Addicks, John Edward – Agnew, Daniel
Addicks, John Edward
capitalist, was born Nov. 21, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. Works for the manufacture of gas were built by him in Jersey City and for The Consumers' Gas Co. of Chicago, and the competition which he engendered led to a union of the gas companies in Chicago into the now noted Chicago Gas Trust. In 1884 he organized and became president of The Bay State Gas Co. of Boston, which constructed large works.
In 1892 he bought a majority interest in The Brooklyn Gas Co., becoming its president, and is now largely interested in other gas companies in Brooklyn, N. Y.
These operations have brought him large wealth. He has also established a gas making plant in Wilmington, Del.
Addis, Emmerson W
journalist, state legislator, was born Oct. 13, 1853, in Litchfield, Conn. He is the editor of The Standard of Brewster, N. Y.; has been postmaster, justice and trustee of Brewster; and in 1895 was elected a member of the New York state assembly.
He was re-elected in 1897, and has taken an active part on various committees.
Ade, George
journalist, author, was born in 1866 in Illinois. He is a successful Chicago journalist; and the author of Artie, a Story of the Streets and Town.
Adee, Alvey A
public official, diplomatist, was born Nov. 27, 1842, in Astoria, N. Y. He was educated by private tutors; studied civil engineering; and was secretary of the American legation at Madrid, Spain, from 1870 to 1877. In 1877 he was transferred to the department of state at Washington; in 1878 became chief of the diplomatic division of that department; and in 1882 was appointed third assistant secretary of state.
Adee, David Graham
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 31, 1837, in Chelsea, Mass. He was United States commissioner to Sandwich islands in 1883; during the war he was military secretary on staff duty, and has practiced law in New York ten years. He is the author of the novel No. 19 State Street, and is still largely engaged in literary work. The poems of this great jurist have appeared in the leading daily newspapers of America, and in current magazines.
Adgate, Asa
legislator, congressman. He was a representative in the legislature of New York from Clinton county from 1798 to 1799; was a representative in congress from Essex county from 1815 to 1817; and was again a member of the legislature in 1823.
Adkinson, Mary Osburn
temperance reformer, was born July 28, 1843, in Rush county, Ind. She is the wife of the Rev. L. G. Adkinson, the president of the New Orleans university. She took a leading part in the organization of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of Madison, Ind.; and was four times unanimously elected its president. She has been superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance union in the state of Louisiana; and is also matron in the New Orleans university.
Adler, Felix
reformer, author, was born Aug. 13, 1851, in Germany. He is an ethical reformer of New York city; and the author of Creed and Deed; and The Moral Instruction of Children.
Adler, Georg
philologist, author, was born in 1821, in Germany. He was a philologist of New York city; and was the author of a valuable German and English dictionary and other educational works. He died Aug. 24, 1868, in New York city.
Adrain, Garnett B
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1816, in New York city. He graduated from Rutgers college in 1833; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He was a representative from New Jersey in the thirtyfifth congress; and was also elected a member of the thirty-sixth congress. In 1861 he offered the resolution of thanks to Major Robert Anderson for his defense of Fort Sumter. He died Aug. 17, 1878, in New Brunswick. N. J.
Adrain, Robert
mathematician, was born Sept. 30, 1775, in Ireland. He taught school in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, contributed to scientific journals, and from 1810 to 1813 was professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in Rutgers college; then until 1825 in Columbia college; and from 1827 to 1834 was professor of mathematics in the university of Pennsylvania. He edited Hutton's Mathematics, published essays on the figure and magnitude of the earth and on gravity, and was editor from 1825 to 1829 of the Mathematical Diary. He died Aug. 10, 1843, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Adrain, Robert
lawyer, state senator, was born Dec. 17, 1853, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was elected president of the senate of New Jersey in 1891, and successively re-elected in 1892 and 1893. He was appointed prosecutor of the pleas of Middlesex county in 1890, and continued to hold the position for several years.
