Atkinson, Louis E – Atwood, Harrison Henry
Atkinson, Louis E
physician, lawyer, congressman, was born April 16, 1841, in Juniata county, Pa. He was educated in the common schools and at Airy View and Milnwood academies;. studied medicine, and graduated at the medical department of the University of the City of New York, March 4, 1861. He entered the medical department, United States army, Sept. 5, 1861; served as assistant surgeon of the first Pennsylvania reserve cavalry, and surgeon of the one hundred and eighty-eighth Pennsylvania infantry, and was mustered out in December, 1865; was disabled while in the army, and, being unable to practice medicine, studied law; was admitted to the bar in September, 1870, and has practiced law since that time. He was elected to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, and fifty-second congresses.
Atkinson, Theodore
soldier, jurist, was born Dec. 20, 1697, in New Castle, N. H. He graduated at Harvard university in 1718; was secretary of the colony in 1741; chief justice in 1754, and major-general of militia in 1769, but the revolution deprived him of all these offices. He was a delegate to the congress at Albany in 1754, and was one of the committee that drew up the plan of Union for the defense of the colonies. He was for many years in the legislature and council; also held the office of clerk of the court of common pleas; was colonel of militia, and in active service during the French and Indian wars. He died Sept. 22, 1779. was
Atkinson, Thomas
bishop, born Aug. 6, 1807, in Mansfield, Va. He was elected bishop of North Carolina in 1853. He attended the general convention of the episcopal church in 1865, and did much to hasten the reunion of the northern and southern dioceses. He died Jan. 4, 1881, in Wilmington, N. C.
Atkinson, William Biddle
physician, author, was born June 21, 1832, in Haverford, Delaware county, Pa. He was educated in Philadelphia, and graduated from the Central high school; and in 1853 graduated from the Jefferson Medical college. He has written many articles for medical journals on subjects in general practice and the diseases of children. He is author of The Physician and Surgeons of the United States; Hints in the Obstetric Procedure; Therapeutics of Gynæcology and Obstetric; and various other works. Dr. Atkinson has been the permanent secretary of the American Medical association since 1864, and of the State Medical society of Pennsylvania since 1862. He was lecturer on Diseases of Children at the Jefferson Medical college during 1877-86; professor of sanitary science and pediatrics in the Medico- Chirurgical college of Philadelphia during 1888-91. During the civil war he was assistant surgeon of United States volunteers. He is also the associate editor of the Medical and Surgical Reporter of Philadelphia; and contributes extensively to medical journals.
Atkinson, William Elrie
lawyer, was born July 24, 1852, in Shelby county, Ala. He has attained success as a noted lawyer; in 1885 was a delegate to the congressional convention, and was one of the leading spirits in founding the Ouachita Baptist college at Arkadelphia.
Atkinson, William Parsons
educator, author, was born in 1820 in Massachusetts, and was a brother of E. Atkinson. He was a professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the author of The Right Use of Books; History and the Study of History; and Classical and Scientific Studies. He died in 1890.
Atlee, John Light
was born Nov. 2, 1799, in Pennsylvania. Dr. Atlee's operation for double ovariotomy in 1843 was the first in the history of medicine. He was one of the founders of the Lancaster City and County Medical society in 1843, and twice served as its president. He assisted in organizing the Pennsylvania Medical society in 1848, and became its president in 1857, and was also one of the organizers of the American Medical association in Philadelphia, and was elected vice-president in 1865, and president in 1882.
At the union of Franklin and Marshall colleges, in 1853, he became professor of anatomy and physiology, and continued there until 1869. He died Oct. 1, 1885, in Pennsylvania.
At Lee, Samuel John
soldier, statesman, was born in 1738. He commanded a Pennsylvania company in the French war; and in 1776 commanded an advanced battalion on Long Island; was made prisoner and remained some time in the hands of the British. He was afterward a commissioner to treat with the Indians; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1778 to 1782, and one of the committee on the meeting of Pennsylvania troops in 1781. He died November, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Atlee, Washington Lemuel
surgeon, author, was born Feb. 22, 1808, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a noted surgeon of Philadelphia, and the author of Ovarian Tumors and Ovariotomy. He died Sept. 6, 1878.
