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NEUCHATEL , See also:capital of the above Swiss See also:canton, situated near the See also:north-See also:east corner of the See also:lake of Neuchatel. It is the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-point of several important railway lines, from See also:Bern past Kerzers (27 m.), from See also:Bienne (19 m.), from La Chaux de Fonds (19 m.), from See also:Pontarlier (in See also:France), by the Val de Travers, (331M.), and from Yverdon (23 m.). The railway station (1575 ft.) at the See also:top of the See also:town is connected by an electric See also:tramway with the See also:shore of the lake some 150 ft. See also:lower. The older portion of the town is built on the steep slope of the Chaumont, and originally the See also:waters of the lake bathed the See also:foot of 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 on which it stood. But the See also:gradual growth of alluvial deposits, and more recently the artificial See also:embankment of the shore of the lake, have added much dry ground, and on this site the finest See also:modern buildings have been erected. The 16th-See also:century See also:castle and the 13th-century collegiate 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 of Notre See also:Dame (now See also:Protestant) stand 'See also:close together and were founded in the 12th century when the See also:counts took up their permanent See also:residence in the town, to which they granted a See also:charter of liberties in 1214. Among the buildings on the quays are the Musee See also:des See also:Beaux Arts (modern Swiss paintings and also various See also:historical collections, including that of See also:Desor See also:relating to the Lake Dwellings), the Gymnase or See also:College Latin (in which is also the museum of natural See also:history and the town library), the university (refounded in 1866 and raised from the See also:rank of an See also:academy to that of a university in 1909), the Ecole de See also:Commerce and the See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. The town owes much to the gifts of citizens. Thus See also:David de See also:Parry (1709-1786) founded the town See also:hospital and built the town 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, while 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 de Purry bequeathed to the town the See also:villa in which the ethnographical museum has been installed (1904). In 1811 J. L. de Pourtales (1722-1814) founded the hospital which bears his name, while in 1844 A. de Meuron (1789-1852) constructed the lunatic See also:asylum at Prefargier, a few See also:miles from the town. Among natives of the town are the theologians J. F. See also:Ostervald (1663-1747) and See also:Frederic See also:Godet (1812-1900), the geologist E. Desor (1811-1882), the See also:local historian G. A. Matile (1807-1881) and the politicians A. M. Piaget (1802-1870) and Numa See also:Droz (1844-1899). Neuchatel (partly because very See also:good See also:French is spoken there) attracts many See also:foreign students, while the town is a See also:literary centre. In 1900 Neuchatel numbered 20,843 inhabitants (in 185o only 7727 and in 1870, 12,683), 15,277 being French-speaking and 4553 See also:German-speaking; there were 17,237 Protestants, 3459 Romanists and 8o See also:Jews. (W. A. B.
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