Dunster, Edward Swift – Durfee, Job
Dunster, Edward Swift
physician, was born Sept. 2, 1834, in Springvale, Maine. He was professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the university of Vermont in 1868-71. He subsequently held the same chair in Long Island Medical college, in the medical department of Dartmouth college, and after 1873 in the university of Michigan. He died May 3, 1888, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dunster, Henry
college president, author, was born in 1612, in England.
From 1640-54 he was president of Harvard college, serving as its first president. He is the author of Advantages of Schools; and A Faithful Ministry.
DUNTON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, railroad promoter, was born June 9, 1851, in Northville, N. H. He enjoys the distinction of being at the head of the first and only bicycle electric railroad yet built, a section of which has recently been completed near Patchogue, N. Y.
Dunton, John
author, was born May 14, 1659, in England. In 1705 appeared the Life and Errors of John Dunton, by himself, in which are to be found the lives and characters of more than one thousand contemporary characters of literary eminence, and a description of many of the ministers, booksellers and other citizens of Boston and Salem. He died in 1733 in New England.
Dunton, Larkin
educator, was born July 22, 1828, in Concord, Maine. He attended the town schools, Hallowell academy, and the Colby university. For two years he was principal of the Newcastle academy; for seven years principal of the Bath High school, Maine; for four years master of the Lawrence school of Boston, Mass.; and for the past quarter of a century has been head master of the Boston Normal school; and prominent in the educational affairs of New England.
Duponceau, Pierre Etienne
lawyer, author, was born in 1760 in France. He was a Frenchman who came to America as aid to Baron Steuben, settled in Philadelphia, and became eminent as a lawyer. He was president of the American Philosophical society, and his Memoir on the Indian Languages of North America attracted much attention among scholars. He died in 1844 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Du Pont, Henry Algernon
soldier, railroad president, was born July 30, 1838, in Wilmington, Del. He served through the civil war, and received the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1879 he was elected president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad company.
Dupre, Lucius Garland
lawyer, was born Oct. 18, 1868, in Opelousas, La.
He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of the city of his nativity, where he has filled many public offices with honor.
Dupuy, Eliza Ann
author, was born about 1814 in Petersburg, Va.. She was a sensational novelist of Kentucky, for many years a regular contributor of serial stories to the New York Ledger. Among them are The Conspirator, a story of Aaron Burr; The Huguenot Exiles; and The Concealed Treasure. She died in January, 1881, in New Orleans, La.
Dupuy, Elizabeth
poet, was born in 1868, in Prospect, Va. Her poems have appeared extensively in the St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville journals, and in several standard collections.
Du Puy, Raymond
railroad president, was born Jan. 4, 1860, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1895 he became president of the De Kalb and Great Western railway.
Durand, Asher Brown
artist, was born Aug. 21, 1796, in Jefferson, N. J. He has attained a national reputation as an artist. Among his best known works are Notch of the Primeval Forest, and Clove in the Catskills.
Durand, Cyrus
engraver, inventor, was born Feb. 27, 1787, in Jefferson village, N. J. He invented a machine for ruling straight and wave lines for bank notes, and subsequently invented similar machines for drawing water-lines and plain ovals. He then devoted himself to bank-note engraving; was a genius in that art; and was considered capable of working in twenty-two different occupations. He died Sept. 18, 1868, in Irvington, N. J.
Durand, George H
lawyer, mayor, congressman, was born Feb. 21, 1838, in Cobleskill, N. Y. He served as alderman of the city of Flint for three consecutive terms; was elected mayor in 1873; reelected in 1874, and was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress.
Durand, Henry Smith
underwriter, banker, founder, was born Feb. 13, 1817, in Cheshire, Conn. In 1856 he organized the Commercial bank of Racine, Wis., of which he was president for several years; was chosen president of the Racine and Mississippi railroad, which he founded. He was one of the founders of the city of La Crosse, Wis., and did much to aid its development into the second largest city in Wisconsin.
