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DELAFIELD, Richard:
Banker: b. New Brighton, S. I., N. Y., Sept 6, 1553, s. Rufus King and Eliza ( Bard ) Delafield; ed. Anthon Grammar Sch. Untered a mercantile house as clerk 15f3, and eventu- ally became manager; in les0, began business in the California trade. Pres. Nat. Park Bank: director Mount Morris Bank. Plaza Pank: interested in many charities; wits a World's Fair Comum'r from State of N. Y .; vestryman Trinity Ch .; mem. Soc. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Tuxedo, Church. Residence: 40 W. 46th St. Address : 214 Broadway, N. Y. City
DE LA FLEUR, Frederick J .:
Lawyer: b. Carthage, N. Y., June, 1970: s. Joseph and Margaret !.. (Van Slyke) De La DELEHANTY, Daniel: Fleur: ed. Adams (N. Y.) Collegiate Inst., Hamilton Coll., A.P., 1995: m Port Leyden. N. Y., July, 1.06. Angu-ta MI. Williams: chil. dren : Alice 3 cdied 2000 ;. Frederick J Jr., h. 1902. Admired to bar, 1598. Lacal exam iner State Civil Survice Comin'r. Jeb., 1901, to Feb., 1993; comm'r U. S. Dist. Court, SS4
30, 1918; appt d referee in bankruptcy Jau 01, 1548, for Counties nf Oneida and Herkimer Northern Dist, of N. Y. for a term of 2 years from that date. Republican. Concre gationalist. Mem. Masonic Order. Jiem. Ut ica Rifle Ass'n. Address: Utica, N. Y.
Lawyer; b, Albany, N. Y., Mar. 18, IST; grad. Union Coll., A.P. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1si7 (A.M.). Was ass't dist. att'y, 18:1-0: corporation counsel, 1-92-1900. Director Mu nicipal Gas Co .; trustee Albany City Siv- ings Inst'n. Mem. Albany Ilist. and Ar: Soc. Clubs: Albany Fort Orange ( Albany ) Reform (N. Y. City). Residence: 451 State St. Address: 250 Broadway, X. Y. City.
DE LANCEY, William Heatbeoto:
Lowyer: b. Philadelphia, May 2, 1827; 8 Rt. Rev. William Heathcote and Frances (Munro) De Laneey; ed. St. Paul's Sch., College Pt., L. I .; grad. Hohart Coll., A.B. 1 6, A.M., 1839; Albany Law Sch. ( Union U'niv.), LL.B., 1958. Democrat, Episcopa lin. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Sigma Phi, Ilubart Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Residence: Mur- ray Ifill Hotel. Address: 31 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DELANY, John J .:
Lawyer; b. 1900; grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., and Columbia L .. w Sch., LL.B., 1ss2. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City since 1582. Prominent member ot Tammany and a leader in its political campaigns; in 1-9 was ass't corporauen counsel and latter ass't dist. att'y; had charge of Fire Chief Edward I'. Croker's fight against Commissioner Sturgis and was successful in having the courts ro. instate him; appt'd, 1004, by Mayor George B. MeClellan corporation counsel (resigned Ort., 1906) : prominent in Roman Catholic circles. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City. DELAVAN, David Bryson:
Physician; b. N. Y. City: s. Edward C. (Huguenot ancestry, A.B., Yale, 1:36) and Margaretti ( Bryson) Delavan (Seoich an- eestry ) ; grad. Yale, A.B., 1572, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1873 ( under pre- ceptorship of Willard Parker, M.D.) ; m. St. Louis, June 11, 1:99, Marion Ramsey; one daughter, Elma, b. 1905. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City non graduation. Vi-p. and trustee Russell Sage Inst. of Pa- thology, and of Grenfell Ass'n of America: trustee Scenie and Historic Preservation Soc. Consultant to St. Luke's, General Memorial, Mt. Sinai, Raptured and Crippkal and Vassar Hosps .: surgeon N. Y. Polyclinic, Alnomus of City and Presby'n Hosps. ; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Am. Laryngol. Ass'n fex-pres.), N. Y. Aend. Medicine, etc. Independent in politics : Protestant. Has made various tours in Eu ropr and the U. S. Clubs; Century Univer- sity, Yale. Address: 1 E. G1 St., N. Y. City.
