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Riordan, Patrick William – Risty, Austin G

Riordan, Patrick William

educator, Roman catholic archbishop, was born Aug. 27, 1841, in Ireland. From 1868 till 1871 he was engaged in missionary work at Joliet, Ill., after which he became rector of St. James's church, Chicago. While he was thus engaged he received notice of his appointment as titular bishop of Cabasa, and coadjutor, with the right of succession, to Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany, of San Francisco.

Riordan, Roger

journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Ireland. He is a New York city journalist, and the author of A Score of Etchings; and Sunrise Stories, a Glance at the Literature of Japan.

Ripley, Ezra

clergyman, author, was born May 1, 1751, in Woodstock, Conn.

He was a chaplain in the army, and a popular clergyman of Concord, Mass. He was the author of A History of the Fight at Concord. He died Sept. 21, 1841, in Concord, Mass.

Ripley, Henry Jones

clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 28, 1798, in Boston, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman who held a pastorate in Georgia in 1819-26, and from 1826 to 1860 was a professor in the Theological seminary at Newton, Mass. He was the author of Notes on the Gospels, Acts, Hebrews; Christian Baptism; Church Polity; and The Exclusiveness of the Baptists. He died May 21, 1875, in Newton Center, Mass.

Ripley, Henry Wheelock

merchant, author, was born June 30, 1828, in Fryeburg, Maine. He is a great grandson of Eleazer E. Wheelock, the founder and first president of Dartmouth college.

He received his education in the Fryeburg academy, and for many years was engaged in mercantile business. He was inspector of customs in Portland, Maine, in 1860, and is the author of The History of the White Mountains.

Ripley, James W

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman. He served four years in the legislature of Maine; was an officer in the last war with England, and was a member of congress from Maine from 1826 to 1830, when he was appointed collector of customs for the Passamaquoddy district of Maine. He died in June, 1835.

Ripley, Roswell Sabine

soldier, author, was born March 14, 1823, in Worthington, Ohio. He was a confederate army officer of prominence who wrote a History of the Mexican War. He died March 26, 1887, in New York city.

Ripley, Thomas C

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1807, in Easton, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the twenty-ninth congress to fill a vacancy. In 1854 he moved to Saginaw, Mich.

Rising, Willard Bradley

chemist, educator, was born Sept. 26, 1839, in Mecklenburg, N. Y. For several years he was consulting analyst to the state viticultural commission, and was entrusted with important studies connected with the chemistry of wine. In 1885 he was appointed state analyst of California, with charge of the examination of various foodproducts.

Risley, Elijah

congressman, was born in 1780 in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 to 1851. He died Jan. 9, 1870, in Fredonia, Conn.

Risley, Samuel Doty

soldier, surgeon, author, was born Jan. 16, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has invented an optometer with perimeter attachment for measuring errors of refraction in the human eye and mapping the field of vision, and an ophthalmoscope with cylindrical lenses, securing a wide range of sphericocylindrical lenses. He has published numerous papers on his specialty, which include The More Frequently Occurring Forms of Conjunctival Disease; and the Mydriatics Compared.

Risty, Austin G

educator, legislator, was born April 8, 1855, in Norway. In 1867 he emigrated to the United States, and for seventeen years taught school.

He is an ardent advocate of temperance; has filled numerous municipal offices, and served as a member of the South Dakota state legislature.