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ALFRED STEVENS (1818-1875)

ALFRED STEVENS (1828-1906)

HENRY STEVENS (1819—1886)

ADLA1 EWING STEVENSON (1835- )

ROBERT STEVENSON (1772-1850)

ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR STEVENSON (1850-1894)

SIMON STEVINUS (1548-1620)

ALEXANDER TURNEY STEWART (1803-1876)

BALFOUR STEWART (1828-1887)

CHARLES STEWART (1778–1869)

DUGALD STEWART (1753-1828)

JOHN STEWART (1749—1822)

JULIUS L STEWART

SIR DONALD MARTIN STEWART (1824–19o0)

SIR HERBERT STEWART (1843—1885)

SIR WILLIAM STEWART (c. 1540—c. 1605)

WILLIAM STEWART (c. 1480-c. 1550)

MARTINUS THEUNIS STEYN (1857– )

STEYR, or STEIER

RUDOLF EWALD STIER (1800-1862)

ADALBERT STIFTER (1805-1868)

STIGAND (d. 1072)

EZRA STILES (1727–1795)

STILETTO (an Italian diminutive of stilo, dagger, Lat. stilus, a pointed instrument)

FLAVIUS STILICHO (?-4o8)

JOHN STILL (c. 1543-1608)

EDWARD STILLINGFLEET (1635—1699)

WILLIAM JAMES STILLMAN (1828—1901)

LUCIUS AELIUS STILO PRAECONINUS (c. 154–74 B.c.)

STILPO [STILPON]

JULIUS STINDE (1841-1905)

JAMES STIRLING (1692-1770)

JAMES HUTCHISON STIRLING (182o-1909)

MARY ANNE [FANNY] STIRLING (1815-1895)

WILLIAM ALEXANDER STIRLING (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)

EARL OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER STIRLING (c. 1567-1640)

STIRRUP (O. Eng. slirap, stigrap, M. Eng. stirop,styrope,&c.,i.e. a mounting or climbing-rope; O. Eng. stigan, to mount, climb, and rap, rope, cf. Du. stijbeugel, literally mounting bow or loop, Ger. Steigbugel)

GEORG STJERNHJELM (1598–1672)

JOANNES STOBAEUS

STOCKING (a diminutive of " stock," post, stump, properly that which is stuck or fixed)

BARON VON CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH STOCKMAR (1787–1863)

FRANCIS RICHARD STOCKTON (1834–1902)

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD (1825-1903)

JEAN NICOLAS STOFFLET (1751-1796)

STOICHIOMETRY (Gr. vrocxeia, fundamental parts, or elements, µErpov, measure)

STOKE NEWINGTON

BART SIR GEORGE GABRIEL STOKES

WHITLEY STOKES (1830-1909)

JOHN STOKESLEY (c. 1475-1539)

GRAF ZU FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD STOLBERG (1750-1819)

STOLE (Lat. stela and orarium, Fr. etole, It. stola, Sp. estola, Ger. Stela)

FERDINAND STOLICZKA (1838-1874)

STOLP, or STOLPE

STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)

PRIMITIVE STONE MONUMENTS

BATTLE OF STONE RIVER

CHARLES POMEROY STONE (1824-1887)

EDWARD JAMES STONE (1831-1897)

FRANK STONE (1800-1859)

GEORGE STONE (1708—1764)

LUCY [BLACKWELL] STONE (1818-1893)

MARCUS STONE (184o— )

NICHOLAS STONE (1586-1647)

STONEHAVEN (locally Stanehive)

STONEHENGE (Sax. Slanhengist, hanging stones)

GEORGE STONEMAN (1822-1894)

ANTONIO STOPPANI (1824-1891)

STEPHEN STORACE (1763-1796)

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

STORK (A. S. store, Ger. Storch)

STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)

THEODOR WOLDSEN STORM (1817-1888)

STORNOWAY (Norse, Sljarna vagr, " Stjarna's Bay ")

RICHARD SALTER STORRS (1821-1900)

JOHN STORY (c. 1510-1571)

JOSEPH STORY (1779-1845)

ROBERT HERBERT STORY (1835-1907)

WILLIAM WETMORE STORY (1819—1895)

