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Titchener, Edward Bradford – Todd, John

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Titchener, Edward Bradford

educator, author, was born in 1867 in England. He is a professor of psychology at Cornell university from 1892, and Sage professor of psychology there from 1895; the American editor of Mind, and co-editor of The American Journal of Psychology. Beside translating Knelpe's Outlines of Psychology and other German works, he has published An Outline of Psychology.

Titcomb, Jonathan

soldier, congressman, was born in 1728 in Newbury, Mass. He was a member of the committee of safety, and of the provincial congress in 1774 and 1775. He was a brigadier-general of militia; and was naval officer of Newburyport from 1789 to 1812.

He died in 1817 in Newbury, Mass.

Titcomb, Sarah Elizabeth

author, was born in 1841 in Massachusetts.

She is a Boston writer who published Early New England People; Mind-Cure on a Material Basis; and Aryan Sun Myths the Origin of Religions. She died in 1895.

Titus, John

lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed from Pennsylvania an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Arizona; and was subsequently appointed chief justice of the same court for the territory of Utah, presiding at Salt Lake City.

Titus, Lorenzo Udolphus Cam- Eron

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 27, 1854, in South Norwich, Ontario, Canada. He received a thorough education, and received the degree of LL. B. from the Albert university of Ontario. He served two terms as member of the lower council of Trenton, Ontario, in which city he practiced law with success until he moved to Minnesota. He a practiced in Duluth, then Grand Marais; and in 1896 was elected county attorney of Cook county. He has contributed extensively to law literature, and takes an active part in public affairs.

Titus, Obediah

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1839.

Titus, Robert Cyrus

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 24, 1839, in Eden, N. Y. For thirty years he has practiced law in Buffalo, N. Y. He was district attorney of Erie county for three years; state senator in the New York legislature for four years; and has filled the positions of judge of the superior court of Buffalo and justice of the supreme court of New York.

Toaspern, Otto

artist, was born in 1863 in Brooklyn, N. Y. This noted artist has been instructor in the National academy of Design of New York city. He is best known as an illustrator for Life, Century, Harper's and The Ladies' Home Journal.

Tobey, Frank Bassett

manufacturer, was born Sept. 15, 1833, in Dennis, Mass. In 1882 with his brothers he organized the Tobey Furniture company, of Chicago, Ill., of which he is president.

Tobey, Silas B

educator, author, was born Nov. 10, 1861, in Champaign, Ill. He has contributed extensively to educational journals and is the author of A Topical Reference Book in United States History.

Tobin, John

accountant, financier, author, was born Nov. 11, 1868, in Elm Grove, Ill. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Illinois; then went west and attended the Colfax college, Washington; and completed his education in the Peoria Business college, Illinois, from which institution he graduated in 1892. He has attained success as an accountant and writer on financial topics; has filled important county offices in Whitman county, Wash.; was elected auditor of that county in 1894 and again in 1896. He is the author of a number of pamphlets and articles which treat of legal and financial subjects as applied to municipal government.

Tod, David

lawyer, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 21, 1805, in Youngstown, Ohio. In 1838 he was a member of the Ohio state senate. He was minister to Brazil from 1847 to 1852. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1862, and gave his support to the government durring his term of two years. He died Nov. 13, 1868, in Youngstown, Ohio.

Tod, George

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 11, 1773, in Suffield, Conn. He settled in Georgetown, Ohio, in 1800. He was elected state senator in 1804; served as judge of the state supreme court from 1806 till 1809; was presiding judge of the third judicial circuit of Ohio from 1815 till 1834; and was afterward prosecuting attorney for Warren county. He was appointed lieutenantcolonel in the war of 1812. He died April 11, 1841, in Warren county, Ohio.

Todd, Albert

soldier, author, was born in 1854 in Rhode Island. He is a lieutenant in the United States army who has published The Campaigns of the Rebellion.

Todd, Albert M

chemist, congressman, was born June 3, 1850, near Nottawa, Mich. He has been elected a member of a number of scientific associations, among them the American association for the Advancement of Science; the American Chemical society; the Society of Chemical Industry, international; and the American Pharmaceutical association. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress by a union of the democratic, union silver, people's, and national parties.

Todd, Charles Burr

author, was born Jan. 9, 1849, in Redding, Conn. He is a magazinist of Redding, Conn.; and the author of Life and Letters of Joel Barlow; General History of the Burr Family; History of Redding, Conn.; Story of the City of New York; and The Story of the City of Washington.

Todd, Charles Scott

soldier, lawyer, journalist, state legislator, was born Jan. 22, 1791, in Danville, Ky. He entered the army in 1812 as acting quartermaster of the northwestern division; and in 1815 was inspector-general with rank of brevet colonel of cavalry. He was secretary of state under Madison in 1816; was a member of the legislature in 1817 and 1818; and was charge d'affaires to Colombia from 1818 to 1823. He prepared sketches of the life of Harrison in 1840; edited the Cincinnati Republican; and accompanied General Harrison to Washington in 1841.

He was selected minister to St. Petersburg by President Tyler in 1841, and held the position until 1845. He died May 14, 1871, in Baton Rouge, La.

Todd, David Peck

educator, author, was born March 19, 1855, in Lake Ridge, N. Y. He is a professor of astronomy at Amherst college from 1881; and the author of Stars and Telescopes; and Astronomy for Beginners.

Todd, Eli

physician, was born July 23, 1769, in New Haven, Conn. He was principally instrumental in founding the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford, Conn., one of the earliest of the kind, was elected its superintendent, and presided over it till his death. He died Nov. 17, 1833, in Hartford, Conn.

Todd, Jacob

lawyer, was born Beaver county, Pa.

JEFFERSON, soldier, March 12, 1843, in He received his education in the common schools of Indiana and in Roanoke seminary and Fort Wayne college, and for several terms he was engaged in educational work.

During the civil war he served as a soldier in company D, one hundred and thirty-seventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. On his return from the service he began the study of law; in 1896 he was admitted to the bar, and two years later opened a law office in Bluffton, Ind., where he has since resided and is known as a prominent member of the legal fraternity. In 1880 he was a delegate to the Chicago convention and took an active part in securing the nomination of General Garfield for president. In 1886 his party tendered his name as a candidate for lieutenant-governor but he declined the use of his name. In 1894 he was the nominee for judge of the twenty-eighth judicial circuit and in 1896 his name was put forward as a candidate for gov- In 1890 he was appointed one of the commissioners to construct and furnish the hospitals for the insane at Logansport, Richmond, and Evansville. In 1895 he was appointed a member of the board of trustees of the hospital for the insane at Logansport, and was elected president of the board. He has filled numerous public positions of honor; and was grand master of Masons for Indiana in 1890-91. ernor.

Todd, James

clergyman, author, was born May 29, 1851, in Scotland. He was commissioned as a missionary to Manitoba in 1880 by the colonial committee of the presbyterian church of Scotland; reached there in October of that year; and moved to Wisconsin in 1888. He has been synodical missionary of home missions, presbyterian church of Wisconsin; secretary of Gale college, Wisconsin; and now fills a pastorate in Escanaba, Mich. He is the author of The Relation Between Education and Morality; Hand Book for Presbyterians; When, How and By Whom Was the Bible Written; and numerous pamphlets and contributions to current literature.

Todd, James William

president of Kentucky, was born March 25, 1834, in Winchester, Va. He removed to Shelbyville, Ky., about the year 1855, and established the Shelbyville High school. 1872 he accepted the presidency of the Kentucky High school, now known as the Kentucky Eclectic institute.

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Todd, John

congressman, was born at Hartford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1824,

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