Loomis, Elias – Loring, Charles Greeley
Loomis, Elias
astronomer, author, was born Aug. 7, 1811, in Willington, Conn. He was an astronomer and mathematician who was professor at Yale university from 1860. He published a series of text-books in thirteen volumes, among which are, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; Treatise on Astronomy; and Treatise on Meteorology. He died Aug. 15, 1889, in New Haven, Conn.
Loomis, Elmer
soldier, agriculturist, legislator, was born July 25, 1834, in Fowler, Ohio. During the civil war he served in company D, one hundred and seventy-seventh Ohio infantry; and in 1869 moved to Kansas. He is a successful farmer and stock man of Girara; was a member of the state legislature in 1889, and in 1896 was again elected to the same office.
Loomis, Gustavus
soldier, was born Sept. 23, 1789, in Thetford, Vt. He served gallantly in the Mexican and civil wars; and in 1865 received the brevet of brigadier-general. He died March 6, 1872, in Stratford, Conn.
Loomis, Justin Rudolph
educator, college president, author, was born Aug. 10, 1810, in Bennington, N. Y. He is an educator of Pennsylvania, president of Lewisburg university in 1858-78; and the author of Elements of Geology; and Elements of Anatomy.
Loomis, Lafayette Charles
physician, author, was born July 7, 1824, in Coventry, Conn. He is a physician and educator of Washington city, and the author of Mizpah; Prayer and Friendship; Mental and Social Culture; Summer Guide to Central Europe; and Index Guide to Travel and Art Study in Europe.
Loomis, Samuel Lane
clergyman, author, was born in 1856 in Massachusetts.
He is a congregational clergyman of Boston, and the author of Modern Cities and Their Religious Problems.
Loomis, Silas Lawrence
educator, physician, author, was born May 22, 1822, in Coventry, Conn. He received his education in the Wesleyan university and the Georgetown university. He is the author of Analytical Arithmetic; and Normal Arithmetic.
Loop, Henry Augustus
artist, was born Sept. 9, 1831, in Hillsdale, N. Y.
Among his works are portraits of Worthington Whittredge, of Joseph P. Thomson, and Prof. Elias Loomis; also Undine; Aphrodite; Echo; Hermione and Helena; Enone; At the Spring; Idyl of the Lake; Love's Crown; Summer Moon; and The Dreamer.
Loop, Mrs. Jennette Shepard Harrison
artist, was born March 5, 1840, in New Haven, Conn. In 1875 she was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design and has exhibited in nearly all of its exhibitions since that time. Many prominent people of New Haven have portraits by her, and her portraits of New York people have given her a wide reputation.
Loos, Charles Louis
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 22, 1823, in France. In 1834 he emigrated to America; has attained success in educational work, as professor in Bethany college for twenty-five years; president of the Eureka college, Illinois, and as president of the Kentucky university, which latter office he still holds. For fifty years he has been a clergyman. He founded and edited for two years The Disciple of Somerset, Pa.; was co-editor of The Christian Age of Cincinnati, Ohio; and for twenty years has been editorial writer for The Christian Standard.
Lorain, Lorenzo
soldier, inventor, was born Aug. 3, 1831, in Phillipsburg, Pa.
In 1875 he became instructor of engineering at artillery school at Fortress Monroe. He invented a telescopic sight for large guns, and left a range finder uncompleted at the time of his death. He died March 6, 1882, in Baltimore, Md.
Loras, Mathias
bishop, was born in 1792, in France. In 1837 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of Dubuque, Iowa. He died Feb. 19, 1858.
Lord, Augustus Mendon
clergyman, poet, was born in 1861 in San Francisco, Cal. He is a clergyman of the First Congregational church of Arlington, Mass., and the author of A Book of Verses.
Lord, Benjamin
clergyman, author, was born May 31, 1694, in Saybrook, Conn.
From 1717 until his death he was a clergyman in Norwich, Conn. He published a Half Century Discourse; and several sermons. He died in April, 1784, in Norwich, Conn.
Lord, Charles Bachus
lawyer, jurist, was born July 13, 1810, in Thornton, Maine. He practiced law in Buffalo, N. Y., and removing to St. Louis, Mo., attained eminence in his profession. For many years he was judge of the land court, and subsequently of the circuit court of that city. He died Nov. 15, 1868, in St. Louis, Mo.
