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Cosby, Fortunatus

journalist, journalist, poet, was born May 2, 1801, in Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the first school board of trustees, and later superintendent of public schools in Philadelphia. In 1846 he edited the Examiner, the first Kentucky paper devoted to the cause of negro emancipation. His best known poems are Ode to the Mocking Bird; The Traveler in the Desert; A Dream of Long Ago; and Fireside Fancies.

Cosby, William

governor of New York, was born about 1695. After serving as a colonel in the army, and being governor of Minorca and of the Leeward islands, he became governor of New York in 1731, and held the office till his death.

He died March 10, 1736, in New York city.

Coster, Charles Henry

banker, was born July 22, 1852, in Newport, R. I.

In 1884 he was admitted to partnership in the great banking house of Drexel, Morgan and Co. of New York city; Drexel and Co. of Philadelphia, and Drexel, Harjes and Co. of Paris, resident in New York.

Cotheal, Alexander Isaac

diplomatist, was born in 1804 in New York, N. Y. He was an oriental scholar of New York city who published Sketch of the Language of the Mosquito Indians; and Atoff the Generous, a translation from the Arabic. He died in 1894.

Cotteral, J. L. T

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1846 to 1847.

Cotting, John Ruggles

scientist, author, was born in 1783 in Acton, Mass.

He was a noted Georgia scientist, and the author of Introduction to Chemistry; Lectures on Geology; and Soils and Manures. He died in 1867.

Cotton, John

clergyman, was born March 13, 1640, in Boston, Mass. He was minister for thirty years in Plymouth, Mass., and afterward in Charleston, S. C.

He was eminent for his acquaintance with the Indian language, frequently preached to the aborigines at Martha's Vineyard and Plymouth, and revised and corrected the whole of Eliot's Indian Bible. He died Sept. 18, 1699, in Charleston, S. C.

Cottrell, Calvert Byron

manufacturer, inventor, was born Aug. 21, 1821, in Westerly, R. I. He has devoted himself exclusively to invention and improvement in matters belonging to printing and press manufacture. One of his latest and most important inventions is a shifting tympan for a Web perfecting press.

Coudert, Frederick Rene

lawyer, was born in 1832, in New York city.

He was elected president of the Bar Association of New York city, and represented the Chamber of Commerce at the international congress at Antwerp, for the framing of international rules of general He recently represented the average.

United States as one of its counsel before the international tribunal appointed to determine the Behring Sea controversy.

Coulter, John Merle

botanist, author, was born Nov. 20, 1851, in China.

He is a botanist and was president of the Indiana State university in 1891-93. He is the author of Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado (with T. C. Porter); Manual of Rocky Mountain Botany; Manual of Texan Botany; and Text-Book of Western Botany. man.

Coulter, Richard

jurist, congress- He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1835. At the time of his death was judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. He died April 21, 1852, in Westmoreland county, Pa.

Courtright, Samuel W

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 9, 1842, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer of Circleville, Ohio; was city solicitor for two terms; president of the board of education for five years; and prosecuting attorney of his county for two terms. He has filled various public positions of honor, and for five years was judge of the court of common pleas.