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Dugro, Philip Henry – Dun, Robert Graham

Dugro, Philip Henry

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1855, in New York city. In 1878 he was elected to the New York assembly from the fourteenth district as a democrat, and declined a renomination. In 1886 he was elected judge of the superior court. He is the owner of the Hotel Savoy on the Plaza at the entrance to Central park.

Duhamel, William

physician, author, was born in 1827 in Maryland. He served as chief physician for ten years to the United States prisons in the District of Columbia. He wrote a treatise on the National Hotel Disease. He died Aug. 15, 1883, in Washington, D. C.

Duhring, Julia

essayist, author, was born Feb. 23, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa She is an essayist who has published Phil osophers and Fools; Gentlefolks and Others; Amor in Society; and Mental Life and Culture.

Duhring, Louis Adolphus

physician, author, was born Dec. 23, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a physician of Philadelphia, prominent as a dermatologist, and the author of Atlas of Skin Diseases; Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin; Epitome of Skin Diseases; and Cutaneous Medicine.

Duke, Richard T. W

lawyer, congressman, was born June 6, 1822, in Albemarle county, Va. He was elected attorney for the county of Albemarle in 1858, and continued in that office until 1869.

He was elected to the forty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress.

Dulany, Daniel

statesman, author, was born in July, 1721, in Maryland. He was a noted Maryland statesman, and the author of Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies. He died March 19, 1797, in Baltimore, Md.

Dulles, Charles Winslow

surgeon, author, was born in 1850 in the East Indies. He is a surgeon of Philadelphia, and the author of What to Do First in Accidents or Poisoning; What to Do First in Accidents and Emergencies; and Accidents and Emergencies.

Dulles, John Welsh

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 4, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, at one time a missionary to India, and the author of The Soldier's Friend; Life in India; and The Ride Through Palestine. He died April 13, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Dummer, Jeremiah

author, was born in 1680 in Boston, Mass. he was a noted scholar who was colonial agent for Massachusetts in London in 1710-21, and was a political friend of Bolingbroke. He was the author of A Letter to a Noble Lord Concerning the Late Expedition to Canada; and A Defence of the New England Charters. He died May 19, 1739.

Dummer, William

governor, was born in 1677 in Boston, Mass. In 1716 he was commissioned lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts; and during 1723-28 acted as governor and commander-in-chief. He conducted the war against the Indians with skill. He died Oct. 10, 1761, in Boston, Mass.

Dumont, Mrs. Julia Louisa

educator, author, was born in October, 1794, in Waterford, Ohio. She was a noted educator of Vevay, Ind., and the author of Life Sketches from Common Paths. She died in 1857.

Dun, Robert Graham

merchant, founder, was born in 1826 in Chillicothe, Ohio. An existence of over half a century has enabled the Mercantile Agency of R.

G. Dun and Co. to acquire an experience and accumulate an amount of capital, which enable it to fulfill to the satisfaction of the mercantile community the important duties which it is called on to discharge.