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Chandler, Joseph Ripley

journalist, diplomat, congressman, author, was born Aug. 25, 1792, in Kingston, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1855; and in 1858 was appointed, by President Buchanan, minister to Naples. After his return he became editor of the Philadelphia North American. In 1821 he published a Grammar of the English Language, and subsequently a large number of Essays and Addresses on subjects connected with Social Life and Literature. He died July 10, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.