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Duer, William – Duggan, James

Duer, William

lawyer, congressman, was born May 25, 1805, in New York city.

He served in the legislature of New York on two occasions; was district attorney for Oswego county, and was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1851.

Duer, William Alexander

jurist, college president, author, was born Sept. 8, 1780, in Rhinebeck, N. Y. He was president of Columbia college in 1829-42; and the author of Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States. He died May 30, 1858, in New York.

Duff, Peter

educator, author, was born Feb. 16, 1802, in Canada. He was an educator of Pittsburg, where he founded Duff's Mercantile college, one of the earliest institutions of the kind. The North American Accountant was his only publication of note. He died Sept. 13, 1869, in Pittsburg, Pa.

Duffel, Mary Gordon

author, was born in 1840 in Alabama. She is a resident of Alabama, and has published A History of Alabama; and Guide to the Mammoth Cave.

Duffield, Divie Bethune

lawyer, poet, was born Aug. 29, 1821, in Carlisle, Pa. He has been a member of the board of education of Detroit for thirteen years, and is active in all educational interests throughout the state.

Duffield, George

jurist. He was appointed in 1805 United States judge for the territory of Orleans.

Duffield, George

clergyman, was born Oct. 7, 1732, in Lancaster county, Pa.

His only published works are An Account of a Missionary Tour Through Western Pennsylvania in 1766, by order of the synod; and a Thanksgiving Sermon on Peace. He died Feb. 2, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Duffield, George

clergyman, was born July 4, 1794, in Strasburg, Pa. In 1838 he became pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Detroit, which he retained until his death. In 1844-52 he was regent for the Michigan State university.

A full review of his life would embrace a large share of the history of the Presbyterian church for thirty years. He died June 26, 1868, in Detroit, Mich.

Duffield, George

clergyman, poet, was born Sept. 12, 1816, in Carlisle, Pa.

He held important pastorates in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and in Michigan, where he resided after 1861. He died June 6, 1888, in Bloomfield, N. J.

Duffield, Henry Martin

soldier, lawyer, orator, was born May 15, 1842, in Detroit, Mich. He was assistant provostmarshal-general of the army of the Cumberland on General Thomas's staff. He has been corporation counsel for Detroit since 1876, and is also president of the state military board of Michigan.

Dugdale, Richard L

sociologist, author, was born in 1841 in France. He was a writer on sociology, and the author of The Jukes, or Heredity in Crime; and Further Studies of Criminals. He died July 23, 1883, in New York city.

Duggan, James

Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1825 in Ireland. He was consecrated coadjutor archbishop in 1857, with the title of Bishop of Antigone, and was afterward nominated bishop of Chicago.