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Seflors Suug Harbor, New Brighton, Staten | Infirmary of Staten Island; mem. Municipal Island, N. Y.
DELEHANTY, F. B .:
Jurist; formerly engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City; elected 1900 as judge of the City Court of N. Y. City fur fu-year term, rwiring Dee. 31, 1910. Address: City Court, Chy Hall, N. Y. City.
DE LEMOS, Theodore W. E .:
Architect, retired; b. Germany, June 13, 0:50; s. Hermann and Maria ( Groth) De Le- mos; studied profession at Berlin Royal Acad. of Buildings; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 27, 1ss. Came to U. S. in Iss1; designed Edea Musee Blu'g in connection with late Henry fernbach, and completed building on death of latter in ledd; formed partnership, 1>>1, with A. W. Cores, as De Lemos & Cordes, who were architreis of Arion clubhouse, the Siezel-Cooper, Alums, and Macy department stores, Speyer & Co. Bank Uldt's, Pine st., N. Y. Co. Nat'I Bank Did'g, office building for Mut. Life Ins. Co., City of Mexico, and many other ofice and public buildings. Fel- low im. Inst. Architects; mem. Am. Geog. Suc., Kane Lodge 451 F. and .A. M. Luther- an. Club: Arion. Address: 63 W. 92d St., N. Y. City.
DE LEON, Daniel:
Editor; b. Curacao, off const of Venezuela, Dec. 14, 1:52; came to U. S. from Europe, July, 1872; grad. Columbia Law Sch., Iris; lecturer in Sch. of Political Economy of Co- lumbia Cuiv., 6 years; instrumental in found. ing and since its organization, 1-05, an ofecer of Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance; joined Socialist Labor party, Oct., 1900: becoming editor of its English organ, les; editor of the Weekly People, since 1992: founder and edi- tor of Daily People, since 1900. Address: 2-6 New Reade St., N. Y. City.
DE LEON, Edwin Warren:
Lawyer, casualty insurance; b. Charleston, S C., Aug. 6, 1505; s. II. H. and Agnes ( Moise) De Leon; grad. Randolph Macon Coll., Va., A.B .: Columbia Coll., LL.B .: m Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 23. 191. Frances L. Moise. Mg'r at N. Y. City for Liability Dep't of the Travelers Ins. Co,, of Hartford, Conn., 1:03-98; for Maryland Casualty Co., of Baltimore, 1:05.1903; since 1903, v .- p. and director Casualty Co. of America, N. Y. City; also director, Internat. Ins. Encyclope- din Co. Democrat. Author: The Law of Liability: Manual of Liability Insurance. Editor: Casualty Dop't, International En. cyclopedia of Insarance. Mem. Southern Soc. of N. Y., South Carolina Society. Clubs: Underwriters (N. Y. City) ; N. Jersey Coun- try (Paterson, N. J.). Address: "Ap- thorpe, " Broadway and 70th St., N. Y. City. DE LIMA, Elias Abinun:
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DELLENBAUGH, Frederick Samuel:
Artist, author; b. MieConnellsville, o., Sept. 13, 1533; s. Samuel and Elizabeth ( Smith ) liellenbaugh; ed. Buffalo, up to lsil. studied art, N. Y. City, Munich, Paris; 10. Ellenville, N. Y., 1855 Harriet Ouis; one child, Frederick Samuel, Jr., b. less. Was with Maj. Powell's Colorado River exploring expd'n. 1st1-73; conducted expans to Ciah, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Southern Cal- ifornia; mem. Harriman Expi'n to Alaska, Behring Strait and N. E. Siberia; croises to W. Insaies. S. America, leeland, Spazberg-
en and Norway. Fellow .1.1 .. 1.S., Am. Eth- hol. Soc .; mem. Am. Anthropol. She. Anthor: .1 Singular Case; The Great Walled River; The True Route of Coronado's March; North Americans of Yesterday; Romance of the Colorado River; Breaking the Wilderness; contributions on American Aboriginal Build- ings to Sturgis's Dictionary ; various articles written for bulletins and magazines. Clubs: Century, Authors, Barnard, Salmagandi, Ex- plorers, Arctic.
