ENGEL. 76 different periods. Among them may lie men- tioned: The Music of the Host Ancient .- (1S04): Jn Introduction to the Study of Vatiotial il Ht0 the tory of the Violin Family (1883). ENGEL, : German statis- tician born in Dresden. He studied mining engi- neering at Freiberg and Pari-. Alter ae1 r of the Saxon commission for the inves- industrial and labor conditions, he be- . , 1850 director of the Royal Saxon Statis- tical Bureau in Dresden. 11 i> work here was mainly in improving the methods of statistics and arizing the results. In 1858 he resigned to me of the Saxon Mortgage Insurance n turned in 1860 to the public ser is director of the Prussian Statistical Bit in this office he remained until 1882, when tailing health caused him to retire. He was i in professional circles as one of the most capable and energetic of modern statisticians, and ntributions to the methods of administra- tive statistics were considerable. His investiga- tions into the household expenses of the laboring re particularly valuable. < I'Institut International de Statis- vol. x. (Rome, 1897). Engel's chief works prints of contributions to the Zeitschrift des statistischen Bureaus, and include Die Iethoden der Volkssahlung (1861), Land und des preussischen Staates (1S03), and Das D (2d ed. 1881). ENGEL, Kuan/ I 1834—). A German travel- 1. Mecklenburg-Schwerin. From lie made a tour through South ... accounts of which he published in the interesting and valuable roll is entitled Studien
- ien A mi rikas i 2d ed. 1879), and
Aus dem Pflanzerstaate Zulia (1881). ENGEL, Johann Christian von (1770-1814). An Hungarian historian. He was born at Leut- schau, Hungary, and received his education at i he studied under Hej ne, Schlci z.r. and other distinguished scholars. His works are full of varied and extensive information, and are characterized by greal thoroughness. Engel was in some respects a pioneer as regards the history of Hungary. His principal work is en- titled Oeschichti des ungarischen Reiches wnd
■ bi nlandi r < 1797-1804).
ENGEL, Johanh Jakob (1741 1802). Ger riter, bom al Parchim. He was educated m Rostock, Btltzow, and Leipzig, and held vari ous posts, including the directorship of the Bei lin Theatre (1787-94), He wrote much on the n ( .i-i 1 1. ■ i ics, including the Philo- soph fill ■'■■ Welt (2 vols., 1775-77) and An- der Diohtungsarten 1804 Mi TTerr 1 ori n t Stark, a » ork of Action i'n i published in Schiller's Horen bj humor and effeel ive ui Samtlichi Schriften were pub- in 1857. ENGEL I ' ■>, i 1 1 1 mi anat- [n 1844 1 point' i anatomy at Zuri ilso He be anatonrj at the in Is in. und from 1 s". I to "ii- at ENGELBRECHT. Vienna. His contributions to the development systematization of anatomical science were ible. In addition to a large number ii ted articles, lie wrote a Lehrbuch der pathologischen Anatomu ami a Kompendium der topogi Anatomie (1859). ENGEL, Karl Dietrich Leonhabd (1821—). A German musician and author. He was born in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, and went to Rus- sia in 1S42 as a violin virtuoso. Here be was very successful, and at the age of twenty-two was i intcd a member of the imperial orchestra at Saint Petersburg, of which body he subsequently Line concert-master. In 1869 he settled at Dresden. His writings, principally on the legend of Faust, include: Deutsche Puppenkomodien (vols, i.-xii.. 1874-93) ; Das Volksschauspiel Dok- tor Johann Faust (2d ed. 1882) ;.Zusammenstel- lung der Faustschriften vom 16. Jahrhundert bis Mitte 1884 (2d ed. 1884) ; Die Don Juan Sage an f der Iliihne (2d ed., 1888). His musical com- positions include the concerto in B minor and the unique and humorous fantasy entitled Jiidischer Garni i al. ENGELBERG, engVl-berK. A health resort in Switzerland, situated in the northeast part of the Engelberg Valley, 3300 feet above sea-level, and 14 miles south of Lucerne (Map: Switzerland. C 2). The town has an historical interest as the site of a Benedictine monastery founded in 1121, with a library of 20.000 volumes, including many incunabula, besides manuscripts. There is an eleventh-century Catholic gymnasium connected with the abbey. Population, in 1900, including a number of adjacent hamlets. 1966. ENGELBERT. eng'rl-bert (c.1250-1331) . A Benedictine author. He was educated at Prague and Padua, and became Abbot of Adniont in Styria in 1297. He is noted chiefly for his Latin history of the Roman Empire, entitled De Ortu, Progressu et Fine Imperii Romani, which has been frequently republished. Several of bis other productions were published in the Thesaurus inecdotorum Novissimus ( 1721 ), and in the Bib- liotheca Lscetica Antiquo-nova (1723-25). ENGELBERT I., eng'el-bert (c.1185-1225) . Saint and Archbishop of Cologne. He was of noble origin, and became Archbishop of Cologne at the age of thirty-one. He was one of the fore- mo-t ecclesiastical rulers of his day. a patron of agriculture, industry, and art, an excellent ad- ministrator, and a sworn enemy to the excesses perpetrated by the feudal barons. He brought about a complete reorganization of the electorate. During the absence of the Emperor Frederick II. in Italy he was administrator of the Empire. In consequence of an accusation of maladminis- tration which he had brought against his nephew, he was waylaid and slain by hirelings of the latter while on his way to consecrate a church, lie was one of the chief designers of (In- Cathe- dral of Cologne, ami is ranked among the noblest i epresental ives of the Church. ENGELBRECHT, eng'rl-lireKt. ThEODOB (1813 92). He mi an physician and pomologist. He i born near Brunswick. In lsc-i he ra- id the Government to establish the Porno- ll in titute, ainl he was the first president of the Ccrman Pomological Society (1880-89). His principal work is Deutschland's lepfelsorten I L889).
