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See also:ABO (Finnish Turku) , a See also:city and seaport, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Abo-See also:Bjorneborg, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Finland, on the See also:Aura-joki, about 3 M. from where it falls into the gulf of See also:Bothnia. Pop. (1810) 10,224; (1870) 19,617; (1904) 42,639., It is 381 in. by See also:rail from St See also:Petersburg via See also:Tavastehus, and is. in See also:regular steamer communication with St Petersburg, Vasa„ See also:Stockholm, See also:Copenhagen and See also:Hull. It was already a See also:place of, importance when Finland formed See also:part of the See also:kingdom of See also:Sweden-.. When the Estates of Finland seceded from Sweden and accepted the See also:Emperor See also:Alexander of See also:Russia as their grand See also:duke at the See also:Diet of Borgh in 18o9, Abo became the capital of the new See also:state, and so remained till 1819 when the seat of See also:government was transferred to See also:Helsingfors. In See also:November 1827 nearly the whole city was, burnt down, the university and its valuable library being entirely destroyed. Before this calamity Abo, contained 11 to houses and 13,000 inhabitants; and its university had 40 professors, more than 500 students, and a library of up-wards of 30,000 volumes, together with a botanical See also:garden, an
1 The See also:object of the See also:story of the encounter is to explain the name Llelkath-hazzurim, the meaning of which is doubtful (Ency. Bib. See also:col.. 2006; See also:Batten in Zeit. f. alt-test. Wissens. 1906, pp. 90 sqq.).
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See also:observatory and a chemical laboratory. The university has since been removed to Helsingfors. Abo remains the ecclesiastical capital of Finland, is the seat of the Lutheran See also:archbishop and contains a See also:fine See also:cathedral dating from 1258 and restored after the See also:fire of 1827. The cathedral is dedicated to St 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, the See also:patron See also:saint of Finland, an See also:English missionary who introduced See also:Christianity into the See also:country in the 12th See also:century. Abo is the seat of the first of the three courts of See also:appeal of Finland. It has two high See also:schools, a school of See also:commerce and a school of See also:navigation. The city is second only to Helsingfors for its See also:trade; See also:sail-See also:cloth, See also:cotton and See also:tobacco are manufactured, and there are extensive saw-See also:mills. There is also a large trade in See also:timber and a considerable See also:butter export. See also:Ship-See also:building has considerably See also:developed, See also:torpedo-boats being built here for the See also:Russian See also:navy. Vessels See also:drawing 9 or 10 feet come up to the See also:town, but See also:ships of greater See also:draught are laden and discharged at its See also:harbour (See also:Born-holm, on Hyrvinsala See also:Island), which is entered yearly by from 700 to 800 ships, of about 200,000 tons.
ABO-BJORNEBORG, a province occupying the S.W. corner of Finland and including the Aland islands. It has a See also:total See also:area of 24,171 square kilometres and a See also:population (1900) of 447,098, of whom 379,622 spoke Finnish and 67,26o See also:Swedish; 446,900 were of the Lutheran See also:religion.
The province occupies a prominent position in Finland for its manufacture of cottons, See also:sugar refinery, wooden goods, metals, machinery, See also:paper, &c. Its See also:chief towns are: Abo (pop. 42,639), Bjorneborg (16,053), Raumo (55o1), Nystad (4165), Mariehamn (1171), Nadendal (917).
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