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PICKERING, ARTHUR D .- Architect, 1133 Broad- way, New York City; residence 14 Monroe street, Brooklyn. Born in Chicago, Ill., July 27, 1859. Edu- cated in New York City. (Single.) Member Architec- tural League and National Sculpture Society.
PICKERING, J. McLAURIN. - Broker, Produce Exchange, New York City; residence 1 West 82d street. Born in Maine, Nov. 3, 1859. Educated at Harvard. Member of the firm of M. F. Pickering Co. Member Harvard Club.
PICKETT, PATRICK H .- Warden, 70 Ludlow street, New York City; residence 63 East 87th street. Born in New York City, 1842. Educated in common schools. Served with the 10th Regiment, New York Volunteers, during Civil War. On his return to New York City after the war, was appointed to the police force; was made a sergeant in 1870, and a few years later was promoted to a captainey. Was appointed warden of Ludlow Street Jail in 1898, which position he still holds.
PICKHARDT, CARL-Color Manufacturer, 128 Duane street, New York City; residence 1042 Madison avenue. Memher of the firm of William Pickhardt & Kuttroff .. Member Merchants' Cluh and American Geographical Society.
PIERCE, CHARLES H .- Exporter, 149 Broadway, New York City; residence 333. West 85th street. Mem- ber New York Athletic and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.
PIERCE, CHARLES T .- Paint and Varnish Man- ufacturer, 170 Fulton street, New York City; residence Riverside, Conn. Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1853. Educated in Boston. (Married.) Superintendent F. O. Pierce Co. Member Reform, Atlantic Yacht, Riverside Yacht, Fairfield County (Conn.) Golf and Apawamis Clubs.
PIERCE, FRANK D .- County Clerk, Watertown; residence 10 Clay street. Born in Dexter, N. Y., March 9, 1849. Educated in Jefferson County. (Married.) Has been town clerk and supervisor, and also director Na- tional Bank and Loan Co. of Watertown. Now county clerk of Jefferson County. Member Lincoln League, Masonic Order, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
PIERCE, FRANKLIN-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 1 West 107th strect. Direc- tor New York Fireproof Covering Co. Member Reform and City Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PIERCE, HENRY B. - Shirt Manufacturer, 838 Broadway, New York City; residence 36 West 35th street. Born in Massachusetts, March, 1842. Educated in Massachusetts. (Single.) President and treasurer Hutchinson, Pierce & Co. ( Inc.). Member Lotos Club, Aldine Association, New England Society and Sons of the Revolution.
PIERCE, JAMES F .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 7 Montague street, Brook- lyn. Born in Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 8, 1830. Educated at St. Lawrence Academy and by private tutor. ( Married.) Member of the State Sen- ate from Brooklyn for twelve years; in State Insur- ance Department six years. Member Lotos Club, Brooklyn Club, State Bar Association, New England Society and life member Long Island Historleal So- ciety.
PIERCE, RAY VAUGHN-Physician and Manu- facturer, 663 Main street, Buffalo: residence 653 Main street. Born in Stark, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Aug. 6, 1840. Educated in common schools in Pennsylvania. (Married.) Practicing in Buffalo since 1867; is also interested in the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines. New York State senator, 1878-9; also served as a member of the Forty-sixth Congress. President World's Dispensary Medical Association, American Engine Co. of Bound Brook, N. J., and Ideal Cash Register Co. of Bound Brook and Buffalo. Member Buffalo Historical, Audubon, Falconwood, Buffalo Yacht and Buffalo Clubs, and New York Yacht Club.
PIERCE, SMITH D .- Manufacturer, 30 Tiffany place, Brooklyn; residence 149 Willow street. Edu- cated at Columbia College. (Married.) Member of the firm of F. O. Pierce Co. Member Crescent Ath- letic Club, St. Anthony Club of New York City, and Fairfield County (Conn.) Golf Clubs.
