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to New Yoi'k, where he commanded the Somerset
and afterward the Sagamore in the East Gulf
squadron, where he intercepted blockade runners
and captured and destroyed Confederate salt
works on the Florida coast. He afterward com-
manded the Wyalusing on the sounds of North
Carolina, assisting in the capture of Plymouth
and other towns on the sounds, and in the destruc-
tion of the ram Albemarle. After the war he was
on ordnance dut}' at Brooklyn navy yard, 1865-66,
He joined the East India squadron as commandant
of the Iroquois, and while in Japanese waters the
Tycoon and his suit took refuge from the army
under Satsuma, on board the Iroquois, Commander
English receiving for his kindness the official
thanks of the Tj'coon. He commanded the Con-
gress in the European squadron, 1874-76, and for a
wise and amicable settlement of a difficulty be-
tween the Pasha of Tripoli and the U.S. consul
he personally received the thanks of President
Grant on returning to the United States in 1866.
He was senior naval commander in the jaarade,
opening day of the Centennial exposition, Phila-
delphia, 1876; commanded the Portsmouth, N.H.,
naval station, 1876-78; was chief of the bureau
of equipment and recruiting naval department,
Washington, D.C., 1878-84; commanded the
European station, 1844-86 ; and was retired, Feb.
25, 1886. His successive jaromotions were : master,
March 1, 1855; lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1855; lieuten-
ant-commander, July 16, 1863 ; commander, July
25, 1866; captain, Sept. 28, 1871; commodore,
March 25, 1880, and rear-admiral, Sept. 4, 1884.
He died in Washington, D.C., July 16, 1893.
ENGLISH, George Bethune, author, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Marcli 7, 1787. He was graduated at Harvard in 1807, receiving his A.M. degree in 1811. He studied law and subsequently theology and was licensed to preach. His study of Hebrew led him to renounce Christianity in favor of Judaism, and his book, " The Grounds of Christianity Examined " (1813) was replied to by Edward Everett and others. This contro- versy led him to publish "Five Smooth Stones Out of the Brook " (1815). He also published re- plies to William E. Channing's two sermons on infidelity (1813), edited a country newspaper, and subsequently joined the U. S. navy as lieuten- ant of marines, sailing to the Mediterranean. He resigned his commission on reaching Egypt, joined the army of Ismail Pacha in 1820 and was assigned to the artillery. He was U.S. agent in the Levant for some time prior to 1827, when he returned to America. He published Xarra- tiveofthe Expedition toDongolaand Sennaar (1822). He died in Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 1828.
ENGLISH, James Edward, governor of Con- necticvit, was born in New Haven, Conn., March 18, 1812. He received an elementary education
and worked as a carpenter, becoming a master
builder and proprietor of a lumber business. He
then engaged in manufacturing, banking and the
express business, gradually acquiring consider-
able wealth. He was a member of the common
council of New Haven in 1848, a representative
in the state legislature in 1855, and a state sena-
tor, 1856-58. He was elected as a war democrat
a representative in the 37th and 38th congresses,
serving 1861-65. In 1866 he was a delegate to
the National union convention at Philadelpliia
and was governor of Connecticut, 1867-69 and in
1870-71. In 1875 he was appointed by Governor
IngersoU to fill the vacancy in the U.S. senate
caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry, Nov. 21,
1875, and he served until January, 1876, when the
legislature elected William H. Barnum to fill the
unexpired term. He was an unsuccessful can-
didate for governor of the state in 1869 and again
in 1880. He was married to Anna R., daughter
of Letitia G. Morris of New York, who died March
19, 1898. Governor English died in New Haven,
Conn., March 2, 1890.
ENGLISH, Thomas Dunn, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 1819; a descendant from an Irish Quaker, who came to America in 1683 and received from William Penn a grant of land in New Jersey. Thomas was educated in a private academy and at Friends academy, Bur- lington, N.J., and
served for a short
time on the geological
survey of Pennsyl.
vania. In 1869 he
received the degree of
M.D. from the Uni-
versity of Pennsyl-
vania, and becoming
interested in forensic
medicine he studied
law first under Ben-
jamin Brewster and
later under William
A. Stoker, meanwhile
supi»rting himself by writing for T)eriodicaIs.
He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and prac-
tised both medicine and law. In 1843 he wrote
the poem "Ben Bolt," which was adapted to
a German air, and attained great popularity
through English speaking countries. This song
had the singular fortune of being revived fifty
years later by George Du Maurier, who made it
a part of an effective scene in " Trilby," and the
words and music commanded in 1896 a season
of popularity even greater than at its first appear-
ance two generations before. In 1844 he removed
to New York city, where he was employed for
nearly a year editing a daily journal, and in
1845 published the Aristidian in Philadelphia,
