became president of Lake Forest university, 111. He has published " Christian Ethics " (Philadel- phia, 1875); "Why Four Gospels?" (New York, 1876); and "Practical Logic" (Philadelphia, 1881).
GREGORY, Dudley Sandford, philanthropist,
b. in Reading, Conn., 5 Feb., 1800; d. in Jersey
City, N. J., 8 Dec, 1874. He removed with his
father to Albany, N. Y., in 1808, rose to the place
of chief clerk in the canal department, then be-
came identified with the legal lotteries carried on
for the state, and in 1834 removed to Jersey
City and became one of its best-known citizens.
He aided in building up the city, was its first
mayor, serving three terms, and held many other
local offices. He was also elected to congress as
a Whig, and served from 1847 till 1849. Mr.
Gregory was at one time a director of sixteen
different railroads. He was a bountiful giver
to churches of all denominations, and to public
schools, city parks, and benevolent institutions.
— His grandson, Eliot, artist, b. in New York
city, 13 Oct., 1854, entered Yale in 1871, but was
not graduated. He studied art in Rome aiid
Paris, under Carolus-Duran and Cabanel, and is
the only American that has exhibited both paint-
ing and sculpture in the Paris salon. His pictures
include " Soubrette " (1883) ; " Coquetterie " (1884) ;
" Children," for which he received honorable men-
tion in Paris; and portraits of Gen. George W.
Cullum (1880); his uncle, Admiral Baldwin (1882);.
Mrs. John Sherwood (1885) ; and Ada Rehan (1887).
GREGORY, Francis Hoyt, naval officer, b.
in Norwalk, Conn., 9 Oct., 1789 ; d. in Brooklyn,
N. Y., 4 Oct., 18G6. He was in the merchant ser-
vice in 1807-'9, but became a midshipman in the
navy in the latter year. Soon afterward, while
serving on the " Vesuvius," and in charge of one
of her barges near the Balize, he surprised and
captured an English slaver. He was made acting
master in 1811, and, while in command of gun-
boat No. 162, captured a schooner fitting for pi-
ratical purposes, disabled and drove away a jari-
vateer of greatly superior force, that had been
annoying our commerce, and took a Spanish pirate
of fourteen guns. He was with Com. Chauncey i.i
all his actions on Lake Ontario, and on 28 June
was made lieutenant. In August, 1814, he was
taken prisoner and sent to England, where he re-
mained eighteen months. He soon afterward
joined one of the frigates cruising against the Al-
gerines, without coming home. In 1821-'3, while
in command of the schooner " Grampus," he was
active in suppressing piracy on the coasts of Cuba
and Mexico, capturing near St. Croix the notorious
pirate brig " Pandrita," a vessel far superior to
his own in armament and number of men. He
was promoted to commander, 28 April, 1828, and
to captain, 18 Jan., 1838, and in 1844 commanded
the " Raritan " in the blockade of the Mexican
coast. His last sea-service was in command of the
African squadron in 1849-'52. In July, 1861, he
was ordered to superintend the construction of all
vessels of war built outside of navy-yards, and was
engaged in this duty when he died. He was made
rear-admiral on the retired list. 16 July, 1862.
GREGORY, Frank M., artist, h. in Mansfield,
Tioga CO., Pa., 21 Oct., 1848. He was educated for a
business career, but abandoned it for the pursuit of
art. He entered the schools of the National acad-
emy of design in 1871, and subsequently studied at
the Art student's league, and with Walter Shirlaw.
He also followed water-color painting, and acquired
some note in etching and designing. Among his
paintings are : " The Truant " ; " Waiting for Re-
pairs " ; and " First Snow of the Season."
GREGORY, John Milton, educator, b. in Sand
Lake, Rensselaer co., N. Y., 6 July, 1822. He was
graduated at Union in 1840, and spent two years
in the study of law, but preferring to enter the
ministry, became a Baptist clergyman. After a
brief pastorate in the east he went to the west in
1852, and was appointed principal of a classical
school at Detroit, Mich. His marked success soon
attracted attention to his ability as an educator,
and he was chosen superintendent of public in-
struction of the state, serving from 1858 till 1863.
In the mean time, in association with President
Erastus 0. Haven, of the University at Ann Arbor,
and Prof. A. S. Welch, of the Normal school, he
had established, in 1854, the " Michigan Journal of
Education," taking the entire editorial charge. His
reports as state superintendent were characterized
by remarkable breadth of view and philosophical
treatment of educational questions. Declining a
re-election after holding this office for five years,
he accepted the presidency of the Kalamazoo col-
lege, and in 1867 he was called to that of the Illi-
nois industrial university, then just founded at
Champaign, where he remained until 1880. Dur-
ing his term of office he also served as U. S. com-
missioner to the World's fair at Vienna in 1873,
commissioner from the state of Illinois to the Paris
exhibition of 1878, and member of the board of
judges in the educational department of the Cen-
tennial exhibition in Philadelphia. From 1883
till 1885 Dr. Gregory was a member of the U. S.
civil-service commission. He is the author of a
" Handbook of History " and " Map of Time " (Chi-
cago, 1866) ; " A New Political Economy " (Cincin-
nati, 1882) ; and " Seven Laws of Teaching " (Chi-
cago, 1883). During his residence in Michigan he
published a " Compend of School Laws," and ad-
dresses on educational interests of that state.
GREGORY, Samuel, philanthropist, b. in Guilford, Vt., 19 April, 1813 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 23 March, 1872. He was graduated at Yale in' 1840, and for several years afterward engaged in teach- ing, lecturing, and writing on educational and sanitary subjects. In 1848 he founded in Boston the New England female medical college, said to
have been the first institution in the world for the exclusive medical education of women. Mr. Gregory was secretary of the college till his death. In 1874 it was merged in the medical school of Boston university (homoeopathic).
GREIG, John, lawyer, b. in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 6 Aug., 1779 ; d. in Canandaigua, N. Y., 9 April, 1858. He was educated in the schools of Edinburgh. He came to western New York in 1800, studied law with Nathaniel W. Howell, and after his admission to the bar in 1804 formed a partnership with his preceptor that lasted till 1820. Soon after entering on the practice of his profession he became the agent of the great Hornby estate. He built for himself a spacious residence, and was noted for his refined and elegant hospitality. No stranger of distinction failed to
be entertained by him, and Lafayette was one of his guests in 1824—'5. Mr. Greig bore a striking resemblance to Walter Scott, and was once mistaken for Scott on a visit to Edinburgh. He was elected a representative in congress in 1841, and did faithful service during the long extra session of that summer, but he had no taste for public
life, and resigned at the end of the session. Mr. Greig became a regent of the State university in 1825 and its chancellor in 1845, and held both offices till his death. He married a daughter of Gen. Israel Chapin, who survived her husband for more than twenty years. They had no children.
