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Philbrick, Edward White – Phillips, Dudley B

Philbrick, Edward White

educator, lawyer, was born April 4, 1861, in Jefferson, Maine. He received his education in the public schools of Maine, Kent's Hill seminary, and the university of Michigan. He has been superintendent of schools in Somerville, Maine, and is now an able lawyer of Boston, Mass.

Philbrick, John Dudley

educator, author, was born May 27, 1818, in Deerfield, N. H. He was a prominent educator of Boston who published nearly fifty valuable public school reports, and City School Systems in the United States.

He died Feb. 2, 1886, in Danvers, Mass.

Philbrook, H. B

lawyer, author. He is a successful lawyer of New York city; has lectured extensively throughout the United States, and is the author of Electricity in Nature; Marriage; Astronomy; and various other works.

Philes, George Philip

bibliographer, was born April 15, 1828, in Ithaca, N. Y. He has contributed to literary journals under the pen-name of Paulus Silentiarius; edited The Philobiblion; and assisted in preparing the Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima, compiled by Henry Harrisse (1866). He has also issued The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon.

Philips, George Morris

educator, author, was born Oct. 28, 1851, in Atglen, Pa. Since 1881 he has been principal of the West Chester State Normal school, and was offered the presidency of Bucknell university in 1888, and in 1890 was tendered the superintendency of public instruction of Pennsylvania by Governor Beaver. He is the author of valuable published papers on Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, Civil Government; and Geography of Pennsylvania.

Philips, John Finis

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 31, 1834, in Boone county, Mo. He served the government as colonel of a regiment of cavalry throughout the civil war, a part of the time was brigade-commander, and was promoted to brigadier-general.

In 1874 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-fourth congress, and was elected to the forty-sixth congress to fill a vacancy. He is now United States district judge at Kansas City, Mo.

Phillips, Albert Merritt

civil engineer, genealogist, was born Oct. 9, 1843, in Charlton, Mass. In 1885 he published a history of the Phillips family. He is a prominent surveyor and conveyancer of Auburn, Mass., where he has held many public offices of trust.

Phillips, Arthur Clinton

journalist, lawyer, was born Sept. 16, 1859, in Phillips, Maine. During 1877-81 he was deputy United States consul at Fort Erie, Canada. During 1881-88 he was editor of the Sioux Falls Daily Press, Daily Argus- Leader, Daily Tribune and Daily Leader, and in 1892 was editor and proprietor of the Sioux Falls Daily Gazette, S. D. He is now one of the leading lawyers of the northwest, and is also very prominent in various fraternal orders.

Phillips, Barnet

journalist, author, was born Nov. 9, 1828, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a journalist of New York city, on the staff of The Times from 1872, and the author of The Struggle, a novel; and Burning Their Ships.

Phillips, David

journalist, politician, was born Feb. 4, 1872, in Lockport, Ill. He learned the printer's trade; was proof-reader and telegraph editor on the Duluth Tribune, and is now the editor and owner of The Tribune of Mazeppa, Minn.

He is also prominent in the political affairs of his county and state.

Phillips, Dudley B

lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 1, 1860, in Clayton, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer of Manchester, Ohio, of which city he served as mayor for six years, and for four years was a state senator from the seventh district of Ohio.