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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
NEWCOMB
1904: consecrated bishop coadjutor of Albany, May 19, 1904. Independent in politics. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Address :. 25 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.
NELSON, William:
Lawyer; b. Newark, N. J., Feb. 10, 1847; s. William and Susan (Cherry) Nelson; ed. in public schools of Newark; honorary A.M., Princeton Univ., 1896; m. Paterson, N. J., 1$$9, Salome Doremus. Has traveled exten- sively in America and Europe: has held vari- ous local offices. Is public record commis- sioner of N. J .; recording sec. New Jersey Hist. Soc., 1580-90; corresponding sec. same since 1890. Republican. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, A. A. A. S., Am. Anthropological Soc., corresponding mem. New England Historic- Genealogical Soc., Alabama and Minnesota Hist. Soc .; life mem. N. Y. and Pa. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Soc. Manager or advisory manager of vari- ous local charitable and benevolent societies. Clubs: Hamilton (Paterson ), Nassau ( Prince- ton), Gananoque (Canada) Yacht Club, etc. Address: Paterson, N. J.
NELSON, Wolfred:
Physician: b. Montreal, Can .. April 9. 1846; s. Dr. Horace and Cornelia B. ( MacNeil) Nelson; ed. in McGill Univ., Academic and Med. dep'ts. M.D., C.M., 1872, also M.D., C.M., Bishop's Coll., Lennoxville. Can., 1872; mem. Coll. Phys. and Surg., Province of Quebec, 1876; m. Frederika W. de Long, d. James de Long, of California. Made special researches in relation to tropical medicine and climatology in Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America; since 1990 practising in N. Y. City: visited Cuba, 1904, as sanitary comm'r for N. Y. Herald, appt'd by Queen Isabel of Spain commander Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic. Episcopalian. Non-resident representative fellow of McGill Univ. for U. S. Author AAperen de quelques Difficultés a vaincre dans le Construcion du Canal de Panama, ISS7, (published in Paris) ; Five Years in Panama, Ises (N. Y. City ). 1889 (London) ; Cinq Ans à Panama, 1890 (Paris) ; also many professional papers on tropical diseases and other topics. Mem. Med. Soc. County of N. Y., British Med. Ass'n, London, A. A. A. S., Natural History Soc. of Montreal; fellow Royal Geog. Soc., London. Clubs: British Schools and Univer- sities, Church. Address: Astor House, N. Y. City.
NEVIN, A. Parker:
Lawyer: b. Ridley Park, Pa., April 6, 1874: s. Major David R. B. and Rebecca C. (Parker) Nevin; grad. Princeton U'uiv., A.M., 1995; attended N. Y. Law Sch., 1 95-97: unmarried. Has visited Europe four times; studied in Leipzig; testified before Iudns- trial Commission in Washington on corpora- tion matters. Republeau candidate for State Assembly, 5th AAssembly Distric?, 1905; mem. Rep. Co. Com. from 25th Assembly Dist. : active in political campaigns in N. Y. City for 9 years. Director Abbey & Imbrie Co. and National Manufacturers Co. Presby- terian. Mem. Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Recreations: Literature, tennis. (Inbs: Princeton, Underwriters, Salmagundi. Machinery. Address: 110 Broadway, N. Y. City.
NEU, Jacob:
Lawyer, jurist; b. N. Y. City, April 7, 1855; s. Peter and Maria M. (Gardner) Neu; ed. public schools in City of N. Y .; read law in office of John Warren Lawton, N. Y. City and admitted to bar at Pough- keepsie. N. Y. in May, 1879; in. Oct. 10, 1883, Mary C. Foulke, youngest d. William Foulke, shipbuilder of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, E. D .; children: Sadie F., b. 1584, Warren L., b. 1886, Frances M., h. 1591. Practised law with offices in New York and Brooklyn under firm name of Lawton and Neu, until he went on the bench in 1890, as justice of the Municipal Dist. Court. In partnership with Alfred I. Gilchrist (now State senator 10 Dist.) since 189s under firm name of Neu & Gilchrist. Traveled throughout the U. S. and Canada but never abroad. Appt'd jus- tice to succeed John Courtney, Dec. 31, 1:90, elected in 1591; reëleeted in 1895 (term ex- pired Dec. 31, 1599) : now practising law. Democrat. Congregationalist. Royal Arch Mason : mem. Clinton Commandery, K. T., and Kismet Temple, Mystic Shrine. Resi- dence : 112 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn, N. Y. NEWBURGER, Joseph E .:
Jurist : b. N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Coll. Law School; admitted to the Bar in 1s74. Elected a justice of the City Court, 1-90; elected a judge of the Court of General Ses- sions in 1895, and elected a justice of the Supreme Court in 1905, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1919. Democrat. Residence: 1 West 70th St. Official address: Supreme Court, County Court House, N. Y. City.
NEWCOMB, James Edward:
Physician ; b. New London, Conn .. Ang. 27, 1837; s. James and Sarah (Weaver) New- comb; ed. Bulkeley Sch., New London; grad. Yale, B.A., 1>>0; Coll. Phys, and Surg. ( Columbia ), M.D. (honor man), 15$3: m. Mar. 23. 1577, Elizabeth Wihnot, of N. Y. City. Was on resident statt of Roosevelt Hosp. for is months after graduation: since then, in private practice in N. Y. City; of recent years has devoted himself mainly to diseases of the nose. throat and chest. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Hospital Graduates' Club, West End Med. Soc., Am. Acad. Medicine, Physi- cians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Am. Laryngol. Ass'n (sec. 1905) : life mem. Now London County (Conn. ) Hist. Soc .; trustee Calvary Bapt. Ch., N. Y. City. Instr. in laryngology. Cornell Univ. Med. Coll .: consulting laryngol- ogist to Roosevelt Hosp. Conth'r chapter to Twentieth Century Medicine and Wood's Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences. Author (with Drs. Burnett and Ingals ) ; Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, 1001; edited American edition of Grunwald's Atlas of Diseases of the Mouth, Pharynx aud Nose. 1903. Address : 11s W. 69th St .. N. Y. City.
NEWCOMB, James Goodrich:
Manager: b. Cleveland, O .: s. James L. and Margaret (Sullivan) Newcomb: ed. Cleveland public schools: m. Cleveland. Marie Louise Ganson. Manager Standard Oil Co .; director Consolidated Nat. Bank. Mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y., N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. S. A. R., Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Lotos. N. Y. Athletic, Automobile of America. N.I. tional Arts, Atlantic Yacht, Englewood Golf. Address: 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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NEWELL, Edgar Allan:
Manufacturer and wholesaler; b. Ogdens- burg, N. Y., May 10, 1853: s. William A. and Sarah A. (Miller) Newell; ed. Ogdensburg (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Potsdam, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1879, Addie B. Priest; children: Albert P. b. 1SS1, William Allan, b. 1552. Was mayor of Ogdensburg four terms; pres. Ogdensburg B'd of Trade, The Edgar A. Newell Co., The Linton Brass Co., The Ogdensburg Sav- ings & Loan Ass'n: director Ogdensburg Nat. Bank, Ogdensburg Improvement Co., Massena Improvement Co. Pres. Ogdensburg Associated Charities; trustee Union Mission ; mem. Masonic order (Knight Templar), Odd Fellow. Club: Ogdensburg (pres.). Address : Ogdensburg, N. Y.
NEWELL, Edward J .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 3, 1863; s. Edward Augustus and Elizabeth A. Newell ; ed. N. Y. Univ., Poly. Sch., Hanover Ger- many, and Univ. of Leipzig, Germany; LL.B., Columbia Law Sch., less: in. Newark, N. J., Dec. 4, 1890, Isabella II. Tucker; children : Marguerite, b. 1892, Dorothy, b. 1895. Was engaged in journalism, 1884-89; has practised law since 1989: defeated as Democratic can- didate for State Assembly, 1890; sec. E. A. Newell (inc.) ; pres. Imperial Osage Devel. opment (oil producing) Company; director of numerous corporations. Mem. . Iss'n Bar City of N. Y., German Leiderkranz, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Author: Our Police (historical), 1887; has written many maga- zine articles and short stories, besides vol- umes of compilations. Clubs: Press, Demo- cratic. Address: 50 Pine St., N. Y. City. NEWELL, Harry Emory:
Lawyer; b. Davenport, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1870; s. Edward H. and Adelia (Smith) Newell; grad. Colgate Acad., 1590; Colgate Univ., Ph.B., 1894 (Phi Beta Kappa) : Cornell Univ. Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1595; m. Ossining, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1902, Mabel H. Thomson; one son, Harry Huntington, b. 1904. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, Nov., 1898; since then, engaged in practice at Syracuse. Clerk to Cities Com., N. Y. Senate, 1903-06; mem. law firm Newell, Chapman & Newell; mem. Onondaga Bar Ass'n, Onondaga Co. Hist. Soc .. S. A. R., Delta Kappa Epsilon and Delta Chi fraterni- ties. Clubs: Citizens, University. Address: 109 Coolidge Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
NEWLAND, David Hale:
Geologist: b. Vienna, N. Y., April 7, 1872: s. Josiah P. and Sarah A. (Skinner) New. land; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1-91; special studies at Univ. of Munich, Germany, 1-94-95: Heidelberg, 1895-96: Columbia Univ., 1896-97: in. 1907, Milla A. Little. Was ass't on N. Y. State geol. survey, 1:95-99; on editorial staff of The Engineering and Mining Journal, 1900-04: editor and contb'r to New Internat. Encyclopedia: ass't State geologist since 19.5. Conth'r to scientific and technical pub- lications on geology and mining. Author of varions monographs and reports relating to economic geology. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, A. A. A. S., Geol. Soc. of America, Nat. Geog. Soc. Address: The State Museum, Albany, N. Y.
NEWLAND, David Judson:
Lawyer; b. Lawrenceville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July S. 1st: s. Peabody and Eliza (Chase) Newland; direct descendant John
and Priscilla Alden and Daniel Gr. prominent in Filgrim and Colonial !:... grad. Middlebury ( Vt.) Coll., vale,lin: ( Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1>Ss; m. Hadd .. N. J., Sept. 26, 1883, Mary Nicholson; dren: Anna May, b. 1554, Marguerite C. lest, Eleanor, b. 1890. Originator of amendment of the law as to evidente cases o disputed handwriting (1 == )) which specimens of gennine handwriting be introduced with which to comp.r. forgery, although not in the case a.r. for other purposes: sec. Wellington T. writer Co .; pres. Highland Spring Water Republican. Baptist. Mem. N. Y. .... Bar City of N. Y .; trustee Bapt. Ch. of :_ Epiphany. Address: 20 Broad St., N. : City.
NEWMAN, Jared Treman:
Lawyer; b. Enfield, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1555: € Isaac Harmon and Cornelia Ann (Tre :- ) Newman; ed. Ithaca Acad., Cornell [. . . Ph.B., 1875: Albany Law Sch., LL.B .. I .; : m. Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1556, Jane Edwird. Williams. Admitted to bar. 1579, and si: practising law at Ithaca, N. Y. Lectur ?. Cornell Law Sch., 1:97-99; special col .! '. judge of Tompkins Co., 1582-86; city attor . ;. 1895-99; director First Nat. Bank, and It !: Savings Bank. Trustee Cornell Univ .. 1. 1903, Auburn Theol. Sem. 1998-1500: 0 :-: pres. Ithaca Conservatory of Music. Myr of Ithaca, 1907. Republican. Elder 1 Presby'n Ch., and delegate to General .! sembly, 1893. Mem. Delta Upsilon, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Town and Gowi, Country. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
NEWMAN, John Ludlow:
Pres. Nat. Bank of Cohoes, N. Y .; b. A !- bany, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1820: s. Henry and Mary 1. (Lyman) Newman; ed. Albany Acad. . 1972, Evelina Egberts Steele. d. Oliver St',. of AAlbany and Anna ( Egberts) Steele; chi !. dren: Clarence Egberts, Evelyn. Served m . Civil War. 1-62-64, recruiting a company for the L'aion Army and becoming its capt. in 4:d N. Y. Vols., 3d Brigade, 2d Div .. e !! Army Corps (Gen. Sedgwick) ; served un.d. r Gen. Mcclellan in Army of the Potoma". and took part under Burnside in battle ": Fredericksburg. Dec. 13-15, 1:62, and maler Gen. Hooker in Chancellorsville cump,iz .. May 2-4, 1863, and was wounded Max 3 04 Marye's Heights (recommended for honor !!! mention in General Orders for gallantry and bravery) : also participated in Salem Chur, h fight, Banks' Ford. Fredericksburg (hr .... ". 1:63), Gettysburg ( where the #3d reg't lold important position on right of the li: 1. Rappahannock Station, Locust Grove, Mire Run campaign, etc. : promoted maj., 1 N. Y. Vols .: honorably discharged. JI» 1564. Received Gettysburg medal from st'. of New York. On leaving Albany Acil. entered father's wool store, established by grandfather, Charles Newman, in Fm. : 1 continued in that business 2; voors. 1 ... coming mem. of the firm under s'a! if Charles and John L. Newinan, But ; wil drew lesd to engage in the mannietur. of woolen goods at Colors, N. Y. Dire Tor Nat. Bank of Cohoes since Ists. v.p. 1 ........ and pres. since Jan. 19. After the war. elected pres. Old Guard Albany on; mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion of U. S., Soc.
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Army of the Potomac. Soc. Sixth Army Corps (has been v .- p.) ; mem. G. A. R., Sons of the Revolution ( through his maternal great- grandfather, Col. James Lyman) ; v .. p. Al- bany Y. M. C. A .; trustee Albany Inst. and Hist. Art Soc. Clubs: Fort Orange ( Albany ), Army and Navy (N. Y. City). Address: Albany, N. Y.
NEWMAN, William H .:
Pres. N. Y. Central & Hudson River R'y Co., etc .; b. in Prince William Co., Va., 1847. Entered railway service, July 1, 1869, begin- ning as station agent, Texas & Pacific R'y, Shreveport, La., 1869-72; gen. freight agent, same road, 1872-83; traffic mg'r Southwestern System lines in Texas and La., including Texas & Pacific, International & Great : Northern, Galveston, Houston & Henderson and Mo., Kan. & Texas R'ys, 1853-85; traffic mg'r, 1885-87, 3d v .- p., 1887-89, Mo. Pacific System; 3d v .- p., Chicago & Northwestern R'y, 1889-96; 2d v .- p. Great Northern R'y, 1896-98; since May, 1898, pres. Lake Shore & Mich. Southern R'y; since June, 1901, pres. N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R .; also since Jan., 1905, pres. Mich. Central R. R., and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y, and since Oet., 1905, pres. Indiana Harbor R. R .; also pres. Lake Erie & West- ern R. R. and Chicago, Ind. and Southern R. R. Address: Grand Central Station, N. Y. City.
NEWTON, Richard Heber:
Clergyman; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1840; s. Richard and Lydia (Gretorex) New- ton; ed. Univ. of Pa., Protestant Episcopal Divinity Sch., Philadelphia; D.D., Union Univ., N. Y .; m. Philadelphia, April 14, 1861, Mary Elizabeth Lewis: children: Richard Newton, Jr., Elizabeth Lewis ( Mrs. William Welles Bosworth). Francis, Frederick Maurice. Was ass't minister St. Paul's Ch., Philadel. phia; minister in charge Trinity Ch., Sharon Springs, N. Y .; rector St. Paul's Ch., Phila- delphia, All Souls' Ch., N. Y. City; special preacher, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., Calif. Independent in politics: Episcopalian. Diree- tor Protestant Episcopal Congress; v .- p. Con- gress of Religions. Author: The Children's Church; The Morals of Trade; Womanhood; Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible: The Book of the Beginnings; Philistinism; Church and Creed; Social Studies: Christian Science; Parsifal; conth'r to the Am. Sup- plement of the Encyclopedia Britannica and leading periodicals. Recreations: Horseback riding, sailing. Club: City, Address: East- Hampton, N. Y.
NICHOLAS, Francis Child:
Geologist, mining eng'r: b. Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 7, 1862; s. George W. and Jane Law- rence (Child) Nicholas; ed. by private tutors; took special course in economic geology at Columbia Univ. ; honorary M.S., Ph.D., Rich- mond (O.) Coll., M.D., Universidad Hispano- Americano: unmarried. Made extensive ex- plorations in the Caribbean regions, which in- elnded Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and the West Indies; so occupied about ten years; acted as advising chemist in Gov't defense during some of the Spanish-Am. revolutions; was accorded registry for the practice of medicine in Spanish-Am. States. Delegate to U. S. from Universidad Hispano- Americano. Has contributed numerous . col-
lections of specimens and scientific material to museums and public institutions : pres. and director Am. Financial Agency Co .. Am. Administration of Mining Securities, Carbon- ate Mining Co .; director Union Mines Co., Canoga Salt Lands Co., Alaskan Gold Dredg- ing Co .; trustee S. Am. Land and Exploration Co. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Honorary comm'r Spanish-Am. Univ. : hon- orary fellow Am. Museum Natural History; honorary corr. mem. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Inst. of Jamaica, B. W. I. Author: Around the Caribbean and Across Panama; Mining Investments and How to Judge Them. The Power Supreme; and of numerous scientific pamphlets and papers. Recreations: Out- door sports. Address: Care Drake, Mastin & Co., bankers, 3 Broad St., N. Y. City.
NICHOLLS, Charles Wilbur de Lyon:
Author, philanthropist; b. Nichols, Conn., Dec. 17, 1854; s. George Kneeland and Armina de Lyon Seeley Nicholls; of renowned Colon- ial lineage: related to Sir Richard Nicholls, the first English gov. of New York, who named New York and was the founder of its Anglo-Saxon supremacy ; grad. Williston Sem., E. Hampton, Mass .. 1874; entered Yale, 1874, but withdrew because of ill health; pupil of singing, Bristol's Conservatory, 1874-76; student Johns Hopkins Univ., 1877- 80; student at Concord School of Philosophy, summers of 1879-82; student in German liter- ature and philosophy, 18s0-82; student in philosophy, Seabury Divinity Sch., 1882.84; grad. Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City. 1887: ordained deacon, 1SS7; vicar, St. Thomas' Ch., . New Haven, Conn., 1887-SS: ordained priest, 1858; rector, St. Stephen's Ch., Staten Island, 1888-92; chaplain Dep't Public Chari- ties and Corrections, N. Y. City, 1893-97; vicar St. Luke's Ch., N. Y. City, 1897-99; became convert to Catholicism, . 1899; took lectures in moral theology and dogma, Gre- gorian Univ., Rome, 1899-1900; originator of the Sunday Kindergarten Ass'n, art and humanitarian movement for tenement-house children, of which he is now treas. and corr. sec .; governor-general of the Nat. Society of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers. AAuthor : The Greek Madonna, 1594; The Decadents. 1899; The Sunday Kindergarten Art History Catechism, 1903; The Ultra-fashionalble Peer- age of America, 1904: The Sunday Kinder- garten Primer of American Philosophy. 197; magazine essayist on fashionalble society. Address: 101 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, Acosta:
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 19. 1572; s. George L. and Christina (Cole) Nichols; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 19. and Wil- liams Coll., 1993. Mem. trm of Spencer Trask & Co .; director Conquista Coal R'y Co., Jolin Lane Co., Mexican Coal and Coke Co., Mexican Mineral R'y Co., Somerset Coal Co. Life mem. and recording sec. N. Y. Hist. Soe .: mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Soc. Co- lonial Wars, Soc. War of Iste, Long Island Ilist. Soc., N. Y. Zool. Soc .. Am. Museum Natural History, Sons of Revolution, Soc. Foreign Wars, Williams Alumni Ass'n, Met. Museum of Art; veteran of Co. K. ith Rer't. N. G. N. Y .; mem. Kappa Alpha fraternity. Clubs: Metroplitan, Down Town, National Arts. Residence: 30 E. 58th St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
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NICHOLS, Edward Leamington:
Professor of physics; b. Leamington, Eng. (of Am. parentage), Sept. 14, 1851; s. Edward W. and Maria ( Watkinson) Nichols; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1875: Göttingen, Ph.D., 1879; Univ. of Pa., LL. D., 1906; m. South Dover, N. Y., May 25, 1ssl, Ida Pres- ton; children: Elizabeth, b. 1982, Robert Preston, b. 1983. With Thomas A. Edison at Menlo Park, N. J., les1-83; prof. physics and chemistry, Central Univ., Ky., 1881-89; physics and astronomy, Univ. of Kansas, 18 2 87; prof. physics, Cornell Univ., since 1SS7. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Acad. Sciences, Am. Philos. Soc., A. A. A. S. (sec. Section, 1889; v .- p., 1893; pres., 1906-07), Am. Physical Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, etc .; mem. Delta Upsilon and Sigma Xi fraternities. Author: Several treatises on physics and of numerous papers in scientific journals, etc. Founder (183) and editor-in-chief of the Physical Review: editor Dep't of Physies, Johnson's Universal Encycl., and Webster's Dictionary. Address : Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
NICHOLS, Erickson Norman:
Broker; b. N. Y. City; s. William S. Nichols; ed. in N. Y. City; m. Edith C. Haines; four children. Mem. First U. S. Vol. Cav. Reg't ( Rough Riders), in Spanish . Am. War. V .- p. and director Acme Ball Bearing Co .; mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Clubs: Union, N. Y. Athletic, Ardsley, At- lantic, Yacht, Richmond County Country, Staten Island Polo. Residence: 52 E. 78th St. Address: 10 Wall St., N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, Ernest Fox:
Professor of experimental physies, Colum. bia Univ .; b. Leavenworth, Kan., June 1, 1869; s. Alonzo Curtis and Sophronia (Fox) Nichols; grad. Kansas Agr'l Coll., B.S., 1SSS, Cornell Univ., M.S., 1893, D.Sc., 1897; honorary D.Sc. Dartmouth Coll., 1903; stu- dent Berlin University, 1894-97, Cambridge, England, 1904-(5; m. Hamilton N. Y., June 16,
1891, Katharine Williams one
West ; daughter: Esther, b. les5. . Erastus Brooks fellow in physics, Cornell, 1991; asso. prof. physics Colgate Univ., 1992, prof., 1893-98; prof. physics Dartmouth Coll., 1998-03; prof. experimental physics, Columbia Univ., since 1903, also Ernest Kempton Adams research fellow, Columbia Univ., research associate Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 1905-07. Episcopalian. £ Fellow A. A. A. S. (v .- p. 1903) ; mem. Am. Astron. and Astrophys. Soc., Am. Physical Soc., Am. Philos. Soc., Nat. Acad. of Sciences. Collaborator ou Astrophysical Journal, Rumford Medalist Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, 1904. Author of numerous papers, published here and abroad on various researches in physics, chietly in the field of radiation. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
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NICHOLS, George Abram:
Architect; b. Andover, Mass., June 6, 1572; s. Abram J. and Bessie M. (Grant) Nichols ; ed. in public schools and Mass. Inst. Tech- nology. Supervising architeet Grand Central Station alterations, 1979>; architect N. Y. Central R. R. 1-99-1901; supervising archi- teet llotel St. Regis. 1901-1905: in private practice since 1905. Trustee 4th Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. Club: Technology of N. Y. Address: sz Wall St., N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, George Livingston:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 9, 1-f); grad. Williams Coll., Jsc1, Columbia Law Sch., Je83. Mem. firm of Masten & Nichols : city civil service comm'r of Brooklyn, four years. V .- p. and director Chickering & Sons: scc. and director Southern Improvement C' ... of N. Y., Tin Plate Decorating Co .; director Borden s. Condensed Milk Co., Empire Trust Co., Lalance & Grosjean Mi'g Co., U. .. Bobbin and Shuttle Co., William C. Casey Co., Woodhaven Water Supply Co., Phoenix Nat. Bank. Mem. St. Nicholas, N. Y. Hist., Zoological, L. I. Hist. and N. Y. Geog. Sors., American Bar Ass'n, Bar Ass'n State of N. Y., . Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Williams Coll. Al. umni Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, Soc. Foreign Wars, Soc. War of 1812, Met. Museum of Art. N. Y. Botanical Garden, Am. Museum of Natural History. Clubs : Union, Metropolitan, Grolier, University, Down Town, Hamihon (Brooklyn ). Residence: 66 E. 56th St. . id- dress : 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, Harry Peirce :
