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Sankey, Ira David – Sargent, John Singer

Sankey, Ira David

evangelist, vocalist, author, was born Aug. 28, 1840, in Edinburgh, Pa. He was a musical evangelist, and co-laborer of Dwight L. Moody. He is the author of several popular hymns, and is one of the compilers of the revival hymn book entitled Gospel Songs.

Santayana, George

educator, author, poet, was born in 1863 in Spain. He is an instructor in philosophy at Harvard university; and the author of Sonnets and Other Poems; and The Sense of Beauty: being the Outlines of Esthetic Theory.

Sapp, Oscar L

lawyer, college president, was born May 5, 1869, in Kernersville, N. C. He has been mayor of his native town and during 1891-92 was president of the Enfield Collegiate institute.

Sapp, William R

congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1857.

SARGEANT, NATHANIEL PEASLEE, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 2, 1731, in Methuen, Mass. He was elected a delegate to the provincial congress in 1775; and was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1776. He was judge of the supreme court of the state; and became chief justice in 1789. He died Oct. 12, 1791, in Haverhill, Mass.

Sargent, Fitzwilliam

physician, surgeon, author, was born May 17, 1820, in Gloucester, Mass. He is a Philadelphia surgeon who went to live in Switzerland in 1854; and is the author of Bandaging and Other Operations of Minor Surgery.

Sargent, George Henry

manufacturer, was born Oct. 29, 1828, in Worcester, Mass. In 1853 he joined his brother, Joseph Bradford Sargent in the manufacture of hardware. His principal factories were established in 1863, and being enlarged from time to time now represent an investment of millions of dollars and stand as a monumental instance of the progress and growth of American manufactures during the past forty years.

Sargent, Henry

artist, was born Nov. 25, 1770, in Gloucester, Mass. He is widely known through his engraving, The Landing of the Pilgrims. He died Feb. 21, 1845, in Boston, Mass.

Sargent, Henry Winthrop

horticulturist, author, was born Nov. 26, 1810, in Boston, Mass. He was a noted horticulturist of Fishkill, N. Y.; and the author of Skeleton Routes through England, etc.; and Treatise on Landscape Gardeńing. He died Nov. 10, 1882, in Hudson, N. Y.

Sargent, Horace Binney

soldier, was born June 30, 1821, in Quincy, Mass.

During the civil war he served with distinction, and was brevetted brigadier-general.

Sargent, James

inventor, was born Dec. 1, 1824, in Chester, Vt. He invented a lock that was proof against professional skill, for which, in 1865, he received a patent. He then established himself in Rochester, N. Y., where he began its manufacture. In 1873 he invented the timelocks that bear his name, which were the first ever successfully used in this country.

Sargent, John Osborne

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Sept. 20, 1811, in Gloucester, Mass. He was a lawyer and journalist of New York city. He translated Grün's Last Knight; and published, also, Papers for the Times by a Berkshire Farmer; and Horatian Echoes; Translation of the Odes of Horace. He died in 1891.

Sargent, John Singer

artist, was born in 1856 in Italy. Among his figurepieces are Fishing for Oysters at Cancale; and Neapolitan Children Bathing. He is especially noted for his excellent portraits.