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Born in 1789 in Idocin; died Nov. 11, 1817, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Spanish bourgeois revolutionary, nephew of Mina the Elder.Mina took part in the Spanish people’s struggle against French invaders during 1808–10. Taken prisoner in 1810 by the French and held until 1814, he returned to Spain to begin a struggle to restore the Cadiz Constitution of 1812. After joining with Mina the Elder in ...

... n.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.

1781–1820, first governor of Alabama (1817–20), b. Amelia co., Va. Graduated in medicine from the Univ. Of Pennsylvania (1801), he began practice in Petersburg, Ga. He was a state legislator, U.S. Representative (1807–13), and U.S. Senator (1813–16). In Apr., 1817, President Monroe appointed him governor of the newly created territory of Alabama, and Bibb continued in office when the new ...

1779–1853, American political leader, b. Louisa co., Va. After practicing law in Virginia, he moved (1802) to Mississippi. As attorney general of Mississippi he took part in the efforts to bring Aaron Burr to trial. He served (1807–13) in the U.S. Congress and later was (1813–17) U.S. District judge. He was influential in framing (1817) the Mississippi constitution and was chiefly responsible ...

... born Dec. 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, Eng.—died July 18, 1817, Winchester, Hampshire) English novelist. The daughter of a rector, she lived in the circumscribed world of minor landed gentry and country clergy that she was to use in her writing; her closest companion was her sister, Cassandra. Her earliest known writings are mainly parodies, notably of ...