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Rh he owned extensive lands that had been granted to him by Pedrarias Davila.

ZEQUEIRA, Manuel de (thay-kay-ee'-rah), Cuban author, b. in Havana about 1760 ; d. there in 1846. He entered the army when very young and sailed to Santo Domingo in 1793, when he took part in the attempts to quell the revolt of the negroes in the French part of the island. In 1813 he went to New Grenada, in 1814 he was appointed governor of the province of Rio Hacha, and he was also governor of Santa Marta in 1815 and of Cartagena in 1816. He was brevetted colonel in 1817, and returned to Havana, where he fixed his residence. He lost his reason in 1821. His first poetical essays were published in 1795 in the " Papel Periodico," of Havana, the first newspaper in Cuba. " America y Apolo," an allegorical work, appeared in 1817, and " Batalla de Cortes en la Laguna." an epic, was published in 1820. The first edition of his " Poems " appeared in New York in 1829, and a larger one was published by his son (Havana, 1852).

ZERRAHN, Carl, musician, b. in Malchow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, 28 July, 1826. He began the study of music in Rostock at the age of twelve years, and completed his education in Hanover and Berlin. About 1848, with twenty-five others, he organized &ldquo;The Germania Musical Society&rdquo; and came to this country, giving concerts in London on their way. They reached New York in September, 1848, and gave successful concerts in New York and Brooklyn, which were followed by others in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and New England. They appeared for five or six years with Jenny Lind, Madame Sonntag, Ole Bull, Thalberg, Alfred Jaell, Camilla Urso, and other artists, disbanding in 1854. In that year Zerrahn became musical director of the Handel and Haydn society of Boston, which post he now holds. From 1866 till 1882 he was conductor of the Harvard musical association. He has conducted the music festivals of the Worcester county musical association every year since 1865, with the exception of 1868, which he spent in Germany, and took part in the New York festivals of 1869 and 1873. He is a member of several musical societies, and has edited two books designed for musical organizations, &ldquo;The Index&rdquo; (Boston, 1881) and &ldquo;The Apograph&rdquo; (1885).

ZEUNER, Charles, musician, b. in Eisleben, Prussian Saxony, 20 Sept., 1795; d. near Philadelphia, Pa., 7 Nov., 1857. He was baptized as Heinrich Christopher, but seems to have changed his name when he came to the United States in 1824. He settled in Boston, where he became organist of Park street church and of the Handel and Haydn society (1830-'7). In 1854 he removed to Philadelphia, where he held various posts as organist. For several years he showed symptoms of insanity, which, however, were not thought to be serious. On 7 Nov., 1857, he left for West Philadelphia, and on the same day committed suicide. His oratorio, &ldquo;The Feast of Tabernacles,&rdquo; was published in 1832. He issued also some collections of music, notably &ldquo;The American Harp&rdquo; (Boston, 1839) and &ldquo;Ancient Lyre&rdquo; (1848).

ZEVALLO Y BALBOA, Miguel (thay-val'-yo), Spanish missionary, d. in Quito about 1595. He joined early the army, and served in the Nether- lands and Italy, but entered the Franciscan order and went to South America in 1566. In the con- vent of his order at Santa Fe de Bogota a lay friar, Juan de Orozco, communicated to him some documents relating to American antiquities, and he was induced to undertake their study. He was afterward attached to the missions of Nicaragua, and in 1576 became librarian of a convent in Quito. After that time he devoted himself to the study of ancient Indian monuments, receiving encour- agement from Bishop Pedro de la Peiia. In 1586 he finished his "Miscelanea Austral" and dedi- cated it to the Count de Villar, viceroy of Peru ; but the work was not printed till Henry Ternaux- Compans translated it into French and published it in his collection under the title " Histoire du Perou " (Paris, 1840). Zevallo's narrative contra- dicts in several important particulars that of Gar- cilaso de la Vega, and contains many details about the early history of Peru which are not found elsewhere. The original manuscript is preserved in the archives at Seville, and a copy is in the National library at Paris.

ZIEGLER, Henry, theologian, b. near Old Fort, Centre co., Pa., 19 Aug., 1816. lie was graduated at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1841, and at Gettysburg theological seminary in 1843, and in the latter year was licensed to preach. He was pastor at Selinsgrove, Pa., in 1843-'5, travelling missionary and missionary president of Pittsburg synod in 1845-'50, pastor at Williamsport, Pa., in 1850-'3, agent for the Parent education society, re- siding at Selinsgrove, Pa., in 1853-'5, pastor at Sa- lona, Pa., in 1855-'8, and professor of theology in Missionary institute, Selinsgrove, Pa., in 1858-'81. Failing health then compelled him to retire from active duties. He received the degree of D. D. in 1860 from Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio. Dr. Ziegler has a wide reputation as an author, and as a teacher of theology he has been eminently suc- cessful. Before his health failed he was a fre- quent contributor to the periodicals of his church, especially the " Evangelical Review and Lutheran Quarterly " and the " Lutheran Observer." Besides numerous baccalaureate and other addresses, he has published " Treatise on Natural Theology " (1860) ; " Treatise on Apologetic Theology " (1861) ; "Cate- chetics — Historical, Theoretical, and Practical " (Philadelphia, 1873) ; " The Pastor, his Relation to Christ and the Church " (1876) ; " The Preacher, his Relation to the Study and the Pulpit " (1876) ; " Dogmatic Theology " (Selinsgrove. Pa., 1878) ; and " The Value to the Lutheran Church of her Confessions : An Essay " (Philadelphia, 1878).

ZILLIOX, James, R. G prelate, b. in Newark, N. J., 14 Oct., 1849. He was educated at St. Vincent's college, Westmoreland co., Pa. and on com- pleting his course, entered the Benedictine order in 1865. After studying theology he was ordained priest on 27 July, 1873, and took the degree of D. D. at the university in Rome on 6 Aug., 1875. On his return to the United States he was called to fill the chair of theology in St. Vincent's college, which he held for several years, also filling the office of master of novices and that of prior of the monastery. In 1885 he was elected abbot of the newly established abbey at St. Mary's church in Newark, N. J., which place failing health compelled him to resign a year later. He is the author of " Album Benedictinum " (Beatty, 1880).

ZINZENDORF, Nicholas Lewis, Count of, b. in Dresden, Saxony, 26 May, 1700; d. in Herrnhut, 9 May, 1760. He was educated at Halle and Wittenberg. In 1722 he conceived the idea of a purer church discipline, marks of which he observed among the descendants of the Unitas Fratrum of Bohemia and Moravia, whom he permitted to settle on his estate, and Herrnhut was built for these refugees. He finally united with them, and in 1736 was consecrated one of their bishops. John Wesley was indebted to him both for his religious