PIERCE, V. MOTT-Physician and Manufacturer, 663 Main street, Buffalo; residence 653 Main street. Educated at Harvard. Formerly president of the Proprietary Association of America. Now secretary World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo. Member Buffalo Club, and Harvard Club of New York City.
PIERCE, WINSLOW S .- Lawyer, 195 Broadway, New York City; residence 19 West 58th street. Direc- tor Oregon Short Line R. R. Co., Texas and Pacific Ry. Co. and Union Pacific R. R. Co. Member Manhattan, Atlantic Yacht and Lawyers' Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PIERCY, JIENRY CLAY-Contractor, 207 Thomp- son street, New York City; residence 23 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, May 10, 1851. Educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Member of the firms of II. C. & Z. T. Piercy, and Albert I. Piercy & Co .; president Fulton & Walker Wagon Co .; trustee West Side Sav- ings Bank. Member Army and Navy, New York Ath- letic and Republican Clubs, Kane Lodge No. 454, F. & A. M., Jerusalem Chapter No. 8, R. A. M., Coeur de Llon Commandery Knights Templar, Old Guard, 22d Regiment Veteran Association, Joboken Turtle Cluh, Mozart Verein and Colfax Council, Royal Arca- num.
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PIERRA, FIDEL G .- Merchant, 81 New street, New York City; residence 188 St. John's place, Brook- lyn. Member Twilight Club, Circle Colon Cervantes and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PIERREPONT, HENRY EVELYN-Retired, 216 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1845. Educated at Columbia ('67). (Widower.) Director Fi- delity and Casualty Co. and Home Life Insurance Co .; trustee Brooklyn Savings Bank, Brooklyn Hospital, General Theological Seminary and Franklin Trust Co. Member Hamilton Club, Long Island Historical So- ciety and Sons of the Revolution.
PIERREPONT, JOHN JAY-Retired, 66 Broad street, New York City; residence 1 Pierrepont place, Brooklyn. (Widower.) Treasurer and director Long Island Historical Society; director Brooklyn Academy of Music; trustee Brooklyn Trust Co. and Greenwood Cemetery. Member Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, New York Yacht, Hamilton, Robins Island and Boone and Crockett Clubs, Down Town Association and Sons of the Revolution.
PIERREPONT, WILLIAM A .- Physician, 113 East 19th street, New York City; residence 1 Pierrepont place, Brooklyn. Member St. Anthony and St. Nich- olas Club, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Century As- sociation, Colonial Order and Sons of the Revolution.
PIERSON, ARTHUR TAPPAN-Preacher, Author, Editor and Lecturer, 30 Lafayette place, New York City; residence 1127 Dean street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, March 6, 1837. (Son of Stephen Haines and Sallie Ann [Wheeler] Pierson.) Educated at Ham- ilton College (A.B., '57, and A.M., '60), and at Union Theological Seminary (D.D.). (Married Sarah Fran- ces. daughter of Seth Williston Benedict of New York City, 1860.) Editor-in-chief of the "Missionary Review of the World." Formerly pastor in West Winsted, Conn .; Binghamton, N. Y .; Waterford, N. Y .; Detroit, Mich .; Indianapolis, Ind .; Philadelphia, Pa., and of the Metropolitan Tabernacle of London, England. Graves Lecturer on Missions at Rutgers College, 1891; Alex Duff Mission Lecturer in Scotland, 1892. Author of "Crisis of Missions," "Divine Enterprise of Mis- sions." "Miracles of Missions," "New Acts of the Apos- tles," "Many Infallible Proofs," "Evangelistic Works," "Life Power," "Lessons in the School of Prayer," "Catharine of Sienna," "George Muller of Bristol" and many other works.