VEIT STOSS (1438 or 1440-1533)

CHARLES ALFRED STOTHARD (1786—1821)

THOMAS STOTHARD (1755—1834)

JOHN STOUGHTON (1807-1897)

JOHN STOW (c. 1525-1605)

HARRIET ELIZABETH [BEECHER] STOWE (1811-1896)

BARON WILLIAM SCOTT STOWELL (1745-1836)

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

JOHN STRACHAN (1778–1867)

SIR JOHN STRACHEY (1823—1907)

SIR RICHARD STRACHEY (1817-1908)

GRAF1822 MORITZ KARL WILHELM ANTON STRACHWITZ

ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (?1645–1682)

ANTONIO STRADIVARI (1644-1737)

EARLS OF STRAFFORD

EARL THOMAS WENTWORTH STRAFFORD

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

WILLIAM STRANG (1859- )

SIR ROBERT STRANGE (1721-1792)

VISCOUNT STRANGFORD

STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

STRATEGUS (oTparfyos)

VISCOUNT STRATFORD CANNING STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE (1786-188o)

JOHN DE STRATFORD (d. 1348)

STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays)

BARON DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL (1820- )

HUGH HENRY ROSE STRATHNAIRN

LUDWIG STRAUS (1835-1899)

DAVID FRIEDRICH STRAUSS (1808-1874)

JOHANN STRAUSS (1804-1849)

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864– )

STRAWBERRY (Fragaria)

GEORGE EDMUND STREET (1824-1881)

STRELITZ (Strjeltsi)

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

STRENGTH OF THE VOLUNTEER FORCE (From the Territorial Year Book 1909)

AGNES STRICKLAND (18061874)

HUGH EDWIN STRICKLAND (1811—1853)

AUGUST STRINDBERG (1849- )

STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

WILLIAM STRODE (1598-1645)

atomic weight 87.62 STRONTIUM [Symbol Sr (0=16)]

STROPHE (Gr. o-rpod>)

JOSEPH GEORGE [Josip JURAJ STROSMAJER] STROSSMAYER (1815-1905)

JOHAN FREDERICK STRUENSEE (1731-1772)

JEDEDIAH STRUTT (1726-1797)

FRIEDRICH GEORG WILHELM STRUVE (1793-1864)

JOHN STRYPE (1643-1737)

ARABELLA STUART (1575-1615)

GILBERT STUART (1755-x828)

JAMES EWELL BROWN STUART (1833-1864)

MOSES STUART (1780-1852)

COUNT SIR JOHN STUART

PHILIP STUBBS [STUBBES] (c. 1555-c. 161o)

JOHN STUBBS [STUnnE]

WILLIAM STUBBS (1825-1901)

STUCCO (Ital. stucco, adapted from O.H.G. stucchi, crust, piece, patch, Ger. Stuck, piece, allied to stock)

FRANZ STUCK (1863— )

STUCLEY (OR STUKELY), THOMAS (c. 1525-1578)

BERNHARD STUDER (1794-1887)

WILLIAM STUKELEY (1687-2765)

JOHANN STUMPF (1500-1576)

STURDZA, or STURZA

JOSEPH STURGE (1793-1859)

STURGEON (Acipenser)

RUSSELL STURGIS (r836-1909)

JACOB STURM VON STURMECK (1489-1553)

JULIUS STURM (1816-1896)

CHARLES STURT (d. 186g)

PETER STUYVESANT (1592-1672)

STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

STYLOBATE (Gr. rrf Xos, a column, and 00. ns, a base)

STYRIA (German, Steiermark or Steyermark)

SUAKIN, or SAWAKIN

BARTOLOMMEO SUARDI (c. 1455-c. 1536)

FRANCISCO SUAREZ (1548-1617)

SUBIACO (anc. Sublaqueum)

PIERRE SUBLEYRAS (1699-1749)

SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

SUBLIMINAL SELF

SUBMARINE MINES

SUBORDINATE AND INDEPENDENT JURISDICTIONS

SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

SUCCESSION DUTY

CZH4 SUCCINIC ACID (CO2H)2

ROSA SUCHER (1849– )