Durang, Charles
author, was born in 1796 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was actor, author, stage manager, prompter, balletmaster, and finally opened a dancing academy. He was the author of a History of the Philadelphia Stage from 1752 to 1854.
He died Feb. 15, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Durant, Charles S
aeronaut, author, was born about 1805. He was the author of several books of a scientific character, one of which was a Treatise on Shells and Sea-Weeds. He died March 2, 1873, in Jersey City, N. J.
Durant, Charles W
railroad president, was born April 23, 1821, in Hinsdale, Mass. In 1859 he became interested in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, and was its president for many years. He afterward engaged in the sugar refining business with his sons under the name of Charles W. Durant and Sons. He died April 5, 1885, in New York city.
Durant, Henry
college president, was born June 17, 1803, in Acton, Mass.
In 1870 he founded and became the first president of the university of California, serving until 1871. In 1872 he was elected mayor of Oakland, Cal., serving until his death. He died Jan. 22, 1875, in Oakland, Cal.
Durant, Henry Towle
lawyer, philanthropist, was born Feb. 20, 1822, in Hanover, N. H. He devoted his life to the cause of the Christian religion, and was instrumental in providing a college where women could obtain superior education. His plans were put into execution and Wellesley college resulted. This institution, built and equipped at an expense of $1,000,000, was opened in September, 1875, and has since been maintained at an expense of $50,000 per annum. He died Oct. 3, 1881, in Wellesley, Mass.
Durant, Horace Blair
soldier, physician, journalist, prohibitionist, poet, was born Dec. 27, 1828, in Washington county, Pa. He graduated from Jefferson college of Canonsburg, Pa., and for several years taught school. He then practiced medicine for about twenty years.
In 1861 he enlisted with the first troops from Pennsylvania, serving for awhile in the ranks as a private soldier, until assistant surgeon of commissioned fi his regiment. Dr. Durant has for many years been a pronounced advocate of political prohibition, being one of the St. John electors in 1884. In 1878, in conjunction with his wife, he published the first newspaper devoted to prohibition in Pennsylvania; and in 1884 wrote the first song-book of the prohibition party. He has been editor and founder of four papers in Pennsylvania. The poems of Dr. Durant have attracted considerable attention, and have been given a place in several standard works.
Durant, Thomas Jefferson
lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 8, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He removed to New Orleans and was elected state senator; afterward appointed United States district attorney for Louisiana, and then became attorney-general of the state. He died Feb. 4, 1882, in Washington, D. C.
Durbin, John Price
clergyman, author, was born in 1800 in Bourbon county, Ky. He was a methodist clergyman noted for his eloquence, who was missionary secretary of the methodist episcopal church, in 1850-72. He was the author of Observations in Europe; and Observations in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor.
He died in 1876.
Durborow, Allan Cathcart
merchant, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. After two years' residence in Indianapolis he moved to Chicago, where he has since been engaged in business. He has always been active in local politics; and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.
Durell, Daniel M
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1769 in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1807 to 1809; and held the post of United States district attorney from 1830 to 1834. He died in 1841.
Durell, Edward Henry
jurist, was born July 14, 1810, in Portsmouth, N. H. In 1863 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Louisiana.
Durfee, Bradford Matthew Chaloner
merchant, was born June 15, 1843, in Fall River, Mass. Durfee hall, one of the finest college dormitories in the United States, was his gift to Yale, which honored him with the degree of A. M. in 1871. He died Sept. 13, 1872, in Fall River, Mass.
Durfee, Job
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Sept. 20, 1790, in Tiverton, R. I. He was for a long time chief justice of Rhode Island, and for many years was a member of the state legislature and speaker of the house. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1821 to 1825. He was the author of What Cheer? or, Roger Williams in Exile; and Panidea, a philosophical treatise. He died July 26, 1847, in Tiverton, R. I.