IRVINE, James, first president of Ohio university (1822-24), was born in Washington county, N. Y., about 1798. He was graduated from Union in 1821, and almost immediately received the appointment of professor of mathematics in the institution known as Ohio university, at Athens, O., which, in those primitive days, had hardly passed beyond the stage of an academy or preparatory school. The history of this university dates from the first years of the republic, when a small band of New England colonists, known as the Ohio company, having purchased lands from congress in the "western territory," north of the Ohio river, embracing a million and a half of acres, proceeded to settle thereon in the year 1788. Dr. Manasseh Cutler and Gen. Rufus Putnam were the leading spirits among these sturdy pioneers, for which reason they were prompt to recognize the necessity of paying "as early attention as possible to the education of youth." In the government contract it was provided that section sixteen in each township should be set apart for the support of schools, and that "not more than two complete townships should be given perpetually for the purposes of an University." In 1795 townships numbers eight and nine in the fourteenth range, now called Athens and Alexander, were selected as the lands to be thereafter devoted to the support of a university. On Dec. 18, 1799, the territorial legislature appointed Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Ives Gilman, and Jonathan Stone, "to lay off a town plat which should contain a square for the college." In January, 1802, through the agency of Dr. Cutler, a territorial act "establishing an University in the town of Athens," to be known as the American western university, was duly passed, and on Feb. 18, 1804, after the admission of Ohio into the Union, the state legislature passed a similar act with several modifications, giving the institution its present name, Ohio university, and defining its object to be "the instruction of youth in all the various branches of liberal arts and sciences." Thus was founded the oldest university of the Northwest, and during the first quarter of the present century the only institution of collegiate rank in that section, although the number of its graduates in that time did not exceed twenty-five. It was also the first in this country to be established by the direct agency of the general government. The college townships contain about 46,000 acres of land, of which a considerable portion has been sold in fee simple. The original building, called the Academy, was erected in 1808-9, and was

used as a school of instruction for twelve years, the Rev. Jacob Lindley acting as preceptor. In 1817 the middle building was added, and in 1822 the collegiate department was placed on a firm basis by the organization of a faculty, with Mr. Irvine as president and professor of mathematics. A few months after his accession to this position, however, Mr. Irvine was obliged to apply for leave of absence on account of ill health, and, as it happened, never returned to the college, but ultimately resigned from the presidency, resided for a while in New York city, and afterward became pastor of a Presbyterian church in West Hebron, N. Y., where he died before reaching middle age.

WILSON, Robert G., second president of Ohio university (1824-39), was born in Lincoln county, N. C., Dec. 30, 1768, son of John and Mary (Wray) Wilson. He was graduated from Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., in 1790, studied theology under the Rev. Mr. Cummins and the Rev. Mr. Davis, was licensed to preach by the presbytery of South Carolina, Apr. 16, 1793, and one year later was ordained and installed pastor of Upper Long Cane church, in Abbeville district. At the same time he also preached at Greenville. Some time afterward he, was offered a professorship in South Carolina college, and also the principalship of an academy in Augusta, Ga. He declined both these positions, but in 1805 accepted a call to become pastor of a church in Chillicothe, O. In 1818 Princeton, in recognition of his ability and success as preacher, pastor, and scholar, conferred upon him the degree of D.D., and in 1824 he was called to the presidency of Ohio university. His conspicuous place among the clergy of Ohio pointed him out as a suitable candidate for this honor. He held the position for fourteen years, resigning in 1838, at the age of seventy, when he returned to Ross county to live, afterward preaching at intervals in Chillicothe and vicinity until his death. He was a ripe scholar, a man of simple manners, yet of great personal dignity, an excellent preacher, and had great influence over his fellow-men. Dr. Wilson died at South Salem, O., Apr. 17, 1851.

