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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARIES
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JESSUP, HENRY WYNANS
Lawyer, author of Surrogates' Court Practice, 3 editions; b. Beirut, Syria, Asla; s. Henry Harris Jes- sup, D.D. (55 years a missionary in Turkey), and Caroline (Bush) Jessup; g.s. of William Jessup, LL.D., of Pa., who wrote, with Carl Schurz, the platform on which Abraham Lincoln was first elected and who read the platform In the Rep. conv .; prepared at Syrian Protestant Coll., Beirut and Albany Acad .; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1886, A.M., 1888, Univ. City of N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Law Inst. Library, Am. Geog. chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 1889, Mary H. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia; five sons. Studied with and became partner of Hon. Noah Davis, former presiding justice of the Supreme Court. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Asy'n, Law Inst. Library, Am. Geog. Soc. Has been trustee of Am. Bible Soc., Am. Seamen's Friend Soc., Presby'n Church Extension Com., Union Settlement Ass'n; now trustee B'd of Home Missions. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Century, Phi Delta Phi, Re- publican, Fort Orange, Underwriters, Quill, Authors (London). Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
JEWETT, CHARLES SHERMAN
Physician; b. Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 16, 1865; s. Dr. Charles Carroll and Ellen (Burroughs) Jewett; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1887; Columbia, M.D., 1890; graduate student univs. of Berlin, Vienna, Prague and Graz; m. June 10, 1912, Mrs. Edith Leslle Fraser, of Inverness, Scotland. Attending physician Erie Co. Hosp .; clinical pathologist Buffalo Hosp., Sisters of Charity; practising physiclan in Buffalo since 1893; mem. resident staff of Charity (now City) Hosp., Black- well's Island, 1890-1891. In Europe doing graduate work, 1892-1893, and 1898-1899 in various clinics and universities. Mem. Am. Med. Soc., Frie Co. Med. Soc .; pres. Buffalo Acad. Medicine, 1906-1907. Mem. Buffalo Yale Alumni Ass'n, Buffalo Ass'n Med. Alumni of Col- umbia. Club: Saturn. Address: 892 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
JEWETT, EDGAR BOARDMAN
Manufacturer; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 14, 1843; s. John Cotton and Priscilla (Boardman) Jewett; ed. schs. of Buffalo; m. Oct. 3, 1865, Elizabeth Foster Danforth, of Ann Arbor. Sergeant Co. C, 74th Reg't, N. Y. Vol. in Civil War; brig.gen. N. G. N. Y., 1884. Pres. John C. Jewett Mfg Co., Jewett Refrigerator Co .; v .- p. Carey Safe Co. Police comm'r, 1894; mayor City of Buffalo. 1895-1897. Mem. S. A. R., Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.
JEWETT, FRANKLIN N.
Educator; b. N. Bangor, Franklin Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1852; s. Benjamin F. and Louisa J. (Woodward) Jewett; grad. Oswego Normal Sch., June, 1876; Univ. Rochester, B.A., 1881, A.M., 1884; Rochester Theol. Sem., 1885; m. Fredonia, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1893, Harriet E. Lyon: chil- dren: Rexford W., b. 1894; Marjorie J., b. 1895; Harold Alden, b. 1897; Eugene Lyon, b. 1900. Taught Lake Forest Acad., 1881-1882; since March, 1886, teaching in Science Dep't Fredonia State Normal Sch. Independ- ent Republican. Mem. Delta Upsllon, Phi Beta Kappa. Address: Fredonia, N. Y.
JEWETT, FREDERIC ALBERT
Physiclan; b. Bath, Me., June 29, 1852; s. George and Sarah (Halc) Jewett; ed. in public schs. of Bath, Me., Mass. Coll. Pharmacy, 1880, Long Island Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1883; m. 1st, Needham, Mass., April 15, 1875, Emma L. Kingsbury; one s .: Albert Frederic, b. Aug. 11, 1876; 2d. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27, 1887, Ella M. Cahaley. Engaged in gen. practice of medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y. Med. insp. Dep't of Health, 1886-1906; chief insp. Bureau of Contagious Diseases, N. Y. Dep't of Health, 1894-1903. Mem. Med. Soc. County of Kings, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Electro- Therapeutic Ass'n, Assoclated Physicians of L. I., Greater N. Y. Med. Ass'n. Brooklyn Pathol. Soc. Mcm. Acanthus Lodge, F. and A. M .; Constellation Chapter, R. A. M .; Clinton Commandery, K. T., and Mecca Tem- ple, Mystic Shrine. Address: 282 Hancock St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
JEWETT, GEORGE L.
