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Abbott, Lyman, 1835-
Clergyman and editor; born in Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 18, 1835; third son of Jacob; was graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1853; was admitted to the bar there, and for a time practised in partnership with his brothers Benjamin Vaughan and Austin. Subsequently he studied theology with his uncle, John Stevens Cabot, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1860.
He was secretary of the Freedmen's Commission in 1865-68; became editor of the Literary record in Harper's magazine, and conductor of the Illustrated Christian weekly; and for a time was associated with Henry Ward Beecher (q. v.) in the editorship of The Christian Union., In 1888 he succeeded Mr. Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
In 1898 he resigned and took full editorial charge of The outlook, formerly The Christian Union.
Among his publications is A dictionary of religious knowledge.
See Indian problem, the.
An Anglo-American understanding.
Dr. Abbott i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ammidown , Edward Holmes 1820 - (search)
Ammidown, Edward Holmes, 1820-
Merchant; born in Southbridge, Mass., Oct. 28, 1820; was graduated at Harvard College in 1853.
After travelling for several years in the United States and Europe he engaged in mercantile business in New York City in 1860; later became a director in several banks, insurance companies, etc. In 1881 he was elected president of the American Protective Tariff League: and in 1882 chairman of the Metropolitan Industrial League.
In 1890 President Harrison appointed him a commissioner for the World's Columbian Exposition, but he declined the post.
He is the author of numerous political articles, including National illiteracy; Capital and labor; etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Martin Brewer 1815 - (search)
Anderson, Martin Brewer, 1815-
Educator; born in Brunswick, Me., Feb. 12, 1815; was of Scotch descent on his father's side; was graduated at Waterville (now Colby) College in 1840; and in 1850 became editor and part proprietor of the New York Recorder, a Baptist publication.
A university having been established at Rochester by the Baptists, he was called to the presidency of it in 1853.
and held the office till 1889.
In 1868 he was offered the presidency of Brown University, but declined it. He was one of the most efficient incorporators and earlier trustees of Vassar College.
He died Feb. 26, 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell , James Burrill 1829 - (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-
Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan.
In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey.
He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Appleton , Nathan Samuel
Appleton, Nathan and Samuel,
Merchants and philanthropists; brothers; born in New Ipswich, N. H., in 1779 and 1766 respectively; engaged in the cotton manufacturing business, as partners; were founders of the city of Lowell, Mass., which grew up around their many mills.
Both were widely known for their benevolence.
Nathan set up the first power loom in the United States, in his Waltham mill.
Nathan died in 1861; Samuel, in 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apportionment, congressional, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Banks , Nathaniel Prentiss 1816 -1894 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beaumont , William 1796 -1853 (search)
Beaumont, William, 1796-1853
Physician; born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1796.
In 1812 he was made assistant surgeon in the United States army, and served until 1837.
While stationed at Michilimackinac (Mackinaw) in 1822, he treated Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian, who had a gunshot wound in his side; the wound healed without closing up, exposing to view the operations of the stomach in its digestive functions.
Dr. Beaumont made careful experiments with this man, for several years, upon the process of digestion, and published the result of his researches.
St. Martin lived for more than fifty years after the accident.
The orifice exposing the stomach never closed.
Dr. Beaumont died in St. Louis, Mo., April 25, 1853.