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MCGUFFEY, William Holmes, third president of Ohio university (1839-43), was born in Washington county, Pa., Sept. 23, 1800, and while still a child removed with his parents to Trumbull county, O. He prepared himself for college, and was graduated

from Washington college, Pa., in 1826. He was immediately appointed professor of ancient languages in Miami university, O., and in 1832 was transferred to the chair of mental philosophy. He was licensed as a minister of the Presbyterian church in 1829, and in 1836 was chosen president of Cincinnati college, and president of Ohio university in 1839. That same year the middle building was enlarged by the completion of the west wing, the east wing having been added in 1837. During President McGuffey's administration all the trees on the college campus were first laid out. In 1841, at the expiration of the thirty-five years mentioned in the legislative act of 1804, the trustees of the university undertook to have the lands revalued, but the lessees objected on the ground that the revaluation clause had been repealed in 1805. A suit was brought to test the matter, and was decided by the supreme court of Ohio in favor of the trustees, but an appeal was made to the general assembly by the lessees, and, as they composed nearly the entire population of the two townships, the pressure brought to bear was enormous, and the legislature passed a declarative or interpolative act that it had been the intent of the act of 1805 to repeal the revaluation clauses. By this legislative act the university thenceforth and forever would receive but $4,200 per year from the rent of the two townships. In 1843 President McGuffey returned to Cincinnati, and became professor in the Woodward high school, and in 1845 became professor of moral philosophy in the University of Virginia, where he remained until his death. He was the author of McGuffey's eclectic readers and spelling books, which became exceedingly popular, and have passed through many editions. Dr. McGuffey died at Charlottesville, Va., May 4, 1873.

RYORS, Alfred, fourth president of Ohio university (1848-52), was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 28, 1812. Being left an orphan at an early age he was received into the family of the Rev. Robert Steele, D.D., who kept a select school at Abington, Pa., with whom he began a course of classical study, and in 1831 entered the freshman class of Jefferson college, Pa., where he remained two years. He then became teacher of Latin and Greek in the school of C. J. Haderman, and in 1834 returned to Jefferson college, and was graduated the following year with honors. The next year he was principal of the academic department in Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., and in 1836 was elected professor of mathematics in Ohio university, where he introduced a full and thorough course of instruction in analytical mathematics, both pure and mixed. In 1838 he was licensed to preach by the second presbytery of Philadelphia, and in the same year married Louise, daughter of Judge Walker of Athens county, O. In 1843 he became professor of mathematics in the Indiana university, Bloomington, Ind., and remained there until 1848, when he was chosen president of Ohio university. The legislative act of 1843 tended to obstruct the growth of the institution into a university, and seriously threatened its existence as a college. The doors were unavoidably closed for some time thereafter, and during the four years preceding 1850 no class was graduated, but beginning with that date a class has been regularly graduated every year since. Subsequently the trustees made repeated and systematic efforts to procure

redress from the state, in which they finally met with partial success. In 1845 Mr. Ryors had been ordained by the presbytery of Salem, Ind., and was thus introduced to the full work of the ministry. In 1852 he became president of Indiana university, but resigned his position at the end of a year on account of the unfortunate financial condition of that institution. For a time he filled the pulpit of the First church at Madison, Ind., but declined to accept the pastorate, having been appointed professor of mathematics in Centre college. Danville, Ky., of which college he subsequently became president. The Indiana university conferred upon him the degree of D.D. Dr. Ryors was a frequent contributor to the mathematical and scientific journals of his day. He died at Danville, Ky., May 8, 1858. HOWARD, Solomon, fifth president of Ohio university (1852-72), was born in Cincinnati, O., in 1811. He was graduated from Augusta college, Ky., and became professor at St. Charles college, Mo. He entered the Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1835, was elected in 1843 principal of the preparatory school of the Methodist college at Delaware, O., now known as the Ohio Wesleyan university, and became principal of the high school at Springfield, O., in 1845. He subsequently became president of the Springfield female college, and in 1852 was invited to succeed Dr. Ryors in the presidency of Ohio university. He occupied this position for twenty years, and was preeminent as a stanch defender of Methodism and education. Year after year he pleaded before the legislature for the assistance which he thought the state should give the college, and although his eloquence was massive and convincing, he lacked the personal magnetism and suavity with which men win friends in support of their cause, and his appeals were unavailing. During the early years of his presidency he succeeded in placing the college on a high plane as an institution of learning, and in increasing the number of students. After the civil war, when colleges and schools became more numerous in Ohio, and students from Virginia and Kentucky no longer were sent to the Ohio university for their education, the college seemed to lose ground, and more than ever Dr. Howard threw his whole strength into his work as teacher and lecturer. His Sunday afternoon lectures were popular with students, faculty, and citizens, and although his style lacked polish, it had a certain rugged charm which made him an effective speaker. Toward the close of his administration women were admitted, and have constituted a part of the college classes ever since. In 1871 his health failed, and the trustees gave him a year's leave of absence. In 1872 he returned to preach the baccalaureate sermon, and to preside over the meeting of the trustees. Dr. Howard resigned from the presidency in 1872, and removed to San José, Cal., where he died June 9, 1873.