Adrian, James
physician, was born Jan. 12, 1829, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. In 1876 he was a member of the electoral college, and his efforts in support of Tilden and Hendricks established his reputation as a political orator. In 1875 he was a delegate from the American Medical association to the International Medical congress at Brussels.
Adsit, Allen C
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 20, 1837, in Rutland, N. Y. He studied law at Watertown, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He enlisted in the forty-fourth New York volunteers in 1861, and participated in the principal battles in which the army of the Potomac was engaged.
He was a representative in the Michigan state legislature in 1871-72; and now practices his profession in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Adsit, Nancy H
art lecturer, was born May 21, 1825, in Palermo, N. Y. She graduated from the Ingham university, and for the past half a century has contributed constantly to current literature. Her contribution to the London Art Journal and other leading art publications has made her name well known in art circles; and to her work is due most of the art interest in Wisconsin, as well as in the entire west.
Agar, John Girard
lawyer, was born June 3, 1856, in New Orleans, La.
He was appointed assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of New York. He held this office for a year when he resigned and became the senior member of the firm of Agar, Ely and Fulton. The university of Georgetown conferred upon him the degree of M. A.
Agard, Isaac Merritt
educator, was born Dec. 3, 1854, near Stafford, Conn.
He has attained success in educational work; and is now principal of the Rockville high school, Conn., and also superintendent of the east district schools. He received a thorough education at the Amherst college and other institutions, and has had conferred upon him the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D.
Agassiz, Alexander
zoologist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1835, in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and is a son of L. Agassiz.
He is a marine zoologist, and came to America with his father, and has distinguished himself in lines of special scientific research. He is the author of Exploration of Lake Titicaca; List of the Echinoderms; and Three Cruises of the Blake.
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot
naturalist, was born in 1822. In 1850 she was married to Professor Louis Agassiz.
She accompanied her husband on his journey to Brazil in 1865-66; and on the Hassler expedition in 1871-72; and was associated with him in many of his studies and writings. She is the author of A First Lesson in Natural History; Edited Geological Sketches; and also edited Life and Correspondence, of her husband, in two volumes.
Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe
educator, naturalist, author, was born May 28, 1807, in Switzerland. He was a naturalist of eminence, and the founder of the Museum of Natural History at Cambridge. He was the author of Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles; Lake Superior, Natural History of Fresh Water Fishes of Central Europe; Etudes sur les Glaciers; Système Glacière; Methods of Study in Natural History; Geological Sketches; Structure of Animal Life; and A Journey in Brazil. He died Dec. 14, 1873, in Cambridge, Mass. His grave in Mt. Auburn is marked by a boulder from the glacier of the Aar, and shaded by pine trees brought from Switzerland.
Agen, James Herman
soldier, financier, legislator, was born April 29, 1847, in Montpelier, Vt. He was president of the West Superior Chamber of Commerce in 1890-91; represented his ward as alderman in 1893-94; was president of the Douglas County Agricultural society and also president of the Northwestern Wisconsin Fair association in 1895-96. He served two years and nine months in the First New York Dragoons; was in forty-two battles, serving under Gen. Phil. Sheridan; and was wounded in the battle of Winchester in 1864. He was elected to the Wisconsin state assembly in 1896.
Agnew, Cornelius Rea
physician, philanthropist, was born Aug. 8, 1830, in New York city. He founded in 1868 the Brooklyn eye and ear hospital, and in 1869 the Manhattan eye and ear hospital; contributed numerous papers to the current medical journals, most of which are devoted to diseases of the eye and ear, and he also published brief monographs and a Series of American Clinical Lectures. He died April 18, 1888, in New York city.
Agnew, Daniel
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 5, 1809, in Trenton, N. J. He received his education at the Rev. Joseph Stockton academy, and the Western university of Pennsylvania, both of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1829 he was admitted to the bar, and practiced for many years in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1837-38 he was a delegate in convention to amend the constitution of Pennsylvania. During 1851-63 he was president judge of the seventh judicial district of Pennsylvania; in 1863-79 was justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania; and from 1874-79 was chief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania.