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RHYNCHOCEPHALIA

RHYOLITE (Gr. peiv, to flow, because of the frequency with which they exhibit fluxion structures)

RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

DUKE AUGUSTIN FERNANDEZ MUSOZ RIANSARES

RIAZ PASHA (c. 1835– )

RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

PEDRO A RIBADENEIRA

RIBAULT (or RIBAUT), JEAN (c. 1520-1565)

JOHANN CARL OTTO RIBBECK (1827-1898)

BERNARDIM RIBEIRO (1482-1552)

GIUSEPPE RIBERA (1588-1656)

ALEXANDRE FELIX JOSEPH RIBOT (1842– )

THEODULE RIBOT (1823–1891)

THEODULE ARMAND RIBOT (1839- )

LOUIS GUSTAVE RICARD (1823-1873)

DAVID RICARDO (1772-1823)

BARON BETTINO RICASOLI (1809-1880)

COUNT JACOPO FRANCESCO RICCATI (1676-1754)

MATTEO RICCI (1552-1610)

DANIELE RICCIARELLI (1509-1566)

MARIE JEANNE RICCOBONI (1714-1792)

RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)

EDMUND IGNATIUS RICE (1762-1844)

JAMES RICE (1843-1882)

BARNABE RICH (c. 1540-1617)

CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH (1787-1821)

JOHN RICH (1692-1761)

LADY PENELOPE RICH (c. 1562–1607)

1ST BARON RICH RICHARD RICH (1490?-1567)

RICHARD (d. 1184)

RICHARD DE CLARE

RICHARD FITZALAN (1267-1302)

RICHARD GRENVILLE

RICHARD HENRY DANA (1815-1882)

RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER (c. 1335-c. 1401)

RICHARD OF DEVIZES (fl. 1191)

RICHARD OF HEXHAM (fl. 1141)

RICHARD OF ILCHESTER (d. 1188)

RICHARD OF ST VICTOR (d. 1173)

FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN RICHARD (18,9-1908)

HENRY RICHARD (1812-1888)

ALFRED BATE RICHARDS (182o-1876)

HENRY BRINLEY RICHARDS (1819-1865)

WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS (1833-1905)

GEORGE RICHARDSON

HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON (1838-1886)

SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689-1761)

SIR JOHN RICHARDSON (1787-1865)

ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS RICHELIEU

ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS RICHELIEU

LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS RICHELIEU

JEAN RICHEPIN (1849- )

RICHFIELD SPRINGS

COUNTESS MARGARET RICHMOND AND DERBY

FRANCES TERESA STEWART RICHMOND AND LENNOX

EARLS AND DUKES OF RICHMOND

LEGH RICHMOND (1772-1827)

SIR WILLIAM BLAKE RICHMOND (1842– )

ADRIAN LUDWIG RICHTER (1803-1884)

ERNST FRIEDRICH EDUARD RICHTER (1808–1879)

EUGEN RICHTER (1839–1906)

HANS RICHTER (1843– )

JEREMIAS BENJAMIN RICHTER (1762–1807)

JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER (1763–1825)

BARON VON FERDINAND RICHTHOFEN (1833-1905)

RICIMER (d. 472)

THOMAS RICKMAN (1776-1841)

RICOLD OF MONTE CROCE (1242-1320)

GEORGE RIDDING (1828-1904)

RIDDLES (A.S. raedan, to interpret)

RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)

WILLIAM PETT RIDGE (1864- )

NICHOLAS RIDLEY (c. 1500-1555)

RIDOLFI, or RIDOLFO, ROBERTO DI (1531-1612)

RIEDWALD (d. c. 62o)

PHILIPP FRIEDRICK VON RIEGER (1818-1903)

EDUARD KARL AUGUST RIEHM (183o-1888)

LOUIS RIEL (1844-1885)

GEORG FRIEDRICH BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826–1866)

COLA DI RIENZI (c. 1313–1354)

JEAN HENRI RIESENER (1734-1806)

RIESENGEBIRGE (Bohemian Krkonose)

RIETI (anc. Reate)

ERNST RIETSCHEL

CHARLES PIERRE HENRI RIEU (182o-1902)

RIGA (Esth. Ria-Lin)

HYACINTHE RIGAUD (1659-1743)

RICHARD RIGBY (1722–1788)

