Okeghem, Or Oekenheim, Jan

Okeghem, Or Oekenheim, Jan, a Flemish musician, born about 1430, died about 1513. Most of his life was spent in France, where he held important civil offices under three kings. The invention of the canon and of artificial counterpoint has been attributed to him, but this is an error. His masses, motets, and chansons possess high merit. Pupils came to him from every part of Europe, among them Jos-quin des Prés, Pierre de la Rue, Brumel, Gas-pard, and Verbonnet.

Okhotsk

Okhotsk, a town of Siberia, Russia, formerly the capital of a province of the same name, and since 1858 of a district in the littoral province (see Primorsk), situated on a narrow tongue of land projecting into the sea, at the mouths of the Okhota and Kukhtui rivers, lat. 59° 21' X., Ion. 143° 17' E.; pop. about 200. It consists of a collection of ill built log houses, standing on a low shingly beach, and contains a church and a telegraph station. It was formerly of considerable importance, its decay being due to the acquisition of the Amoor country by Russia.

Oktibbeha

Oktibbeha, a N. E. county of Mississippi, drained by branches of the Tombigbee river; area, 576 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 14,891, of whom 9,304 were colored. The surface is nearly level, and the soil very productive. The chief productions in 1870 were 5,198 bushels of wheat, 334,463 of Indian corn, 23,627 of sweet potatoes, 6,288 bales of cotton, 48,787 lbs. of butter, and 1,329 tons of hay. There were 1,237 horses, 1,705 mules and asses, 2,296 milch cows, 3,877 other cattle, 2,105 sheep, and 14,555 swine. Capital, Starkville.

Oland

Oland, an island in the Baltic, belonging to Sweden, from which it is separated by a narrow strait called Calmar sound; area, 519 sq. m.; pop. about 40,000. It contains several villages, and the town of Borgholm, the capital. The E. shores are high and steep, and the W. low. The interior consists chiefly of barren sand hills, and in the north there are a few small lakes. A great part of the surface is covered with fine forests; and a strip of land along the coast is cultivated. Cattle and sheep are extensively reared. Oland is famous for its diminutive ponies.

Olaus Gerhard Tychsen

Olaus Gerhard Tychsen, a German orientalist, born in Tondern, Schleswig, Dec. 14,1734, died in Rostock, Dec. 30, 1815. He was educated at Gottingen, and in 1760 became professor of oriental literature at Bützow. When the university was removed to Rostock in 1789 he was appointed chief librarian and keeper of the museum. His most important work is a journal called Bützoufsche Nebenstunden ("Leisure Hours at Biitzow," 6 vols., 1766-'9). He is noted for his dissertations upon the rabbinical language, oriental numismatics, and epigraphy.. His life has been written by Hartmann (4 vols., Bremen, 1818-20).

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