMERE
GRASS AND GRASSLAND
GRASS OF PARNASSUS
GRASSE
COMTE DE MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL GRASSE (1722-1788)
GRASSES
GRASSHOPPER (Fr. sauterelle, `Ital. grillo, Ger. Gras/U:114er, Heuschrecke, Swed. Grdshoppa)
GRATE (from Lat. crates, a hurdle)
GRATIAN (FLAvrus GRATIANUS AUGUSTUS)
FRANCISCUS GRATIANUS
AUGUSTE JOSEPH ALPHONSE GRATRY (1805-1872)
HENRY GRATTAN (1746-1820)
GRAUDENZ (Polish Grudziadz)
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN (1701-1759)
GRAVAMEN
GRAVE
GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS
GRAVELINES (Flem. Gravelinghe)
GRAVELOTTE
ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES (1846— )
GRAVESEND
GRAVIMETRIC
GRAVIMETRIC DENSITY OF PRODUCTS OF
GRAVINA
GIOVANNI VINCENZO GRAVINA (1664—1718)
GRAVITATION (from Lat. gravis, heavy)
GRAVITATION CONSTANT AND MEAN DENSITY OF THE
GRAVY
GRAY
GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
ASA GRAY (1810-1888)
DAVID GRAY (1838-1861)
ELISHA GRAY (1835-1901)
HENRY PETERS GRAY (1819-18/7)
HORACE GRAY (1828–1902)
JOHN DE GRAY (d. 1214)
JOHN EDWARD GRAY (1800–1875)
6TH BARON PATRICK GRAY GRAY (d. 1612)
ROBERT GRAY (1809-1872)
SIR THOMAS GRAY (d. c. 1369)
THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)
GRAYLING (Thymallus)
GRAYS THURROCK, or GRAYS
GRAZ [GRATZ]
GREAT
GREAT AWAKENING
GREAT BARRIER REEF
GREAT BARRINGTON
GREAT BASIN
GREAT BEAR LAKE
GREAT BRITAIN
GREAT BRITAIN AND
GREAT CIRCLE
GREAT FALLS
GREAT HARWOOD
THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA
GREAT MOTHER OF THE GODS
GREAT REBELLION (1642-52)
GREAT SALT LAKE
GREAT SLAVE LAKE (ATHAPUSCOW)
GREAT SOUTHERN OCEAN
JAMES HENRY GREATHEAD (1844–1896)
JOHN GREAVES (1602–1652)
GREBE (Fr. grebe)
EL GRECO
GREECE
GREEK
GREEK ART
WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE
GREEK LANGUAGE
GREEK LAW
GREEK LITERATURE
GREEK RELIGION
GREEK WRITING
ETRUSCAN AND GREEK
GREELEY
HORACE GREELEY (1811-187z)
GREEN BAY
GREEN MONKEY
GREEN RIBBON CLUB
A GREEN
ALEXANDER HENRY GREEN (1832—1896)
DUFF GREEN (1791—1875)
JOHN RICHARD GREEN (1837—1883)
MATTHEW GREEN (1696-1737)
THOMAS HILL GREEN (1836-1882)
VALENTINE GREEN (1739–1813)
WILLIAM HENRY GREEN (.1825–1900)
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901)
GREENBACKS
GREENCASTLE
GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE (1811-1883)
MAURICE GREENE (1695-1755)
NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786)
ROBERT GREENE (c. 1560-1592)
GREENFIELD
GREENFINCH (Ger. Griinfink), or GREEN LINNET
GREENHEART
GREENHOUSE PLANTS
GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)
GREENLAW (a " grassy hill ")
SIMON GREENLEAF (1783-1853)
GREENOCK
GREENOCKITE
GREENORE
GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH (1778-1855)
HORATIO GREENOUGH (1805-1852)
JAMES BRADSTREET GREENOUGH (1833-1901)
GREENSAND
GREENSBORO
GREENSBURG
GREENSHANK
GREENVILLE
GREENWICH
FREDERICK GREENWOOD (1830-19o9)
JOHN GREENWOOD (d. 1593)
WILLIAM RATHBONE GREG (1809–1881)
GREGARINES (mod. Lat. Gregarina, from gregarius, collecting in a flock or herd, grex)
HENRI GREGOIRE (1750—1831)
NICEPHORUS GREGORAS (c. 1295-1360)
FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS (1821-1891)
GREGORY
GREGORY (Gregorius)
GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
GREGORY II
GREGORY III
GREGORY IV
GREGORY IX
GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR
GREGORY V
GREGORY VI
GREGORY VII
GREGORY VIII
GREGORY XI
GREGORY XII
GREGORY XIII
GREGORY XIV
GREGORY XV
GREGORY XVI
EDWARD JOHN GREGORY (1850-19o9)
OLINTHUS GILBERT GREGORY (1774—1841)
ST GREGORY (c. 213-C. 270)
OF NAZIANZUS ST GREGORY (329–389)
OF NYSSA ST GREGORY (c.331—c. 396)
OF TOURS ST GREGORY (538-594)
GREIFENBERG
GREIFENHAGEN
GREISEN (in French, hyalomicte)
GREIZ
GRENADA
