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SARIPUL, or SIRIFUL

SARMATAE, or SAUROMATAE (the second form is mostly used by the earlier Greek writers, the other by the later Greeksand the Romans)

SARMENTOSE (Lat. sarmentum, twigs)

SARNO (anc. Sarnus)

PAOLO SARPI (1552-1623)

JACQUES SARRAZIN (1588—166o)

BERNARD SARRETTE (1765—1858)

PATRICK SARSFIELD (? -1693)

JOHN SARTAIN (1808–1897)

GIUSEPPE SARTI (1729–1802)

SASKATCHEWAN (Cree: " Rapid River ")

SASSANID, or SASSANIAN DYNASTY (Or SASANIAN)

SASSINA (or Sarsina, the modern form)

BART SIR ALBERT ABDULLAH DAVID SASSOON

SATELLITE (from the Lat. satelles, an attendant)

SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

i.e." protector SATRAP [Pers. Khshatrapavan (superintendent) of the country (or district)," Heb. sakhshadrapan, Gr. taerpan-ris (insc. of Miletus, Sitzungsber. Berl. Ak. 1900, 112), E% u3pa7eixav (insc. of Mylasa, Dittenberger, Sylloge, 95), ital. p6. rr

SATRICUM (mod. Conca)

SATSUMA ISLANDS

WALTER SATTERLEE (1844-1908)

SATURN [SATURNUS]

SATURNIA (mod. Saturnia)

SATURNIAN METRE (Lat. Saturnius, i.e. which relates to Saturn)

LUCIUS APPULEIUS SATURNINUS

SATYRS (SATYRI)

SAUGOR, or SAGAR

SAUJBULAGH, or SUJBULAK

SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

SAULT SAINTE MARIE

JAMES SAUMAREZ SAUMAREZ

EDWARD JAMES SAUNDERSON (1837-1906)

SAUNDERSON, or SANDERSON, NICHOLAS (1682-1739)

HORACE BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE (1740-1799)

NICOLAS THEODORE DE SAUSSURE (1767-1845)

HENRI SAUVAL (1623–1676)

MINOT JUDSON SAVAGE (1841– )

RICHARD SAVAGE (d. 1743)

DUKE ANNE JEAN MARIE RENE SAVARY

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

PAOLO SAVI (1798–1871)

FRIEDRICH KARL VON SAVIGNY (1779–1861)

SIR GEORGE SAVILE (1726-1784)

SIR HENRY SAVILE (1549–1622)

SAVINGS BANKS (Fr. caisses d'epargne; Ger. Sparkassen)

GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA (1452-1498)

BART SIR WILLIAM SCOVELL SAVORY

SAWANTWARI, or SAVANTVADI

WILLIAM SAWTREY (d. 14o1)

SIR ROBERT SAWYER (1633-1692)

ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX

JOHN GODFREY SAXE (1816-1887)

COMTE DE MAURICE SAXE (1696-1750)

SAXIFRAGE (Saxifraga)

SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

SAXOPHONE (Ger. Saxophon, Ital. sassofone)

JEAN BAPTISTE SAY (1767–1832)

[JEAN BAPTISTE] LEON SAY (1826-1896)

SAYAN MOUNTAINS

ARCHIBALD HENRY SAYCE (1846- )

1ST VISCOUNT WILLIAM FIENNES SAYE AND SELE (1582-1662)

SAYER (or SAYERS), JAMES (1748–1823)

TOM SAYERS (1826–1865)

SIR SAYYID AHMAD KHAN (1817–1898)

SBEITLA (anc. Sufetula)

SCABBLING, or SCAPPLING

SCABIES, or ITCH

SCAFELL (pronounced and sometimes written Scaw Fell)

SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

SCALA NUOVA (Turk. Kush-Adasi)

SCALENOHEDRAL CLASS (Bisphenoidal-hemihedral)

SCALP (0. Dutch schelpe, a shell)

SCAMILLI IMPARES (" unequal steps," Fr. escabeaux inegales; Ger. Schutzstege)

SCANDERBEG, or ISKENDER BEY (14o3-1467)

SCANDINAVIAN CIVILIZATION

SCANDINAVIAN DIALECTS

SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES

atomic weight 44.1 SCANDIUM [symbol Sc (0=16)]

SCAPOLITE (Gr. O'Kairos, rod, )tLOoc, stone)

SCARAB (Lat. scarabaeus, connected with Gr. K6.pa(3or)

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1659-1725)

SCARLET FEVER, or SCARLATINA

SIR JAMES YORKE SCARLETT (1799-1871)

PAUL SCARRON (1610-166o)

MARCUS AEMILIUS SCAURUS (c. 163-88 B.C.)

