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... 1744–1808) legal scholar; born in Berwick, District of Maine. He was initially King's counsel for York County in Maine but took an active role in support of the American Revolution. For many years he was a prominent Boston lawyer and Massachusetts statesman; he served on the state supreme court (1776), as state attorney general (1790–1807), and as ...

a kingdom in Italy that existed from 1801 to 1807. A dependency of France, the Kingdom of Etruria was formed by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was defeated by his forces. The kingdom’s name was derived from the ancient name of the region of Tuscany, which was inhabited by the Etruscans. In late 1807 the Kingdom of Etruria was abolished, and its territory incorporated into the ...

a war waged by England against Denmark; a constituent part of the so-called Napoleonic Wars.On Aug. 16, 1807, England, striving to prevent Denmark from joining the continental blockade, made a landing on the Danish coast; this force, in collaboration with the English fleet, blockaded Copenhagen. On September 7, after a fierce artillery bombardment of Copenhagen, the English forced the Danish ...

Main campus at Knoxville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1794, opened 1795 as Blount College; became East Tennessee College 1807; closed 1807–20; became East Tennessee Univ. 1840, Univ. Of Tennessee 1879. The schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and related health sciences are at Memphis, and there are also campuses at Martin and Chattanooga. There is an extensive ...

1815–91, French genre and military painter. His study of the Dutch masters was evident in his first Salon-exhibited painting, A Visit to the Burgomaster (1834). His small genre paintings are meticulous as to furnishings and costumes. Among Meissonier's battle scenes, chiefly of the Napoleonic Wars, are Napoleon I with His Staff. (Louvre) and Friedland, 1807 (Metropolitan Mus.). His genre ...