JAMES HARRISON RIGG (1821-1909)

RIGGING (A.S. wrigan or wrihan, to clothe)

RIGHT ASCENSION

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN

RIGORD (c. 1150-c. 1209)

RIGORISM (Lat. rigor, stiffness, firmness)

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY (1853– )

JEAN ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1854-1891)

WILLIAM RIMMER (1816—1879)

RINDERPEST (German for " cattle-plague," which is. the English synonym)

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

RINGWORM (or TINEA TONSURANS)

ROBERT STEPHEN RINTOUL (1989-18.58),

GIOVANNI BATTISTA RINUCCINI (1592-1653)

RIO DE CONTAS, or VILLA DE CONTAS

RIO DE JANEIRO (in full, Silo 'SEBASTIAO DO Rio' DE JANEIRO, colloquially shortened to Rio)

RIO GRANDE DO SUL

RIO GRANDE DO SUL, or SAO PEDRO DO

RIO PARDO (formerly Villa do Rio Pardo)

RIO TINTO (MINAS DE RID TINTo)

RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

EDWARD RIOU (1758?-1801)

GEORGE RIPLEY (1802-1880)

1ST MARQUESS OF GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON RIPON (1827-1909)

BARON JOHN WILLIAM RIPPERDA

WILLIAM RISHANGER (c. 1250-c. 1312),

JOHANN VON RIST (1607-1667)

RISTITCH (or RIsTIcii), JOVAN (1831-1899)

ADELAIDE RISTORI (1822-1906)

1ST BARON CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE RITCHIE (1838-1906)

DAVID GEORGE RITCHIE (1853-1903)

ALBRECHT RITSCHL (1822-1889)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM RITSCHL (1806-1876)

JOSEPH RITSON (r7.52-1803)

DAVID RITTENHOUSE (1732-1796)

HEINRICH RITTER (1791-1869)

KARL RITTER (1779–1859)

RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ANTOINE DE RIVAROL (1753-1801)

RIVER ENGINEERING

RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)

4TH EARL RICHARD SAVAGE RIVERS (c. 1660—1712)

WILLIAM CABELL RIVES (1793-1868)

RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from river, to fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)

BRITON RIVIERE (1840- )

CHARLES RIVINGTON (1688-1742)

RIVOLI VERONESE

ROACH (Leuciscus rulilus)

ROADS AND STREETS

ROAN (0. Fr. rouan, rouen; Ital. roano, rovano; perhaps connected with rufus, red)

ROARING FORTIES

ROB ROY (1671-1734)

ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

ROBERT (1275—1343)

ROBERT DE BEAUMONT (I104-1168)

ROBERT ESTIENNE (1503–1559)

ROBERT GUISCARD [i.e. " the resourceful "] (c. 1015-1085)

ROBERT KEITH (d. 1774)

ROBERT OF AUXERRE (c. 1156-1212)

ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER

ROBERT OF JUMIEGES (d. c. 1070)

ROBERT OF TORIGNI (c. 11Io-1186)

ROBERT PIERREPONT (1584-1643)

ROBERT SEMPILL [the younger] (1595?—1665 ?)

ROBERT SETON (d. 1603)

ROBERT THE DEVIL

ROBERT THE STRONG (le Fort) (d. 866)

HUBERT ROBERT (1753-1808)

LOUIS LEOPOLD ROBERT (1794-1835)

DAVID ROBERTS (1796-1864)

EARL FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS ROBERTS

FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1816-1853)

GEORGE CROOM ROBERTSON (1842-1892)

JOSEPH ROBERTSON (1810-1866)

THOMAS WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1829-1871)

WILLIAM BRUCE ROBERTSON (182o-1886)

GILLES PERSONNE ROBERVAL (or PERSONIER) DE (1602-1675)

ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE ROBESPIERRE (175$-1794)

CONTE DI CARLO FELICE NICOLIS ROBILANT (1826-1888)

BENJAMIN ROBINS (1707–1751)

EDWARD ROBINSON (1794–1863)

HENRY CRABB ROBINSON (1777–1867)

JOHN ROBINSON (1575–1625)

JOHN ROBINSON (1650-1723)

JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON (1792–1882)

MARY [" Perdita "] ROBINSON (1758–1800)

BART SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON

SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN ROBINSON (1845– )