Residence ( summer ) : Cragsmioor, N. Y .; (winter) 129 E. 76th St. Address: The Century Club, N. Y. City.
DEL MAR, Alexander:
Engineer and author; b. N. Y. City, Ang. 9, 1:30; s. Jacques and Belvidera Del Mar; ed. N. Y. Polytechnic (diploma), and in london under Sir Arthur Hops and Manuel Del Mar, jomt authors of The Conquerers of America ; attended N. Y. U'niv., and Ma- drid Mining School. Financial editor Danly in. 'Tnues, 1951; Hunt s Merchant's Mapa- zinc, Ist): Social Science Review, 1963; Fi- nancial and Commercial Chromicie, 1:65; Na- tional Intelligencer, Washington, D. C., 150 -; organized and was the director of the U. S. Bureau of Commerce, Navigation, Emigra- tion, Mines and Statistics (now Dep t Com- merce and Labor) 1805-09; commer to Italy, liolland and Russia, 1-66-72; member U. S. Monetary Comum'n, Isto-8; engaged in prac- tice of civil and mining enz'ring, 1sco; a leader in the municipal reform movement in Brooklyn, which resulted in overthrow of Ring. 151; connected with movement to remone- tize silver, from 1874; 26 years mining and constructing mining works and machinery : od- torial mg'r Cambridge Encyclopedia. 101; editor-in-chief American Banker, 1900-1906; re- suined mining, 1007, and at present engaged m prijeet of excavating the buried city of Her. culaneum, for Italian Government. Author: Gold and Paper Money, 1:62; Essays on Po- litical Economy, 1:00; Essays on the Treas- ury, 1905: Taxation, 1:05: Ultimate Causes of a Rate of Interest, 1-65; Corporatio. s. 1:00: What is Free Trade 17: The Ro-
Merchant, banker; b. Curieao, Dutch W. Indies. April 24. 1:05: s. David .A. and Sarah Sources, Productions and social Conditions of Egypt, Spam, France, Russia, etc., left; Ihistory of the Precious Metals. completed, 15:0; History of Money in Ancient State», 1565; Monny and Civilization, Isso; The Ben- eficial Effects of Metaine Money During Seventeenth Century. 1-20; History of Mono- tary Systems, 1:35; History of Money in Mod- ( Wolff') de Liga: ol. Dr. sich's School. N. Y. City: grad Cornell Univ., B.S., 150; Columbia Law Sch., 18:0: m. N. Y. City. Oct. 27, 14:6. Esteli A. de Lima: children : Beatrice, Edith, Ernest, Estela. Admitted to New York bar, leso; mem. brin D. 1. de Lima & Co .; pres. Battery Park Nat. Bank: director and idvisory counsel U'nn Exchange ern States, 1826; History of Mundy in Amer. Bank :S. 1 biauch) ; trustee S. R. Smith . ica, 1:0), The Science of Money. 1-99: Bip
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bara Villiers, or & History of Monetary | und Tennis, Lawyers. Hudson River Ins Crimes, 1:99; Britain in the light of Moderu | Yacht, Ardsley, ( N. Y. City) ; Maryland (Ba Archaeological Discoveries. 3900: Worship of | 'imore) ; Metropolitan ( Washington, D. C. Augustus Cæsar, le.#: Universal Chronology, Kesidence: 111 E. 27th St. Address: 1:0 broadway, N. Y. City. 1900; Middle Ages Revisited, 19ve; The Ve- nus de Milo, Its History and Its Art, 1900: Letters on the Finances; Impeachment of DEMING. Edwin Willard: the Treasury; History of the Precious Met- als (second erlition-on a different War irom the first), 1903; History of Maryandinin, 19.3; History and Antiquities of the Venet; llis- tory of the Khozares, 1005; The Messiah, or the Discovery and Colonization of Asia Mi- nor, Egypt and Europe, by Indian and other Oriental Races, 19.5. Also author of many notable articles; including: Local Character of the Fluctuations in- Silver (N. Y. Econ- omist ), leev; Hyuraune Mining in El Dorado County ( Loudou Mining Journal Series) Isso; Mining as a Secret Art (N. Y. Mining Rec- ord), Isso; La Valeur des Meteaux Precieux depius les Temps les plus Recules, G. do Molinari (editor-in-chief Journal des Econom- istes), Paris, Is-1; Causes of the Depression, Reply to the Royal Commission on the De- pression of Trade, printed in the Third Re- port of that Commission, London, 1G; Ils torical Interdictions of Gold and Silver Min- ing in Various Chuutries,-read before Geog. Soc. of the Pacific, Iss7; Speech in reply to Prof. Thorold Rogers in the London Cham- DEMING, Henry Champion: ber of Commerce, 1:42. N. Y., 1:9; Instor- ical Aspect of the Monetary Question: a re- ply to Mr. Heury Dunning Macleod fFort- nightly Review ), 1:35. Address: 54 West 23d St., New York.
