ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER
\ˈɑːt͡ʃɪbˌɔːld ˌalɪɡzˈandə], \ˈɑːtʃɪbˌɔːld ˌalɪɡzˈandə], \ˈɑː_tʃ_ɪ_b_ˌɔː_l_d ˌa_l_ɪ_ɡ_z_ˈa_n_d_ə]\
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An American theological and philosophical writer; born near Lexington, Rockbridge county, Va., April 17, 1772; died at Princeton, N. J., Oct. 22, 1851. He was a Presbyterian minister, president of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. His principal works were: "Evidences of Christianity" (1823); "Treatise on the Canon of the Old and New Testaments" (1826); "Outlines of Moral Science" (1852). He was a distinguished preacher.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).