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Adrian, James – Ahearn, John F

Adrian, James

physician, was born Jan. 12, 1829, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. In 1876 he was a member of the electoral college, and his efforts in support of Tilden and Hendricks established his reputation as a political orator. In 1875 he was a delegate from the American Medical association to the International Medical congress at Brussels.

Adsit, Allen C

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 20, 1837, in Rutland, N. Y. He studied law at Watertown, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He enlisted in the forty-fourth New York volunteers in 1861, and participated in the principal battles in which the army of the Potomac was engaged.

He was a representative in the Michigan state legislature in 1871-72; and now practices his profession in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Adsit, Nancy H

art lecturer, was born May 21, 1825, in Palermo, N. Y. She graduated from the Ingham university, and for the past half a century has contributed constantly to current literature. Her contribution to the London Art Journal and other leading art publications has made her name well known in art circles; and to her work is due most of the art interest in Wisconsin, as well as in the entire west.

Agar, John Girard

lawyer, was born June 3, 1856, in New Orleans, La.

He was appointed assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of New York. He held this office for a year when he resigned and became the senior member of the firm of Agar, Ely and Fulton. The university of Georgetown conferred upon him the degree of M. A.

Agard, Isaac Merritt

educator, was born Dec. 3, 1854, near Stafford, Conn.

He has attained success in educational work; and is now principal of the Rockville high school, Conn., and also superintendent of the east district schools. He received a thorough education at the Amherst college and other institutions, and has had conferred upon him the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D.

Agassiz, Alexander

zoologist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1835, in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and is a son of L. Agassiz.

He is a marine zoologist, and came to America with his father, and has distinguished himself in lines of special scientific research. He is the author of Exploration of Lake Titicaca; List of the Echinoderms; and Three Cruises of the Blake.

Agnew, Cornelius Rea

physician, philanthropist, was born Aug. 8, 1830, in New York city. He founded in 1868 the Brooklyn eye and ear hospital, and in 1869 the Manhattan eye and ear hospital; contributed numerous papers to the current medical journals, most of which are devoted to diseases of the eye and ear, and he also published brief monographs and a Series of American Clinical Lectures. He died April 18, 1888, in New York city.

Agnew, David Hayes

physician, author, was born Nov. 24, 1818, in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a successful physician and was for a long time professor of surgery in the university of Pennsylvania. His writings were the outcome of wide experience. His works are: Handbook of Practical Anatomy; Principles and Practice of Surgery: treatise on Surgical Diseases and Injuries, which has been translated into the Japanese language. He died in 1892. a

Agnus, Felix

soldier, journalist, was born July 4, 1839, in France. In 1864 he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in the civil war. He is a leading journalist of the south.

Ahearn, John F

merchant, state senator, was born April 18, 1853, in New York city. His early life was devoted to mercantile pursuits. In 1882 he was elected to the New York state assembly; to the state senate in 1889, again in 1891, 1893, and in 1895. con-