QUINTUS TERENTIUS SCAURUS

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

SCEPTICISM (o-Kesrroµai, I consider, reflect, hesitate, doubt)

MAURICE SCEVE (c. 1500-1564)

GRAF VON ADOLF FRIEDRICH SCHACK (1815-1894)

SCHAFARIK (Czech, Safa,Ik), PAVEL JOSEF (1795–1861)

PHILIP SCHAFF (1819-1893)

SCHAFFHAUSEN (Fr. Schaffhouse)

ALBERT EBERHARD FRIEDRICH SCHAFFLE (1831-1903)

GODFRIED SCHALCKEN (1643-1706)

JOHANN ADAM VON SCHALL (1591-1666)

SOPHUS CHRISTIAN FREDERICK SCHANDORPH [or SKAMDRUP] (1836-19or)

SIR GEORGE SCHARF (182o—1895)

GERHARD JOHANN DAVID VON SCHARNHORST (1755-1813)

KARL WILHELM SCHEELE (1742-1786)

PETER SCHEEMAKERS (1691–1770)

LEOPOLD SCHEFER (1784–1862)

JOSEPH VIKTOR VON SCHEFFEL (1826–1886)

ARY SCHEFFER (1795-1858)

JEAN DE SCHELANDRE (c. 1585-1635)

SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

JEAN AUGUSTE ULRIC SCHELER (1819-1890)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM JOSEPH VON SCHELLING (1775-1854)

KAROLINE SCHELLING (1763-1809)

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

DANIEL SCHENKEL (1813—1885)

EDMOND HENRI ADOLPHE SCHERER (1815-1889)

WILHELM SCHERER (1841-1886)

JOHANNES SCHERR (1817—1886)

SCHERZO (Italian for " a joke ")

JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHETKY (1778-1874)

JOHANN JAKOB SCHEUCHZER (1672-1733)

GIOVANNI VIRGINIO SCHIAPARELLI (1835-191o)

LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI (1765-181o)

FERDINAND SCHICHAU (1814-1896)

FRANZ ANTON SCHIEFNER (1817-1879)

FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON SCHILL (1776-1809)

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-18o5)

JOHANN SCHILTBERGER

HENDRIK JAN SCHIMMEL (1825– )

KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL (1781—1841)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM SCHIRMER (1802—1866)

JOHANN WILHELM SCHIRMER (1807-1865)

SCHISTS (Gr. vxq'ecv, to split)

SCHLAN (Czech, Slang)

AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL (1767-1845)

JOHANN ELIAS SCHLEGEL (1719-1749)

KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL (1772-1829)

AUGUST SCHLEICHER (1821-1868)

MATTHIAS JAKOB SCHLEIDEN (1804-1881)

FRIEDRICH DANIEL ERNST SCHLEIERMACHER (1768-1834)

SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

WINFIELD SCOTT SCHLEY (1839-1911)

HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN (1822-1890)

FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH SCHLOSSER (1776—1861)

BARON VON ERNST FRIEDRICH SCHLOTHEIM (1764-1832)

AUGUST LUDWIG VON SCHLOZER (1735-1809)

ANDREAS SCHLUTER (1664-1714)

ANTON VON SCHMERLING (1805-1893)

HEINRICH JULIAN SCHMIDT (1818-1886)

KARL VON SCHMIDT (1817-1875)

WILHELM ADOLF SCHMIDT (1812-1887)

GUSTAV SCHMOLLER (1838– )

SCHNEIDEMUHL (Polish Pila)

JOHANN GOTTLOB SCHNEIDER (1750-1822)

LOUIS SCHNEIDER (1805-1878)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM SCHNEIDEWIN (1810—1856)

JULIUS SCHNORR VON KAROLSFELD (1794—1872)

SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLAR

JAMES SCHOLEFIELD (1789-1853)

AURELIEN SCHOLL (1833- )

JAN HENDRIK SCHOLTEN (181r-1885)

GEORG FRIEDRICH SCHOMANN (1793—1879)

SCHOMBERG (originally SCHONBERG), FRIEDRICH HERMANN (Or FREDERIC ARMAND), DUKE OF (c. 1615—1690)

SIR ROBERT HERMANN SCHOMBURGK (1804-1865)

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH SCHONBEIN (1799-1868)