PIERSON, CHARLES W .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 45 West 35th street. Edu- cated at Yale ('86). Member Lawyers', Yale and Uni- versity Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PIERSON, JOHN FREDERICK (Brigadier-Gen- eral.)-Iron Merchant, 29 Broadway, New York City; residence 20 West 52d street. Member of the firm of Pierson & Co. President and director Richmond Stand- ard Steel Spike and Iron Co. Member Union, Racquet and Tennis, New York Yacht, Tuxedo, and Army and Navy Clubs, New England Society and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
PIFFARD, HENRY GRANGER - Physician, 256 West 57th street, New York City. Born in Piffard, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1842. Educated at Churchill's Military Academy, New York University (A.B., '62, and A.M., '65), and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; degrees of M.D. and LL.D. (Married Helen M. Strong, 1868.) Author of several medical works. Member New York Athletic and Cam- era Clubs and St. Nicholas Society.
PIGOT, WILLIAM E .- Woolen Merchant, 170 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 18 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. Member Reform Club, and Crescent Athletic and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn.
PIKE, EDWIN B .- President, 151 Chambers street, New York City; residence Pike Station, N. H. Born in Haverhill, N. H., April 7, 1845. Educated in common schools and at Newbury Seminary. (Married.) Pres- Ident Pike Mfg Co. and Pike Station (N. H.) Store Co. Formerly postmaster of Pike Station. Member Hard- ware Club, New Hampshire Historical Society, Na- tional Association of Manufacturers (vice-president), and Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association of Philadelphia, Pa.
PILLOT, P. STUYVESANT-Insurance, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 66 West 12th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 11, 1870. Educated'at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. (Mar- ried.) Served in the Spanish-American War as first lieutenant 12th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Now captain 12th Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member Union, Racquet and Tennis, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Knickerbocker Clubs, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Military and Naval Order of Spanish-Amer- ican War.
PILLSBURY, HARRY N .- Chess Expert, 146 Mon- tague street, Brooklyn. Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 5, 1872. Educated in common schools. Mastered the game of chess at the age of sixteen, at which he devel- oped remarkable genius. Won world's championship at International Chess Congress held in England in 1895, being the first American champion since Paul Morphy in 1858. Since then has played in all the lead- ing tournaments held in the United States and Europe. Member Brooklyn Chess Club.
PINCHOT, GIFFORD-Forester, 287 Fourth ave- nue, New York City; residence 2 Gramercy Park. Born in Simsbury, Conn., Aug. 11, 1865. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Yale College ('89). (Single.) Forester United States Department of Agri- culture. Member City, University, Yale and Quill Clubs, National Academy of Design, American Mu- seum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Geographical, Municipal Art and Sculpture Societies, Century Association, and Met- ropolitan and Cosmos Clubs of Washington, D. C.
PINCHOT, JAMES W .- 2 Gramercy Park, New York City. Member City, Union League, Grolier, Play- ers' and Riding Clubs, American Geographical and American Fine Arts Societies, Century Association, American Museum of Natural History, National Acad- emy of Design and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PINE, JOHN B .- Lawyer, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence 102 East 30th street. Born in Iowa, Feb. 2, 1857. Educated at Columbia College ('77). Admitted to the Bar, 1879. (Married.) Trustee and clerk of the board of trustees of Columbia University; one of the managers of St. Luke's Hospital, and sec- retary of executive committee. Member University Club, Columbia Alumni, Down Town and Century As- sociations and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PINKERTON, ALLAN - Detective Agency, 57 Broadway, New York City; residence 71 Eighth ave- nue, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Robert A. & William A. Pinkerton, proprietors of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, founded in 1850. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn.
PINKERTON, ROBERT A .- Detective Agency, 57 Broadway, New York City; residence 71 Eighth ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Dundee, Kane Co., Ill., Dec. 2, 1848. (Son of the famous detective, Allan Pinker- ton.) Educated at the University of Notre Dame. (Married.) Member of the firm of Robert A. & Wil- liam A. Pinkerton, proprietors of Pinkerton National Detective Agency, founded in 1850. Member Crescent Athletic and Montauk Clubs of Brooklyn, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Charity Organi- zation Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PINKHAM, FRANCIS C .- Commission Merchant, 40 Leonard street, New York City; residence 74 Halsey street, Brooklyn. Born in Watertown, Mass. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of W. H. Burgess & Co. Member Wool Club.
