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 TUDOR TUISCO 25 was invited over from France to deliver the country from the tyranny of Richard III., whom he overthrew at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, and became king. His marriage with Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV., in 1480, united the claims of the houses of York and Lancaster. The Tudors were bold, en- ergetic sovereigns, and often despotic ; and under them England was prosperous and pow- erful. See "A Chronicle of England during the Reign of the Tudors, from 1485 to 1559," by Charles Wriothesley (vol. i., London, 1875). TUDOR, William, an American author, born in Boston, Jan. 28, 1779, died in Rio de Janeiro, March 9, 1830. lie graduated at Harvard col- lege in 1796, visited Europe, and on his return founded the "Anthology Club," and contributed various articles to its journal, the "Monthly Anthology." In 1815 the first number of the "North American Review" appeared under his editorship, and three fourths of the first four volumes were written by him. In 1819 he published "Letters on the Eastern States;" in 1821 a volume of "Miscellanies;" and in 1823 a " Life of James Otis." In 1823 he was ap- pointed United States consul at Lima, and in 1828 was made charge d'affaires at Rio de Janeiro, where he wrote " Gebel Teir " (Bos- ton, 1829). He was one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. TUESDAY, the third day of the week. In the Roman calendar it was called dies Martis, from Mars, and its present name is derived from Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon god of war. TUFi. See CALCAREOUS SPRINGS. TUFTS COLLEGE, an institution of learning in Medford, Mass., founded by Universalists. The corner stone of the original edifice was laid July 19, 1853, and the building finished in the spring of 1854. It is of brick, 100 by 60 ft., and three stories high. Besides this there are at present three large dormitories furnishing accommodations for 150 students. The college was named in honor of Charles Tufts, who gave it 70 acres of land for a site. Its total endowment now amounts to. more than $1,- 000,000. The institution was opened in Au- gust, 1854. In 1867 the divinity school was organized. The first president was the Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d, D. D., who died in 1861, and was succeeded by the Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, D. D., LL. D. Dr. Miner resigned in 1876, and was succeeded by the Rev. Elmer Hewitt Ca- pen. In the college department there are two parallel courses of four years each. The first is the usual college course, for which the de- gree of bachelor of arts is given. The second resembles the first, but gives more scope to elective studies, and permits the substitution of the modern languages for Greek. For this course the degree of bachelor of philosophy is given. There is also an engineering course of three years. The full course in the divinity school is three years for bachelors of arts and four years for others ; but students are admit- ted for shorter periods. For theological stu- dents tuition and room rent are free. The li- brary of the college contains more than 16,000 volumes and 5,000 pamphlets. The museum contains good collections of minerals, shells, birds, and botanical specimens. In 1875-'6 the collegiate department had 10 professors, 1 instructor, and 73 students, viz. : classical course, 56; engineering, 12; philosophical, 2; resident graduates, 3. The divinity school had 3 professors, 1 instructor, 3 lecturers, and 23 students. The number of graduates of the college was 225 ; of the divinity school, 21. TCI. See POE BIRD. TUILER1ES, a royal palace in Paris, between the Seine and the rue de Rivoli, and E. of the Place de la Concorde, so named because it stood on the site of a former manufactory of tiles (Fr. tuilerie). It was commenced in 1564 by Catharine de' Medici, who built the central pavilion de Vhorloge, and the two ad- joining wings and their pavilions. Henry IV. added a range of buildings with a lofty pa- vilion at each end, the whole presenting a facade 336 yards in length by 36 in depth. He also commenced the gallery fronting the Seine connecting the S. extremity of the build- ing with the Louvre, continued by Louis XIII., and finished by Louis XIV. The latter re- placed the spherical dome of the pavilion de Vhorloge by a quadrangular one; and in 1808 Napoleon I. began the northern gallery along the rue de Rivoli, which was completed by Na- poleon III., when the Tuileries and the Louvre formed a connected pile, enclosing the Place du Carrousel. The front of the building was imposing, and the interior unsurpassed in mag- nificence by any other royal residence. After the removal of the court to the palace of Ver- sailles in 1672 no French king lived in the Tuileries until 1789, when Louis XVI. was compelled to remove thither. On Aug. 10, 1792, the people stormed the building and massacred the Swiss body guard. It was the residence of Napoleon during the consulate and empire, and of the Bourbons after the restoration. In July, 1830, it was again taken by the people ; and at the expulsion of Louis Philippe in February, 1848, it was for the third time ransacked. It was the residence of Napoleon III., who renovated and greatly improved it. The palace itself, with a small part of both extensions connecting with the Louvre, was destroyed by fire by the commu- nists in May, 1871. The gardens of the Tui- leries, extending west to the Place de la Con- corde, comprising 50 acres, and among the most attractive public resorts in Paris, suffered severely during the war of 1870-'71, but in 1876 had been thoroughly restored. TUISCO, Thuisco, Tnisto, or Tent, the god whom, according to Tacitus, the ancient Germans re- vered as the earth-born founder of their na- tion, He was represented as a gray -bearded man, with uncovered head clad in the skin of an animal, holding a sceptre in his right hand, and stretching out the left. His son Mannus