Merchant; b. Providence, R. I .; s. Clement and Amanda A. (Osgood) Jewett; m. Rock Island, Ill., April 5, 1877, Cara G. Gilbert. Was many years memn. firm T. B. Coddington & Co .; now retired. Clubs: Cen- tury, Church, National Arts. Address: 20 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
JEWETT, JOHN HOWARD
Author: b. Hadley, Mass., Jan. 19, 1843; s. Edwin and Elizabeth (Jones) Jewett; grad. Hopkins Acad., HIad- ley, Mass., 1861; served in Civil War from April 26, 1861, to August, 1864, in Co. C, 10th Mass. Vol. Inf., and as lieut. and acting ass't adjt .- gen. Veteran Re-
serve Corps; m. Northampton, Mass., Oct 1, 1867, Sarah Hart Phelps. Engaged in newspaper work, and was editor and business mg'r of the Transcript, Holyoke, Mass., 1867-1873; business ing'r 23 years and publisher. 1873-1899, of Worcester Gazette; editor The Profession magazine, N. Y. City, 1901-1902; mn'g editor The Craftsman magazine, N. Y. City, 1904-1906; since then engaged in literary work. Author: Fugitive Verse, 1889; The Bunny Storics, 1891; More Bunny Stories, 1900; Memorial of Jonas S. Clark, 1902; Memorial of Lleut .- Gov. William H. Halle, 1902; Easter Story, 1904; Christmas Stocking Series, 1905; Little Mother Stories, 10 vols .. 1906-1907; Grandmother Goose Stories, 4 vols., 1907; Friends of the Hunted, 1910. Contb'r to St Nicholas, Youths' Companion, Woman's Home Com- panion; also much verse under own name and pen name of Hannah Warner. Companion N. Y. Command- ery, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Club: Authors. Ad- dress: 527 W. 124th St., N. Y. City.
4JEWETT, RICHARD DICKINSON
Lawyer; b. Piermont, N. Y., July 6, 1857; s. Rev. Dr. A. D. Lawrence and Elizabeth Hall (Dickinson) Jewett; ed. Rutgers Grammar Sch., New Brunswick, N. J., Princeton Prep. Sch., M. W. Lyons Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; Williams Coll., A.M .; Columbia Univ., LL.B .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 6, 1883, Elise Me- linda; d. Consul Gen. F. Leepold Schmidt and Me- linda (Pollen) Schmidt; children: Elizabeth Melinda, b. Feb. 8, 1886; Augustine David Lawrence, b. March 26, 1888: Gertrude, b. Jan. 1, 1890; Elise Bache, b. Dec. 27, 1893; George Parbury Pollen, b. Aug. 7, 1896: Richard Willlam Dickinson, b. May 14, 1899; Robert Coleman, b. March 14, 1902. Engaged in practice since graduation. Late major and insp. N. G. N. Y .; Co. K, 7th Reg't. Mem. B'd of Govs., 7th Reg't Vete- rans, Eng'r Corps, 7th Reg't. Republican; Presby'n; Mem. Kappa Alpha Soc., Williams Alumni, Sons of Revolution, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Nyack, Busi- ness Men's (pres.); Army and Navy. Residence: "Water Cress," Nyack, N. Y. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
JEWETT, RUTGER BLEECKER
Publisher; b. Dayton, Ohio; s. Rev. Edward H. and Sophia Seymour ( Miller) Jewett: grad. llobart Coll., A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, 1890 (M.A.). Mg'r of whole- sale editorial dep't of D. Appleton & Co. Vet. Co. K. (10th Co.), 7th Reg't. N G.N.Y. Mem. 7th Reg't Veteran Assn, Sigma Phi Soc., Ohio Soc. Clubs: St. Nicholas, The Players, Ardsley. Address: 789 Madison AV., N. Y. City.