SCOTT, William H., sixth president of the Ohio university (1873-83). (See Index.)

SUPER, Charles William, seventh president of Ohio university (1884- ), was born at Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 12, 1842. He is of German descent, his grandfather coming to America from Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1819. His father was a blacksmith, but when Charles was about seven years old he purchased a farm in Perry county, Pa. Owing to financial reverses he was very poor, and the family of seven boys was brought up in poverty. Charles early manifested a fondness for books and reading, and occasionally borrowed books from the neighbors, or bought some with the small sums he was able to earn when he could be spared from farm work at home. He prepared for college at two. academies and at New Berlin, Pa., entered the sophomore class in Dickinson college in 1863, and was

graduated in 1866, working his way partly by teach. ing, his father having died in 1864. The following three years were devoted to teaching in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Ohio. In 1869 he went to Germany and spent nearly two years in the Univer. sity of Tuebingen, where he made a special study of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Returning to America in 1871 he resumed teaching in Delaware, and in 1872 was elected professor of languages in the Cincinnati Wesleyan college, where he remained six years, teaching at different times Greek, Latin, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew and Anglo-Saxon. In 1878, not being regularly employed in teaching, he studied law, taking the Roman law as a basis, and in 1879 was appointed professor of Greek in Ohio university. In 1882 he again visited Europe with a view to examine the school systems of various countries. In 1883, on the resignation of President Scott, Prof. Super was temporarily placed at the Whas, W. Super. head of Ohio university, which at the time had about 100 students. In 1884 he was duly elected president, and under his administration the faculty has been doubled in number, while the students have been more than doubled, and those in the collegiate department increased threefold. President Super was one of the lay delegates from the Ohio conference to the general conference of the M. E. church in New York city in 1888. He has contributed numerous articles to the periodical press, among them the "Ohio Educational Monthly," "Academy," "Bibliotheca Sacra," "School and College," "National Quarterly" and the "American Philological Journal." For four years he was one of the editors of the "Journal of Pedagogy," contributing to its pages about three-fourths of the original matter. He has published a translation of "Weil's Order of Words," and a "History of the German Language." While performing the duties of president he still (1893) retains his Greek professorship.

BEALL, John Yates, adventurer, was born in Jefferson county, Va., about 1833. His family was of English ancestry and wealthy, his own fortune being estimated at $1,000,000. He also claimed to be the heir-apparent to the estate of Lord Egelby, a British nobleman. He was educated at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and being a southerner by birth, at the outbreak of the civil war, went into the Confederate army. He was commissioned captain in the 2d Virginia infantry, and served under the intrepid "Stonewall" Jackson. He subsequently received a commission from the Confederate government as acting master in the navy; went to Canada and in citizen's dress on Sept. 19, 1864, embarked at Sandwich on board the Philo Parsons, an unarmed steamer destined for Detroit. At various of the regular stopping places about twenty-five other passengers came on board who proved afterward to be Confederates. Eight hours after he had boarded the steamer, he with his associates armed themselves with revolvers and hand axes, rose on the crew, took possession of the boat, threw overboard part of the freight and robbed the purser. They then ran down the Island Queen, another steamer, robbed and scuttled her. He also tried to throw a train of cars from the track between Dunkirk and Buffalo at night by placing obstructions on the track, for the purpose of robbing the express. The party escaped to Canada, and Beall was not arrested until Dec. 16th, following. He was tried, found guilty of

being both a spy and a guerrilla, and sentenced to be hung. The execution was made Feb. 25, 1865, on Governor's Island, New York harbor. Beall's name did not appear on the Confederate army register. During his imprisonment he expended more than $2,000 for clothing and luxuries for the Confederate prisoners confined at Fort Columbus during his incarceration.