THEODORE ROBINSON (1852-1896)

STUART ROBSON (1836-1903)

HENRY JOHN ROBY (183x- )

ST ROCH (Lat. Rochus; Ital. Rocco; Span. Roque; Fr. Roch) (d. 1327)

COMTE DE JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR ROCHAMBEAU (1725-1807)

BART SIR BOYLE ROCHE

MARQUIS DE HENRI ROCHEFORT

2ND EARL JOHN WILMOT ROCHESTER

EARL OF LAWRENCE HYDE ROCHESTER (1641-1711)

ROCHET (Lat. rochettum, from the late Lat. roccus, connected with the O.H.Ger. rock, roc and the A.S. rocc; Fr. rocket, Ital. rocchetto, Sp. roquete, Ger. Rochett, Chorkleid)

EARL OF ROCHFORD

ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)

DANIEL ROCK (1799–187t)

JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER (i839— )

2ND MARQUESS OF CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH ROCKINGHAM (173o-1782)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT, or WHITE GOAT (Oreamnus montanus)

ROCOCO, or ROCAILLE

ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)

EDOUARD ROD (1857-1910)

KARL JOHANN RODBERTUS (1805-1875)

JOHN RODGERS (1771—1838)

AUGUSTE RODIN (184o— )

BARON GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY RODNEY (1718—1792)

RODOMONTADE, or RHODOMONTADE

RODOSTO (Turkish, Tekir Dagh)

RODRIGUEZ (officially RODRIGUES)

ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)

EDWARD PAYSON ROE (1838-1888)

JOHN AUGUSTUS ROEBLING (1806-1869)

JOHN ROEBUCK (1718-1794)

JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK (1801-1879)

COMTE PIERRE LOUIS ROEDERER (1754-1835)

FRIEDRICH ADOLPH ROEMER (1809-1869)

OLE ROEMER (Latinized OLAUS) (1644—1710)

ROGATION DAYS (Lat. rogatio, from rogare, to beseech; the equivalent of Gr. )

ROGER (d. 1139)

ROGER (d. 1181)

ROGER DE MORTIMER

IST BARON GREY DE RUTHYN ROGER GREY

ROGER OF HOVEDEN, or HOWDEN (fl. 1174-1201)

ROGER OF WENDOVER (d. 1236)

ROGER WOLCOTT (1847-1901)

HENRY DARWIN ROGERS (18o8—1866)

JAMES EDWIN THOROLD ROGERS (1823-1890)

JOHN ROGERS (1627–c. 1665)

JOHN ROGERS (1829-1904)

JOHN ROGERS (c. 1500-1555)

ROBERT ROGERS (1727-1784?)

SAMUEL ROGERS (1763-1855)

WILLIAM ROGERS (1819-1896)

CHARLES LATOUR ROGIER (1800–1885)

CARDINAL DE LOUIS RENE EDOUARD ROHAN (1734-1803)

ROHILLA (a Pushtu word for " mountaineer ")

FRIEDRICH GERHARD ROHLFS (1831—1896)

FRANCISCO DE ROJAS ZORRILLA (1607-c. ,66o)

FREIHERR VON CARL ROKITANSKY (1804-1878)

LEGEND OF ROLAND

ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)

ALFRED PHILIPPE ROLL (1846– )

JOHN ROLLAND (fl. 1560)

RICHARD ROLLE DE HAMPOLE (d. 1349)

CHARLES ROLLIN (1661-1741)

MAURICE ROLLINAT (1853-1903)

ROBERT ROLLOCK (c. 1555-1599)

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

ROMAN DE LA ROSE

LATER ROMAN EMPIRE

ROMANCE LANGUAGES

GEORGE JOHN ROMANES (1848-1894)

ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN

ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC IN BELGIUM AND

SAMUELE ROMANIN (18o8-1861)

EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS

WILHELM ROMBERG (1652-1715)

SIR ROMESH CHANDRA MITRA (1840-1899)

1ST BARON JOHN ROMILLY ROMILLY (1802-1874)

SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY (1757-1818)

ROMNEY (NEw ROMNEY)

GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802)

EARL OF HENRY SIDNEY ROMNEY (1641-1704)

RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux)

GIORGIO RONCONI (1810—189o)

RONDEAU (Ital. Rondo)