JEWETT, SHERMAN SKINNER
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., March 15, 1870; s. Josłab and Grace (Hall) Jewett; grad. Yale, B.A., 1891; Co- lumbia, A.M., 1893; LL.B., 1894; in. Binghamton, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1896, Helen E. Hallock; children: Kelsey Hall, b. Nov. 29, 1899; Sherman S., Jr., b. July 7, 1904. Ad- mitted to bar, 1893; U. S. Com'r Western Dist. of N. Y., since July 1, 1897. Capt. Inf. Retired, N.G.N.Y. Dir. and sec. Jewett & Co., stove mf'rs, Buffalo, N. Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. S. A. R., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Buffalo. Residence: 563 W. Ferry St. Address: 1000 D. S. Morgan Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
JOHNSON, A. E.
Steamship agent; b. Sweden, 1840; ed. Mt. Carroll (Ill.) Sem. Senior mem firm of A. E. Johnson & Co., gen. passenger agents of Scandinavian-Am. Line of Copenhagen, operating a line of steamers between N. Y. City and Norwegian and Danish ports, the firm having offices in N. Y. City, Boston, Chicago, Minne- apolis, St. Paul and Seattle. Formerly acting consul for Sweden in N. Y. City; now pres. Swedish Chamber of Commerce; part owner Nordstjernan, only Swedish paper in N. Y. City: v .- p. Scandinavian Sailors' Tem- perance Home, Brooklyn; dir. Swedish Lutheran Emi- grant Home, N. Y. City and Working Women's Home. Chicago. Royal Swedish Knight of Wasa since 1995; Royal Danish Knight of Dannebrog since 1905. Ad- dress: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, BURGES
Publisher; b. Rutland, Vt., Nov. 9, 1877: s. James Gibson and Mary A. (Rankin) Johnson; grad. . \. B., Amherst Coll., Is99; m. N. Y. City, 1904, Constance F., d. Hon. Everett P. Wheeler. Reporter for Com- mercial Advertiser and Evening Post. 1899-1900; liter- ary adviser G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900-1903; on liter- ary staff, Harper & Bros., 1903-1906; ass't editor Everybody's Magazine, 1006; min's editor Outing Magazinc, 1907: editor Judge, 1908-1909. Pres. Thomp- son Brown Co., 1909-1913; mg'r Educational Dep't 12. P. Dutton & Co. since 1913. Author: Rhymes of Little Boys, 1905: Pleasant Tragedies of Childhood, 1905; Beastly Rhymes, 1906; Rhymes of Home, 1910; Bashful Ballads, 1911; Childhood, 1912, etc .; lecturer
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gressive. Mem. Am. Ass'n of N. Y., Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n. Club: Players. Address: Port Wash- Ington, L. I., N. Y.
JOHNSON, EADS
Sec. of the Cornellian Council of Cornell Univ., consulting eng'r; b. New Orleans, La., June 23, 1879; s. Lewis and Rosenia_(Smith) Johnson; grad. Tulane Univ., New Orleans, B.E., 1898; Cornell Univ., M.E., 1899; m. Josephine Alice Mcclellan; one son: Eads J. Jr., b. Aug. 28, 1911. Episcopallan. Mein. Deita Tau Delta, Theta Nu Epsllon and Quill and Dagger fraternities of Cornell, Tulane Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Cornell Univ., Engineers, Montclair Golf, Montclair Athletic. Residence: 7 Westover Road, Montclair, N. J. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. Clty.
JOHNSON, FRANK BERTRAM
Clergyman; b. Lowville, N. Y., Mar. 28, 1870; s. H. D. and Bessie E. (Webb) Johnson; ed. Gainesville (Ga.) Coil .; Colegate Univ. Sem., Hamilton, N. Y., 1902, Cro- zier Theol. Sem., Chester, Pa., 1903; m. Leonardsville, N. Y., June 10, 1903, Louise R. Dye; one son: Frank Roger, b. 1904. Ordained in ministry of Bapt. Ch. at Otego, N. Y., June 9, 1903; has had pastorates at Great Bend, N. Y., West Edmeston, N. Y., Otego, N. Y., and Gilbertsville, N. Y. Has charge of Ch. at Port Dickinson, N. Y. Independent. Address: 8 Brom- ley Av., Binghamton, N. Y.