DEL MAR, Francesca Paloma:
Artist; h. Washington, D. C .: d. Alexander and Emily Del Mar; ed. London aud Paris. Studied art under Julius Rolshoven in Lon- don, also at the Academie Julien in Paris, wund under Raphael Column: spent many years in travel and study in Europe; painter of historical works and portraits: pictures have been exhibited in the principal European and American exhibitions; best known work is "The Worship ut the Mother of the Gods.'' Address: Holbein Studios, 152 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
DE LUCE. Percival:
Artist, b. N. Y., 1-47; studied at Antwerp Acad., also under Portaels ( Brussels), and Leon Bonnat ( Paris). Associate Nat. Acad. of Design; meio. Smis of Revolution, Am. Water Color Soc., Artists' Funds Soc. Chib: Salmagundi. Address (studio) : 114 E. 23rd St., N. Y. City.
DE MILLE. William C .:
Dramatist: b. Washington. N. C., July 25, 1475; s. Henry C. and Matilda B. (Saumnel) De Mille: ed. Freiburg. Germany, 1>95-96; Columbia Univ., A.B., 1500; m Ft. Hamilton. N. Y., Anna A .. d. Henry George: one daugh. ter: Agnes George. Author: Strongheart; The Genius: and many other plays. Clubs: American Dran afists, Columbia University, The Lumbs. Address: The Lambs, 130 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
DEMING. Charles Clerc:
Lawyer; b. Ilariford, Conn., 1872; grad. Yale Coll., Ist2 and Columbia Law Sch., 1-73: unmarried. Mem. Py Upsilon Mal Skull and Bones fraternities, City Bar Ass'n. Clubs: | N. Y. Bar Ass'n to report on proposed now University, Union, Vale, Slanhattan, Racquet | charter of Greater N. Y., representing Bar
Artist; b. Ashland, O.,- Aug. 26, 1500: s Howard A. and Celestia V. ( Willard ) Deu. ing; ed. illinois public schools; studied art in Paris under Boulanger and Le Febvre; m Youkers, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1M, Therese Oster hekl: children: Alden O., b. J594, Kathryn B. Ł. 1506, Henrietta Ilall, 1. 19 1, John W., b. 1007. Awarded silver medal at Phila. Exb'n; bronze medal, St. Louis Exb'n; hon. meu. tion, Berlin; won first price in competition of Municipal Art Soc. for two decorations in Mt. Morris High Sch, Ell'g; represented in the Wis, Ilist. Soc. by two large canvases: Braddock's Defeat and The Landfall of lean Nicolet ; represented in Metropolitan Muse- um of Art by two bronzes; has executed' many bronzes of Indians, wild animals, et .. and numerous decorations of private home -. and pictures. Mem. Soc. Mural Decorators. the Architectural League, the Anthropol. and Ethnol. Soes. Recreations: lJunting, visit- ing various Indian tribes. Address: 5 Mlc- Dougal Alley, N. Y.
President Mercantile Trust Co .; b. Hart- ford, Conn., 1830; grad. Yale, A B., (Skull and Bones), 15;2. Mem. Psi Upsilon frater. mity. Clubs: U'nion, University, Lawyers. Larchmont, N. Y. Yacht, Yale, Residence: 114 E. 27th St. Address: 120 Broadway, N. ¥. City.
