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JACOBY, HAROLD
Astronomer, educator; b .N. Y. City, March 4, 1865; s. Max and Eve M. (Jackson) Jacoby; father, native
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of Germany, came to U. S. 1850; mother native of N. Y. City; ed. in private schools in N. Y. City and Co- lumbia, A.B. 1885, Ph.D. 1896; m. Dec. 28, 1890, Annie, d. late. George Maclear, astronomer at Royal Observa- tory, Capetown, S. Africa. Ass't astronomer U. S. Eclipse Expd'n to W. Africa, 1889-1890; volunteer ass't Cape of Good Hope Observatory, 1890; adjunct prof. astronomy, 1894-1904; prof. astronomy since 1904, and head Dep't Astronomy since 1903, Columbia Univ. Author: Practical Talks by an Astronomer, 1901 (Scribner) ; contb'r technical papers to American and foreign scientific journals on the application of photography to astronomical measurements of pre- cision, stellar parallax, star clusters, variation of latitude, aberration of light, polar photography, etc .; also articies for popularization of astronomy in N. Y. Evening Post and other newspapers and magazines. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc., London; mem. Astrono- mische Gesellschaft, Leipzig; Astron, and Astrophysi- cal Soc. of America (councillor and editor 1906-1907), Am. Math. Soc. (former treas. and editor Bulletin); fellow A.A.A.S., N. Y. Acad. Sciences (former coun- cillor and sec.). Clubs: Century, Columbia Faculty, Authors (London). Address: 39 Claremont Av., N. Y. City.
JACOBY, HENRY SYLVESTER
Educator, bridge eng'r; b. Springtown, Pa., April 8, 1857; s. Peter Landls and Barbara (Shelly) Jacoby; ed. dist. and private schs., 1863-1870; Excelsior Normal Inst., Carversville, Pa., 1870-1872; Prep. Dep't, Lehigh Univ., 1872-1873; grad. Lehigh, C.E., 1877; m. Bethie- hem, Pa., March 18, 1880, Laura Louise Saylor; chil- dren: John Vincent, b. 1883; Hurlbut Smith, b. 1885; Freeman Steel, b. 1888. Stadia rodman, Lehigh Topog. Corps., 2d Geol. Survey of Pa., 1878; transitman, hy- draulic observations in Red River, 1878-1879; chief draftsman, U. S. engineer office, Memphis, Tenn., 1880- 1885; bookkeeper and cashier, Geo. W. Jones & Co., Memphis, Tenn., 1885-1886; instr. civil eng'ring, Le- high Univ., 1886-1890; prof. bridge eng'ring, Cornell Univ., since 1890. Author: Notes and Problems on Descriptive Geometry, in three parts, 1895-1897; Text- book on Plain Lettering, 1897; Textbook on Roofs and Bridges (with Mansfield Merriman), in four parts, 1890-1898; Structural Details or Elements of Design in Timber Framing, 1909; contb'r to eng'ring publi- cations. Republican. Mem, Methodist Ch .; dir. Y. M. C. A., Ithaca, N. Y .; trustee Cornell Univ. Christian Ass'n; fellow A.A.A.S. (sec. Section D, 1885; v .- p. and chm'n Section D, 1901); asso. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs; mem. Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n (sec. 1900- 1902); mem. Am. R'y Eng'ring and Maintenance of Way Ass'n, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma XI. Editor Journal of Eng'ring Soc. of Lehigh Unlv., 1888-1890. Mem. Busi- ness Men's Ass'n, Ithaca, N. Y .; Social Service League, Ithaca. Address: 613 Thurston Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
JAEGERS, ALBERT
Sculptor; b. Elberfeld, Germany, March 28, 1868; s. Albert and Elizabeth (Loser) Jaegers; ed. in Germany and U. S .; m. Richmond, Va., July 8, 1890, Matilda Holdt. Engaged since 1890 as sculptor, executing private monuments, busts and other works In marble, bronze, etc., including works which have won in competitions; statuary for the Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buf- falo, 1901; La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; the new Custom House, N. Y. City, etc. Executed the Baron von Steuben statue for Washington, D. C., of which a replica in bronze was presented by Congress to Ger- man Emperor, Sept. 2, 1911; received decoration on that occasion. Unitarian, Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Inst. of Arts and Letters. Address: Suffern, N. Y.
