Phillips, James – Piatt, Donn
Phillips, James
clergyman, educator, was born April 22, 1792, in England. In 1826 he became professor of mathematics in the university of North Carolina, where he remained till his death.
He projected a complete course of mathematical studies, and prepared treatises on algebra, geometry, trigonometry and kindred subjects. He died March 16, 1867, in Chapel Hill, N. C.
Phillips, John
benefactor, was born Dec. 6, 1719, in Andover, Mass. with his brother he founded Phillips Andover academy, April 21, 1778, giving to it $31,- 000, besides a third interest in his estate, and in 1781 he founded Phillips Exeter academy, and endowed it with $134,000.
He died April 21, 1795, in Exeter, N. H.
Phillips, John
lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 26, 1770, in Boston, Mass. He was sent to the Massachusetts senate in 1804, and continued member of that body until his death, serving as presiding officer in 1813-23. He was elected first mayor of Boston in 1822. He died May 23, 1823, in Boston, Mass.
Phillips, John
congressman, was born in Chester county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1823.
Phillips, John
physician, state senator, was born Nov. 4, 1823, in Richmond, Vt. Since 1848 he has been a physician of Stevens Point, Wis. He was a member of the Wisconsin state assembly in 1860- 64, and was pension examiner during 1863-85. He was regent of normal schools during 1876-91; and treasurer and president of the Stevens Point board of education during 1876-81.
Phillips, Maude Gillette
educator, author, was born in 1860, in Massachusetts. She is an educator who has published A Popular Manual of English Literature.
Phillips, Milton C
lawyer, was born July 25, 1856, in Royalton, Wis.
He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and subsequently attended Oberlin college, Ohio. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Wisconsin at Oshkosh; and has served with distinction as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin.
Phillips, Philip
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1807, in Charleston, S. C. In 1834 he was elected for two years to the South Carolina state legislature. In 1837 he was elected president of the Alabama democratic state convention, and in 1844 was elected to the legislature. In 1851 he was again elected to the legislature. He was a representative in congress from Alabama, from 1853 to 1855, and declined a re-election. He died Jan. 14, 1884, in Washington, D. C.
Phillips, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 17, 1690, in Salem, Mass. He was ordained minister of the south parish of Andover in 1711, which relationship lasted during his lifetime. He published an Elegy; and numerous religious treatises and occasional sermons. He died June 5, 1771, in Andover, Mass.
Phillips, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1751, in North Andover, Mass. He was a member of the provincial congress, and of the constitutional convention of 1779, for twenty years a state senator, and for fifteen years its president. He was a judge of the court of common pleas in 1781-98, a commissioner of the state in Shays's insurrection, and was lieutenantgovernor of Massachusetts at the time of his death. He died Feb. 10, 1802, in North Andover, Mass.
Phillips, Stephen Clarendon
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 1, 1801, in Salem, Mass.
He was chosen a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature; from 1830 to 1831 was state senator, and in 1832 and 1833 was again a member of the house. From 1834 to 1838 he represented Massachusetts in congress. He died June 26, 1857, at sea.
Phillips, Thomas W
public official, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1835, in Beaver county, Pa. When the Producers' Protective association was formed in 1887, he was elected president of the association without opposition, and continued to serve in that capacity for three years.
He is president of the Citizens' National bank of New Castle, Pa., and president of the electric street railway of the same place. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican. man
Phillips, Wendell
orator, author, was born Nov. 29, 1811, in Boston, Mass.
He was a celebrated orator of Boston, a vehement opponent of slavery, and an active champion of labor reform and wosuffrage. He was the author of The Constitution a Pro-Slavery Contract; Lectures, Orations and Letters to 1861; Speeches, Lectures and Addresses; and The Scholar in a Republic. He died Feb. 2, 1884, in Boston, Mass.
Phillips, Willard
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 19, 1784, in Bridgewater, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston, and the author of Treatise on the Law of Insurance; Manual of Political Economy; The Law of Patents; The Inventor's Guide; and Protection and Free Trade. He died Sept. 9, 1873, in Cambridge, Mass.
Phillips, William A
soldier, journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1826, in Scotland. He went to Kansas as a writer for the New York Tribune. He entered the army as major in 1861, and commanded an Indian regiment during the war in the west. He was a member of the state legislature of Kansas. He was elected to the fortythird, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a republican. a
Phillipse, Frederick
philanthropist, was born in 1626 in Holland. In 1699 he erected at his own expense, opposite Castle Phillipse, a substantial church, which is now the oldest religious edifice in the state of New York. He was a member of the governor's council for more than twenty years. rs. He died Dec. 23, 1702, in New York city.
Philson, Robert
governor, was born in Ireland. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1821.
Phin, John
journalist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1832, in Scotland. He is a New York publisher of technical journals, and the author of Open-Air Grape Culture; Chemical History of the Creation; Practical Treatise on Lightning Rods; How to Use the Microscope; Workshop Companion; Preparation and Use of Cements and Glue; Dictionary of Practical Agriculture; Trade Secrets and Private Recipes; and A Pocket Dictionary of Monetary and Coinage Terms.
Phinizy, Charles H
railroad president, was born Jan. 16, 1835, in Augusta, Ga. From 1882-87 he was president of the Augusta cotton factory, and in 1888 became president of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, and of the Western railroad of Atlanta.
Phinney, Edwin R
manufacturer, state legislator, was born Aug. 3, 1846, in Bangor, Maine. In 1883 he served with distinction as a representative in the Michigan state legislature. He is now president of the Cleveland Shingle company of Cleveland, Ohio.
Phipps, William
governor, was born Feb. 2, 1651, in Maine. He served in the colonial army against the French in 1690, and in 1692 became the first royal governor of Massachusetts. He died Feb. 18, 1695, in London, England.
Phister, Elijah Conner
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1822, in Maysville, Ky. He was mayor of Maysville in 1847 and 1848, and was elected circuit judge in 1856 and served six years. He was a representative in the state legislature from 1867 to 1871, and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat.
Phenix, J. Phillips
state legislator, congressman, was born in Morristown, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1845, and was a member of the state assembly in 1848 from New York city. He was again in congress from 1849 to 1851. He died May 4, 1859, in New York.
Phenix, Stephen Whitney
benefactor, author, was born May 25, 1839, in New York city. He left his books relating to heraldry and genealogy to the New York Historical society, together with a legacy of $15,000, the income of which is to be invested in books on kindred subjects. His curiosities, works of art, pictures, and coins, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and his general library of books, to be known as The Phoenix Collection, to Columbia, with $500,000 for technical use, eventually, in the school of mines. He died Nov. 3, 1881, in New York city.
Phyfe, William Henry Pinkney
author, was born in 1855 in New York.
He is an author of New York city, and has written How Should I Pronounce?
The School Pronouncer; Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced; The Test Pronouncer; and Five Thousand Words Commonly Misspelled.
Physick, Philip Syng
surgeon, was born July 7, 1768, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a student of the celebrated John Hunter, and distinguished himself by his faithful attention to his professional duties during the frightful mortality caused by the yellow fever in Philadelphia, 1793, when not only citizens, but even physicians, fled from the city. In 1825 he was elected a member of the French Royal Academy of Medicine, and is said to be the first American who received this honor. He died Dec. 15, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Piatt, Donn
soldier, lawyer, journalist, author, poet, was born June 29, 1819, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a lawyer and journalist of Washington, and during the civil war a federal officer. He was the author of Sunday Meditations; Memories of the Men Who Saved the Union; Poems and Plays; Life of General George H.
Thomas; and The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah. He died in 1891.