GRENADE (from the French word for a pomegranate, from a resemblance in shape to that fruit)
GRENADIER
GRENADINES
GRENOBLE
GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
GEORGE GRENVILLE (1712-1770)
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE (1596-1643)
BARON WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE GRENVILLE (1759-1834)
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM (1519-1579)
WALTER QUINTON GRESHAM (1832-1895)
JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS GRESSET (1709-1777)
GRETNA GREEN, or GRAITNEY GREEN
GRETRY
JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805)
JACQUES GREVIN (c.1539—1570)
FRANCOIS PAUL JULES GREVY (1813-1891)
NEHEMIAH GREW (1641-1712)
GREY DE WILTON
2ND EARL CHARLES GREY GREY (1764-1845)
3RD EARL HENRY GREY GREY (1802-1894)
LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554)
SIR EDWARD GREY
SIR GEORGE GREY (1812–1898)
GREYMOUTH
GREYTOWN (SAN JUAN DEL NORTE)
GREYWACKE, or GRAUWACKE (a German word signifying a grey earthy rock)
JEAN BAPTISTE DE GRIBEAUVAL (1715-1789)
ALEXANDER SERGUEEVICH GRIBOYEDOV (1795-1829)
EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG (1843--1907)
GRIESBACH
JOHANN JAKOB GRIESBACH (1745-1812)
GRIFFE (French for "claw")
COUNT PEDER GRIFFENFELDT (Peder Schumacher) (1635-1699)
GRIFFIN
GERALD O'GREEVA] GRIFFIN [O'GRIoBTA (1803-1840)
GRIFFON GRIFFIN
SIR RICHARD JOHN GRIFFITH (1784-1878)
GRILLE
FRANZ GRILLPARZER (1791-1872)
GRIMALD (or GRIMOALD), NICHOLAS (1519–1562)
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GRIMALDI (1606-168o)
JOSEPH GRIMALDI (1779–1837)
SARAH MOORE GRIMKE (1792–1873)
I FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR GRIMM
JACOB LUDWIG CARL GRIMM (1785-1863)
WILHELM CARL GRIMM (1786-1859)
GRIMMA
HANS JAKOB CHRISTOFFEL VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN (c.625—1676)
COMTE DE PHILIPPE HENRI GRIMOARD (1753-1815)
GRIMSBY, or GREAT GRIMSBY
1ST BARON EDMUND BECKETT GRIMTHORPE (1816–1905)
EDMUND GRINDAL (c. 1519–1583)
GRINDELWALD
GRINGOIRE (or GRINGORE), PIERRE (c. 148o-1539)
GRINNELL
GRIQUALAND EAST
GRISAILLE
GRISELDA
GIULIA GRISI (1811-1869)
GRISON (Galictis vittata); a carnivorous mammal, of the family Mustelidae, common in Central and South America and Mexico. It is about the size of a marten, and has the upper surface of a bluish-grey tint, and the under surface is dark brown. The grison l
GRISONS (Ger. Graubunden)
RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD (1815–1857)
GRIVET
GROAT (adapted from the Dutch groot, great, thick; cf. Ger. Groschen; the Med. Lat. grossus gives Ital. grosso, Fr. gros, as names for the coin)
GROCER
WILLIAM GROCYN (1446?–1519)
GRODNO
GUILLAUME GROEN VAN PRINSTERER (1801-1876)
GROIN
KARL WILHELM GEORG VON GROLMANN (1777-1843)
GROMATICI (from groma or gruma, a surveyor's pole)
GRONINGEN
LAURENCE GRONLUND (1846-1899)
GRONOVIUS (the latinized form of GROrrov), JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1611—1671)
GROOM
GERHARD GROOT (1340—1384)
GROS VENTRES (Fr. for " Great Bellies "), or ATSINA
BARON ANTOINE JEAN GROS (1771–1835)
ALEXANDER BALLOCH GROSART (1827-1899)
GROSBEAK (Fr. Grosbec)
FRANCIS GROSE (c. 1730–1791)
GROSS
JULIUS WALDEMAR GROSSE (1828—1902)
GROSSENHAIN
ROBERT GROSSETESTE (c. 1175—1253)
GROSSETO
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GROSSI (?–1699)
TOMMASO GROSSI (1791-1853)
GEORGE GROSSMITH (1847– )
GEORGE GROTE (1794–1871)
GEORG FRIEDRICH GROTEFEND (1775-1853)
GROTESQUE
KLAUS GROTH (1819–1899)
PAUL HEINRICH VON GROTH (1843– )
HUGO GROTIUS (1583-1645)
GROTTAFERRATA
MARQUIS DE EMMANUEL GROUCHY (1766-1847)
GROUND NUT (Earth Nut, Pistache de Terre, Monkey Nut, Pea Nut, Manilla Nut)
GROUND RENT
GROUNDSEL (Ger. Kreuzkraut; Fr. senecon)
GROUP
GROUP I
GROUP II
GROUP III
GROUP IV
GROUP IX
GROUP V
GROUP VI
GROUP VII
