See also:

• QUINTUS

QUINTUS ROSCIUS See also:

• GALLUS, C
• GALLUS, CORNELIUS (c. 70-26 B.C.)
• GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS CESTIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS SULPICIUS

GALLUS (c. 126–62 B.c.)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, a slave, at Solonium, near See also:

• LANUVIUM (more frequently Lanivium in imperial times, mod. Civita Lavinia)

Lanuvium . Endowed with a handsome See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face and manly figure, he studied the delivery and gestures of. the most distinguished See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates in the See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

Forum, especially Q . See also:

• HORTENSIUS, QUINTUS
• HORTENSIUS, QUINTUS (114—50 B.C.)

Hortensius, and won universal praise for his See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and elegance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . He especially excelled in See also:

• COMEDY

comedy . See also:

• CICERO

Cicero took lessons from him . The two often engaged in friendly rivalry to try whether the orator or the actor could See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express a thought or emotion with the greater effect, and Roscius wrote a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise in which he compared acting and See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory . Q . Lutatius See also:

• CATULUS

Catulus composed a See also:

• QUATRAIN

quatrain in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, and the See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla presented him with a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• 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

ring, the badge of the equestrian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, a remarkable distinction for an actor in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where the profession was held in contempt . Like his contemporary See also:

• AESOPUS
• AESOPUS, CLODIUS

Aesopus, Roscius amassed a. large See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and he appears to have retired from the stage some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before his See also:

• DEATH

death . In 76 B.C. he was sued by C . Fannius Chaerea for 50,000 sesterces (about £400), and was defended by Cicero in a famous speech . See H .

H . Pfiuger, Cicero's Rede See also:

• PRO

pro Q . Roscio Comoedo (1904) . See also:

• ROSCOE, WILLIAM (1753—1831)

ROSCOE, See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• ENFIELD

ENFIELD (1833– ), See also:

• ENGLISH

English chemist, was born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1833 . After studying at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool High School and University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, London, he went to See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg to See also:

• WORK

work under R . W . See also:

• BUNSEN, CHRISTIAN CHARLES JOSIAS, BARON VON (1791-186o,)
• BUNSEN, ROBERT WILHELM VON (1811-1899)

Bunsen, of whom he became a lifelong friend . In 1857 he was appointed to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

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

chemistry at See also:

• OWENS, JOHN (1790-1846)

Owens College, See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, where he remained for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, and from 1885 to 1895 he was M.P. for the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Manchester . He served on several royal commissions appointed to consider educational questions, in which he was keenly interested, and from 1896 to 1902 was See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of London University . He was knighted in 1884 . His scientific work includes a memorable See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of re-searches carried out with Bunsen between 1855 and 1862, in which they laid the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• PHOTOCHEMISTRY (Gr. 4&n, light, and " chemistry ")

photochemistry . In 1867 he began an elaborate investigation of See also:

• VANADIUM

vanadium and its compounds, and devised a See also:

• PROCESS

process for preparing it pure in the metallic See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, at the same time showing that the substance which had previously passed for the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal was contaminated with See also:

• OXYGEN (symbol 0, atomic weight 16)

oxygen and See also:

• NITROGEN [symbol N., atomic weight 14.01, 0=16]

nitrogen .

He was also the author of researches on niobium, See also:

• TUNGSTEN [symbol W, atomic weight 184.o (0=16)]

tungsten, See also:

• URANIUM [symbol U, atomic weight 238.5 (0=16)]

uranium, perchloric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, the solubility of See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia, &c . His publications include, besides several elementary books on chemistry which have had a wide circulation and been translated into many See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, Lectures on Spectrum See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

Analysis (1869); a Treatise on Chemistry (the first edition of which appeared in 1877—1892); A New View of See also:

• DALTON
• DALTON, JOHN (1766-1844)

Dalton's Atomic Theory, with Dr A . Harden (1896); and an Autobiography (1906) . The Treatise on Chemistry, written in collaboration with Carl Schorlemmer (1834—1892), who was appointed his private assistant at Manchester in 1859, See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official assistant in the laboratory in 1861, and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of organic chemistry in 1874, is a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard work .