[Auckland Islands], a group of small islands 180 m. S. of New Zealand, with some good harbours, and rich in vegetation.
[Aude] (317), a maritime dep. in the S. of France, being a portion of Languedoc; yields cereals, wine, &c., and is rich in minerals.
[Audebert, Jean Baptiste], a French artist and naturalist; devoted himself to the illustration in coloured plates of objects of natural history, such especially as monkeys and humming-birds, all exquisitely done (1759-1800).
[Audhumbla], the cow, in the Norse mythology, that nourished Hymir, and lived herself by licking the hoar-frost off the rocks.
[Audley, Sir Thomas, Lord], born in Essex, son of a yeoman; became Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor of England; the selfish, unscrupulous tool of Henry VIII. (1488-1554).
[Au`douin, Jean Victor], an eminent French entomologist; was employed by the French Government to inquire into and report on the diseases of the silkworm, and the insects that destroy the vines (1797-1841).
[Audran, Gerard], an engraver, the most eminent of a family of artists, born at Lyons; engraved the works of Lebrun, Mignard, and Poussin; he did some fine illustrations of the battles of Alexander the Great (1640-1703).
[Au`dubon, John James], a celebrated American ornithologist of French Huguenot origin; author of two great works, the "Birds of America" and the "Quadrupeds of America," drawn and illustrated by himself, the former characterised by Cuvier as "the most magnificent monument that Art up to that time had raised to Nature" (1780-1851).
[Au`enbrugger], an Austrian physician, discoverer of the method of investigating diseases of the chest by percussion (1722-1809).
[Au`erbach, Bertholo], a German poet and novelist of Jewish birth, born in the Black Forest; his novels, which have been widely translated, are in the main of a somewhat philosophical bent, he having been early led to the study of Spinoza, and having begun his literary career as editor of his works; his "Village Tales of the Black Forest" were widely popular (1812-1882).