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GRASS OF PARNASSUS

COMTE DE MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL GRASSE (1722-1788)

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)

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

GRAVELINES (Flem. Gravelinghe)

ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES (1846— )

GRAVIMETRIC DENSITY OF PRODUCTS OF

GIOVANNI VINCENZO GRAVINA (1664—1718)

GRAVITATION (from Lat. gravis, heavy)

GRAVITATION CONSTANT AND MEAN DENSITY OF THE

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

GREAT AWAKENING

GREAT BARRIER REEF

GREAT BARRINGTON

GREAT BEAR LAKE

GREAT BRITAIN AND

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)

WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE

GREEK LITERATURE

ETRUSCAN AND GREEK

HORACE GREELEY (1811-187z)

GREEN RIBBON CLUB

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)

GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE (1811-1883)

MAURICE GREENE (1695-1755)

NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786)

ROBERT GREENE (c. 1560-1592)

GREENFINCH (Ger. Griinfink), or GREEN LINNET

GREENHOUSE PLANTS

GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

GREENLAW (a " grassy hill ")

SIMON GREENLEAF (1783-1853)

GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH (1778-1855)

HORATIO GREENOUGH (1805-1852)

JAMES BRADSTREET GREENOUGH (1833-1901)

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 (Gregorius)

GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)

GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR

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)

GREISEN (in French, hyalomicte)

GRENADE (from the French word for a pomegranate, from a resemblance in shape to that fruit)

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

JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805)

JACQUES GREVIN (c.1539—1570)

FRANCOIS PAUL JULES GREVY (1813-1891)

NEHEMIAH GREW (1641-1712)

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)

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)

JOHANN JAKOB GRIESBACH (1745-1812)

GRIFFE (French for "claw")

COUNT PEDER GRIFFENFELDT (Peder Schumacher) (1635-1699)

GERALD O'GREEVA] GRIFFIN [O'GRIoBTA (1803-1840)

GRIFFON GRIFFIN

SIR RICHARD JOHN GRIFFITH (1784-1878)

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)

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)

GRINGOIRE (or GRINGORE), PIERRE (c. 148o-1539)

GRIQUALAND EAST

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)

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)

WILLIAM GROCYN (1446?–1519)

GUILLAUME GROEN VAN PRINSTERER (1801-1876)

KARL WILHELM GEORG VON GROLMANN (1777-1843)

GROMATICI (from groma or gruma, a surveyor's pole)

LAURENCE GRONLUND (1846-1899)

GRONOVIUS (the latinized form of GROrrov), JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1611—1671)

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)

JULIUS WALDEMAR GROSSE (1828—1902)

ROBERT GROSSETESTE (c. 1175—1253)

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GROSSI (?–1699)

TOMMASO GROSSI (1791-1853)

GEORGE GROSSMITH (1847– )

GEORGE GROTE (1794–1871)

GEORG FRIEDRICH GROTEFEND (1775-1853)

KLAUS GROTH (1819–1899)

PAUL HEINRICH VON GROTH (1843– )

HUGO GROTIUS (1583-1645)

MARQUIS DE EMMANUEL GROUCHY (1766-1847)

GROUND NUT (Earth Nut, Pistache de Terre, Monkey Nut, Pea Nut, Manilla Nut)

GROUNDSEL (Ger. Kreuzkraut; Fr. senecon)

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)

JOHANN GOTTFRIED GRUBER (1774-1851)

WILHELM VON GRUMBACH (1503-1567)

NIKOLAI FREDERIK SEVERIN GRUNDTVIG (1783–1872)

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)

GUADALQUIVIR (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi al Kebir, "the Great River ")

MARGUERITE ELIE GUADET (1753-1794)

GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

GUALDO TADINO (anc. Tadinum, z m. to the W.)

CARDINAL GUALO (fl. 1216)

GUAM (Span. Guajan; Guahan, in the native Chamorro)

GUANABACOA (an Indian name meaning " site of the waters ")

GUANAJUATO, or GUANAXUATO

GUANAJUATO, or SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO

GUANCHIS GUANCHES

CN3H5 GUANIDINE

GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

GUARANA (so called from the Guaranis, an aboriginal American tribe)

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)

FRANCESCO GUARDI (1712-1793)

AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS GUARDS

GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI (1537-1612)

GUARINO [GUARINUS] DA VERONA (1370-1460)

GUARNIERI, or GTJARNERIUS

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)

GUAVA (from the Mexican guayaba)

GUAYAQUIL, or SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL

GUAYAS, or EL GUAYAS

GUAYMAS, or SAN

GUBBIO (anc. Iguvium, q.v.; med. Eugubium)

COUNT ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS (1840– )

GUDE (Gumus), MARQUARD (1635–1689)

ALFRED GUDEMAN (1862– )

GUDGEON (Gobio fluviatilis)

GUDRUN (KUDRUN)

GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES

GUENEVERE (Lat. Guanhumara; Welsh, Gwenhwyfar; 0. Eng. Gaynore)

GUENON (from the French, = one who grimaces, hence an ape)

HEINRICH ERNST FERDINAND GUERICKE (1803-1878)

OTTO VON GUERICKE (1602-1686)

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)

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)

ANTONIO DE GUEVARA (c. 1490-1544)

LUIS VELEZ DE GUEVARA (1579-1644)

PIETRO GUGLIELMI (1727-1804)

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 RENI (1575-1642)