`JOHNSON, FRANK COIT
Merchant; b. Norwich, Conn., Sept. 20, 1863; s. Isaac and Frances A. (Coit) Johnson; attended Nor- wich Acad .; m. Bay Ridge, L. I., Oct. 18, 1888, Flor- ence M. Dickinson; children: Stuart Holmes, b. Juiy 15, 1892; Florence Chester, b. Feb. 21, 1894; Donald Colt, b. July 5, 1896. Pres. J. H. Lane & Co., Hamp- ton Co., v .- p. E. W. Bliss Bld'g; dlr. West Boylston Mfg Co., Holywell Co., Unity Cotton Mills, E. W. Biiss Co., Milstead Mfg Co., Elm City Cotton Mills, Aspinook Co., Manchester Cotton Mills. Mem. Cham- ber of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Merchants, Piping Rock, Nassau Country. Aldine, Au- tomobile of America. Residence: 'Mill Neck, L. I., and 88 Central Park W. Address: 334 4th Av., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, FRANK VERNER
Lawyer; b. Bradford, Vt., March 12, 1863; s. Thomas and Harriet E. (Avery) Johnson; ed. Bradford Acad., ciass 1882; Dartmouth Coll., class of 1886, A.B .; m. N. Y. City, April 19, 1893, Evelyn Webber; one d. Evelyn, b. April 29, 1894. Att'y and counsel for Lla- bility Ins. Cos. and others. Travelled in U. S. and England and the continent. Clubs: Manhattan, And- iron, Dartmouth. Mem. Bar Ass'n, Residence: 171 W. 7Ist St. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. Clty.
JOHNSON, GILBERT H.
Treas. and dir. Isaac G. Johnson & Co .; b. Spuyten Duyvil, 1858; s. Isaac G. and Jane E. Johnson; ed. Columbia Coll., Sch of Mines; m. N. Y., 1884, May L. Shurlock. Dir. Merchants Exchange Nat. Bank, Pre- ferred Accident Ins. Co. Address Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y.
JOHNSON, HELEN KENDRICK
Author, editor; b. Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 4. 1844; d. Asahei C. and Anne (Hopkins) Kendrick; ed. at The Oread, Worcester, Mass .; m. 1869, Rossiter John- son. Editor American Woman's Journal, 1893-1894. Sole founder, 1886, The Meridian, a woman's club that meets at midday. Editor: The Nutshell Series; Poems and Songs for Young People; Our Familiar Songs; Tears for the Little Ones. Author: The Roddy Books; Raleigh Westgate; Woman and the Republic. Mem. Ass'n Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women; founder, 1908, and pres. of The Guidon, an anti-suffrage org'n for men and women. Address 3 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, HENRY ABERT
Consul; b. Washington, D. C., May 9, 1855; s. Henry Dcarbon and Mary (Abert) Johnson; ed. pri- vate schs. Washington, D. C., U. S. Naval Acad., An- napolis (diploma); m. Venlec, Italy, Jovana Levis; children: Henry, Charles, Mary, Howard, Richard, Robert, William, Amy, Helen. Resigned from naval service 1881; appt'd consul at Venice, Italy, 1886; Valencia, Spain, May 1, 1903; Licge, Belgium, March 30, 1907, and Ghent since Aug. 19, 1911. Served 9 years in Navy. Roman Catholic. Address: U. S. Con- sulate, Ghent, Belgium.