PINKUS, FREDERICK S .- Importer and Commis- sion Merchant, 89 Leonard street, New York City; res- idence 70 East 56th street. Member of the firm of O. Jaffe & Pinkus. Director American Union Life In- surance Co. Member Arkwright, Reform and Rock- away Hunting Clubs, American Geographical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.
PINNEY, DWIGHT C .- Manufacturer of Window Shades, 273 Canal street, New York City; residence 196 Lefferts place, Brooklyn. President and director Pinney, Casse & Lackey Co. Member Crescent Ath- letic Club of Brooklyn.
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PINNEY, GEORGE MILLER, JR .- Lawyer, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence New Brighton, S. I. Born in Windsor, Wis., March 8, 1856. Educated at Harvard College ('78) and Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Pinney & Thayer. Served as supervisor, 1895, and as district attorney, 1896-8, of Richmond County. Was a member and secretary of the Greater New York Charter Commission, 1896-7. Member Harvard, University, Staten Island Cricket and Staten Island Whist Clubs, New York State Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PIPER, ELWIN S .- Dry Goods Merchant, Grand street and Driggs avenue, Brooklyn; residence 159 Marcy avenue. Born in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1851. (Married.) President Eagle Savings and Loan Co. and Grand Street Board of Trade; trus- tee Eastern District Dispensary and Hospital; mem- ber Brooklyn School Board. Member Union League, Hanover and Home Clubs.
PIRSSON, JOHN W .- Lawyer, 150 Broadway, New York City; residence 56 West 37th street. Trustee Cit- izens' Savings Bank. Member Union League, Law- yers' and Church Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PITCHER, JAMES R .- Capitalist, 24 Grove street, New York City; residence Short Hills, N. J. Born in Windham, N. Y., March 5, 1845. Educated at Whites- boro Seminary. (Married.) Formerly president of the Pitcher & Manda Co., founder and manager United States Mutual Account Co. and director of various corporations. President Petrolia Mf'g Co. and Cachari Mining Co. Member Manhattan, Players' and Essex County (N. J.) Country Clubs.
PITKIN, FREDERICK E .- Banker, 87 Hudson street, New York City; residence Nyack. Director Brooklyn Bank, Christopher and Tenth Streets R. R. Co., North River Steamboat Co. and Powell Shoe Co. Member Commercial Club.
PITKIN, LUCIUS- Chemist, 138 Pearl street, New York City; residence 69 East 92d street. Member New York Athletic Club, Scientific Alliance and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
PITOU, AUGUSTUS-Playwright and Theatrical Manager, Grand Opera House, New York City; resi- dence 361 West 20th street. Made first professional appearance as a member of Edwin Booth's company performing in the Winter Garden Theatre, New York City. Has managed William J. Scanlan, Robert Man- tell, Joseph Murphy, Rose Coghlan, Chauncey Olcott and many other theatrical celebrities. Now manager of the Grand Opera House in New York City, and of various traveling companies. Author of several suc- cessful plays. Member Players' Club.
PLACE, GEORGE - Machinery, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 44 East 31st street. Mem- ber Union League, Nineteenth Century, Republican and Lawyers' Clubs.
PLACE, IRA ADELBERT-Lawyer, Grand Cen- tral Station, New York City; residence 268 West 77th street. Born in New York City, May 8, 1854. Edu- cated at Cornell ('81). Studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1883. (Married Katharine B. Gauntlett, 1893.) Assistant to general counsel of the New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co. Secretary and director Carthage, Watertown and Sackett's Harbor R. R. Co. and Tivoli Hollow R. R. Co .; director Buf- falo, Thousand Islands and Portland R. R. Co. and Brooklyn Bridge. Prospect Park and Eastern R. R. Co. Member University, Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kap- pa, Colonial, Cornell University and Transportation Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PLANT, MORTON F .- Capitalist, 12 West 23d street, New York City: residence 76 East 56th street. Vice-president and director Abbeville Southern Ry. Co., Alabama Midland Ry. Co., Brunswick and West- ern R. R. Co., Florida Southern R. R. Co., Montgom- ery Belt Line Ry. Co. and Sanford and St. Petersburg Ry. Co .; vice-president, manager and director Can- ada Atlantic and Plant Steamship Co. (Ltd.); director Charleston and Savannah Ry. Co., Green Pond, Wat- erboro and Branchville Ry. Co., St. John's and Eustis R. R. Co., Savannah, Florida and Western Ry. Co.