GROUP VIII
GROUP X
GROUP XI
GROUP XII
GROUP XIII
GROUP XIX
GROUP XVI
GROUP XVII
GROUP XVIII
GROUP XX
GROUP XXII
GROUP XXV
GROUP XXV I
GROUP XXVII
GROUP XXVIII
GROUPS
THEORY GROUPS
GROUSE
GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
SIR GEORGE GROVE (182o-1900)
SIR WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE (1811-1896)
GROWTH AND
GROZNYI
GRUB
JOHANN GOTTFRIED GRUBER (1774-1851)
WILHELM VON GRUMBACH (1503-1567)
GRUMENTUM
GRUN
GRUNBERG
NIKOLAI FREDERIK SEVERIN GRUNDTVIG (1783–1872)
MRS GRUNDY
SYDNEY GRUNDY (1848– )
GOTTLIEB SIGMUND GRUNER (1717-1778)
MATHIAS GRUNEWALD
GRUTER (or GRUYTERE), JAN (1560-1627)
GRUYERE (Ger. Greyerz)
GRYNAEUS (or. GRYNER), JOHANN JAKOB (1540-1617)
SIMON GRYNAEUS (1493-1541)
ANDREAS GRYPHIUS (1616–1664)
GUACHARO (said to be an obsolete Spanish word signifying one that cries, moans or laments loudly)
HUACO GUACO
GUADALAJARA
GUADALQUIVIR (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi al Kebir, "the Great River ")
GUADELOUPE
MARGUERITE ELIE GUADET (1753-1794)
GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)
GUADIX
GUADUAS
GUAIACUM
GUALDO TADINO (anc. Tadinum, z m. to the W.)
GUALEGUAY
GUALEGUAYCHU
CARDINAL GUALO (fl. 1216)
GUAM (Span. Guajan; Guahan, in the native Chamorro)
GUAN
GUANABACOA (an Indian name meaning " site of the waters ")
GUANACO
GUANAJAY
GUANAJUATO, or GUANAXUATO
GUANAJUATO, or SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO
GUANCHIS GUANCHES
CN3H5 GUANIDINE
GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)
GUANTA
GUANTANAMO
GUARANA (so called from the Guaranis, an aboriginal American tribe)
GUARANIS
GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)
GUARATINGUETA
GUARDA
FRANCESCO GUARDI (1712-1793)
GUARDIAN
AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS GUARDS
GUARICO
GUARIENTO
GUARINI
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI (1537-1612)
GUARINO
GUARINO [GUARINUS] DA VERONA (1370-1460)
GUARNIERI, or GTJARNERIUS
GUASTALLA
GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)
GUATOS
GUATUSOS
GUAVA (from the Mexican guayaba)
GUAYAMA
GUAYAQUIL, or SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL
GUAYAS, or EL GUAYAS
GUAYCURUS
GUAYMAS, or SAN
GUBBIO (anc. Iguvium, q.v.; med. Eugubium)
GUBEN
COUNT ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS (1840– )
GUDBRANDSDAL
GUDE (Gumus), MARQUARD (1635–1689)
ALFRED GUDEMAN (1862– )
GUDGEON (Gobio fluviatilis)
GUDRUN (KUDRUN)
GUELDER ROSE
GUELPH
GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES
GUENEVERE (Lat. Guanhumara; Welsh, Gwenhwyfar; 0. Eng. Gaynore)
GUENON (from the French, = one who grimaces, hence an ape)
GUERET
GUEREZA
HEINRICH ERNST FERDINAND GUERICKE (1803-1878)
OTTO VON GUERICKE (1602-1686)
GUERIDON
GEORGES MAURICE DE GUERIN DU CAYLA (18x0-1839)
JEAN BAPTISTE PAULIN GUERIN (1783-1855)
BARON PIERRE NARCISSE GUERIN (1774-1833)
GUERNIERI, or WERNER
GUERNSEY (Fr. Guernesey)
GUERRERO
GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)
OLINDO GUERRINI (1845– )
JULES BASILE GUESDE (1845– )
GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
EDWIN GUEST (1800–188o)
JEAN ETIENNE GUETTARD (1715–1786)
LES GUEUX
ANTONIO DE GUEVARA (c. 1490-1544)
LUIS VELEZ DE GUEVARA (1579-1644)
PIETRO GUGLIELMI (1727-1804)
GUHRDE
GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')
GUIBERT (1053–1124)
COMTE DE JACQUES ANTOINE HIPPOLYTE GUIBERT (1743–1790)
GUIBERT, or WIBERT (c. 1o30–1100)
FRANCESCO GUICCIARDINI (1483-1540)
KARL GOTTLIEB GUICHARD (1724—1775)
COMTE DE LUC URBAIN DE BOUEXIC GUICHEN (1712—1790)
GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)
CARLO ALESSANDRO GUIDI (1650-1712)
GIOVANNI GUIDICCIONI (1480-1541)
GUIDO OF AREZZO (possibly to be identified with Guido de St Maur des Fosses)
GUIDO OF SIENA
GUIDO RENI
GUIDO RENI (1575-1642)