JOHNSON, HENRY BOYNTON
Lawyer; b. Woodstock, Vt., July 14, 1862; s. Henry Calvin and Mary (Cushing) Johnson; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1883; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1887; m. Highland Park, Ill., 1903, Augusta Eckhardt Walkor. Engaged in practise of law In N. Y. Clty, as mcin.
firm of Niies & Johnson. Also dir. In sundry business corp'ns. Republican; Congregationalist. Trustee Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: Riding, motoring. Clubs: Union League, Riding, Dartmouth. Summer home at Woodstock, Vt. Residence: 839 West End Av. Address: 11 Wall St., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, HERBERT R.
Broker; b. St. Louis, Mo., 1877; s. J. Brooks and Elien M. (Myrick) Johnson; grad. Harvard Univ .. A.B., 1900. Ex-mem. Co. D, Seventh Regiment. N.G.N.Y. Mem. No. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y.), Harvard (Boston), Crescent Athletic, Englewood Field. Residence: 27 W. 44th St. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
N JOHNSON, JEREMIAH AUGUSTUS
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., June 3, 1836; s. Lorenzo D. and Mary (Burges) Johnson; ed. in private schools and academies. Admitted to Bar of Dist. of Columbia, 1867; to N. Y. Bar and Bar of Supreme Court of U. S., 1870; in consular and diplomatic service of U. S. as consul, 1858-1867, and consui-gen., 1867-1870, at Beirut, Syria; served as sp'i comm'r to investigate and adjust difficuities between U. S. consuls at Cyprus and Jeru- saiem and the Turkish authorities and Am. residents; received thanks of Pres. Lincoln, through Dep't of State, 1862, for procuring arrest, condemnation and execution in Cilicia of Turkish assassin of Rev. Mr. Coffing, an Am. missionary; became interested while in Syria in archæol. research, and with Rev. Samuel Jessup discovered at Hamath, in Northern Syria, the stones with the now famous Hittite inscriptions of which wrote the first account, in 1870. Resigned from consular service, 1870, and entered upon law practise in N. Y. City, becoming counsel for many raiiroad, financial and other corp'ns. During Good Government Movement in N. Y. City, was mem. Com. of Seventy, and pres. Confederated Council of (21) Good Gov't Clubs. V .- p. and mg'r Scamen's Ch. Inst. of N. Y .; dir. Legal Aid Soc. (chm'n Scamen's Branch). V .- p. Civil Service Reform Ass'n of N. J .; inem. N. E. Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars, S. A. R. and other societies. Club: Union League. Address: Scotland Road, S. Orange, N. J. 1
JOHNSON, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Lawyer; b. Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, 1858; s. William Clarkson and Mary Louisa (Adams) Johnson; cd. Newburyport (Mass.) High Sch., Yale, A.B., 1878; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1880; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1884, Caroline Curtiss (Vassar, 1SS3); chll- uren: William C., b. 1884 (Yalc, 1907) : John. Q. A., Jr., b 1887 (Yaie, 1908); Alexander B., b. 1891 (Yale, 1911); Caroline C., 2d, b. 1893 (Vassar, 1912); Clark A., b. 1895 (Yale, 1916); Abigail Adams, b. 1902; Mary Louise Adams, b. 1903; Martha. b. 1905. Engaged in practise of law in N. Y. Clty from graduation; partner with Frederick Potter (Yale, 1878) in firm of Potter & Johnson, from 1888 until Mr. Potter withdrew from active practise, 1894; since then, practising alone. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., Psi Upsilon, Sons of Revolution (N. Y.), Soc. Colonial Wars, Order of Runnemede. Recreations: Goif, fishing, hunting. Clubs: St. Andrew's Golf (Chauncey, N. Y.), Palisade Boat (Yonkers). Resi- dence: 87 High St., Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 3S Park Row, N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, JOSEPH
