COUNT ADAM DE GUROWSKI
\kˈa͡ʊnt ˈadəm də ɡjʊɹˈə͡ʊskɪ], \kˈaʊnt ˈadəm də ɡjʊɹˈəʊskɪ], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t ˈa_d_ə_m d_ə ɡ_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_k_ɪ]\
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A Polish scholar and author; born at Kalisz, Sept. 10, 1805; died at Washington, D. C., May 4, 1866. In early life he was a leading Polish patriot, and an instigator of the revolution of 1830. Later he became an advocate of Panslavism, and was employed in Russia. In 1841 he left the latter country and studied in Berlin, and in Bern, Switzerland. In 1849 he came to the United States, and from 1861 to 1863 was a translator in the State Department at Washington. Among his works, several of which were written in French and German, are: "Civilization and Russia" (1840); "Panslavism" (1848); "Russia as It Is" (1854); "The Turkish Question" (1854); "My Diary: Notes on the Civil War" (1862 to 1866).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).