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JAFFRAY, ROBERT
Merchant: b. New Rochelle, N. Y., July 4, 1854; s. Robert and Eliza C. (Smith) Jaffray; grad. Yale (Shef- field Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1873; m. Catskill, N. Y., 1880, Lydla Butler Griffin. Mem. of firm of Wessel, Duval & Co., of Valparaiso (Chile) and N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, Sons of the Revolution; mem. Book and Snake Soc. at Yalc. Gov. N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp .; dir. Union Settlement; Advisory B'd Young Women's Christian Ass'n. Clubs: Century, University, Grolier (treas.), Yale, Barnard (N. Y. City), Graduate (New Haven). Address: 58 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.
JAMES, ARTHUR CURTISS
Merchant; b. N. Y. Clty, June 1. 1867; s. D. Willis and Ellen S. (Curtiss) James; grad. Amherst, A.B. and A.M., 1889; m. Harriet Eddy Parsons. Pres. and dir. The Curtiss Securities Co., v .- p. and dir. Corp'n., Phelps, Dodge & Co., El Paso & Southwestern Co., El Paso & Southwestern R. R. Co., Ei Paso & Northeastern Co., Morenci Southern R'y Co, Nacozarl R. R. Co., Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co.,
Detrolt Copper Mining Co., Montezuma Copper Co., Stag Canon Fuel Co .; dir. United Globe Mines, Old Dominion Co., Burro Mountain Copper Co., Northern Pacific R'y Co., The Rock Island Co., First Nat. Bank, Hanover Nat. Bank, American Brass Co., Northern Securities Co., Ansonia Ciock Co .; v .- p. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; trustee United States Trust Co., N. Y. Trust Co., Amherst Coll., Am. Museum Natural History, Hampton Normal and Industrial Inst., Children's Aid Soc .; mem. N. Y. Zool. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Gardens, Am. Inst. of Mining Enginecrs, Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, University, Riding, Atlantic Yacht, N. Y. Yacht (commodore, 1909-1910), Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht (commodore, 1902-1903), Alpha Delta Phi, Down Town Ass'n. Address: 99 John St., N. Y. City.
JAMES, CHARLES STANTON
Physician; b. Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 18, 1877; s. Charles and Maria S. James; ed. Nebraska City High Sch., Neb. State Univ., Omaha Med. Coll., M.D., 1899; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City. M.D., 1900. Ass't laryngologist Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. Clinic; ass't attending surgeon Fordham Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n, Med. Ass'n Greater City of N. Y., East Side Physicians' Ass'n, N. Y. Post-Grad. Clinical Soc., N. Y. Univ. Clinical Soc. Med. examiner for Knights of Honor and Nat. Unlon, Clubs: St. George's, N. Y. Playgoers. Address: 167 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
JAMES, CLINTON R.
Insurance official, banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. John F. and Mary E. (Roach) James; ed. Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 16, 1896, Evelyn M. Betts. Pres. N. Y. Title Ins. Co., N. Y. Mortgage & Security Co .; v .- p. and chm'n Exec. Com. First Mort- gage Guarantee Co., United Assets Corp'n; v .- p. Brook- lyn Real Estate Exchange; sec. and trustee Brooklyn Savings Bank; dir. Bank of Flatbush; pres. Lawyers Eng'ring Co. Recreations: Yachting, shooting. Clubs: Crescent Athletic (gov. and mem.), Rumson Country, Marine and Field, Red Bank Yacht, Glenwood Country. Residence: 786 Carroll St. Brooklyn. Address: 135 Broadway. N. Y. City.
JAMES, DARWIN R., JR.
Manufacturer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10. 1873; s. Darwin R. and Mary E. (Fairchild) Jamcs; ed. Adel- phl Acad., 1891; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1895; m. Brook- lyn, Dec. 23, 1896, Alice B. Fonda; children: Alice F., b. Dec. 10, 1898; Darwin R., 3d. b. Sept. 6, 1901. Pres. Pyrene Mfg Co., Fairchild Realty Co .; dir. East River Savings Inst'n, Nassau Nat. Bank; treas. Lincoln Memorial Univ. Republican. Dir. New Amsterdam Casualty Co., Brooklyn Free Kindergarten, Public Schools Athletic League, Brooklyn Bureau of Char- ities. Clubs: Union League, Brooklyn Young Repub- lican (pres. ). Residence: 118 Quincy St., Brooklyn. Address: 1358 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JAMES, HENRY A.