and Winston and Bone Valley Ry. Co. Member New York Athletic Club, Sons of the American Revolution and Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
PLATT, CHARLES ADAMS-Architect and Artist, 107 East 27th street, New York City. Born in New York City, Oct. 1, 1861. Educated in New York City and in Paris. Member New York Athletic and Players' Clubs, Century Association, Society of American Art- ists and National Academy of Design.
PLATT, CLAYTON-Insurance, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence 331 West 76th street. Edu- cated at Trinity College. Director Cycle Checking Lock Co. Member Union, Colonial, Church, St. An- thony, New York Athletic and Richmond County Coun- try Clubs and Trinity College Alumni and Down Town Associations.
PLATT, FRANK H .- Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residence 242 West 74th street. Born in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., 1856. (Son of Thomas Collier Platt.) Educated at Yale ('77) and at Columbia Law School ('79). Member of the firm of Boardman & Platt. Director United States Express Co. and Rahtjen's American Composition Co. Member Colonial, Univer- sity, Yale and Lawyers' Clubs.
PLATT, HENRY BARSTOW - Banker, 35 Wall street and 1 Madison avenue, and Superintendent, 49 Broadway, New York City; residence 303 West 76th street. Born in Owego, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1860. Educated at Yale ('82). (Married.) Vice-president Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; general superintendent United States Express Co. Member University, Colo- nial, Lawyers' and Yale Clubs.
PLATT, HENRY CLAY-Lawyer, 50 Post Office Building, New York City; residence 164 West 48th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 22, 1840. Edu- cated at Princeton. Studied law, was admitted to the New York Bar in 1862 and has since practiced in New York City. (Married Jennie Dusenberry, 1864.) Mem- ber of the New York State Assembly, 1864-6. Assist- ant United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York since 1886. Member Reform, Chi Phi and Princeton Clubs.
PLATT, ISAAC S .- President, 165 Greenwich street, New York City; residence 10 East 62d street. Born in New York City, Jan. 5, 1834. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Member Mendelssohn Glee Club, Century Association and American Museum of Natural History.
PLATT, THOMAS COLLIER-United States Sen- ator, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., and Presi- dent, 49 Broadway, New York City; residence Fifth Avenue Hotel. Born in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., July 15, 1833. Educated at Owego Academy and at Yale. (Married.) Clerk of Tioga County, 1859-61; Congress- man, 1873-7; president of the Board of Quarantine Commissioners, New York Harbor, 1880-8. Elected United States Senator in 1896 for term 1897-1903. Leader of the Republican party in the State of New York. President and director United States Express Co. since 1880, and of Tioga National Bank. Ex-president Ten- nessee Coal, Iron and R. R. Co .; ex-receiver New York and New England R. R. Co. Member American Yacht and Lawyers' Clubs, American Geographical Society, Yale Alumni Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PLATT, WILLARD H .- Manufacturers' Supplies, 17 Murray street, New York City; residence, 115 Cam- bridge place, Brooklyn. Born June 12, 1854. (Married.) Member of the firm of Greene, Tweed & Co. Treas- urer Baptist Home of Brooklyn and Emmanuel Bap- tist Church. Member Marine and Field, and Lincoln Clubs of Brooklyn, Hardware and Manhattan Clubs, Shelter Island Golf and Shelter Island Yacht Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce.
