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* EMMERAM. ■ia EMMET. Benedictines, bearing his name, afterwards arose. The 22d of September has been dedicated by the Roman Catholic Church in his honor. EMMERAN, §m'mSr-an, Etjsebius. See Dai mhi. Geokg Feiedkich. EMMERICH, ern'mer-iK. A town in the Prussian Rhine Province, on tlie right bank of the Rhine, about 57 miles northwest of DiisscI- dorf and five miles from the Dutch frontier (Map: Prussia, B 3). The streets are broad and clean and tbe houses distinctly Dutch in char- acter. Two of its churches are worthy of notice — thai of Saint Aldegund, a handsome Gothic edi- fice of the fifteenth century, anil the Minister or ( 'lunch of Saint Martin, with a tine crypt, carved choir-stalls, and the shrine of Saint Willibrord. The town owns its gas and water works, and has manufactures of liqueurs, chocolate, chemicals, leather, pianos, brushes, hosiery, and tobacco. IN river trade is considerable, consisting largely of produce, cattle, and Rhine salmon. Population, in 1890, 9022; in 1900, 10,517. Emmerich's his- tory dates from the seventh century. In 1233 it came uuder the dominion of the counts of Gel- dern, by whom it was raised to the rank of a city, but in 1402 it passed to Cleves. In the fif- teenth century it belonged to the Hanseatic League, and is believed to have contained then a population of 40,000. It subsequently shared the fortunes of the Duchy of Cleves. EMMERICH, Anna Katharina (1774-1824). A German nun and visionary. She was born in Westphalia, and from 1803 to 1811 lived at the Monastery of Agnctenberg, near Diilmen. Like Veronica Juliani. Maria von Mori, and others, ' she was believed to have been stigmatized, and was particularly celebrated for her ecstatic vis- ions of the Passion. Her experiences were de- scribed by Clemens Brentano (Munich. 1852), and by the Abbe Cazales at Paris in 1870. EM'MERSON, Henry Robert (1853 — ). A Canadian barrister and politician, born at Maugerville. N. B. He was educated at Acadia (N. S.) College and Boston (Mass.) Univer-ity Law School, was admitted as an attorney in 1S77, and called to the New Brunswick bar in 1878. From 1888 to 1890 he was a Representa- tive in the New Brunswick House of Assembly, in 1891 became a member of the Legislative Council, and in 1S92 president of the Executive Council. Subsequently he was chief commis- sioner of public works and member of the House of Assembly for Albert County. From 1897 to 1900 he was Attorney-General and Premier of New Brunswick, and in 1900 became member of the Canadian House of Commons for Westmore- land County, N. B. EM'MET, Robert (1778-1803). An Irish pa- triot and orator. The third and youngest son of Dr. Robert Emmet, an Irish Stale physician, he was born in Dublin. After education at private schools, he became a distinguished prize-winner at Trinity College, Dublin, and an eloquent mem- ber of the Historical Society. Summoned before the faculty and governmental visitors in 1798 as a United Irishman, he resigned from college, and traveled on the Continent, where he had in- terviews with Napoleon and Talleyrand in 1802. Napoleon promised to aid Irish independence, and Emmet returned secretly to Ireland, with the idea of planning a general revolution. On ■ Inly 23, 1803, an immature rising look place. Emmet, dressed in fane;) all ire. and attended by a hundred conspirators armed with inn and pikes, marched to seize Dublin Castle. < hi their way the men with pikes murdered the aged Lord Kilwarden, whom they met in his carria and assassinated Colonel Brown of the Fourth Regiment, who was walking on the Coombe. Emmet was in de-pair a1 these excesses, and after the ordinary guard with their lir-t volley had dispersed the rioters, he led to the Wicklow mountains, intending to escape to the Continent. His affection for Curran's daughter led to his arrest when seeking a final interview with her. He was tried for treason, condemned to death, and hanged the following day. His speeches de- livered before receiving sentence and on the scaf- fold are held to be models of patriotic eloquence. "O Breathe Not His Name," and "She is Far from the Land where Her Young Hero Sleep-," two of the most pathetic poems of his college friend, Moore, commemorate the sad fates of Emmet and Mis- Curran. Consult: Madden, Life of Robert Emmet (New York. 1850); and Robert Emmet: Cause of His Rebellion (Lon- don, 1871). EMMET, RosrNA. See Siierwood, Rosina. EMMET, Thomas Addis (1764-1827). An Irish lawyer and politician. An elder brother of Robert Emmet, he was born in Cork. He obtained a scholarship and the degree of B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, and the degree of M.I), at Edinburgh University, tin the advice of Sir James Mackintosh, however, he abandoned medi- cine for law, and was admitted to the Dublin bar in 1790. As counsel of the United Irishmen, he was arrested with others for treason and imprisoned from 179S to 1S02. He regained his freedom as a political exile, forbidden to re- enter British territory under heavy penalties. He visited Hamburg, lirussels, and France, where upon his brother's condemnation and execution, he interviewed Napoleon, who was contemplating an invasion of England. Finally he went to New York and joined the American bar. He gained distinction and a large practice, and in 1812 was elected Attorney General of New York State. He died suddenly while pleading in court. He wrote sketches of Irish history for VIcNevin's Pieces of Irish History (1807). Consult: Havnes, Life of Thomas A. Km nut I London, 1829); and Madden, Memoir (New York, 1856). EMMET, Thomas Addis (1828—). An Ameri- can gynaecologist, born at Charlottesville, Va. His father, Dr. John Patten Emmet, was pro- fessor of chemistry and materia medica at the University of Virginia. His grandfather was Thomas Addis Emmet, an Irish lawyer and a leader of the United Irishmen, afterwards Attor- ney General of the State of New York; and his grand-uncle was the Irish patriot Robert Emmet. After a partial academic course at the Univer- sity of Virginia, Dr. Emmet received his medi- cal' degree from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1S50. He then acted for two year- as physician in the Emigrant Hospital, Ward's Island, ami after 1852 practiced medicine in New York City. From 1855 to 1862 he was also assistant surgeon, from 1SH2 to 1S72 sur- geon-in-chief, and from 1872 to 1900 visiting sur- geon, in the Women's Hospital of the Slate of New York. In 1S70 he was appointed consulting