Thwing, Charles Franklin – Tiffany, Charles Lewis
Thwing, Charles Franklin
clergyman, educator, college president, author, was born Nov. 9, 1853, in New Sharon, Maine. He received his education at Phillips academy of Andover, Mass.; at the Harvard college, and the Theological seminary. He has filled pastorates in Cambridge, Mass., in Minneapolis, Minn., and since 1890 has been president of the Western Reserve university, He Adelbert college of Cleveland, Ohio. is the author of American Colleges; The Reading of Books; The Working Church; The Family: an Historical and Social Study; and The College Woman. In conjunction with his wife, Mrs. Carrie F. Butler Thwing, he has published a genealogical work on the family.
Thwing, Edward Payson
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1830 in Missouri. He was a congregational clergyman and professor of vocal culture, and the author of The Preacher's Cabinet; Out-Door Life in Europe; Windows of Character; The King in His Beauty; Ex- Oriente; and Drill Book in Vocal Culture.
He died in 1893.
Tibbatts, John W
soldier, congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1843 to 1847, and also served as a colonel in the Mexican war. He died July 12, 1852, in Newton, Ky.
Tibbetts, George
state legislator, state senator, congressman, author, was born Jan. 14, 1763, in Warwick, R. I. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1803 to 1805. He was a member of the state assembly from Rensselaer county in 1802 and 1820, and of the state senate from 1815 to 1818. He published several works. He died July 19, 1849, in Troy, N. Y.
Tibbits, William Badger
soldier, manufacturer, was born March 31, 1837, in Hoosick, N. Y. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864.
He died Feb. 10, 1880, in Troy, N. Y.
Tichenor, Isaac
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born Feb. 8, 1754, in Newark, N. J.
He was an officer of the revolution; and was a judge and chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont. He was a representative in the state legislature, and was a senator in congress during the sessions of 1796 and 1797. He was governor of Vermont from 1798 to 1800, and was again in the senate from 1815 to 1821. He died Dec. 11, 1838, in Bennington, Vt.
Ticker, William Jewett
ninth president of Dartmouth college, was born in 1839 in Griswold, Conn. In 1880-92 he filled the chair of homiletics at Andover, and attained a world-wide reputation as a theologian. In 1892 he was inaugurated president of Dartmouth college, which position he still fills. As editor of the Andover Review, as a pulpit orator of wonderful ability, and as the originator of the famous Andover House in Boston, he has become a recognized leader of the ethical forces of the day.
Ticknor, Caleb B
physician, author, was born in 1805 in Salisbury, Conn. He was a homeopathic physician of New York city, and the author of Medical Philosophy; and Guide to Mothers and Nurses. He died Sept. 19, 1840, in New York city.
Ticknor, Caroline
author, was born in 1866 in Massachusetts. She was a Boston writer of short stories, and the author of A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories; and Miss Belladonna, a story for children.
Ticknor, Elisha
educator, was born March 25, 1757, in Lebanon, Conn. In 1788 he became head master of Franklin grammar school of Boston. He made one of the earliest efforts to improve femaie education in Massachusetts, and originated the scheme for primary schools in Boston, proposing them at a town meeting in 1818. He died June 22, 1821, in Hanover, N. H.
Ticknor, George
educator, author, was born Aug. 1, 1791, in Boston, Mass.
He was a noted Boston historian who was professor of modern languages at Harvard university in 1820-35. A History of Spanish Literature, the fruit of many years' study and research, is his principal work. Other works by him are, Life of W. H. Prescott; and Life of Lafayette.
He died Jan. 26, 1871, in Boston, Mass.
Ticknor, William Davis
publisher, was born Aug. 6, 1810, in Lebanon, N. H.
He was a member of the firm of Ticknor and Fields, publishers of Atlantic Monthly and North American Review. He died April 10, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Tidball, John Caldwell
soldier, author, was born Jan. 25, 1825, in Ohio county, Va. (now W. Va.) He was a federal officer during the civil war who has published a Manual of Heavy Artillery Service.