DEMING, Horace Edward:
Lawyer: b. Palmyra, N. Y., Mar. 31. 1550; s. Jeremiah P. II. and Mary ( Colt) Deming: ed. Palmyra Union Sch., 1-4: Philps Arad .. .Andover, Mass., 1865; teacher. 1-5-66; course at Eastman's Business Col !. , looo; grad. Har vard Cull., Ist1; traveled 2 years in Europe and Orient: post-grad. Harvard, 1873-74; Har. vard Law Sch., 1874-76; i. Saugerties, N. Y . July 17, Iss, Caroline Springsteed. Admit tod to bar, 197, and since engaged in active practice: one of founders, lest (pres, and elmi'n exce. com., les0-22), Brooklyn Youn: Rep. Club; chi'n exec. com. Nat. Com. o. Republicans and Independents, last; special counsel of comm'rs of accounts in investi gating corp'n counsel's office, N. Y. City : 1-5: one of founders and mem. exec. cuni Commonwealth Club, which inaugurated bal- lot reform movement, less $7. one of found- ers, and a trustee, N. Y. Reform Club, 1 -- i. chm'n gen. com. N. Y. Ballot R Fform League. 1-29 90: chi'n exec. com. People's Municipal League, Ist1; one of founders Nat. Municipal League, 1.91; mom. sp'l com. of municipal reform org'ns to draft proposed changes in constitution of State relating to gay to! cities, and of sp'l come that drafted State Civil Service Reform clause of N. Y. State constitution, let1; counsel Senate Com. [) investigate administration of civil service law of the State, Is94: dratted law which was made basis of present law on subjert ; chm'n com. on municipal programme. Nat Municipal League. 1:97-09: on sp'l com
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Ass'n before gov. and mayor in opposition to ; assuion management of father's largo estate, proposed charter, 1597; on Exec. Com. afi and made specialty of real estate; since or. Merchants' Ass n movement which prevented | ganization of Realty Trust, 1890, has been . the City of N. Y. from contracting for wa- ter supply from private corp'no, 1509-1900; mem. Citizens' Com. of 250 to secure adop- tion of revised charter for N. Y. City, 1991; sp'l counsel to represent att'y pen's, ofice in investigation of dist. a t'ys nthice in N. Y. City, ivol. Pres. Philips- Andover Aluma- ni Ass'o, 1905-06; chm'a exec. com. Nat. Mu- nicipal League: mem, council Nat. Civil Serv- ice Reform Ass'n, etc .; Phi Beta Kappa, Atu. Econ. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Polit. And Social Seience. Joint author: A Municipal Pro-
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86th St. Address: 15 Williams St., N. Y. City,
DEMING, Philander:
Reporter, author, lawyer; b. Carlisle, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1szo; s. Rev. Rufus R. and Julia Ann ( Porter) Deming; grad. I'niv. of Vt., 1861 (A.M.), Albany Law Sch. I.L.B. pio- neer court stenographer ate Albany, N. Y .; continued as oficial stenographer Supreme Court, 3d Jud. Dist., N. Y., until 1ss2. Pres. N. Y. State Law Stenographers' Ass'n Iss- 79; pres. Alumni of Univ. of Vt., 1:91-92. Beginning in 1513, published, in The Atlantic Monthly, series of sketches, portraying scenes and the life of the people in Northern N. Y. Author: Adirondack Stories, Pev; Tompkins and Other Folks, 1:53; The Story of a Path- finder, 1965 (all Houghton, Mithn) ; contrib- uted to Atlantic Monthly, Lippincott, and other magazines, series of sketenes present- ing courtroomn scenes and other matters. d. dress: 12 Jay St., Albany, N. Y.
