Richards, John – Richardson, George F
Richards, John
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1814 and 1815; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1823 to 1825.
Richards, Joseph William
Ph. D., mineralogist, author, was born July 28, 1864, in England. He is the author of the only work in the English language on aluminum. Since 1887 he has been professor of metallurgy, mineralogy and blowpipe analysis in the Lehigh university of Bethlehem, Pa.
Richards, L. L. Greene
editor, poet, was born April 8, 1849, in Kanesville, Iowa. At the age of twenty-three she became the editor of the Woman's' Exponent-the first woman's paper published in Utah; herself Utah's first lady editor.. The year following she married Levi Willard Richards, but five years later she was compelled through failing health and domestic duties to relinquish her business pursuits and to turn the publication over to the hands of Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells, under whose care it still flourishes.
Richards, Mrs. Laura Eliza-
BETH [HOWE], author, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts. She is a writer of juvenile books, whose home is in Gardiner, Maine; and the author of The Joyous Story of Toto; Toto's Merry Winter; In My Nursery; Five Mice; Captain January; Jim of Hellas; and Queen Hildegarde.
Richards, Louis Harry
railroad president, was born April 7, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1878 he has been president of the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont railroad.
RICHARDS, MRS. MARIA [TOLMAN], educator, author, was born Oct. 8, 1821, in Dorchester, Mass. She is an educator and lecturer of Providence; and the author of Life in Judea; and Life in Israel.
Richards, Mark
state legislator, congressman, was born in New Haven, Conn. He was a member of the state legislature for eight years; was county sheriff for five years; was a presidential elector in 1813; and was a state counselor in 1813 and 1815. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1817 to 1821; and was lieutenant-governor of Vermont in 1830.
Richards, Matthias
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1757. He was a judge of Berks county, Pa., from 1788 to 1797; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1807 to 1811. He died in 1830.
Richards, Matthias Henry
clergyman, educator, journalist, was born June 17, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1880 he has been editor of Church Lesson- Leaves; and Helper; and since 1886 the managing editor of the Church Messenger at Allentown, Pa.
Richards, Robert Hallowell
metallurgist, educator, inventor, was born Aug. 26, 1844, in Gardiner, Maine. He has invented a jet aspirator for chemical and physical laboratories; and an ore-separator for the Lake Superior copper mills. During 1886 he was president of the American institute of Mining Engineers.
Richards, Sarah J
philanthropist, was born in 1820. She was a noted philanthropist of her time. She died in 1893.
Richards, Thomas Addison
artist, educator, was born Dec. 3, 1820, in England. Since 1867 he has been professor of art in the university of the city of New York, which gave him the honorary degree of M. A. in 1878. His numerous paintings include Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude; and The Indian's Paradise.
Richards, W. Avery
clergyman, author, poet, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in Clyde, Ohio. He has filled pastorates in the methodist churches of Dixon, Prairie City, Sioux City, and Fort Dodge, Iowa; and is the author of a volume of poems.
Richards, William
missionary, was born Aug. 22, 1792, in Plainfield, Mass. In 1822 he embarked as a missionary to the Sandwich islands. In 1838 he became councilor, chaplain and interpreter to the king, and after the recognition of the independence of the islands by foreign powers was sent as ambassador to England, and to other courts. He died Dec. 7, 1847, in Honolulu.
Richards, William Alford
farmer, civil engineer, governor, was born March 9, 1849, in Hazel Green, Wis. He has been county surveyor in California and Colorado, and during 1889-93 was United States surveyor-general of Wyoming. Jan. 7, 1895, he was inaugurated governor of Wyoming for a term of four years.
Richards, William Carey
clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 24, 1818, in England. He was a baptist minister of Chicago, widely known as a lecturer upon physical science, and the author of Baptist Banquets; The Lord Is My Shepherd; The Mountain Anthem; Our Father in Heaven, a series of sonnets; and Science in Song. He died in 1892.
Richards, William Trost
artist, was born Nov. 14, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pa. Among his works in oil are Tulip- Trees (1859); Midsummer; Woods in June (1864); and Mid Ocean. His work in water-colors has become widely known, and includes Cedars on the Sea-Shore (1873); Paradise, Newport; Sand-Hills, Coast, N. J.; King Arthur's Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall; Mullion Gull Rock, Tintagel, Cornwall (1882); The Unresting Sea (1884).
Richards, Zalmon
educator, was born Aug. 11, 1811, in Cummington, Mass.
He attended Williams college during 1831- 36; was principal of the Union academy of his native city for three years; of the Stillwater academy for ten years; of the preparatory department of the Columbian college for three years; and of the Union academy during 1851-66. For two years he was superintendent of public schools of Washington, D. C., and for three years was a clerk in the bureau of education. Since 1856 he has been president and a member of the National Educational association.
Richardson, Mrs. Abby
(SAGE), educator, author, poet, was born in 1835.
She is an educator and lecturer upon literature, and the author of Familiar Talks on English Literature; Stories from Old English Poetry; History of Our Country; and Abelard and Heloise, a Mediæval Romance. She has edited Songs from the Old Dramatists, and other works.
Richardson, Albert Deane
journalist, author, was born Oct. 6, 1833, in Franklin, Mass. He was a journalist of New York city, and famous as the war correspondent of The Tribune during the civil war. He was the author of Beyond the Mississippi; Personal History of Ulysses Grant; The Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape; and Garnered Sheaves.
He died Dec. 2, 1868, in New York city.
Richardson, Beale Howard
journalist, was born in 1843, in Baltimore, Md. In 1889 he obtained control of the Georgia Enquirer Sun, which under his management became remarkably successful.
Richardson, Charles Albert
soldier, lawyer, public official, was born Aug. 14, 1829, in Freetown, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and attended Cortland academy of Homer, N. Y. He has been county treasurer and surrogate of Ontario county, N. Y.; New York state commissioner for Gettysburg and Chattanooga monuments; and United States commissioner for Gettysburg national park. During the civil war he served in the union army as lieutenant, captain and major of the one hundred and twenty-sixth regiment New York volunteer infantry. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the east, and has a large practice at Canandaigua, N. Y.
Richardson, Charles Francis
educator, author, was born May 29, 1851, in Hallowell, Maine. He was a professor of English literature at Dartmouth college from 1882, and is the author of Primer of American Literature; The Cross, a collection of verse; American Literature, 1607-1885; and The Choice of Books. Coeditor with H. A. Clark of The College Book.
Richardson, David P
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 28, 1833, in Macedon, N. Y. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1864; removed to Angelica in 1866, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.
Richardson, E. C
librarian. He is the librarian of the Princeton university, and a regular contributor to historical literature.
Richardson, George F
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born July 1, 1850, in Jamestown, Mich.
He was the son of a pioneer farmer, and his occupation in life has been principally that of a farmer. He received his education in the common schools. He was elected township clerk eight years in succession, and in 1884 was elected to the Michigan legislature, and again in 1890. The democrats controlled the organization of the house, and he was elected speaker pro tempore, and was elected to the fifty-third congress by the democrats and populists. He was the editor of The Free Coinage Independent, which is now published as The Middle West of Grand Rapids, Mich.