GREENE, Charles Gordon, journalist, was born in Boscawen, N. H., July 1, 1804. He attended school at the Bradford academy until the age of thirteen, when his brother took him into his office to learn printing. In 1821 he assisted his brother in the publication of the "Statesman" in Boston. Six years later the first number of the "National Palladium," was issued in Philadelphia by Charles G. Greene and J. A. Jones, it being the first daily of Pennsylvania to support Jackson for the presidency. He was next associated with the leading democratic organ, the "U. S. Telegraph" of Washington. In 1831, being much attached to Boston, he returned there, and published the first number of the "Boston Post," a perfect embodiment, through its well-known career of fifty-five years, of its founder's standards. C. G. Greene was the originator of the bright and taking miscellaneous column, named by him "All Sorts." A welltoned joke went as far with him, in a newspaper contest, as the profoundest philosophy-calumny and narrowness he never accepted. He was twice appointed naval officer of Boston, and, at the time of the rupture between the North and the South, his influence was effectively exerted for the cause of the Union. He enjoyed the respect of the profession, irrespective of party, and wielded a political influence through his journal, and outside of it, in organizations and conventions, not surpassed by that of any democrat of his time. He died Sept., 27, 1886.

HOPKINS, George W., politician, was born in Goochland county, Va., Feb. 22, 1804. As a boy he attended the "Old field schools" of that day, taking up teaching to furnish means for further educational advantages necessary to prepare him for the profession of law. He was soon admitted to the bar, and began practice. Taking an interest in politics, he presented himself as a candidate for office, and was elected as a member of the house of delegates of Virginia for the successive years 1833-34. The next year he was sent to congress as a representative from his district, and served continuously in the twentyfourth, twenty-fifth, twentysixth, twenty-seventh, twentyeighth and twenty-ninth congresses. He was speaker of the house of representatives during one session of the twenty-eighth congress. On the accession of James K. Polk to the presidency in 1845, Representative Hopkins was appointed chargé d'affaires of the United States to Portugal. On his return from Europe in 1849, he was sent a second time to the house of delegates of Virginia and was elected speaker of the house, and subsequently judge of the circuit court. In 1857 Judge Hopkins was elected to the thirty-fifth congress, serving as chairman of the committee on foreign relations, in which capacity he gained distinction and credit. On the expiration of his congressional term, he was sent to the state legislature, and while holding that office he died March 2, 1861.

MALLETT, Frank J., clergyman, was born at Kings Lynn, England, Jan. 17, 1858. He acquired his rudimentary education at the British school of his native city, and choosing a mercantile career, devoted his leisure to reading and study, thus supplementing the deficiencies of his early training. He decided to devote himself to the ministry, and at the age of twenty was licensed to preach by the Wesleyan Methoodists. Mr. Mallett came to the United States in 1884, and entered the Indiana Methodist conference. His religious convictions changing, in 1888 he applied for holy orders in the Protestant Episcopal church, and was ordained a deacon in St. Paul's, New Albany, Ind., on Oct. 21st of that year, and the following May was made a priest. His diaconate was spent as minister-incharge of St. Paul's, and in April, 1889, he received a unanimous call to become rector of the Protestant Episcopal church at Garrett, Ind. He subsequently accepted the rectorship of the Church of the Epiphany, at Urbana, O., and in October, 1891, he succeeded to the charge of the Church of the Resurrection, Fern Bank, near Cincinnati, O. Mr. Mallett is a man of culture, and of much individuality and independence of character. He is an eloquent, effective and natural preacher, and has done a great deal toward the building up and advancing the interests of the parishes over which he has had charge. He is the author of several hymns and carols, and gives particular attention to the musical side of the church service.

ALBRIGHT, Andrew, inventor and manufacturer, was born in Dryden, N. Y., June 23, 1831. His father was of German and his mother of Dutch descent and both were natives of Belvidere, N. J. Mr. Albright, Sr., was a farmer noted for his industry and enterprise, and was at the time of his death one of the wealthiest men in his section of the state. He was a man of great intelligence, and remarkable ingenuity and skill; without having learned any trade he could shoe a horse, make a pair of boots, mend a plow, and do many other things as well as a skilled mechanic. Andrew's boyhood was chiefly passed on his father's farm. His instruction under teachers, always hindered by the short term of the country schools, closed at the age of eighteen, when he left the district school. Until 1866 he continued to live on his father's farm, becoming himself a well-to-do farmer, a calling for which, however, he had no particular attachment. He was of a fertile and observant turn of mind and his great delight was to make improvements or remedy defects in the implements in use on the home farm. One day while using a harness trimmed with leather coverings which had become shabby and ragged, a thought occurred to him that a substitute ought to be found that would be less liable to become soiled and injured. To this circumstance can be attributed the introduction of rubber-covered mountings. His ideas soon took practical shape, but success was not attained without many struggles on the part of the inventor. Without any knowledge of the manu

