FIRST edition, published in three volumes, 1768-1771. SECOND " " ten " 1777-1784. THIRD " " eighteen " 1788-1797. FOURTH " " twenty " 1801-1810. FIFTH " " twenty " 1815-1817. SIXTH " " twenty " 1823-1824. SEVENTH " " twenty-one " 1830-1842. EIGHTH " " twenty-two " 1853-1860. NINTH " " twenty-five " 1875-1889. TENTH " ninth edition and eleven supplementary volumes, 1902-1903. ELEVENTH " published in twenty-nine volumes, 1910-1911. COPYRIGHT in all countries subscribing to the Bern Convention by THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS of the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE _All rights reserved_ THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME XI FRANCISCANS to GIBSON New York Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 342 Madison Avenue Copyright, in the United States of America, 1910, by The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company. VOLUME XI, SLICE I Franciscans to French Language ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE: FRANCISCANS FREDERICK I. (king of Prussia) FRANCK FREDERICK II. (king of Prussia) FRANCK, CESAR FREDERICK III. (king of Prussia) FRANCK, SEBASTIAN FREDERICK III. (king of Sicily) FRANCKE, AUGUST HERMANN FREDERICK I. (elector of Brandenburg) FRANCKEN FREDERICK I. (elector of the Rhine) FRANCO-GERMAN WAR FREDERICK II. (elector of the Rhine) FRANCOIS DE NEUFCHATEAU, LOUIS FREDERICK III. (elector of the Rhine) FRANCONIA FREDERICK IV. (elector of the Rhine) FRANCS-ARCHERS FREDERICK V. (elector of the Rhine) FRANCS-TIREURS FREDERICK I. (duke of Saxony) FRANEKER FREDERICK II. (duke of Saxony) FRANK, JAKOB FREDERICK III. (elector of Saxony) FRANK-ALMOIGN FREDERICK (Maryland, U.S.A.) FRANKEL, ZECHARIAS FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I. FRANKENBERG FREDERICK AUGUSTUS II. FRANKENHAUSEN FREDERICK CHARLES (KARL NIKOLAUS) FRANKENSTEIN FREDERICK HENRY FRANKENTHAL FREDERICK LOUIS FRANKENWALD FREDERICK WILLIAM I. FRANKFORT (Indiana, U.S.A.) FREDERICK WILLIAM II. FRANKFORT (Kentucky, U.S.A.) FREDERICK WILLIAM III. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN FREDERICK WILLIAM IV. FRANKFORT-ON-ODER FREDERICK WILLIAM (of Brandenburg) FRANKINCENSE FREDERICK-LEMAITRE, ANTOINE PROSPER