Aaron, Samuel – Abbot, Joel
Aaron, Samuel
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1800 in New Britain, Pa. He was a baptist clergyman and educator of Mount Holly, N. J., and prominent as an anti-slavery advocate. He published a number of popular text-books, and was the author of Faithful Translation. He died April 11, 1865, in Mount Holly, N. J.
Abadie, Eugene H
surgeon, was born about 1814 in France. In 1836 he entered the medical corps of the United States army, and in 1853 was promoted surgeon. In 1865 he became chief medical officer of the military division of west Mississippi; in 1866 medical director of the department of Missouri; and lastly acting assistant medical purveyor at St.
Louis. At the time of his death he had seen more years of actual service than any, save two, of the army surgeons. He died Dec. 12, 1874, in St. Louis, Mo.
Abbadie, D'
governor of Louisiana, was born about 1710. He was sent to America by Louis XV of France, to take charge of certain royal business interests in New Orleans, and was granted military authority over the affairs of the province.
He died Feb. 4, 1765, in New Orleans, La.
Abbatt, Agnes Dean
artist, was born June 23, 1847, in New York city.
She has given special attention to the painting of chrysanthemums, and her most noteworthy pictures are: When Autumn Turns the Leaves; and The Last of the Flowers. In the landscape field she has confined her work mostly to rural scenes in Westchester County, N. Y.
Abbe, Cleveland
astronomer, meteorologist, author, was born Dec. 3, 1838, in New York city. He was director of the Cincinnati observatory; and in 1871 became professor of meteorology in the national weather bureau and has since continued in that position. The more important of his many publications include Solar Spots and Terrestrial Temperature; A Plea for Terrestrial Physics; Atmospheric Radiation; Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus; and Preparatory Studies for Deductive Methods in Meteorology.
Abbe, Frederick Randolph
clergyman, poet, was born in 1827 in Connecticut. He was a congregational clergyman in Massachusetts; and the author of The Temple Rebuilt, a poem of christian faith. He died in 1889.
Abbett, Leon
lawyer, legislator, jurist, governor, was born Oct. 8, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he settled in Hoboken, N. J., in the practice of law; and in 1863 was appointed corporation attorney. In 1864 he was elected a representative in the New Jersey legislature; was re-elected in 1865; was again elected to the same position in 1868, and was chosen speaker of the house. He was reelected to both positions in 1869; was corporation counsel for Bayonne City and the town of Union; and in 1872 was a delegate to the democratic national convention. In 1874 he was elected a state senator; and in 1876 became corporation counsel of Jersey City, to which place he had removed in 1866. In 1883 he was elected governor of New Jersey for the term of three years; and in 1893 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court.
Abbey, Edwin Austin
artist, was born in 1852 in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the employ of Harper and Brothers of New York city as an illustrator to Harpers' Magazine. He has attracted considerable attention as a water-colorist by such pictures as The Widow; and Reading the Bible.
Abbey, Everett L
educator, author, was born Oct. 10, 1855, in Mayfield, Ohio. He graduated from Wooster University in 1880, and in 1890 traveled in Europe. He is a successful educator of Cambridge, Ohio; and the author of The Passion Play.
Abbey, Henry
journalist, poet, was born July 11, 1842, in Rondout, N. Y. He studied at Kingston Academy and at the Hudson River Institute in Columbia county. His first collection of poems, entitled May Dreams, was published in 1862. many years he was engaged in journalism in New York city, where he is also connected with several financial institutions.
He is the author of Ballads of Good Deeds; The City of Success; May Dreams; Ralph and Other Poems; Stories in Verse; and The Poems of Henry Abbey. The poem Ralph is considered one of his best.
Abbey, Henry Eugene
dramatic manager, was born June 27, 1846, in Akron, Ohio. He began life as clerk in his father's jewelry store; rose to partnership; and in 1873 succeeded to the business. In 1869 he leased the Akron theater, which he managed with so much success that in 1876 he also leased the Park theater of New York city, and from that time forward devoted his energies entirely to dramatic affairs. He is now the manager of Abbey's theater and the Metropolitan opera house of New York city; and of the Tremont theater of Boston, Mass.
Abbey, Richard
clergyman, theologian, author, was born Nov. 16, 1805, in Genesee county, N. Y. He was a prominent clergyman of the southern methodist church, among whose many theological and controversial writings are: End of the Apostolical Succession; Creed of All Men; Diuturnity; Ecce Ecclesia, a Reply to Ecce Homo; and The City of God and the Church Makers.
Abbot, Abiel
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1765, in Wilton, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of Connecticut and Massachusetts; and the author of a History of Andover; and a Genealogy of the Abbot Family. He died Jan. 31, 1859, in West Cambridge, Mass.
Abbot, Abiel
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 17, 1770, in Andover, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Beverly, Mass.; and the author of Letters From Cuba. He died June 7, 1828, on Staten Island, N. Y.
Abbot, Ezra
theologian, author, was born April 28, 1819, in Jackson, Maine. He was a unitarian biblical scholar of much prominence, who was for many years a professor in the Divinity school of Harvard university, and widely known for the extent of his bibliographical acquirements. He was the author of Literature of the Doctrine of a Future Life; Authenticity of the Fourth Gospel; and The Fourth Gospel and Other Critical Essays.
He died March 21, 1884, in Cambridge, Mass.
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood
author, was born Nov. 6, 1836, in Boston, Mass. He is a religious and philosophical thinker of advanced views; for some years editor of The Index, of Cambridge; and the author of Scientific Theism; and The Way Out of Agnosticism. some
Abbot, Gorham Dummer
educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1807, in Hallowell, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman, long an educator of New York city, and a brother of Jacob Abbott, but returned to an older spelling of his surname. He was the author of Prayer-Book for the Young; Pleasure and Profit; and The Family at Home. He died July 31, 1874, in South Natick, Mass.
Abbot, Henry Larcom
soldier, civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 13, 1831, in Beverly, Mass. He is a general in the United States army, and of prominence as an engineer. Besides several series of Professional Papers, his writings include Lectures on the Defence of the Sea Coast of the United States; and Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River.
Abbot, Joel
congressman, was born March 17, 1766, in Fairfield, Conn., and emigrated to Georgia. He was elected a representative in congress from Wilkes county from 1817 to 1825. He died Nov. 19, 1826, in Washington, Ga.
Abbot, Joel
naval officer, was born Jan. 18, 1793, in Westford, Mass. Congress voted him a handsome sword for gallantry in action off Cumberland Head on Sept. 11, 1814, and he was also promoted lieutenant. In 1852 he commanded the Macedonian in the Japan expedition, and succeeded Commodore Perry as flag-officer of the squadron. He died Dec. 1, 1855, in Hong Kong, China.