Lord, Daniel
lawyer, was born Sept. 2, 1795, in Stonington, Conn. He became one of the foremost lawyers of New York city, and for forty years previous to his death there were few great civil cases before the United States or New York state courts in which he was not retained.
He died March 4, 1868, in New York city.
Lord, David Nevins
merchant, author, poet, was born March 5, 1792, in Franklin, Conn. He was a merchant and importer of New York city, and the author of Exposition of the Apocalypse; Characteristics of Figurative Language; Louis Napoleon: is he to be Anti-Christ? and Visions of Paradise, an Epic. He died July 14, 1880, in New York city.
Lord, Eleazer
financier, author, was born Sept. 9, 1788, in Franklin, Conn.
He was a noted financier of New York city who was the founder of the Manhattan Insurance company. Among his rather numerous writings are, Credit, Currency, and Banking; Six Letters on a National Currency; The Epoch of the Creation; Analysis of Isaiah; and The Prophetic Office. He died June 3, 1871, in Piermont, N. Y.
Lord, Frederick W
physician, congressman, was born Dec. 11, 1800, in Lyme, Conn. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1849, and was a delegate to the Baltimore national convention in 1840. He died May 24, 1860, in New York.
Lord, Henry W
merchant, congressman, was born March 8, 1821, in Northampton, Mass. He was United States consul at Manchester, England, from 1861 to 1867, and devised valuable plans for perfecting the consular service. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.
Lord, John
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 10, 1812, in Portsmouth, N. H.
He was a congregational clergyman widely known as an historical lecturer, who did much to arouse an interest in the study of history. He was the author of History of the United States; Modern History; Points of History; The Old Roman World; Ancient States and Empires; Life of Emma Willard; Beacon Lights of History; and Two German Giants. He died in 1894.
Lord, John Chase
clergyman, author, poet, was born Aug. 9, 1805, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was a prominent presbyterian clergyman of Buffalo, and the author of The Land of Ophir, and Other Lectures; and Occasional Poems. He died Jan. 12, 1877, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Lord, Nathan
sixth president of Dartmouth college, was born Nov. 28, 1792, in Berwick, Maine. For twelve years he filled a successful pastorate in Amherst, Mass., and was made president of Dartmouth college in 1828. He continued his office until 1863, and died Sept. 9, 1870, in Hanover, N. H.
Lord, Scott
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1820, in Nelson, N. Y. He has held the offices of judge and surrogate in Utica, N. Y. In 1874 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress. He died Sept. 10, 1885, in Morris Plains, N. J.
Lord, William Paine
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in 1838 in Dover, Del. During the civil war he was major of the first regiment, Delaware United States cavalry; and afterward became lieutenant of the second regiment United States artillery. He was city attorney of Salem, Oregon, in 1870; a member of the state senate in 1878; judge of the supreme court and chief justice during 1880-94; and in 1895 he was elected governor of Oregon for four years. LORD, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, clergyman, poet, was born Oct. 28, 1819, in Madison county, N. Y. He is an episcopal clergyman of Vicksburg, Miss., and more recently of Cooperstown, N. Y., whose poems attracted the praise of Wordsworth. His works are: Poems; Christ in Hades; and André, a tragedy.
Lord, Willis
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Bridgeport, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman who held several theological professorships as well as pastorates in Chicago and elsewhere. He was the author of Men and Scenes Before the Flood; Christian Theology for the People; and The Blessed Hope. He died in 1889.
Lore, Charles B
lawyer, congressman, was born March 16, 1831, in Odessa, Del. He was elected a representative from Delaware to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the fortyninth congress as a democrat. a
Lorillard, Pierre
philanthropist, was born in New York city. He founded Tuxedo park, suburban retreat in Orange county, N. Y., combining the advantages of landscape-gardening with facilities for country sports.
Lorimer, George Claude
clergyman, author, was born in 1838 in Scotland. He is a noted baptist clergyman of Boston, pastor of Tremont Temple, and the author of Isms Old and New; Under the Evergreens; The Great Conflict; Jesus: the World's Saviour; and Studies in Social Life.
Lorimer, William
manufacturer, congressman, was born April 27, 1861, in England. He was superintendent of the main water extension of the city of Chicago under Mayor Roche and superintendent of the water department under Mayor Washburne. He was elected to the fiftyfourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Loring, Charles Greeley
lawyer, author, was born May 2, 1794, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston, and the author of The Neutral Relations of England and the United States; English Liability for Indemnity; and Life of William Sturgis. He died Oct. 8, 1868, in Beverly, Mass.