Attwood, Julius
banker, was born Feb. 23, 1824, in East Haddam, Conn. In 1859 he was elected judge of the probate court; from 1873-74 was a member of the general assembly of Connecticut; and in 1883 was elected president of the National bank of New England.
Atwater, Amzi
pioneer, was born May 23, 1776, in New Haven, Conn. He settled in Mantua, Ohio, in 1800; and on the organization of Portage county was elected one of the county judges. He died June 22, 1851.
Atwater, Caleb
lawyer, legislator, author, was born Dec. 25, 1778, in North Adams, Mass. He was graduated at Williams college in 1804; studied law, and became a successful practitioner. He moved to Ohio in 1811, where for some years he was a member of the state legislature and postmaster of Circleville. He was also Indian commissioner under Jackson. He published A Tour to Prairie du Chien; Western Antiquities; Writings of Caleb Atwater; History of Ohio; and an Essay on Education. He died March 13, 1867, in Circleville, Ohio.
Atwater, Francis
author, journalist and publisher, was born in Plymouth, Conn. He learned the printing trade early in life, and in 1886 established and became president of the Journal Publishing company, of Meriden, Conn., proprietor of the Meriden Daily News, and Connecticut School Journal. He is the author of the Histories of Plymouth, Conn., and Kent, Conn.
Atwater, Horace Cowles
clergyman, author, was born in 1819 in New York. He was a clergyman of the methodist church, south, and published Incidents of a Southern Tour. He died in 1879.
Atwater, John W
farmer, state senator, was born Dec. 27, 1840. He served in the first North Carolina regiment throughout the war, surrendering with Lee at Appomattox. When the Farmers' Alliance was organized in Chatham county, N. C., he served as president two terms, and afterward for two terms as president of the sub-alliance. Has represented his people for three terms in the state senate.
Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss
educator, author, was born Feb. 20, 1813, in New Haven, Conn. He was a professor of philosophy at Princeton college, and long a noted contributor to the Princeton Review; and the author of A Manual of Elementary Logic. He died Feb. 17, 1883, in Princeton, N. J.
Atwater, Wilbur Olin
educator, author, was born May 3, 1844, in Johnsburg, N. Y. He has been professor of chemistry at Wesleyan university since 1873. He has written extensively upon agricultural chemistry, and published Co-operative Experimenting as a Means of Studying the Effect of Fertilizers; and Results of Field Experiments with Various Fertilizers.
Atwell, William Hawley
lawyer, orator, was born June 9, 1869, in La Crosse, Wis. He attended the Dallas public schools, Texas; the Southwestern university, and the State university. In 1889 he was assistant attorney of Dallas county; in 1894 was nominee for attorney-general of Texas. He has been secretary of the State Republican league; of the National Committeemen league in 1896; and is a prominent member in various societies. He is one of the finest speakers in the south, his oratory being strong, sparkling and convincing.
Atwill, Edward Robert
clergyman, bishop, was born Feb. 18, 1840, in Red Hook, N. Y. He received his education at the Hudson Classical institute; graduated from Columbia college in 1862; and was ordained in 1864, and consecrated a bishop in 1890. He was rector of St. Paul's church of Burlington, Vt.; and in 1882 became rector of the Trinity church of Toledo, Ohio. Since 1890 he has been bishop of west Missouri, residing in Kansas City.
He has contributed valuable articles to church literature and the secular press.
Atwood, Anthony
clergyman, author, was born in 1801 in New Jersey.
He was a methodist clergyman, whose only published work is The Abiding Comforter. He died in 1888.
Atwood, Ethel
musician, was born Sept. 12, 1870, in Fairfield, Maine. She has attained success in orchestral work in Boston, Mass. She organized the Fadette Ladies' orchestra, which now has thirteen regular members in the orchestra, which is in constant demand.
Atwood, Harrison Henry
architect, congressman, was born Aug.ó, 1863, in North Londonderry, Vt. He attended the public schools, graduating in 1877; studied architecture and began practice in 1886; has erected many buildings in and about Boston. He was elected to the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1887-89; was elected twice as delegate to republican national conventions, 1888 and 1892; was elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a republican.