DOANE. 338 DOBHOVSKY. He has i>ul)l islunl : ilonuics. ur The Hiirmonii of the Collfcls; Kiiisllm and Oospelx for Ihr Sun- daus i.f the Year (1881) ; miJ h'liiimrs from Time loTimc (1901). DOBBELIN. (lrl/t>rl(in. Sw DiiuKUN, Karl T. DOB'BIN. Major William. An I'stinmliU' luil awkward youiit; ollicf-r in Tliaokeray's Vanity Fair: a friend and wouKMh' adviser of (;eiir}i;o Osborne and liis wife. Amelia, whom he linally marries, ten years after her lirst husband's death. DOBBS FERRY. A village in Westehester County. N. V.. Jl miles north of the Grand Central Depot, New York City, on the Hudson Kiver. and on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. It is picturesquely situated at the south end of the broad expansion of llie Mud- son known as Tappan Bay, and has handsome residences of New York merchants. Dolibs Ferry's history in connection with the Revolution is in- teresting. Here, in the old Livin;.'ston mansion. Washington and Rochand)eau planne<l the York- town campaign: the same mansion is famous for the conference of Washingt*m, Clinton, and Carle- ton in 178.'!: and opposite this |)oint was lired the first salute to the American Hag by a Kritish sloop of war. Population, in 18110, 2083; in 1900, 2888. BOBELIN, dr'bp-li*>n. Kakl Thkodor (1727- 93). A (ierman actor, born at KiJnigsberg (East Prussia), lie studied at Halle and l-eipzig, and in 1750 establisned at Erfurt his own dramatic company. From 17.i8 to 1789 he was a member of several companies, and subsequently laid the foundations of the Court theatre in Berlin. He did nnieh to promote the presentation of the dramas of Lessing. DOBELL', Sydney TiioMPSo.N (1824 74). An English jiocl, born at Cranbrook. Kent. His father, who was a wine nierrhaiit. removed to Cheltenham in 18.30. and Dolicll was educated there by private tutors and by hiiiiself. In 1844 he niarribd, and. owing to his own ill health or his wife's, made many tours abroad, living for three years in Edinburgh and the Highlamls, and finallr making his home among the Cotswold Hills.' where he died. His poems comprise: The Homan (18.')0); Haider (18.i4); i^onnctn on the War. written in conjunction with Alexander Smith (18.55); and Eniiland in Time of U'or (1850). Dobell belongs to the so-called 'spas- )nodic' school of poets, of whom the extreme type was P. J. Bailey (q.v.). He possessed the true poet's spirit, but was weak in execution. He was a reputable critic and a man of lofty character. Consult; His I'ocliral Bor/.s. with a memoir bv .1. Xichol. published in two volumes ( London,' 1875) : Thour/hts on Art. /'Iiilosophii. and l{< Union, edited by Nichol (London, 1870) : and his Life and Letters, edited by .lolly (Lon- don. 1878). See Poetry, Spa.smodic School of. DbBELN, det)?ln. A town in (he Kingdom of SaxoMV. situated partly on an island in the Freiberger Mulde. 42 miles southeast of Leipzig (Map: Cermany. E 3). Diibeln is n pretty an<l thriving place, "and has manufactures of woolen vanis. iron, wagons, cloth, leather, ami agricul- tural implements, Tt has an active trade in cereals. Population, in 1890. Kl.OOO: in 1900, 17,74.5. DOBEREINER, de'ber Jner. .Tohanx Wolf- ciANi. ilTs0 1xt9). A Oerman chemist, born near Hof (Bavaria). Uc studied pharmacy at .Miinchberg. and in 1810 was appointed professor of chcmi-try ami pharmacy at .lena. (ioethe and the (;ran<l Duke Karl .ugust of Sa.e Weimar were his friends, and the Itriefr ilis (Iroxxherzotis Karl Auyust and (loclhes an Diibereiner were published" at Weimar in 1850 (ed. by O. Schade). He is best known as the inventor of •Oiibereiner's lamp," considerably useil previous to the intro- duction of sulphur matches. In this apparatus a jilatinum sponge upon which a jet of hydrogen is directed becomes red-hot and ignites the gas. IMs publications include: /.nr pneawaliselicn Chemie (1821-251: /.nr Chrwir des I'latins (1836): and other works, (insult Kragenberg, lli<- Iitd<i4t,inii Doh, rriiirrs l.Iciia. 1802). DOBLHOFF - DIER. doOirholT-der, . to.n, Baron il.Sil0 72i. An Austrian statesman. He was a member of the Assembly of Lower .ustria, and in this capacity revealed himself as a man of decidedly liberal and progressive views. In -May, 1848," he was appointed Minister of Com- merce, and two montlis later accepted the port- folios of the interior and of education. In 1849 he was :ippointcd Minister to The Hague. DOB'NER, (iELASirs (1710-90). A Bohemian historian. He was born at Prague, .vhere he was appointed royal historiograplicr because of his original researches into the. domain of Bohe- mian history. The Bohemian Society of Sciences erected a monument to his memory. His own, as well as the numerous treatises published by the scK'icty mentioned, still have considerable scientilic value. His principal publications are: Wenecilai llaf/ek a Liboc:<in AnnaU.s Holiemoruin <■ liuhemiea Fdilione Laline litddili et .Yo(i.v II- luslruti (G vols.. 1701-83), and Monumenta llix- luriea liohcmia- nusipinm ante hav Edita (0 vols., ill.. 1704-801. Dobner has been called the founder of ISohcmian historiography. • DOBREE', Pi:ter 1'aii, (1782-1825). An F.nglish classical scholar, born in the island of (Juernsey. He graduated at Trinity Collegt'. Cambridge, in 1804. was appointed fellow of Trinity in 1800. and continued to reside in Cam- bridge" throvighout his lifetinu'. In 1823 he was appointed regius professor of (ireek. He de- voted himself to the classics and enjoyed the intimate friendship of Porson. whose notes on .Xrisloplianra he published in 1820 with ;in edi tion of the Plains: in 1822 he edited Photius's Lcxieoti after Porson's notes. At his death he left nuiuy notes on various (Jrcek and Latin authors, which were published by his friends in 1831-33. under the title Adveritaria. to which a small volume was added in 1834-35. Consult Luard. in hirtionani of Malional liioyraphy, XV. ( Loii.loM. 1888). "^ DOBROVSK"?. dd-brov'sk*. .Tosef (1753- 1829). . Bohemian writer, the 'patriarch of Slavonic philology.' He was born in Hungary, where his father was stationed in garrison. His eduiatiiin was carried on in Cerman. iind he harned his native tongue from hi- schoolmates when n boy of ten. He studied in Dcutsrhbrod. Klattau. and Prague, and entered (he Order of .Jesuits, but ti'n months later, on its dissolution. in 1773, returned to Prague and acquired a solid reputation through his knovledgi> of Hebrew and his thcidogical siholarship. While tutor in the family of Count Nostitz (1770-87), he had the necess"arv leisure to devote 'him.self
