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HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPH.Y. Dulles, Charles Winslow, surgeon, lecturer, author, was born Nov. 29, 1850, in Madras, India. In 1875 he graduated from the mediical department of the university of Pennsylvania. He was consulting surgeon to Rush liospital;

and manager

of the university hospital.

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of the ciation

is

for

vancement a

a

member

American asso-

member

the

ad-

of science; of the so-

of American authors; a member of the College of physicians of Philadelphia; a member of the Philadelphia academy of surgery; and a member of the society of Mayflower descendants and other societies. He is the author of Accidents and Emergencies The Mechanism of Indirect Fractures of the SIjuU; and other works. ciet}'

Dulles, John Welsh, clergyman, missionary, author, was born iO'ov. 4, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was at one time a missionary to India. He was the author of The Soldier's Friend Life in India and The Ride Through Palestine. He died April 13, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Dulles, Joseph Heatly, clergyman, librarwas born May 37, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1877 he was ordained to the ministry; and has preached in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and New York. Since 1886 he "has been librarian of the Princeton theological semi-

ian,

nary. Dulon, Rudolf, educator, was bom April 30, 1807, in Stendal, Prussia. He was a noted educator of New York. He died April 12, 1869, in Rochester, N.Y.

Dumas, William Th|omas, educator, poet, was born Oct. 17, 1858, in Barnesville, Ga. He is the author of Golden Day and Other Poems.

Dummer, Jeremiah, government official, was bom in 1680 in Boston, Mass. He was a noted scholar who was colonial agent for Massachusetts in London in 171021; and was a political friend of B'olingbroke. He was the author of A Letter to a author,

Noble Lord Concerning the Late Expedition to Canada; and A Defence of the New England Charters. He died May 19, 1739. Dummer, William, soldier, governor, was bom in 1677 in Boston, Mass. In 1716 he was commissioned lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts; and in 1723-38 acted as governor and commander-in-chief. He conducted the war against the Indians with skill. He died Oct. 10, 1761, in Boston, Mass.

Du Mond, Frank Vincent, painter, artist, was born in 1865 in Rochester, N.Y. He has received several medals; among them are a gold medal from Boston, Mass. in 1892; and a gold one from the Atlanta exposition in 21

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1895. He is an associate member of the national academy of design. Dumont, Ebenezer, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 33, 1814, in Vevay, Ind. He was a member of the Indiana state legislature in 1838; and in 1839-45 was treasurer of his county. He served in the war with Mexico as a lieutenant-colonel. He was a presidential elector in 1853; and in 185054 was again a member of the legislature. He was president for nine years of the State bank of Indiana. In 1863-67 he was a representative from Indiana to the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth congresses. He died April 16, 1871, in Indianapolis, Ind. Dumont, Mrs. Julia Louisa, educator, author, was born in October, 1794, in Waterford, Ohio. She was the author of Life

Sketches from Common Paths. She died in 1857 in Vevay, Ind.

Du Motay, CjT>rien Tessie, chemist, was born in 1819 in France. He was a noted chemist of New York City. He died June 6,

New York Qty. Dun, Edwin, diplomat, was born July 19, 1848, in Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1893-97 he was United States minister to Japan. In 1904 he 1880, in

became director of the International oil company. Dun, Robert Graham, merchant, founder, was born in 1826 in Chillicothe, Ohio. An existence of over half a century has enabled the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun and company to acquire an experience and accumulate an amount of capital, which enable it to fulfill to the satisfaction of the mercantile community the important duties which it is called on to discharge. He died in 1900

New York

in

City.

Dunbar, Charles Franklin, educator, author, was born July 3, 1830, in Abington, Mass. He has been professor of political

economy at Harvard university

He

since

1871.

the author of Chapters on the Theory and History of Banking; Currency, Finance and Banking; and other works. He died Jan. 30, 1900, in Cambridge, Mass. is

Dunbar,

George

Towers,

civil

engineer,

was born Feb. 11, 1812, Baltimore, Md. In 1842 was appointed ichthyologist,

in

en-

gineer of the state of Louisiana; and in 1848 deputy surveyor-general of that state. He gave the classical names to the streets in the upper portion of New Orleans and Dunbar, a town in Pennsylvania, was named after him. Dunbar, James Robert, lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 33, 1847, in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1885-86 he was a member of the Massachusetts state senate. In 1888-98 he was judge of the superior court of Massachusetts. He is a noted lawyer of Boston, Mass. Dunbar, Newell, journalist, author, was born Oct. 7, 1845, in Trenton, N.J. In 188895 he was literary advisor to the J. G. Cupples company of Boston, Mass. He is the

author of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Mas-

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