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LEFT PADERBORN 77 and in the year 1901 he became profes- sor of English at the University of Washington. He wrote and translated many works relating to English and other literature. He was a contributor to the Cambridge History of English Literature and to European and English magazines. PADERBORN, a town of Westphalia, Prussia; 50 miles S. W. of Hanover. The fine Romanesque cathedral (R. C), completed in 1163, is built over the sources of the Pader, and contains the silver coflBn of St. Liborius. Notable edifices are St. Bartholomew's Chapel (1017) and the town house (1615; re- stored 1870-1876). The old Hanse town was sacked by the Duke of Brunswick in 1622, and it suffered much during the Thirty Years' War. From 1614 to 1819 it was the seat of a Roman Catholic university. Much of it was burnt down in 1875. PADEREWSKI, IGNACE JAN, a Russian pianist; born in Podolia, Rus- sian Poland, Nov. 6, 1860. At seven his father placed him under the care of a teacher, Pierre Sowinski. In 1872 he PADUA IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI went to Warsaw, where his knowledge of harmony and counterpoint was ac- quired from Roguski, and later from Frederick Kiel, of Berlin. At 18 he was nominated Professor of Music to the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1884 he held Vol. VII— Cyc a professorship at the Conservatory of Music in Strassburg, but he resolved to become a pianistic virtuoso. He re- moved to Vienna, placed himself under Leschetizky, and made his debut before the Viennese public in 1887, and was at once proclaimed to be one of the most remarkable pianists of the day. He paid several visits to the principal tov/ns throughout Germany, always with in- creasing success, and in 1889 made his first appearance before a Parisian au- dience. He visited the United States four times. He composed more than 80 vocal works, a concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra, an opera "Man- fred," a suite for orchestra in G, and many pieces for the piano. His "Polish Fantasie" was produced at the Norwich Festival in 1893. In 1900 he established the Paderewski Fund in the United States for the encouragement of American composers. In the first competition (1902) three prizes of $500 were awarded to Henry Hadley, Horatio Parker and Arthur Bird. Only one award, to Arthur Shep- herd, was made in 1906. Paderewski married Madame Gorski in 1899. Dur- ing the World War he was busy pressing the claims of Poland as a na- tion and raising money for his suffering countrymen. He was appointed Pre- mier of the Polish Republic 1919, and resigned in 1920. PADGETT, LEMUEL P., member of the House of Representatives from the 7th Tennessee district. Born in Colum- bia, Tenn., 1855, gi'aduated from Erskine College, South Carolina, 1876. Three years later he began the practice of law at Columbia. From 1898-1900 he was a member of the Tennessee State Senate and in 1901 was elected to Congress, since that time he has been re-elected for every term. When the Democratic party obtained a majority in the House in 1911 Congressman Padgett became Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and directed the Committee's action during the war with Germany. Since December, 1917, he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. PADUA (ancient Patavium), a forti- fied city and province of Italy (Padova). Its celebrated university, founded in the 13th century, had formerly students from all parts of the world. Among these were Dante, Petrarch, and Tasso; and among the professors Fallopius, Fabricius ab Aquapendente, Morgagni, Galileo, and Guglielmini. The univer- sity library comprises 100,000 volumes. There is also an academy of sciences. The churches, and especially San An- 6