facture of saddlery hardware, or the manufacture of rubber, either raw or vulcanized, in 1867 he went to New Brunswick, N. J., and commenced experimenting in the Novelty rubber company's factory. He met with much opposition, receiving no encouragement from experts, who pronounced his projects visionary, and were extortionate in their charges for services rendered him in his experiments. Encountering so much opposition from those on whom he was in a measure dependent, and being at times pressed for funds with which to continue his experiments, it required great force of character on his part to carry out his purpose. Even when he applied for a license to use vulcanized rubber to Mr. David A. Ropes, vicepresident of the India rubber comb company, who had charge of the license department under the Goodyear patents, he found that gentleman, who was considered an authority on all subjects pertaining to vulcanized rubber, unwilling to grant a license even after he had had one of the foremost experts examine into the feasibility of using hard rubber for harness mounting coverings. Mr. Albright worked on, however, never doubting, and finally got his license, although even then all difficulties were not removed; the prejudice of those who had used other coverings had still to be overcome. During this period he showed business tact and foresight, until after a time all obstacles were surmounted, and to-day rubber-covered mountings are extensively used, not only in this country but in Europe, South America, Mexico and Australia. This invention fully disproved the old adage, "There is nothing like leather.' He is also the inventor of rubber bound and set brushes which his firm, the Rubber & Celluloid harness trimmings company, manufacture, and also of a great part of the machinery used in manufacturing his inventions. Being naturally sympathetic, he has always been ready to assist by advice, and otherwise, inventors who were struggling as he had done. He is interested financially in many other manufacturing industries in Newark, principally, however, in those devoted to manufacturing his own inventions or those of inventors whom he had helped, His business ability proving equal to his inventive genius, he has accumulated a large fortune. Probably no words of commendation which Mr. Albright ever received have been so welcome as those from Mr. H. B. Goodyear, a brother of Charles, in a letter written from the Paris exposition of 1878, where he says, "I think you deserve more credit than any licensee that has ever taken up any branch of the hard-rubber business." Though a great part of his time is devoted to his engrossing business, he still finds leisure to occupy himself in the advancement of the commercial and educational interests of Newark, his home; has been a

member of the Board of trade, and was active in promoting the interests of the Newark library association. In 1874, without solicitation on his part, he was unanimously nominated to represent his district in the legislature, and in 1880 he was again unanimously nominated, against his own wishes, as democratic candidate for congress in his district, but of course was defeated on both occasions, as the district was strongly republican. In the convention which nominated Ludlow for governor, and again in the convention of 1883 which nominated Leon Abbett, he was strongly supported for governor. Mr. Albright is characterized by a sanguine temperament, indomitable will and great perseverance. His blunt and outspoken manner has sometimes led him into controversies, but he has seldom made an enemy and never lost a friend. He possesses the good wishes of all in his employ and received moral support from them whenever he engaged in legal contests for the protection of his patent rights. He married in 1878 Elmira, daughter of William Crasper of Dryden, N. Y., and two children, a girl and boy, have blessed

the union. From a struggling inventor of 1866 he has attained a high position as a wealthy and much honored manufacturer. His home surroundings stamp him as a man of public spirit and taste, and his fine collection of paintings and curios mark him as a liberal patron of the arts.

DIXON, James, senator, was born at Enfield, Conn., Aug. 5, 1814. He was a son of Judge William Dixon, and was fitted for college under his father's supervision. He was graduated from Williams college in 1834, with high honors, and then read law in his father's office. In 1836 he was admitted to the bar, and the next year was a member of the Connecticut legislature. He was also a member of the Connecticut house in 1844, and of the Connecticut senate in 1849-54. He removed to Hartford, Conn., in 1837, and formed a law partnership with W. W. Ellsworth, subsequently member of congress, governor of Connecticut, and judge of its supreme court. Mr. Dixon rose rapidly in his profession. In 1845, and again in 1847 he was elected to the U. S. house of representatives. Upon his return to Hartford in 1849, he engaged actively in life assurance, being for some years president of the Hartford life and health insurance company. The Connecticut legislature of 1856 elected him to the U. S. senate, and at the expiration of his term he was rechosen, his second period of service ending in 1869. Here he served on the standing committee on manufactures, and upon others as well; was chairman of the standing committee on contingent expenses of the senate, and of the committee on the District of Columbia, and of that on post offices and post roads. In 1867-68 he espoused the cause of President Andrew Johnson, and at the close of his second senatorial term, retired from public life. Up to that time he had been substantially in accord with the pronounced political sentiment of Jan Dixon the civil war of 1861-65, posthe northern states, and during the civil war of 1861-65, possessed the especial confidence of President Lincoln. He traveled in Europe after his public career was ended. Senator Dixon had a high reputation as a ready and eloquent debater. His literary taste and mental culture were of the first order, and his excursions in the field of poetry were neither few nor unworthy. Five of his sonnets are presented with those of Bryant, Percival and Lowell, in Leigh Hunt's "Book of the Sonnet." Trinity college gave him the degree of LL.D. In 1840 he married Elizabeth L., daughter of Rev. Jonathan Cogswell, professor in the Connecticut theological institute, who died in June, 1871. He died March 27, 1873, at Hartford, Conn.

