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Stoddard, Amos – Stoeckel, Gustave Jacob

Stoddard, Amos

soldier, author, was born Oct. 26, 1762, in Woodbury, Conn.

He was a soldier of note in the early days of the republic; and the author of Sketches of Louisiana; and The Political Crisis. He died May 11, 1813, in Fort Meigs, Ohio.

Stoddard, John

jurist, author, was born Feb. 11, 1681. He was for many years a member of the council of Massachusetts; chief justice of the court of common pleas, and colonel of militia.

His Journal of an Expedition to Canada, 1713-14, was printed in the Genealogical Register in 1851. He died June 19, 1748, in Boston, Mass.

Stoddard, John F

educator, author, was born July 20, 1825, in Greenfield, N. Y. He was eminently successful as an instructor of mathematics and in This efforts to promote normal schools, and left a fund to Rochester university for a gold medal to be awarded to the best student in mathematics. His principal published works are Practical Arithmetic; Philosophical Arithmetic; University Algebra (1857); and School Arithmetic. He died Aug. 6, 1873, in Kearney, N. J.

Stoddard, John Lawson

lecturer, author, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts. He is a popular stereopticon lecturer; and the author of Red Letter Days Abroad; and Napoleon from Corsica to St. Helena.

Stoddard, John Potter

lawyer, diplomat, United States senator, was born Aug. 2, 1826, in Princeton, N. J. In 1857- 61 he was United States minister to Rome, In 1865 he was chosen United Italy.

States senator from New Jersey; was subsequently unseated; and in 1869 was elected for term ending in 1875. In 1877 he was appointed attorney-general of New Jersey, and was chosen again in 1882 and in 1887.

Stoddard, Joshua C

inventor, was born Aug. 26, 1814, in Pawlet, Vt. He turned his attention to inventing, and in 1856 devised the steam-calliope, which is used on Mississippi steamers. He also invented the Stoddard horse-rake and hay-tedder.

Stoddard, Solomon

clergyman, author, was born in 1643 in Boston, Mass.

He was a congregational clergyman, and pastor at Northampton, Mass., from 1669 until his death. He was the author of Appeal to the Learned; Guide to Christ; Safety in the Righteousness of Christ; and Doctrine of Instituted Churches Explained, a reply to Increase Mather's Order of the Gospel, and one which occasioned much exciting controversy. He died Feb. 11, 1729, in Northampton, Mass.

Stoddard, Solomon

educator, author, was born in 1800 in Northampton.

He became professor of languages at Middlebury college, Vermont. He was coauthor with Ethan Allen Andrews of a Grammar of the Latin Language, which was at one time almost universally used in this country, and had passed through sixty-five editions. He died Nov. 11, 1847, in Northampton.

Stoddart, John T

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1833 to 1835.

Stoddert, Benjamin

soldier, merchant, cabinet officer, was born in 1751 in Charles county, Md. He served as a major during the revolution; and was for many years extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits in Georgetown, D. C. In 1798 he was appointed secretary of the navy, and was the first man who served in that capacity. He died Dec. 18, 1813, in Bladensburg, Md.

Stoeckel, Gustave Jacob

musician, educator, composer, was born Nov. 9, 1819, in Germany. Since 1849 he has been instructor in music at Yale, and organist of the college chapel. He has published a collection of sacred music for mixed voices, and College Hymn-Book for male voices, besides compositions for the piano, songs and overtures and symphonies for orchestra.