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LUND , a See also:city of See also:Sweden, the seat of a See also:bishop, in the See also:district (Ian) of Malmohus, ro m. N.E. of See also:Malmo by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 16,621. A university was founded here in 1668 by See also:Charles XI., with faculties of See also:law, See also:medicine, See also:theology and See also:philosophy. The number of students ranges from 600 to 800, and there are about 5o professors. Its library of books and See also:MSS. is entitled to receive a copy of every See also:work printed in Sweden. Important buildings include the university 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 (1882), the See also:academic See also:union of the students (185r) containing an See also:art museum; the astronomical See also:observatory, built in 1866, though observations have been carried on since 176o; the botanical museum, and ethnographical and See also:industrial art collections, illustrating See also:life in See also:southern Sweden from See also:early times. Each student belongs to one of twelve nations (landskap), which mainly comprises students from a particular See also:part of the See also:country. The Romanesque See also:cathedral was founded about the See also:middle of the See also:roth See also:century. The See also:crypt under the raised See also:transept and See also:choir is one of the largest in the See also:world, and the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is one of the finest in Scandinavia. A statue of the poet Esaias See also:Tegner stands in the Tegners Plads, and the See also:house in which he lived from 1813 to 1826 is indicated by an inscribed See also:- STONE
- 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)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone slab. The See also:chief See also:industries are See also:sugar-refining, See also:iron and See also:brick See also:works, and the manufacture of See also:furniture and gloves.
Lund (Londinum Gothorum), the "Lunda at Eyrarsund" of Egil's See also:Saga, was of importance in Egil's 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 (c. 920). It appears that, if not actually a seaport, it was at least nearer the See also:Sound than now. In the middle of the 11th century it was made a bishopric, and in 1103 the seat of an See also:archbishop who received primatial See also:rank over all Scandinavia in 1163, but in 1536 Lund was reduced to a bishopric. See also:Close to the See also:town, at the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill of Sliparabacke, the Danish See also:kings used to receive the See also:homage of the princes of Skare, and a See also:monument records a victory of Charles XI. over the Danes (1676), which extinguished the Danish claim to See also:suzerainty over this district.
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