Lawyer, retired; b. Baltimore, Md .. April 24, 1854; s. Henry and Amclia Barber (Cate) James; grad. Yale, A.B., 1874; Yale Law Sch., LL.B., 1878; m. Sept. 21, 1891, Laura Brevoort Sedgwick; children: Dorothy, b. 1892; Ellery Sedgwick, b. 1895. Two years in Europe after graduation; one winter as student at Univ. of Jena, one winter at Univ. of Berlin. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Century. University, Yale. Resi- dence: 20 W. 12th St. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
JAMES, THOMAS LEMUEL
Ex-postmaster-gen., banker; b. Utlca, N. Y., March 29, 1831; ed. public schs. up to age of fifteen, when taken from sch. and apprenticed to a printer for five years; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.M., 1863; Madison Univ., LL.D., 1883; St. John's Coll., 1SS4; St. Francis Xavier's Coll .. 1886; m. Edith L. Coibourne. At age of 20 moved to Hamilton, Madison Co., and became partner of Francis B. Fisher, in publishing Madison County Jour- nal; in 1854, appt'd canal collector at Hamilton; 1861, camo to N. Y. City and became Insp. of Port of N. Y .; soon promoted to position of weigher of teas in Ware- house Dep't and later deputy collector of Third Ware- house Div .; appt'd postmaster of N. Y., March 17, 1872, by President Grant, and reappt'd by Pres. Ilayes; in 1881 appt'd postmaster-gon., by Pres. Garfield; rc- signed this position on account of polit. difficultles and became pres. Lincoln Nat. Bank. N. Y., Jan., 1SS2; pres. and trustee Lincoln Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Met. Life Ins. Co .; mayor of Tenafly, N. J., 1896. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Transportation. Residence: Highwood, N. J. Address: 32 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
JAMES, WALTER BELKNAP
Physiclan; b. Baltimore, Md., May 11, 1S5S: s. Henry and Amelia (Cate) James; ed. Yale, A.B., 1879; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1SS3, LL. D., 1904;
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m. N. Y. City. 1894, Helen G. Jennings. Practising
medicine in N Y. City since graduation. Consulting physician to N. Y. Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled; visiting physician Presby'n Hosp. Prof. of clinical medicine in Columbia Univ .; consulting physician to Manhattan Eye and Ear Hosp., and N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Practitioners' Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Uni- versity, Metropolitan, Century Ass'n, Riding Club. Ad- dress: 17 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
JAMESON, EDWIN CORNELL
Lawyer, ins. pres .; b. Somerville, N. J., April 17, 1864; ed. local schs. and N. Y. Law Sch .; grad. LL.B. Pres. and dir. Hamilton Fire Ins. Co .; now pres. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y .; dir. Nat. Fire and Marine Ins. Co. of N. J., Pacific Fire Ins. Co., Stuy- vesant Ins. Co., and Golden Hiil Bld'g Co. of N. Y. Residence: 24 E. 54th St. Address: 111William St., N. Y. City.
JAMIESON, GUY ARTHUR
Author, clergyman; b. Dover, Ark., April 13, 1868; s. William Emmet and Frances Josephine (Logan) Jamieson; ed. at home; m. March 26, 1911, Carrie Gage. Ass't clergyman Grace Ch., N. Y. City; ass't sup't St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City. Author: In The Shadow of God, At the Edge of the Yellow Sky, The Lord of Life; also short stories, plays, sketches and sermons, published in N. Y. Herald and syndicated. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias; mem. Peace Soc. Clubs. Cameo, Church. Residence: Bentley Manor, N. Y. Address: Tottenville, N. Y.
JAMISON, WILLIAM ARBUCKLE
Coffee merchant, sugar refiner; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 18, 1863; s Robert and Catherine (Arbuckle) Jamison; attended Univ. of W. Pa .; m. Dec., 1902, Inez Mermier. Senior mem. Arbuckle Bros .; dir. Importers & Traders Nat. Bank, Mechanics Metals Nat. Bank, U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co., Merchants Fire Assurance Corp'n, U. S. Safe Deposit Co .; trustee Brooklyn Trust Co., Long Island Coll. Hosp. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, N. Y. Yacht, New York, Down Town Ass'n, Riding, Hamilton. Crescent. Residence: 1 W. 72d St. Address: 71 Water St., N. Y. City.