GREGORY, Francis Hoyt, naval officer, was born in Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 3, 1789. After receiving a common-school education he went to sea on a merchant vessel in 1807, and in 1809 entered the navy as midshipman. In 1810, while commanding one of the barges of the Vesuvius at Belize, he encountered and captured a slaver, and released nu. merous slaves. In 1811 he was promoted to be acting master, and assigned to the command of gunboat No. 162, with which he captured a pirate vessel and schooner, and defeated a privateer, whose crew and armament largely exceeded his own. He was made lieutenant on June 28, 1812, served under Com. Chauncey on Lake Ontario, and took part in numer ous engagements. In August, 1814, he fell into the hands of the British, and for eighteen months was

held prisoner in England. Upon his release he joined the American fleet operating against the Algerine pirates. From 1821-23 he commanded the schooner Grampus, and was energetic in the suppression of piracy in West Indian waters. He was commissioned commander in April, 1828; captain in January, 1838, and during the Mexican war commanded the Raritan. From 1849 until 1852 he commanded the African squadron. At the opening of the civil war he was detailed to superintend the building of war vessels under construction outside of the navy yards, and was thus employed until his death. He was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral on the retired list on July 16, 1862, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1866.

READ, Elmer Joseph, artist, was born in Howard, Steuben county, N. Y., June 19, 1862. His grandfather, Daniel V. Read, was one of the early settlers of Steuben county, and went alone from New Jersey when a boy. His grandfather on his mother's side came from Canada, where his property, known as Cornwall Mills, was confiscated during the revolutionary war for helping a neighbor to move across the line into the United States. Joseph and Elizabeth (Cornwall) Read had three children. The father enlisted in the civil war, and died soon after at Fortress Monroe. The widow and mother was married about two years afterward to George Sherer, a Methodist minister. The lad Elmer received his preliminary education, as most ministers' sons do, in many places and various schools. The principal ones were Addison free academy, Woodhull academy, Starkey seminary, and Haverling academy, at Bath, N. Y. Very early in life he began to show an ability for drawing and painting, and the talent was cultivated by various teachers until he was able to enter the college of fine arts of the Syracuse university, from which he was graduated in 1886 with the degree of Bachelor of Painting (B.P.). From 1887 to 1889 he filled the position of director of drawing at the Pennsylvania state normal school, at Millersville, Pa. Resigning there, he was elected to the position of instructor of drawing and etching at the College of fine arts of the Syracuse university, and was elected full professor in 1893. In 1891 he made a tour of Europe, spending several months in Paris. Mr. Read was united in marriage to Cora Belle Lyon, the younger daughter of Lyman Lyon, who for a number of years was county clerk of Wayne county, N. Y., and later a private banker of Palmyra, N. Y. His work has been exhibited at the National academy of design, and attracted the attention of all lovers of art.

BARRETT, George Hooker, actor, was born in Exeter, England, Jan. 9, 1794. His parents were both players, his father, Giles Barrett, being an eminent comedian, and he was trained to the stage from his infancy, appearing first as one of the children in "The Stranger." He made his debut as an adult as Belcaur in "The West Indian" at the Park theatre, New York, March 5, 1822, and at once became one of the favorite actors of the day. Later as actor and manager, he was connected with theatres in many other cities, and was always welcomed with delight. He was married in 1825 to Mrs. Henry, an actress of great talent and of extraordinary beauty. They lived happily together for years, but the wife's unfortunate fondness for liquor finally led to their separation, and in 1840 the husband secured a divorce. Later Mrs. Barrett, through the influence of friends, was re