EDUARD SCHONFELD (1828-1891)

SCHONGAUER (or Suon), MARTIN (c. 1445-c. 1488)

HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT (1793-1864)

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-186o)

CASPAR SCHOPPE (1576-1649)

JAMES SCHOULER (1839— )

EBERHARD SCHRADER (1836-1908)

LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH SCHREIBER (1812-1895)

ADOLF SCHREYER (1828-1899)

PETER SCHRIJVER (1576-166o)

FRIEDRICH LUDWIG SCHRODER (1744-1816)

SOPHIE SCHRODER (1781-1868)

JOHANN HIERONYMUS SCHROTER (1745-1816)

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH DANIEL SCHUBART (1739-1791)

FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

LEVIN SCHUCKING (1814-1883)

HERMANN SCHULTZ (1836- )

MAX JOHANN SIGISMUND SCHULTZE (1825-1874)

HEINRICH CHRISTIAN SCHUMACHER (1780-1850)

ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

EMIL SCHURER (1844–1910)

JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN (1854– )

CARL SCHURZ (1829–1906)

PAUL SCHUTZENBERGER (1829–1897)

PHILIP JOHN SCHUYLER (1733–1804)

SAMUEL HEINRICH SCHWABE (1789–1875)

SCHWALBACH, or LANGENSCHWALBACH

THEODOR SCHWANN (1810-1882)

LUDWIG MICHAEL SCHWANTHALER (1802-1848)

TERESA SCHWARTZE (1852— )

SCHWARZ (or SCHWARTZ), CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1726-1798)

KARL SCHWARZ (1812–1885)

PRINCE ZU KARL PHILIPP SCHWARZENBERG (1771-1820)

ALBERT SCHWEGLER (1819-1857)

JOHANN SCHWEIGHAUSER (1742–1830)

GEORG AUGUST SCHWEINFURTH (1836– )

JEAN BAPTISTA VON SCHWEITZER (1833–1875)

KASPAR SCHWENKFELD (149o-1561)

COUNT VON KURT CHRISTOPH SCHWERIN (1684–1757)

MORITZ VON SCHWIND (1804-1871)

SCHWYZ (modern spelling Schwiz)

SCIATICA (from a late Lat. corruption, sciaticus, of Gr. ivXca&aKOS, from icxiov, the hip-joint)

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

SCILLITAN MARTYRS

SCIOMANCY (Gr. oiaa, shade, shadow, and µaPre(a, soothsaying, divination)

SCIPIO1 (" staff ")

FEDERIGO SCLOPIS DI SALERANO (1798-1878)

SCONCE (Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce)

SCONE (pron. Skoon; Gaelic, skene, "a cutting")

SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du. schoppe, Ger. Schuppe, shovel)

SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

WILLIAM SCORESBY (1789-1857)

SCORIA (Lat. scoria, slag)

SCORPIO ("THE SCORPION")

SCORPION (Lat. Scorpio)

SCORZONERA (Scorzonera hispanica)

MICHAEL SCOT (? 1175-1232)

SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

ALEXANDER SCOTT (fl. 1550)

DAVID SCOTT (18o6-1849)

MICHAEL SCOTT (1789-1835)

ROBERT SCOTT (1811-1887)

SIR GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT (1811-1878)

BART SIR WALTER SCOTT

WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (1811-1890)

WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866)

SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, Lat. auscultare, to listen)

SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

AUGUSTIN EUGENE SCRIBE (1791-1860, French dramatist, was born in Paris on the 24th of December 1791. His father was a silk merchant, and he was well educated, being destined for the bar. But, having a real gift for the theatre, a gift which unfortunately

SCROFULA (Lat. for " little sow "), or STJTMA

SIR WILLIAM SCROGGS (c. 1623—1683)

GEORGE JULIUS POULETT SCROPE (1797—1876)

SCROPHULARIACEAE

SCRUTIN DE LISTE (Fr. scrutin, voting by ballot, and lisle, a list)

SCRUTINY (Fr. scrutin, Late Lat. scrulinium, from scrutari, to search or examine thoroughly)

SCULL (the same word as " skull," cf. Swed. skill, basin, hufvud-skal, skull of the head)

SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

SCURVY (Scorbutus)

SCUTARI (Turkish, Uskudar, anc. Chrysopolis)

SCUTARI (anc. Scodra, Slay. Skadar, Albanian Shkoder, or with the definite article Shkedr-a)

SCYLAX OF CARYANDA (in Caria)

SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS