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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alger , William Rounseville , 1822 - (search)
Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-
Clergyman and author; born in Freetown, Mass., Dec. 30, 1822; graduated at Harvard Theological School in 1847; held charges in Boston, New York, Denver, Chicago, and Portland, Me., subsequently making his home in Boston.
His publications include: Symbolic history of the cross; History of the doctrine of a future life; The genius of solitude; The friendships of women; Poetry of the Orient; Life of Edwin Forrest; Sounds of consolation in human life, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Forrest , Edwin 1806 -1872 (search)
Forrest, Edwin 1806-1872
Actor; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 9, 1806.
While still a boy he began performing female and juvenile parts, being especially remembered as Young Norval in Home's p e married Catharine, a daughter of John Sinclair, the widely known ballad-singer.
After 1845 Mr. Forrest spent two more years in England, during which his friendship with Mr. Macready was broken.
H usy on the part of Macready.
A few weeks after, when Macready appeared as Hamlet in Edinburgh, Forrest hissed him from a box in which he stood.
On May 10, 1849, when Macready appeared as Macbeth in the Astor Place Theatre, in New York, the friends of Forrest interrupted the performance.
The result was the Astor Place riot, in which twenty-two men were killed and thirty-six wounded. In 1858 MrMr. Forrest announced his retirement from the stage, but appeared at intervals till 1871, when ill-health compelled him to retire permanently.
He was a man of literary culture and accumulated a large
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