JANEWAY, THEODORE CALDWELL
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 2, 1872; s. Edward G. and Frances Strong (Rogers) Janeway; ed. Cutler's Sch., N. Y. City; Yale Univ. ((Sheffield Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1892; Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1895; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Sept. 27, 1898, Eleanor C. Alderson; children: Elcanor Alderson, b. 1900; Ed- ward G, 2d, b. 1901; Agnes, b. 1904; Charles Alderson, b. 1909; Frances Rogers, b. 1912. Interne St. Luke's Hosp., 1897; instr., later lecturer on medical diagnosis, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1898-1905; asso. in medicine, Columbia Univ., 1907-1909. Bard prof. of practice of medicine since 1909. Visiting physician, City Hosp., 1902-1910; attending physician, St. Luke's Hosp., 1905-1911; consulting
physician, Vassar Brothers' Hosp., Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; visiting phy- sician, Presby'n Hosp. since 1911. Physicians of Clin- ical Investigation, Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. Ass'n Medi- cine, Interurban Clinical club, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Pathol. Soc., Soc. for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Soc. of Internal Medicine; dir. Russell Sage Inst. of Pathology (sec. and treas.); mcm. B'd of Scientific Directors, Rockefeller Inst. for Med. Re- search; v .- p. Central Council, Charity Org'n Soc. Au- thor: The Clinical Study of Blood Pressure, 1904 (Ap- pleton); also articles in medical journals, Clubs: Cen- tury, Ausable (Adirondacks). Address: 131 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
JARETZKI, ALFRED
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 7, 1861; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., A.M .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1881; Colum- bia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1884; m. 1890. Admitted to bar; mem. law firm of Sullivan & Cornell. En- gaged largely in corp'n work and acting as counsel for bankers; has conducted many large reorg'ns. Dir. Am. Bank Note Co., D. Appleton & Co., Detroit Edison Co., Edison Sault Electric Co., Tintic Co., Internat. Nickel Co., Montana Power Co., Great Falls Power Co., Stewart Sugar Co., De Cardenas-Am. Sugar Co., Manati Sugar Co. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y .; one of B'd of Gov's of Ethical Culture Sch. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Lawyers, Midday, St. Andrews Golf, Century, Country, Harvard, City. Ad- dress: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
JARRETT, EDWIN SETON
Civil eng'r; ; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 7, 1862; s. James M. and Sarah O. (Heather) Jarrett; grad. Buffalo (N. Y.) Central High Sch., 1881; grad. Rensse- laer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., 1889; m. Norfolk, Va., June 26, 1906, Cora Hardy. Engaged in practice
as civil eng'r since graduation. Eng'r with Sooy- smith & Co., for 10 years and with the Foundation Co. of which is v .- p. and dir. Expert cng'r in all classes of foundation and subaqueous work, and has been connected with many notable eng'ring achieve- ments of this nature. Independent. Mem. Am. Soe. Civil Eng'rs; mem. Rensselaer Soc. of Eng'rs. Mem. The N. Y. Rensselaer :Poly. Inst., Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Railroad, Century. Address: Care The Foundation Co., 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JARVIE, WILLIAM
Retired dentist: b. Manchester, Eng., July 14, 1841; s. William and Isabella (Newbegin) Jarvie; ed. in England and Brooklyn, N. Y .; received degree of M. D. S .; m. Brooklyn, Sept. 10, 1867, Amelia C. McHenry; children: William Jr., George Kendail, Amelia Fran- ces Goodrich. Practised in Brooklyn untii retired. Ex-pres. Dental Soc. State of N. Y .; ex-pres. N. Y. Odontological Soc .; ex-pres. 2d Dist. Dental Socs; Brooklyn Dental Soc. At various times traveled in England, Scotland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Den- mark, Holland, Belguim, France Germany, Switzer- land, Austria, Italy, Egypt, Soudan, Palestine, Turkey and Greece; ascended Mount Blanc and several others of highest snow mountains in Switzerland; motored in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Aus- tria and Italy. Mem. Nat. Dental Ass'n, Acad. Dental Science, Odontological Soc. of Great Britain. Ex-pres. Bass Rocks Improvement Ass'n. Recreations: Auto- mobiling, golf, travel. Clubs: Rembrandt, Hamilton, Automobile of America, Gloucester Yacht. Nassau Country, Bass Rocks Golf (v .- p.). Adrress: 19 W. 54th St., N. Y. City. 1
JJARVIS, NATHAN S.
Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., 1860; s. Dr. Nathan S. (surgeon, U. S. A.) and Jennie B. (Callanan) Jarvis; ed. private schs., and Baltimore City Coll., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. 1884; m. N. Y. City, 1898, Edith Himeroy. Was 1st lieut. and ass't surgeon, U. S. A., 1887; capt. U. S. A., 1892; maj, and brigrade surgeon U. S. Vols., Spanish-Am. (War, June, 1898; mustered out 1899; retired as capt., U. S. A., 1892; lieut .- col. brigade surgeon, N. G. N. Y. S., 1899-1912; retired 1912. Independent Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., County Med. Ass'n; Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Alumni Soc. of Belle- vue Hosp., U. S. Ass'n of Military Surgeons; Com- panion of Mil. Order of Loyal Legion; mem. Aztec Club of 1847. Clubs: Manhattan, N. Y. Athletic, St. Nicholas, Machinery. Address: Manhattan Club, N. Y. City.
JASLOW, LEONARD A.
Physician and surgeon; b. Philadelphia, March 4, 1881; s. Henry and Jennie (Green) Jaslow; M.D., Univ. State of N. Y. Physician and Surgeon; has teacher's License, N. Y. City; unmarried. Surgeon on S. S. Trinidad and S. S. Ponce through West Indies and Porto Rico for two years to Sept., 1908; S. S. Trinidad lost propeller in storm off St. Kitts, B. W. I .; and drifted to Barbados, B. W. I .; visited ruins of Martinique (St. Pierre) eruption, Sept., 1907. Made an inspection of places of interest in the British French, Danish and Spanish West Indies and Porto Rico. Taught evening sch., 1905-1907. Republican. Mason. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club3: Central Re- publican 31st Assembly Dist., Sterling Republican, Manhattan Republican. Hon. mem. The Lincoln Farm Ass'n, Volunteer Firemen, Stapleton, S. I., Co. 4. Ad- dress: 22 Morningside Av. E., N. Y. City.
JAY, WILLIAM
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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 12, 1841; s. John and Eleanor (Field) Jay; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1859, A.M., 1863, Columbia Law Sch., UL.B., 1868. Capt. and bvt. Lieut. Col. U. S. Volunteer Army, during Civil War; m. N. Y. June 12, 1878, Lucy Oelrichs. Mem. firm Jay & Candler; pres. N. Y. Cab Co., Valley Farms Co .; dir. Commercial Cable Co .; N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of Revolution, St. Nicholas Soc. and (ex-pres.) N. Y. Ifist. Soc, Am. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum, Pres. Hugue- not Soc. of America, Soc. of the Army of the Potomac. Senior warden and clerk of the Vestr, of Trinity Ch. Recreations: Farming, breeding horses, cattle, etc. Clubs: Coaching (pres.), City, Century, Knickerbock- er, Meadow Brook. Residence: Bedford House, Ka- tonah, N. Y. Address: 48 Wall St., N. Y. City.
JAYCOX, WALTER HUSTED
Jurist; b. Wassaic, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1863; s. Lorin H. and Hannah (Darling) Jaycox; ed. in common schools; m. Inez Leaming. Studied law in office of Wilmot M. Smith, at Patchogue. N. Y .; admitted to bar, Sept. 13, 1889. Elected, 1893, re-elected, 1896, dis't att'y, Suffolk Co., N. Y., serving 6 years; appt'd Jan., 1902, and elected Nov., 1902, eounty judge Suffolk
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Co., serving 4 years; appt'd April, 1906, elected Nov., JELLIFFE, SMITH ELY 1906, justice Supreme Court, N. Y., for Second Judicial Dist., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican. Address: Main St., Patchogue, L. I., N. Y. JEFFERS, LE ROY
Librarian; b. Ipswich, Mass., Aug., 1878; s. Charles P. and Elizabeth B. (Stalker) Jeffers; ed. pub. and high schs .; also libraries, Washington, D. C. Mg'r Booklovers Libraries in central West; devised and instituted in the leading Eastern cities economic systems of book supply and distribution, 1901-1904; chief of book purchase div., N. Y. Public Library for its branch system since May, 1905; also ass't in main reading room of N. Y. Public Library since opening of evering service, Jan., 1906. Visited Eu- ropean libraries, 1908. Contb'r on library economy; published A.L.A. comparative lists of books issued in various editions, showing the most economical method of purchasing desirable editions for library
use. Student of psychological and religious prob- lems. Has traveled extensively. Clubs: Sierra (San Francisco), Alpine of Canada (Banff), Fresh Air (N. Y.). Residence: 65 Central Park W. Address: 476 5th Av., N. Y. City.