LOUIS GABRIEL SUCHET

SUCRE, or CHUQUISACA

SUCZAWA (Rumanian, Suceava)

SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

SUDAN OPERATIONS

SIMON OF SUDBURY (d. 1381)

HERMANN SUDERMANN (1857— )

EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] SUE (1804—1857)

SUEBI, or SUEVI

EDUARD SUESS (1831– )

SUET (M. Eng. sewet, a diminutive of O. Fr. seu, suis, mod. suif, lard, from Lat. sebum, or sebum, tallow, grease, probably allied to sago, soap)

GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS

1ST DUKE OF CHARLES BRANDON SUFFOLK (c. 1484–'545)

EARLS AND DUKES OF SUFFOLK

1ST EARL OF THOMAS HOWARD SUFFOLK (1561-1626)

WILLIAM DE LA POLE SUFFOLK

SUFFRAGAN (Med. Lat. suffraganeus suffragator, one who assists, from suffragari, to vote in favour of, to support)

SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

PIERRE ANDRE DE SUFFREN SAINT TROPEZ (1729-1788)

SUFIISM (tafawwuf)

SUGER (c. 1081-1151)

SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

SUIDUN (Chinese, Sui-din-chen)

SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

SULA ISLANDS (Sulla, Xuila; Dutch Soela)

SULEIMANIEH, or SULEIMANIA

LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA (138–78 B.C.)

JOHN SULLIVAN (1740–1795)

SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN (1842—1900)

THOMAS BARRY SULLIVAN (1824-1891)

JAMES SULLY (1842– )

MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE SULLY

THOMAS SULLY (1783—1872)

SULMONA, or SOLMONA (anc. Sulr,'so)

SULPHONIC ACIDS

SULPHURIC ACID, or OIL OF VITRIOL, H2SO4

PUBLIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS (c. 121-88 B.c.)

SERVIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS (c. 106—43 B.C.)

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

SUMBA (TJENDANA, or SANDALWOOD)

SUMBAWA (Dutch Soembawa)

SUMBUL, or SUMBAL

SUMMARY JURISDICTION

SUMMARY OF PHILOLOGICAL

SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

SUMMUM BONUM (Lat. for " highest good ")

CHARLES SUMNER (1811--1874)

CHARLES RICHARD SUMNER (1790-1874)

EDWIN VOSE SUMNER (1797-1863)

JOHN BIRD SUMNER (1780-1862)

WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER (1840-1910)

SUMPTUARY LAWS (from Lat. sumptuarius, belonging to cost or expense, sum plus)

THOMAS SUMTER (1i36–1832)

SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

SUN COPYING, or PHOTO COPYING

SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

3RD EARL OF CHARLES SPENCER SUNDERLAND (c. 1674-1722)

2ND EARL OF ROBERT SPENCER SUNDERLAND (1640-17o2); English politician, was the only son of Henry Spencer (162o--1643)

SUNIUM (Eouw,ov; mod. Cape Colonna)

SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea)

SUNSTROKE (Heatstroke; Insolation; Thermic Fever; Siriasis)

SUPERANNUATION (formed on the basis of " annual," " annuity," from the Late Lat. superannatus, one that has lived beyond the year, super, above, and annus, year, Fr. suranner, to grow very old)

SUPEREROGATION (Late Lat. supererogatio, payment beyond what is due or asked, from super, beyond, eragare, to pay out, expend, ex, out, rogare, to ask)

SUPERFICIAL AND

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

MILITARY SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

SURABAYA (Dutch Soerabaja)

SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

SURGERY OF LIVER AND

SURGERY OF THE LUNG AND PLEURA

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES

SURICATE, or MEERKAT (Suricata tetradactyla)

SURINAM TOAD (Pipa americana)

SURMA, or BARAK

SURPLICE (Late Lat. superpelliceum; Fr. super, over, and pellis, fur; Span. sobrepellice; Fr. surplis; in Ital. cotta and Ger. Chorrock, choir coat)

SURRENTUM (mod. Sorrento, q.v.)

EARLDOM OF SURREY

EARL OF HENRY HOWARD SURREY (1518?-1547)

SURROGATE (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for)

ROBERT SURTEES (1779-1834)

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES (1803-1864)

SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.)