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BRUNSWICK , a See also:village of See also:Cumberland See also:county, See also:Maine,U.S.A., in the township of Brunswick, on the Androscoggin See also:river, 9 M. W. of See also:Bath, and 27 M. N.N.E. of See also:Portland. Pop. of the township (1900) 68o6; (191o) 6621; of the village (1900) 5210 (1704 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5341. Brunswick is served by the Maine Central railway, and by the See also:Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath, and the Portland & Brunswick electric See also:railways. Opposite Bruns-See also:wick and connected with it by a See also:bridge is the township of Topsham (pop. in 1910, 2016). The village of Brunswick lies only 63 ft. above See also:sea-level, shut within rather narrow See also:bounds by hills or bluffs, from which See also:good views may be obtained of the See also:island-dotted sea and deeply-indented See also:coast to the See also:south and See also:east and of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Mountains to the See also:west. The river falls in three successive stages for a See also:total distance of 41 ft., furnishing good See also:water-See also:power for See also:paper and See also:cotton See also:mills and other manufactories; the first cotton-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill in Maine was built here about 1809. The See also:settlement of the site of Brunswick was begun by fishermen in 1628 and the See also:place was called Pejepscot; in 1717 Brunswick was constituted a township under its See also:present name by the See also:Massachusetts See also:general See also:court, and in 1739 the township was regularly incorporated. The village was incorporated in 1836.
Brunswick is best known as the seat of See also:Bowdoin See also:College, a small institution of high educational See also:rank. There are eleven buildings on a campus of about 40 acres, I m. from the river-See also:bank at the end of the See also:principal village thoroughfare. The See also:chapel (See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Chapel, named in See also:honour of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William King, the first See also:governor of Maine), built of undressed See also:granite, is of Romanesque See also:style, and has twin towers and See also:spires rising to a height of 12o ft.; the interior walls are beautifully decorated with frescoes and mural paintings. The See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker See also:Art See also:Building (built as a memorial to See also:Theophilus W. Walker) is of See also:Italian See also:Renaissance style, has mural decorations by See also:John la Farge, Elihu See also:Vedder, See also:Abbott H. See also:Thayer and See also:Kenyon See also:Cox, and contains a good collection of paintings and other See also:works of art. Among the paintings, many of which were given by the younger See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Bowdoin, are examples of See also:van Dyck, See also:Titian, Poussin and See also:Rembrandt. The. library building is of See also:Gothic style, and in 1908 contained 88,000 volumes (including the private library of the younger James Bowdoin). Among the other buildings are an astronomical See also:observatory, a See also:science building, a memorial See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a gymnasium and three dormitories. The building of the Medical School of Maine (1820), which is a See also:department of the college, is on the same campus. Bowdoin was incorporated by the general court of Massachusetts in 1794, but was not opened until 1802. It was named in honour of James Bowdoin (1726–1790), whose son was a liberal benefactor. The college has been maintained as a non-sectarian institution largely by Congregationalists, and is governed by a See also:board of trustees and a board of overseers. Among the distinguished alumni have been Nathaniel See also:Hawthorne, See also:Franklin See also:Pierce, 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 W. See also:Longfellow, John P. See also:Hale, William P. See also:Fessenden, See also:Melville W. See also:Fuller, and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas B. See also:Reed.
BRUNSWICK-BEVERN, See also:AUGUST WILHELM, See also:DUKE OF (1715-1781), Prussian soldier, son of See also:Ernst See also:Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Bevern, was born at Brunswick in 1715, and entered the Prussian See also:army in 1731, becoming See also:colonel of an See also:infantry See also:regiment in 1739. He won See also:great distinction at Hohenfriedeberg as a See also:major-general, and was promoted See also:lieutenant-general in 1750. He was one of the most experienced and exact soldiers in the army of See also:Frederick the Great. He commanded a wing in the See also:battle of Lobositz in 1756, and defeated the Austrians under See also:Marshal Konigsegg in a well-fought battle at See also:Reichenberg on the 21st of See also:April 1757. He took See also:part in the battles of See also:Prague and See also:Kolin and the See also:retreat to See also:Gorlitz, and subsequently cornmanded the Prussians See also:left behind by Frederick in the autumn of 1757 when he marched against the See also:French. Bevern conducted a defensive See also:campaign against overwhelming See also:numbers with great skill, but he soon lost the valuable assistance of General Winterfeld, who was killed in a skirmish at Moys; and he was eventually brought to battle and suffered a heavy defeat at See also:Breslau on the 22nd of See also:November. He See also:fell into the hands of the Austrians on the following See also:morning, and remained prisoner for a See also:year. He was made general of infantry in 1759, and on the rrth of August1762 inflicted a severe defeat at See also:Reichenbach on an See also:Austrian army endeavouring to relieve See also:Schweidnitz. Bevern retired, after the See also:peace of See also:Hubertusburg, to his See also:government of See also:Stettin, where he died in 1781.
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