RICHARD CONGREVE
\ɹˈɪt͡ʃəd kˈɒŋɡɹɛv], \ɹˈɪtʃəd kˈɒŋɡɹɛv], \ɹ_ˈɪ_tʃ_ə_d k_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ɹ_ɛ_v]\
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An English author and educator; born at Leamington, England, Sept. 4, 1818. He taught at Rugby and later became a disciple of Comte. He wrote "The Catechism of Positivist Religion" (1858); "Elizabeth of England" (1862); "Essays: Political, Social and Religious" (1874). He died at Hampstead, England, July 5, 1899.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.