DEMOND, Charles Mason:
Lawyer: b. Boston, Miss., Jan. 25, 1860; grad. Williams Coll,, les1; Columbia Law Sch., lee5; married. Meu. firm of Logan, Demond & Harby. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Resi- dence: 41 South Eighth Av., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City. DEMOREST, Alice Gilbert:
Dorn Caorlen. Ale,, May 22, 1803: d. Charles Leslie and Alice Emory (Ogier) Gilbert, ed. 12th St. Public Sch., N. Y. Chy, and Normal Coll .; m. at Ch. of the Divine Paternity, N. Y. City, l'eb, 6, 1-st, William Curtis Dem- orest ; children: Ahce Louise, b. les5; Gilbert Curtis, b. 1:95: Charlotte Katherine, b. 1902. Trustee N. Y. Med. Col. and llosp. for Women, Diet Kitchen, St. Luke's Home. Mem. Scrosis (chi'n Exec. Com.), Colonial Dames, Daughters Ami. Revolution. Sulo- mier residence : Hukweem Lodge, Loon Lake, Adirondack Mountains. Address: 06 E. toth St., N. Y. City.
DEMOREST. William Curtis:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 2, 1559; s. W. Jennings and Ellen Lunise ( Curtis) Demorest ; ed. Cheshire Sch., 1-73: Columbia Grammar Sch., 1-77; grid. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1s1; Colmuihia Law Sch., LL B., 1 3: m. N. Y. City, Feb. 0, 1:54, Alice Estelle Gilbert : chil- dren: Alice Louise, b. 1835: Gilbert Curtis, b. 1:05: Charlotte Katharine, b. 1903. Stud. ied law in office of Norwood & Copieshall, being especially connected with title and mortgage dep'is; abandoned law practice to
its pres. Also pres, Cleveland Baking Pow. der Co., sec. and treas. State Realty & Mort- giga Co .; gen, mg'r and treas. Demorest & Little: director Fidelity Trust Co., Market ard Fulton Nat Bank, Royal Baking Powder Co., Tartar Chera. Co. ; trustee Irving Sav. ings Bank, N. Y. Med. Coll. and Itosp. for Women, Hosp. Guild. mem. N. Y. Acad- Sciences, Ato. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Geneal. and Bios. Soc., Museum of Arts, Museum of Natural History, Zool. Soc., St. Nicholas Soc., Holland Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars, Empire State Sons Revolution, Com. of Allied Real Estate Interests, Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Psi- Upsilon fraternity, Episcopalian ( St. Thomas' Ch.). Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Metro- politan, Lawyers, Fulton, Knollwood, St. Ber- nard Hunting and Fishing ( Canada). Resi- dences : 68 E. v6th St., N. Y. City and Huk. wrem Lodge (Loou Lake, Adirondacks). Address: on Liberty St., N. Y. City.
DEMPSEY, James:
Lawyer; b. Peeksill, N. Y., Oct. 25, 192: s. David and Ellen (Barrett) Dempsey; ed. Drum Hill Sch., Peekskill, N. Y .; Peekskill Mil. Arad .; St. Francis Xavier Sch., N. Y. City ; m. Peekskill, N. Y., 1989, Lillian Mans- bach: children: James, Jr .. Robert Emmet, David, Admitted to bar, Brooklyn, Feb, 12, 1-91; since then in active practice in N. Y. City and Peekskill. Republican: Romao Catholic, Mem. Dar Ass'n, Westchester Co. ; soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. City: Knights of Columbus, B. P. O. Elks, Alumini Ass'n Drum Hill Sch., Peekskill. Address: 118 Depew St., Peekskill, N. Y.
DENBIGH, John H .:
High school principal; b. Leeds, Eng., 1Sos; s. John and Mary ( Halliday) Denbigh; ed. private school, Leeds; Bath Coll., Somerset: grad. Oxford Univ., B .. A., 1851, M .. A., 1:95. Columbia U'niv. ( post-Arad. ) : unmarried. Ass't master, Rossall Seh., England, 1:01-95; Trinity Sch., N. Y. City, 1895 97; head of math. dep't Morris High Sch., 1:97-1901; prin- cipal Morris High Sch. since 1mt. Mom. Nat. Fin'l Ass'n, Schoolmasters' Ass'n, Ass'n of Schools and Colleges of the Middle States and MMaryland High School Principal's Ass'D, ete. Recreations : Walking, rowing, gulf.
('Ich: Graduates, Address: 2003 Marion Av., N. Y. City.
