BEY

bey, was born at grenoble on the 7th of november 1793, and graduated in medicine and surgery at montpellier. after practising for a time at marseilles he was made chief surgeon to mehemet ali, viceroy of egypt. at abuzabel, near cairo, he founded a hospital and schools for all branches of medical instruction, as well as for the study of the french language; and, notwithstanding the most serious religious difficulties, instituted the study of anatomy by means of dissection. in 1832 mehemet ali gave him the dignity of bey without requiring him to abjure his religion; and in 1836 he received the rank of general, and was appointed head of the medical administration of the country. in 1849 he returned to marseilles, though he revisited egypt in 1856. he died at marseilles on the 28th of august 1868. his publications included: _relation des epidemies de cholera qui ont regne a l'heggiaz, a suez, et en egypte_ (1832); _de la peste observee en egypte_ (1840); _apercu general sur l'egypte_ (1840); _coup d'oeil sur la peste et les quarantaines_ (1851); _de l'ophthalmie (1864)_. clotaire (chlothachar), the name of four frankish kings. clotaire i. (d. 561) was one of the four sons of clovis. on the death of his father in 511 he received as his share of the kingdom the town of soissons, which he made his capital, the cities of laon, noyon, cambrai and maastricht, and the lower course of the meuse. but he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain. he was the chief instigator of the murder of his brother clodomer's children in 524, and his share of the spoils consisted of the cities of tours and poitiers. he took part in the various expeditions against burgundy, and after the destruction of that kingdom in 534 obtained grenoble, die and some of the neighbouring cities. when provence was ceded to the franks by the ostrogoths, he received the cities of orange, carpentras and gap. in 531 he marched against the thuringi with his brother theuderich (thierry)