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Dunning, Kate W – Durand, Cyrus

Dunning, Kate W

educator, poet, was born March 31, 1871, in Chicago, Ill.

In 1878 she moved with her parents to Nebraska, where she is now engaged in educational work at Anselmo. She is the author of a number of meritorious poems.

Dunning, Paris C

governor. He was governor of Indiana in 1848 and 1849 to fill a vacancy.

DUNNINGTON, FRANCIS PERRY, educator, chemist, author, was born March 3, 1851, in Baltimore, Md. He is the author of numerous chemical investigations, accounts of which have appeared in the Chemical News, American Chemical Journal, the transactions of various societies and elsewhere.

Dunphy, Edward J

lawyer, congressman, was born May 12, 1856, in New York city. He was elected to the fiftyfirst, fifty-second and fifty-third gresses as a Tammany democrat. con-

Dunroy, W. Reed

journalist, poet, was born Oct. 1, 1869, in Galesburg, Ill.

He began his literary work as reporter on a daily newspaper, and has contributed numerous meritorious poems to current literature.

Dunster, Edward Swift

physician, was born Sept. 2, 1834, in Springvale, Maine. He was professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the university of Vermont in 1868-71. He subsequently held the same chair in Long Island Medical college, in the medical department of Dartmouth college, and after 1873 in the university of Michigan. He died May 3, 1888, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Dunster, Henry

college president, author, was born in 1612, in England.

From 1640-54 he was president of Harvard college, serving as its first president. He is the author of Advantages of Schools; and A Faithful Ministry.

DUNTON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, railroad promoter, was born June 9, 1851, in Northville, N. H. He enjoys the distinction of being at the head of the first and only bicycle electric railroad yet built, a section of which has recently been completed near Patchogue, N. Y.

Dunton, John

author, was born May 14, 1659, in England. In 1705 appeared the Life and Errors of John Dunton, by himself, in which are to be found the lives and characters of more than one thousand contemporary characters of literary eminence, and a description of many of the ministers, booksellers and other citizens of Boston and Salem. He died in 1733 in New England.

Dupre, Lucius Garland

lawyer, was born Oct. 18, 1868, in Opelousas, La.

He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of the city of his nativity, where he has filled many public offices with honor.

Dupuy, Eliza Ann

author, was born about 1814 in Petersburg, Va.. She was a sensational novelist of Kentucky, for many years a regular contributor of serial stories to the New York Ledger. Among them are The Conspirator, a story of Aaron Burr; The Huguenot Exiles; and The Concealed Treasure. She died in January, 1881, in New Orleans, La.

Dupuy, Elizabeth

poet, was born in 1868, in Prospect, Va. Her poems have appeared extensively in the St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville journals, and in several standard collections.

DU PUY, RAYMOND, railroad president, was born Jan. 4, 1860, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1895 he became president of the De Kalb and Great Western railway.

Durand, Asher Brown

artist, was born Aug. 21, 1796, in Jefferson, N. J. He has attained a national reputation as an artist. Among his best known works are Notch of the Primeval Forest, and Clove in the Catskills.

Durand, Cyrus

engraver, inventor, was born Feb. 27, 1787, in Jefferson village, N. J. He invented a machine for ruling straight and wave lines for bank notes, and subsequently invented similar machines for drawing water-lines and plain ovals. He then devoted himself to bank-note engraving; was a genius in that art; and was considered capable of working in twenty-two different occupations. He died Sept. 18, 1868, in Irvington, N. J.