Abbot, John – Abbott, Joseph C
Abbot, John
educator, librarian, financier. In 1784 he graduated from Bowdoin college, and during 1787-92 was a tutor in Harvard college. For fourteen years he filled a professorship in Bowdoin college, and subsequently became trustee and the college treasurer.
For more than quarter of a century he was an officer of Bowdoin college, as professor, librarian, and treasa a a urer. For over half a century he was actively identified with the progressive welfare of his alma mater, and attained a national reputation in the educational world. He died in 1843 in Andover, Mass.
Abbot, Joseph Hale
educator, was born Sept. 26, 1802, in Wilton, N. H. He graduated from Bowdoin college in 1822; was tutor there in 1825-27; and from 1827 to 1833 professor of mathematics and teacher of modern languages in Phillips Exeter academy. He then taught a school for young ladies in Boston, and subsequently became principal of the high school of Beverly, Mass. He paid much attention to the solving of pneumatic and hydraulic problems, and published ingenious and original speculations on these subjects. He died April 7, 1873, in Cambridge, Mass.
Abbot, Willis John
journalist, author, was born in 1863 in Connecticut.
He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of Blue Jackets of 1776; Blue Jackets of 1812; Blue Jackets of 1861, three volumes of history for young people; Battle Fields of 1861; Battle Fields and Camp Fires; Battle Fields and Victory; and Life of Carter Harrison.
Abbott, Alexander C
physician, educator, was born Feb. 26, 1860, in Baltimore, Md. He is the chief of division of bacteriology, pathology, and disinfection of the bureau of health of Philadelphia, Pa.; and fills the chair of hygiene in the Pennsylvania university.
Abbott, Amos
merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1786, in Andover, Mass. He was educated at a district school, but spent the most of his life as a trader and merchant. During the years 1835, 1836, and 1842, he was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature; from 1840 to 1842 was a member of the state senate; and represented his native state in congress from 1843 to 1849. He died Nov. 2, 1868, in Andover, Mass.
Abbott, Arthur Vaughan
electrician, author, was born in 1854 in New York. He is a civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer of Chicago; and the author of Electrical Transmission of Energy; The Evolution of a Switchboard; History and Use of Testing Machines; and Treatise on Fuel.
Abbott, Asa T
soldier, educator, was born in Sidney, Maine. He served as a union soldier in the civil war in the first regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry.
In 1867 he was appointed military commandant of Shattuck Military school by the secretary of war; and under his command it has been placed at the very head of the military schools in the United States.
Abbott, Austin
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 18, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of New York city; and was dean of the Law school of New York university at the time of his death. Besides preparing several works with his brother Benjamin, he published Legal Remembrancer, Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record; The Law of Evidence; Select Cases on Code Pleading; and a Digest of New York Statutes. These legal compilations are of great value to the profession. He died in 1896.
Abbott, Benjamin
clergyman, was born in 1732 on Long Island, N. Y. The story of his life has for a century been a typical one for the methodists, of which denomination he was an early apostle.
He died Aug. 14, 1796, in Salem, N. J.
ABBOTT, BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, lawyer, author, was born June 4, 1830, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Law Dictionary; Traveling Law School and Famous Trials; First Lessons in Government and Law; Patent Laws of All Nations; Year-Book of Jurisprudence for 1880; and Judge and Jury. He died Feb. 17, 1890, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Abbott, Charles Conrad
physician, naturalist, author, was born June 4, 1843, in Trenton, N. J. He is a naturalist and physician of Trenton, whose writings show a very close and sympathetic observation of nature. He is the author of The Stone Age in New Jersey: Primitive Industry; A Naturalist's Rambles about Home; Cyclopædia of Natural History; Upland and Meadow; Wasteland Wanderings; The Birds About Us; Days Out of Doors; Outings at Odd Times; Recent Rambles; Travels in a Treetop; Notes of the Night; A Colonial Wooing, a novel; and Bird-Land Echoes.
Abbott, Charles Edward
educator, author, was born in 1811 in Maine.