DENBY, Edwin H .:
Arelutect; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1573; s. Dr. Edwin Robinson and Laura Hooper Deuby: ed at ,Polytechnic, Dresden, Ger- many; diplome Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1507; unmarried. Traveled through Grepve, Turkey. Holy Land, Egypt, Spun, Italy, Bel- gium, Holland and Germany, 1535.90. Decu. rated by Sultan of Turkey with order of Os manich: honorable mention in Salon vi Architecture, 1297-06; returned to America, 1:09; mem. of firm of Denby & Nute, archi- tects. Summers spent in Dar Harbor. Me .. where his. local office. Democrat; Episc )- palian. Mem. Beaux Arts Soc., Architectes Diplomés par lo gouvernement. Municipal Art Soc., Architectural League Pocrestions;
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Riding, boating, tennis, boxing, swimming. | eral judgeship. 1902. Founder of the Denison Club: Manhattan. Address: 003 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
DENCHFIELD, Arthur Leighton:
Physician; b. Brampron. Ont., June 9, 1850; s. Thomas G. and Sara Jane (Cameron) Denchfield; ed. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1001, Univ. and Bellevue Ilosp. Med. Coll., M.D .. 1905; m. N. Y. City, April In, In4. S ra J. O'Brien; one son, Arthur L., Jr., b. 19 . Interne St. Francis Hosp., N. Y. City, 1906. Mem. Delta U'psilon (N. Y. (E.pter). Address: 111 W. luzd St., N. Y. City.
DENIIARD, Charles Edward:
Physician : b. Schluchtern, Germany. July 15. 1540: ed. in puldie schools and Schluchtern Gymnasium: came to U. S., 1-45; grand. in pharmary in Isil: Univ. of City of N. Y., M. D., Ist1: on staff Charity Husp., Bellevue Hosp., Park Hosp., German Poliklinik (of which was also one of the founders), St. Mark's Hosp., rontin'r of relief to the poor, since 1:75. Mem. N. Y. Arad. of Medicine, Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, Obstetric Soc., County Med. Soc .. N. Y. Med. Union, German Medico-Chirurgical Suc., N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Sar. Residence: JOT Edgecombe Av. Address: 90 Madison St., N. Y. City.
DENIG, Rudolph C. R:
Ophthalmir surzvon; b. Frankenthal. Ger- many, Dee. , 19: s. Hippedyte and Eliza- heth MI Dalheand) Denig: ed. in gym- nasium at Nestadt, in the Palatinate, and Universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Berlin, Wurzburg. M. D., Isol, with post-graduate study in Vinna. Paris and L. ; don. After serving as assistant and instructor in the eye clinic in the Univ. of Würzburg, came to N. Y. City in loc as ass't to Dr. Herman Knapp in the N. Y. Ophtalrie and Aural Inst .. now in sprend prvefive of ophthalmic surgery, and ophthalmic surgen to the tier. mau Hosp., and Dispensary. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'D, N. Y. State Med. Soc .. N. Y. Co. Med. Soe .: fellow X. Y. Vad. Medieme; mem. German Med. Soc., Ilvideliurg Ophthal- mic Soc. Contributor ou diseases of the nye to med. publications and one of the collaborators on the Zeitschrift fur Angen. heil Kunde, Berlin. Address: 36 E. 5sth St., N. Y. City.
DENISON, Howard P .: Patent lawyer. Parish. N. Y .. May 2. 1:59; . Le Ray W. and I'ranris M. (Ben- win) Denison: ed. Charnovia som .. Green- wich lead., Hast Greenwich, R. L., Wesleyan I'niv., Middletown. Conn .. M.A., honorary M.A. Iowa Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, Jowa: m. ITvrlimer. N. Y., Oct 11, 1850, Bessie H. Ilifdreth; children: Marin: II., b Sept. 19. lest. H. Hildreth. b. April 21, 149], Winthrop Will. b. Aus. 23. ]> > Trav- eled in Europe in 1-01; studied law in Syra- cuse, entered law office of Charles II. Daell, present U. S. comm'r uf patents as mana,ing elerk. 15-0: actively casa Ad in practice as patent liwyer in 1. riership with late Cor- nelius W. smith 1:59:3, rince Mr smith's death, in 1:50, has p. : alone. Mfem.
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