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Emmet, Joseph Kline – Emmons, Samuel Franklin

Emmet, Joseph Kline

actor, was born March 13, 1841, in St. Louis, Mo. He visited in Australia in 1877, and in Europe in 1881 and 1885, in the latter year fulfilling engagements in England, Ireland and Scotland. His final appearance on the stage was made in the spring of 1891. He died June 15, 1891, in Cornwallon-Hudson, N. Y.

Emmet, Rosina

artist. She received a first prize medal in London in 1878, for heads on china. She has illustrated a book for children, entitled Pretty Peggy, collecting and arranging for it the poems and music, and Mrs. Burton Harrison's Old Fashioned Tales.

Emmet, Thomas Addis

lawyer, author, was born April 24, 1764, in Ireland. He was an Irish patriot who came to the United States in 1804 and settled in New York city, where he practiced law. He is the author of Pieces of Irish History. He died Nov. 14, 1827, in New York city.

Emmet, Thomas Addis

civil engineer, author, was born June 4, 1818, in New York city. In 1858 he was appointed by the North Carolina legislature to conduct the geological survey of that state. He published valuable reports in connection with the surveys of New York and North Carolina; A Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; and American Geology.

Emmet, Thomas Addis

physician, surgeon, author, was born May 29, 1828, in Virginia. He is a physician and surgeon of New York city, whose chief work is The Principles and Practice of Gynecology.

Emmett, H. Huntingdon

clergyman, lecturer, was born Jan. 31, 1852, in the state of Maine. He received his education in the schools of Maine and New Hampshire; and has filled pastorates in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He has attained distinction as a popular orator; and his lectures on the North Amer-

Emory, William Helmsley

soldier, author, was born Sept. 9, 1811, in Queen Anne county, Md. He was an army officer who retired from the United States service in 1876 with the rank of brigadiergeneral, and was the author of Notes of a Military Reconnoissance in Missouri and California, 1848; and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission. He died Dec. 1, 1887, in Washington, D. C.

Emory, William Helmsley

naval officer, graduated at the United States naval academy in 1866; became master in 1869; lieutenant in 1870; and in 1884 commanded the Bear of the Greely relief expedition.

Emmons, Ebenezer

geologist, author, was born May 16, 1799, in Middlefield, Mass. He was a noted geologist who in the latter part of his life was attached to the state geological survey of North Carolina. He was the author of Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; and American Geology. He died Oct. 1, 1863, in Brunswick, N. C.

Emmons, George Foster

naval officer, author, was born Aug. 23, 1811, in Clarendon, Vt. He was a rear-admiral in the United States service who wrote The Navy of the United States from 1775 to 1853. He died July 2, 1884, in Princeton, N. J.

Emmons, Nathaniel

clergyman, author, was born April 20, 1745, in East Haddam, Conn. He was a once noted congregational minister at Franklin, Mass., in 1773-1840. His theological works in six volumes, with Memoir by J. Ide, appeared in 1842. He died Sept. 23, 1840.

Emmons, Samuel Franklin

geologist, author, was born March 29, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He was a geologist in government service, and the author of Descriptive Geology; Geological and Mining Industries of Leadville; and Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals.