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Dielman, Frederick – Diman, Jeremiah Lewis

Dielman, Frederick

artist, was born Dec. 25, 1847, in Germany. He served as a topographer and draughtsman of United States engineers in Fortress Monroe and Baltimore, and in the survey of canal routes over the Alleghanies of Virginia.

Dieterich, Louis Philip

artist, was born April 8, 1842, in Germany. He studied in the best schools of Baltimore, Md., and has attained prominence as a portrait painter.

Dietz, Ella

poet. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Triumph of Time.

Dill, James Heron Horton

clergyman, was born Jan. 1, 1821, in Plymouth, Mass. He filled a pastorate in Spencerport, N. Y., for eight years, then moved to Chicago, where he became pastor of the South Congregational church. He died Jan. 14, 1863.

Dillard, William

lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 23, 1846, in Amherst county, Va. He received his education at the Virginia Military institute and at the university of Virginia. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of his native state; and since 1880 has served with distinction as judge of Amherst county court, Va.

Dillaye, Stephen Devalson

author, was born in 1820, in New York. He was the author of The Money and Finances of the French Revolution in 1789. He died in 1884.

Dillman, Frederick

artist, was born Dec. 25, 1847, in Germany. He studied art in the Royal academy of Munich, and was secretary of the international board of jury for fine arts at the World's Columbian exposition.

Dillon, Robert Mathew

clergyman, theologian, was born Oct. 29, 1859, in Madison, Ind. He attended Oberlin college in 1883-84; Hanover college in 1884-89; and McCormick Theological seminary of Chicago in 1889-92. He then entered the presbyterian ministry, and has filled pastorates in Greencastle, Ind., and Bowling Green, Ohio. He has contributed extensively to religious literature.

Dillon, Sidney

railroad president, was born May 7, 1812, in Northampton, N. Y. He was twice president, at intervals, of the Union Pacific railroad, and other railroad systems. He died June 9, 1892, in New York city.

Dillwyn, George

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 26, 1738, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the author of Dillwyn's Reflections. He died June 23, 1821.

Diman, Byron

manufacturer, state senator, governor, was born in 1795, in Bristol, R. I. He was for many years either a state senator or a member of the lower house, and was lieutenant-governor of the state for three years. In 1846 he was elected governor. He died Aug. 1, 1865, in Bristol, R. I.

Diman, Jeremiah Lewis

educator, clergyman, author, was born May 1, 1831, in Bristol, R. I. He was a congregational clergyman, who was professor of history and political economy in Brown university from 1864. He is the author of Orations and Essays; The Theistic Argument as Affected by Recent Theories. He died Feb. 3, 1881, in Providence, R. I.