PLATZEK, M. WARLEY-Lawyer, 320 Broadway, New York City; residence 439 Fifth avenue. Born in North Carolina, Aug. 27, 1854. Educated at New York University (LL.B.). (Single.) Member of the firm of Platzek, Stroock & Herzog. Member of the Constitu- tional Convention of 1894. Member Democratic, Re- form, Harmonie, Progress. Criterion and Wa Wa Yanda Clubs and of many charitable organizations.
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PLIMPTON, GEORGE A. - Publisher, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 41 East 33d street. Born in Walpole, Mass., 1855. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Amherst College ('76) and at Har- vard Law School. (Married Francis Pearsons.) Con- nected with Ginn & Co. Treasurer Barnard College and Academy of Political Science. Ex-trustee Bar- nard and Amherst Colleges. Member University, Gro- lier. Century, Nineteenth Century and Barnard Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, Amherst Alum- ni and Century Associations and New England So- ciety.
PLIMPTON, HENRY B. C .- Dry Goods Merchant, 328 Broadway, New York City; residence 45 West 32d street. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1862. Educated at Kenyon College. (Single.) Member Co- lonial, New York Athletic, Richmond County Country and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs and Ohio Society.
PLUMMER, JOHN FRANKLIN-Investments, 50 Broadway, New York City; residence 2 West 36th street. Born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1840. Educated in Roxbury, Mass., and at Dr. Dwight's School in Brooklyn, N. Y. (Married.) Managing director for the United States of the Anglo-Indian and American Bank (Ltd.), of London, Bombay and New York; director in other commercial companies. Was in woolen com- mission business for many years; formerly Govern- ment Director of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. (ap- pointed by President Harrison); first president of the New York Republican Business Men's Association. Member Union League and Republican Clubs, Lafay- ette Post, G. A. R., Chamber of Commerce and New York Genealogical and Biographical and New England Societies.
PLUMMER, JOHN FRANKLIN, JR .- Automobiles, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 152 Madison avenue. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1871. Edu- cated at Yale ('91). (Single.) Assistant secretary Co- lumbia University, 1894-9. Connected with the Loco- mobile Company of America. Member University, Yale and Amateur Comedy Clubs, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
PLYMPTON, EBEN-Actor, 125 West 28th street, New York City. Born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 7, 1853. Educated in Boston. (Single.) Entered dramatic pro- fession while in California, under the management of the American tragedian, Joseph Proctor. Supported Edwin Booth in London, 1882, and in United States, 1883-5; returned to England and produced the play "Jack" at the Royal Theatre, London, and made a tour of the United States with the same play. Has since appeared in other well-known roles. Member Lotos Club.
PLYMPTON, GEORGE WASHINGTON - Civil Engineer and Educator, Fourth avenue and Astor place, New York City; residence 127 Herkimer street, Brooklyn. Born in Waltham, Mass., Nov. 18, 1827. Educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (C.E., '47). Degrees of A.M. from Hamilton College and M.D. from Long Island College Hospital. (Married.) Pro- fessor of mathematics at New York State Normal School, Albany, 1853-6; professor of physics and engi- neering at same, 1857-63; professor of chemistry and toxicology at Long Island College Hospital, 1864-86; editor of "Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine," 1870-86; president of the Board of Commissioners of Electrical Subways of the City of Brooklyn, 1885-9 and 1892-6. Professor physics and engineering since 1869, and director since 1879, of Cooper Union; professor of civil engineering in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute since 1863. Member Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, American Society of Civil Engineers and Century As- sociation.
PLYMPTON. GILBERT M .- Banker, 41 Wall street, New York City: residence 30 West 52d street. Born in New York City, Jan. 15, 1835. Educated in private schools, at Shurtleff College, Ill., and at New York University Law School. (Married.) Member and one of the originators of the firm of Redmond Kerr & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change, and director and one of the originators of the Bankers' Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, St. Nich- olas, Country, New York Yacht and Lachmont Yacht Clubs, New York Zoological, Botanical, Genealogical, American Historical and New York Historical Socie- ties, Down Town Association, Society of Colonial
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