He was an educator in Connecticut; and the author of Down the Hill; and Village Boys. He died in 1880.
Abbott, David
pioneer, was born Dec. 5, 1765, in Brookfield, Mass. In 1808 he became the first land-owner in what is now Erie county. He died in 1822.
Abbott, Edward
clergyman, author, was born July 15, 1841, in Farmington, Maine. He is an episcopal clergyman of St. James episcopal church of Cambridge, but prior to 1878 a congregational minister and editor of The Congregationalist. He is the editor of The Literary World; and the author of Dialogues of Christ; The Long Look series of juvenile tales; A Trip Eastward; Revolutionary Times; Paragraph History of the United States; and Paragraph History of the American Revolution.
Abbott, Elizabeth Robinson
educator, was born Sept. 11, 1852. She has been eminently successful in kindergarten work; and is secretary of the Connecticut Valley Kindergarten association. She is well known as a writer and speaker, and was the chief founder of the Woman's club of Waterbury, Conn.
Abbott, Emma A
vocalist, was born Dec. 9, 1849, in Chicago, Ill. She was the daughter of a music teacher, and was educated in part by the aid of Clara Louise Kellogg. She sang throughout the United States, and in an incredibly short time amassed a fortune. Although married to Mr. E. J. Wetherill, she always retained her maiden name. She died Jan. 4, 1891, in Ogden, Utah; and was buried in Gloucester, Mass.
Abbott, Frank
physician, author, was born Sept. 5, 1836, in Shapleigh, Maine. He received his education in the district and high schools of his native town, and at the university of the City of New York. He has attained eminence as a great physician, and for more than a quarter of a century has been professor and dean of faculty of the New York College of Dentistry. He is the author of several well-known works.
Abbott, Jacob
educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1803, in Hallowell, Maine. He was an educator of New England, who was a voluminous and popular writer for young people. Among his numerous writings the best known Marco are are The Franconia Stories; Marco a Paul's Adventures; The Rollo Books; Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns; and Harper's Story Books. Few writers have given to the public a greater number of volumes. He has addressed himself principally to the young, with whom his works have been exceedingly popular. Nearly all of his books have been republished in England, and many have been translated into the various European and Asiatic languages. The twenty-eight volumes of Rollo Books are perhaps his best known. He died Oct. 31, 1879, in Farmington, Maine.
Abbott, Jo
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, Hillsboro, Texas, was born Jan. 15, 1840, near Decatur, Ala. He served in the Twelfth Texas cavalry, confederate army, as first lieutenant.
He was elected to the state legislature in 1869 and served one term. He was appointed by Governor Roberts judge of the twenty-eighth judicial district in 1879; was elected to the same position in 1880, and served four years. He was elected to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Abbott, John Stevens Cabot
educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1805, in Brunswick, Maine. He was for some years a congregational minister, but after 1844 devoted himself to literature and educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home; Practical Christianity; Romance of Spanish History; American Pioneers and Patriots; History of Napoleon; Napoleon at St. Helena; History of the French Revolution; History of the Civil War in America; Lives of the Presidents; History of Maine from Its Discovery by Northmen; Christopher Carson; History of Napoleon III; History of Frederick the Great; and History of Christianity.
He died June 17, 1877, in Fair Haven, Conn.
Abbott, Joseph C
soldier, lawyer, journalist, United States senator, was born July 15, 1825, in Concord, N. H. He received an academic education; read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was editor and proprietor of the Manchester American for five years, and subsequently editor of the Boston Atlas. He was appointed adjutant general of the state of New Hampshire in 1855, and held the office until 1861, when he resigned. He raised a regiment of infantry in 1861; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier general for gallant services in the capture of Fort Fisher. After leaving the service he removed to North Carolina and entered into business; in 1867 was elected to the state constitutional convention; in 1868 was elected to the state legislature, and in 1868 was elected to the United States senate as a republican. He died Oct. 8, 1882, in Wilmington, N. C.