Tidball, Lewis Cass
lawyer, legislator, was born June 25, 1849, near Zanesville, Ohio. He received a thorough education, and attended the Illinois State Normal college. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Wyoming at Sheridan. During 1893-95 he served with distinction as a member of the Wyoming legislature; was elected speaker, and received the re-election in 1897. In 1895 he was a candidate for governor on the populist ticket. He is vice-president of the Direct Legislation league, and a member of the people's party national executive committee.
Tidball, Mrs. Mary Langdon
author, was born in 18-. She is a novelist of Virginia, and the author of Barbara's Vagaries.
Tidball, Thomas Allen
clergyman, author, was born in 1847 in Virginia.
He is an episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, and the author of Christ in the New Testament; The Character of Christ its Own Witness; and The Holy Spirit as Energizing the Sacrament.
Tiebout, Cornelius
engraver, was born in 1777 in New York. He worked in the stipple or chalk manner, and was an artist of no mean merit. Among his folio plates are portraits of Washington, Gen. Horatio Gates, John Jay, and Bishop White, after Gilbert Stuart; and Thomas Jefferson, after Rembrandt Peale. He died about 1830 in Kentucky.
Tiedeman, Christopher Gusta- Vus
educator, author, was born in 1857 in South Carolina. He is a legal writer, professor of law in the university of Missouri in 1881-91, and from 1891 professor of constitutional law in the university of the City of New York. He is the author of The Law of Real Property; Limitations of the Police Power; Commercial Paper; The Unwritten Constitution of the United States; Law of Sales; and Law of Municipal Corporations.
Tiernan, Mrs. Frances
(FISHER), author, was born in Salisbury, N. C. She is a popular novelist whose writings include: Valerie Aylmer; Mabel Lee; Morton House; A Daughter of Bohemia; Miss Churchill; Bonny Kate; Ebb Tide; Nina's Atonement, and Other Stories; After Many Days; Heart of Steel; Hearts and Hands; A Question of Honor; A Summer Idyl; A Gentle Belle; Roslyn's Fortune; A Comedy of Elopement; The Picture of Las Cruces; The Land of the Sun; and A Woman of Fortune.
Tiernan, Luke
merchant, was born in 1757 in Ireland. In 1826-27 he was one of a committee to urge upon the legislature of Maryland the incorporation of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company, the first railroad company incorporated in this country. He died Nov. 10, 1839, in Baltimore, Md.
Tiernan, Mrs. Mary Spear
(NICHOLAS), author, was born in 1836.
She was a Georgia novelist and the author of Homoselle; Suzette; and Jack Horner. She died in 1891.
Tiferro, Emil
teacher of art singing and director of the Denver Opera club, was born Feb. 1, 1858, in Germany. He received his education at the conservatories of Munich and Vienna, and subsequently studied in Italy. For a number of years he held the position of first tenthe Italian stage, and has been engaged in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, New York city, Boston, the World's Fair or on grand concerts at Chicago, and the leading cities of Europe and America. He is the founder and director of the Denver Opera club, where he gives concerts, recitals, and lectures upon musical subjects, and produces operas in costume.
Tiffany, Alexander Ralston
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Oct. 16, 1796, in Niagara, Upper Canada. He was a jurist of Palmyra, Mich., and the author of The Justices' Guide; Criminal Law; and Form Book for Michigan Attorneys.
He died Jan. 14, 1868, in Upper Canada.
Tiffany, Charles Comfort
clergyman, author, was born in 1829 in Maryland. He is an episcopal clergyman of New York city, but prior to 1866 a congregational clergyman. He is the author of Expression in Church Architecture; and History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
Tiffany, Charles Lewis
founder of the firm of Tiffany and Company, was born Feb. 15, 1812, in New York. He is a founder of the New York Society of Fine Arts and of the Union League club.
He has also been a patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History. He is a prominent representative of the sixth generation of descent from Squire Humphrey Tiffany of England.
The family lived for several generations in Massachusetts. In 1867 he established the present house of Tiffany and Company of New York city, which is to-day the leading jewelry house in America.