Ex-fire comin'r; b. Griffin, Ga .; s. Jos. H. and Sarah (Beeks) Johnson; grad. St. Mary's Coll., Belmont, N. C .; A.M., Univ. of Ala., Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon. Ohio; m. N. Y. City. Aprli 30, 1903, Harriet Ward Maisby; children: Sarah, b. 1904; llarriet, b. 1906; Josephinc, b. 1913. Clty editor, Atlanta (Ga.) Journal, 1896; on staff of N. Y. American, 1897-1901; N. Y. World, 1903. War correspondent N. Y. American dur- Ing Spanish-Am. War; served with Comptroiler H. A. Metz, N. Y. City, 1906-1910; deputy fire comm'r, 1910- 1912: fire comm'r, 1912-1914. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. Southern Soc., Georgia Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Swimming, golfing, bicycling. Ciubs: N. Y. Press, Oakland Golf, Army and Navy, Union. Residence: 553 W. 147th St. Address: 157 E. 67th St., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, JOSEPH FRENCH
Educator, economist; b. Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 24. 1853; s. Gardner Nye and Eliza ( French) Johnson; grad. Harvard. A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1878; one year post-grad. study of history and polit. economy in Ger- many; hon. degree, Doctor of Commercial Science, con- ferred by Union Coli. in June, 1908; m. Aurora, Ill., Ang. 4, 1884, Caroline Temperance Stolp; children: Pauline Dustin, b. 1886; Harold Stolp, b. 1SS8; Redford Kohlsaat, b. 1890. See. of Sp'i Currency Committee of N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. 1906. Engaged in journalism untii 1893; first with Springfield (Mass.) Republican, later financial editor Chicago Tribune: established Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman, 1590; sold
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interest, 1893; prof. practical finance, Univ. of Pa., 1893-1901, where also conducted a pioneer course in journalism on original lines which have since been followed by other institutions in U. S. and Europe; lecturer on finance, Columbian Univ., 1900-1903; since 1901, prof. polit. economy, and since Jan. 1, 1903. dean Sch. of Commerce, N. Y. Univ. Author: Money and Currency, 1906 (Ginn); The Canadian Banking Sys- tem, 1910 (Nat. Monetary Conim'n); also various contb'ns to financial journals and leading reviews upon currency, economics, commerce, etc. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Econ. Ass'n; treas. Economic Club of N. Y .; dir. Merchants' Ass'n of N. Y. Recreation: Farming. Ciub: Harvard (N. Y. City). Address: 32 Waverley Pl., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, OWEN
Author; b. N. Y. City. Aug. 27, 1878; s. Robert Un- derwood and Katharine (McMahon) Johnson; ed. Lawrenceville Sch. and Yale, A.B., 1900; m. 1st, May 25, 1901, Mary Galt Stockly, of Lakewood, N. J. (died June 17, 1910); 2d, Feb. 1, 1912, Esther Cobb. Founder and first editor Lawrenceville Literary Magazine, and chm'n Yale Literary Magazine for class of 1900. Author: (Novels) Arrows of the Almighty, 1901 (Mac- millan); In the Name of Liberty, 1905 (Century); Max Fargus, 1906 (Baker & Tayior); The Eternal Boy, 1909 (Dodd, Mead), reissued as The Prodigious Hickey, 1910 (Baker & Taylor); The Humming-Bird (Baker & Tay- lor); The Varmint, 1910 (Baker & Taylor), which ap- peared June, 1910; Stover at Yale, 1911 (Stokes); The Sixty First Second, 1913 (Stokes). Drama: The Comet; also short stories and magazine articles. Club: The Players. Address: 327 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
JOHNSON, ROBERT UNDERWOOD
Editor; b. Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1853; s. Nim- rod Hoge and Catherine C. (Underwood) Johnson; ed. Centerville, Ind., Collegiate Inst., Earlham Coll., Rich- mond, Ind., B.S., 1871, and honorary Ph.D .; honorary A.M., Yale, 1891; honorary Litt.D., N. Y. Univ., 1911; m. Washington, D. C., Aug. 31. 1876, Katherine Mc- Mahon; children: Owen Johnson (author, playwright), Agnes Johnson (Mrs. F. H. Holden). In 1889 organized and with John Muir planned and forwarded Yosemite Nat. Park, created in 1890; has supported, with voice and pen, causes of internat. copyright, forest con- servation, free art, peace and arbitration, civil service reform, low tariff, and opposed violence of militant suffragists and gen. lawiessness. Mem. Century Maga- zine editorial staff since 1873; asso. editor, 1881-1909; editor-in-chief, Nov. 18, 1909-June 1, 1913. In Aug., 1906, proposed formaliy to Pres. Roosevelt that he call a conf. of governors of Eastern States to con- sider conservation of Appalachian forests; represented