JOHANNES SLEIDAN
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊhanz slˈe͡ɪdən], \dʒˈəʊhanz slˈeɪdən], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_h_a_n_z s_l_ˈeɪ_d_ə_n]\
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A celebrated German historian; born at Schleiden near Cologne; died at Strasburg, Oct. 31, 1556. His greatest work is "Memoirs of the State of Religion and the Civil Government under the Emperor Charles V.\" (3 vols., 1555), a history written without partisanship, and in graceful literary style; he wrote also a history of "The Four Great Empires, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman" (1556).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.