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Buchanan
Scottish humanist, scholar, and educator. As a teacher of Latin in Paris, Buchanan wrote bitter attacks on the Franciscans that landed him in jail for heresy. He escaped and became a teacher in Bordeaux, where M. de Montaigne was one of his pupils. There he translated two of Euripides' plays into Latin and wrote original dramas. His paraphrase of the Psalms was long used for Latin instruction. At first a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, he later helped prepare the case that led to her execution. In De jure regni apud Scotos (1579), he argued for limited monarchy; Rerum Scotiacarum historia (1582) traces Scotland's history.

15th president of the U.S. (1857-61). Born in Mercersburg, Pa., he became a lawyer and member of the Pennsylvania legislature before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1821-31), as minister to Russia (1832-34), and in the U.S. Senate (1834-45). He was secretary of state in Pres. J. K. Polk's cabinet (1845-49). As minister to Britain (1853-56), he helped draft the Ostend Manifesto. In 1856 he secured the Democratic nomination and election as U.S. president, defeating J. C. Fr\u00e9 mont. Though experienced in government and law, he lacked the moral courage to deal effectively with the slavery crisis and equivocated on the question of Kansas's status as a slaveholding state. The ensuing split within his party allowed A. Lincoln to win the election of 1860. He denounced the secession of S. Carolina following the election and sent reinforcements to Ft. Sumter, but failed to respond further to the mounting crisis.


ocean
Large, continuous body of salt water. Ocean covers nearly 71% of the earth's surface and is divided into major oceans and smaller seas. The three principal oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian, are largely delimited by land and submarine topographic boundaries. All are connected to what is sometimes called the Southern Ocean, the waters encircling Antarctica. Important marginal seas, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, are partially enclosed by landmasses or island arcs. The largest are the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, Caribbean and adjacent waters, Mediterranean, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Yellow and China Seas, and Sea of Japan.


Schein
German composer. After singing as a boy in the chapel of the elector of Saxony, he studied music at the Univ. of Leipzig. In 1616 he became cantor of St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig, the post later held by J. S. Bach. In this capacity, he was an important teacher, became friends with S. Scheidt and H. Sch\u00fc tz, and wrote sacred works that combined the vocal lyricism of Italian music with the Northern contrapuntal style. His Banchetto musicale (1617) is a collection of dances, perhaps the first in which dances are gathered into unified suites, with common thematic motifs. His sacred vocal works include Opella nova (1618-26) and the hymn collection Cantional ...

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