Clergyman; b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 3, 1550; s. Charles Sanders and Amelia (Ainsworth) Nichols; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 151: Andover Sem., B.D., 1875; Philadelphia Divin- ity Sch., 1576; Univ. of N. Y., D.D., 1904: in. Fitchburg, Mass., June 8, Iss1. Alice M. Shep- ley; children : Margaret, b. 1952. Donaldson, b. 1ss1, Shepley, b. 1891. con, 1876, by Bishop Stevens, ordained priest, Ordered dea. 1sir, by Bishop Neely, in Episcopal ministry. Rector St. Paul's Ch., Brunswick, Me., IT- 83; ass't Trinity Ch., New Haven, Conn., les. 92: rector St. Mark's Ch., Minneapolis, Miun., 1>92-99; Holy Trinity Ch., N. Y. City, since 1>99. Trustee in many charitable organiza- tions. Recreation : Mountain climbing. Club> : Apalachian Mountain, American Alpine. 1d. dress : Is W. 122d St., N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, Leon Nelson:
Librarian ; b. Middleville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1sos: s. Horatio and Julia F. ( Rice) Nichols; grad. Cornell Univ., B.L ... 1-92: m. Ithaca, N. Y., 1997. Mary Josephine Genung ( Ph.B., Cornell, 1997) : one son, Ed- ward Genung, b. 1899. Ass't librarian in Astor Library: has been prominent in or- ganizing various local hist. socs. : one of the founders and gave name to Cornell honorary soc. of Quill and Dagger; has made some local ornithol. studies of some importa !... AAuthor (with Mrs. Nichols) : Genung-Ganonz- Canung Genealogy, 1906. Address: AAstor Li- brary, N. Y. City.
NICHOLS, Louis Lee:
Physician ; b. Reading, Schuyler Co., N. Y .. Aug, 31, 1:50: s. John Homer and Esther Ann (Townsend ) Nichols; ed. public schools; pre- pared for college at Starkey (N. Y.) Som. : grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., Iss ;; Long Island Med. Coll., M.D., 190; m. Reading Centre. N. Y .. Oct. 14. 191, May Ellis: one son, lier- inan Ellis. b. 1594. Hlas held different clini Al positions in Bedford Dispensary and Hop. since 1992: has been pres. stai same. three years: made trip of nine weeks through the British Isles in 1901. Independent Demoriat. Episcopalian. Mem. Kings, Co. Med. S", Long Island Med. Soc. (pres., 19959), 1%). ciated Physicians of Long Island. Med. Sar. State of N. Y., Oberlin Coll. Alumni As n. Recreations: Fishing, golfing, automobiling.
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bowling, etc. Clubs: University (Brooklyn ), | Clinton Av. Cong'l Ch .; director Baker & Brooklyn Golf, Winter's Night. Address: 386 Stuyvesant Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Adamson Chem. Co., Columbia Trust Co., Corn Exchange Bank, General Development NICHOLS, Othniel Foster: Co., Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co. (Lt'd), Mexican Internat. R. R. Co., Corn Products Refining Co., Phosphate Mining Co., Read Phosphate Co., State Realty and Mortgage Co., Thomson Chemical Co., Pulaski Mining Co., U. S. Wood Preserving Co., L. I. Safe Deposit Co., Medulla Phos- phate Co., N. Y. Produce Exchange Safe De- posit and Storage Co., Miami Copper Co. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soe. Chem. Industry (pres. 1904- 05), Canadian Mining Inst., Electro-Chem. Soc., A. A. A. S., N. Y. Chamber of Com- merce. Clubs: Down Town, City Midday, Riding and Driving, N. Y. Yacht, Chemists, (N. Y. City) ; Hamilton, University, (Brook- lyn) ; Narrows Island, Nassau Country. Resi- dence : 353 Clinton Av., Brooklyn. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
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