The Century at White House Conf. of Governors on Conservation of Nat. Resources, May, 1908, which grew out of that proposal. Co-editor with C. C. Buel of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Century's War Series enlarged to four volumes), and organizer of that enterprise in The Century. Induced Gen. U. S. Grant to write his memoirs. Author: The Winter Hour and Other Poems, 1891; Songs of Liberty and Other Poems, 1897; Poems (Collected), 1902, second edition, enlarged, 1908, third edition of same, entitled Saint Gaudens: An Ode, and Other Poems, 1910 (all Century Co.), fourth edition, 1913. Decorated Cheva- lier de la Légion d'IIonneur, 1891; Cavaliere della Corona d'Italia, 1895; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Since 1888 and during successful internat. copyright cam- paign of 1890-1891, sec. Am. Copyright League (Au- thors); leading advocate of abolition of mfg condition for books in foreign languages included in revised copyright act of 1909; demonstrated in pamphlet (1913) widespread Am. opposition to exemption of coastwise shipping in Panama Canal Act; vigorous opponent of plan to give Hetch Hetchy Valley and half of Yo- semite Nat. Park to San Francisco for water supply. Sec. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, 1903-1909; preliminary sec. and mem. Am. Acad. Arts and Letters, now per- manent sec .; originator of Keats-Shelley Memorial in Rome (sec. of Am. Com.). Independent in politics. Mem. N. Y. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Citizens Union (N. Y.). Alliance Française, Soc. for Italian Immigrants. Clubs: Century, Players, Authors, MacDowell (hon. mem.), Sierra (hon. mem. and v .- p.). Address: 327 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
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Author, editor; b. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1840; s. Reuben and Almira (Alexander) Johnson; grad. Univ. of Rochester, AJB., 1863; Ph.D., 1888, LL.D., 1893; m. 1869, Helen Kendrick. Asso. editor Rochester Democrat, 1864-1868; editor Concord (N. H.) States- man, 1869-1872; asso. cditor American Cyclopedia, 1873-1877; mn'g editor Cyclopedia of American Biog- raphy. 1886-1888; asso. editor Standard Dictionary, 1892-1894; editor of Authorized History of the World's
Columbian Exp'n, 1896; editor of Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, 1883-1902; editor of the Literary Querist in the Lamp (formerly Book-Buyer). 1888-1904; editor of Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas since 1901; super- vising editor of revised editions of Velasquez's Spanish Dictionary and Adler's German Dictionary, 1901-1903; devised and edited the series of Little Classics (18 vols.), and also Liber Scriptorum, the book of the Authors Club. Editor: Works of the British Poets with Biographical Sketches (3 vols.); Playday Poems; Famous Single and Fugitive Poems; Fifty Perfect Poems (with Charles A. Dana); The World's Great Books (40 vols.); Dictionary of Notable Americans (10 vols.); The Great Events, by Famous Historians (20 vols.); The Literature of Italy (with Dora Knowl. ton Ranous, 16 vols.); Authors' Digest-great stories in brief (with Dora Knowlton Ranous, 20 vols.); Con- tributing editor to the American Leader, 1912-191& Author: Phaeton Rogers; The End of a Rainbow; History of the War of 1812; History of the French War; History of the War of Secession; Idler and Poet (poems); The Blank-Cartridge Ballot; The Hero of Manila; Morning Lights and Evening Shadows (poems); Tie Alphabet of Rhetoric; The Story of the Constitution of the United States; also wrote the Whispering-Gallery Series in the Overland Monthly. Lecturer on historical subjects. Recreations: Work. ing at the bench in wood and brass. Ex-pres. N. Y .. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Soc of the Genesee, Quill Club, Lecturers' Ass'n Delta Upsilon fraternity, Rochester Univ. Alumni, and pres. since 1898 of Univ. Extension Soc. Clubs: Authors (successively sec, chin'n and treas.), Century, Residence: Amagansett, L. I. Ad. dress: 3 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
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