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Edwards, Julian – Edwards, William Emory

Edwards, Julian

composer, was born Dec. 17, 1855, in England. He is the author of Brian Boru, which created a sensation on its production at the Broadway theater on Oct. 19, 1896, and established his fame as one of America's foremost composers of light opera. He has written many songs, notably a collection entitled Sunlight and Shadow.

Edwards, Justin

clergyman, author, was born April 25, 1787, in Westhampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, prominent in the temperance movement. Beside a Sabbath Manual; and Temperance Manual, he published a great number of tracts. He died July 23, 1853, in Bath Alum, Va.

Edwards, Morgan

clergyman, author, was born May 6, 1722, in Wales.

He was one of the founders of Brown university; and the author of Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in Pennsylvania; and Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in New Jersey. He died Jan. 28, 1795, in Pencador, Del.

Edwards, Ogden

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born in 1781, in Connecticut.

He was a member of the legislature, and in 1821 sat in the convention called to revise the constitution of the state. He was appointed circuit judge of the supreme court, and continued in that office until 1841. He died April 1, 1862, on Staten Island, N. Y.

Edwards, Oliver

soldier, was born Jan. 30, 1835, in Springfield, Mass. In 1864 he was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant and distinguished services; and was made major-general the year following.

Edwards, Samuel

congressman, was born in Delaware county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1827.

Edwards, Samuel

lawyer, jurist, was born April 24, 1839, in Glenville, N.

Y. He attained prominence as an able lawyer, and became justice of the supreme court of the state of New York.

Edwards, Sanford

surgeon, was born in 1742. He served with distinction as surgeon-general in General Marion's army. He died in 1815.

Edwards, Tom O

congressman, was born in Maryland. He was elected a representative in congress from Ohio from 1847 to 1849. He died in February, 1876, in Wheeling, W. Va.

Edwards, Tryon

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 7, 1809, in Hartford, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman who edited the Works of Joseph Bellamy, with Memoir; the works of his grandfather, Jonathan Edwards; and published, among other works, Christianity a Philosophy of Principles; Self-Cultivation; Light for the Day; Wonders of the Word; and Anecdotes for the Family.

He died in 1894.

Edwards, William

inventor, was born Nov. 11, 1770, in Elizabethtown, N.

J. To him belongs the honor of the success in the United States of the manufacture of leather, both by his method and the improved machinery. His first tannery was built at Northampton, Mass. He died Dec. 1, 1851, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Edwards, William Emory

clergyman, author, was born June 10, 1842, in Prince Edward county, Va. He is a methodist clergyman of Virginia who is the author of John Newson, a Tale of College Life.