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LEFT PROCEDURE 353 PROCTOR He employed the soldiers as laborers in executing various extensive and impor- tant works, occupations considered as degrading by them; and a lai-ge body of troops engaged in draining swamps murdered the emperor in 282. PROCEDURE, CIVIL, the method of proceeding in a civil suit throughout its various stages. PROCESS, in anatomy, an enlarge- ment, such as the cygomatic process of the temporal bone, the vermiform proc- ess of the cerebellum, etc. In botany, any extension of the surface; a protru- sion whether natural or monstrous. In law, a term applied to the whole course of proceedings in a cause, real or per- sonal, civil or criminal, from the orig- inal writ to the end of the suit. PROCESSIONAL, a service book of the Roman Catholic Church, for use in religious processions. PROCHLORITE, a species of chlorite, consisting of a hydrated silicate of alu- mina, iron and magnesia. Crystallizes in the monoclinic system. It occurs in granular or foliated masses, is green in color, and may be either opaque or translucent. PROCIDA, an islet of Italy, between the island of Ischia and the mainland (Cape Miseno), 12 miles W. by S. of Naples; area, 1^/^ square miles; pop, about 15,000. On its shores is the city of the same name, with a harbor, a royal palace, a State prison, and a ma- rine school. The people fish coral, tunny, and sardines, and grow fruits, wine, and oil. The island was occupied by Great Britain on two or three occa- sions between 1799 and 1813. Pop. about 5,000. PROCLUS, a Greek philosopher of the Neo-Platonic school; born in Byzan- tium in 412; was educated at Alexandria and Athens. As a teacher at Athens he was very successful. He not only en- deavored to unite all philosophical schemes, but made it a maxim that a philosopher should embrace also all reli- gions by becoming infused with their spirit. His works include a "Sketch of Astronomy," in which he gave a short view of the systems of Hipparchus, Ar- istarchus and Ptolemy; "The Theology of Plato," "Principles of Theology," a "Life of Homer," etc. He died in Athens in 485. PROCONSUL, in Roman antiquity, an officer who, though not actually hold- ing the office of consul, exercised in some particular locality all the powers of a consul. PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE, an English poet; daughter of Bryan W.; born in London, England, Oct. 30, 1825. She wrote "Legends and Lyrics" (1858), which went through nine editions in seven years; and a second series (1860), which had a like success. She died Feb. 3, 1864. PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER, pseu- donym Barry Cornwall, an English poet; born in London, Nov. 21, 1787. Educated at Harrow, with Byron and Peel for schoolfellows, he studied law, and in 1815 began to contribute poetry to the "Literary Gazette." He published four volumes of poems, and produced a tragedy at Covent Garden. He was called to the bar in 1831. His works compi-ise "Dramatic Scenes" (1819), "A Sicilian Story" and "Marcian Colonna" (1820), "The Flood of Thessaly" (1823), and "English Songs" (1832), besides memoirs of Kean (1835), and Charles Lamb (1866). He died Oct. 5, 1874. PROCTOR, in English law, a person employed to manage another's cause in a court of civil or ecclesiastical law. He answers to an attorney at common law. In an English university, two officials chosen from among the Masters of Arts to enforce the statutes, and preserve good order and discipline. In an American university, an executive offi- cer whose duty it is to preserve order and enforce the laws of the institution. Proctors of the clergy, in England, clergymen elected to represent cathe- dral or other collegiate churches, and also the common clergy of every diocese in convocation. PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN, an Amer* ican poet; born in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 18, 1829. Her works are: "Poems" (1866); "A Russian Journey" (1872); "The Song of the Ancient People" (1892); "Mountain Maid and Other Poems of New Hampshire" (1900) ; etc. PROCTOR, REDFIELD, United States Senator and Cabinet officer; born in 1831, at Proctorsville, Vt., and graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of '51. He attained the rank of colonel by a four years' service in the Civil War. After the war he devoted himself to the practice of law, and to the development of his interests in the stone quarries of his State. In 1878 he was chosen gov- ernor of Vermont; in 1889 President Harrison appointed him Secretary of War, and he resigned this office to become United States Senator, a position which he held until his death in 1908. PROCTOR, RICHARD ANTHONY, an English astronomer, author of a large number of popular works, principally on