JEFFERSON, CHARLES E.
Clergyman; b. Cambridge, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1860; s. Milton and Ella (Sarchet) Jefferson; grad. Ohio Wes- leyan Univ., B.A., B.S., 1882; Sch. of Theology, Boston Univ., S.T.B., 1887; D.D.' Union Coll., Oberlin Coll. an'd Yale Univ., LL.D., Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; m. Cam- bridge, O., Aug. 10, 1887, Belle Patterson; children: Charles Frederic, b. 1888; Ralph Waldo, b. 1890. Pas- tor Central Cong'l Ch., Chelsea, Mass., 1887-1898; Broad- way Tabernacle, oldest Cong'l Ch. in Greater N. Y. since 1898. Author: Quiet Talks with Earnest People; Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers; Doctrine and Deed; Things Fundamental; The Minister as Prophet; The World's Christmas Tree; The New Crusade; The Old Year and the New; My Father's Business; The Character of Jesus; The Building of the Church; Why We May Be- lleve in Life After Death, The Minister as Shep- herd. Mem. Yale Corp'n, being first clergyman chosen outside the State of Connecticut since the foundation of the Univ., 200 years ago; made 4th trip to Europe, 1912. Mem. Chi Alpha. Club: Cong'l. Ad- dress: 121 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
JEFFERY, E. T.
Railway pres .; b. Liverpool, England, April 6, 1843; came to U. S., 1850; m. 1577, Virginia Osborn Ciarke. Began railway service, 1856, with Ill. Central R. R., as office boy to sup't of machinery, advancing until became its gen. sup't, 1877-1885; gen. mg'r, 1885-1889, resigned; comm'r to Paris Exp'n, 1889, on behalf of Exec. Com. of citizens of Chicago for purpose of studying and reporting upon the exposition; chm'n Grounds and Buildings Com., World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, until Sept., 1891. Pres. 1891-1912, and chm'n B'd of Dirs. Denver & Rio Grande Co. since Jan. 4, 1912; chm'n B'd of Dirs. Western Pacific R'y Co .; dir. Colo. Fuel & Iron Co., Colo. Midland R'y Co., Equitable Trust Co., First Nat. Bank of Chicago, First Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, George's Creek & Cumberland R. R. Co., Globe Express Co., Manhat- tan R'y Co., Manitou & Pike's Peak R'y Co., Mo. Pacific R'y Co., New Orleans & Northwestern R. R., Pleasant Valley Coal Co. of Utah, Rio Grande Junc- tlon R'y Co., Rio Grande Southern R'y Co., Salt Lake Union Depot & R. R. Co., St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y Co., St. Louis Southwestern R'y Co., Texas and Pacific R'y Co., Utah Fuel Co., Wabash R. R. Co., Western Pacific R'y Co., Western Union Telegraph Co. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. Clty. JEFFERY, FRANK MOORE
Investment banker; b. Corning, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1855; s. Edwin Avery and Mary Fletcher (Lee) Jeffery; ed. in pub. schs. of New Haven, Conn., and Jersey City. N. J .; m. Jersey City N. J., Frances P. Campbell. Established printing business Jeffery & Johnson, N. Y., but retired to engage in mfg business from which grew firm of Jeffery & Co., Jersey City, N. J., mf'rs of springs and wire goods; was charter mem., sec. and treas. Crocker-Wheeler Co., resigning, 1900, to engage in present business of investment securities. Dir. E. Orange (N. J.) Nat. Bank and Essex Co. (N. J.) Savings Bank for many years; an organizer and sev- eral years dir. Clty Trust Co. of Newark, N. J., Citizens Light and Fuel Co., of Albert Lea, Minn., Citizens Light and Fuel Co. of South Amboy, N. J., Empire Steel and Iron Co., also dir. Mount Hope Mineral R. R. Co., of N. J., Crane Iron Works of Catasauqua, Pa., Crane R. R. Co. of Pa., and Vic- torla Coal & Coke Co. Inventor of automatic spring- making machinery and several elec. devices. Clubs: Mosaic, Republican (E. Orange, N. J.). Address: 80 Broadway, N. . Y. Clty.
Physician; b. N. Y. Clty, Oct. 27, 1866; s. William M. and Susan E. (Kitchell) Jelliffe; ed. public schs. of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Polytechnic, A.B., Coil. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1889, A.M., Ph.D., 1900; m. Dec., 1894, Helena Dewey Leeming. Began practice, N. Y. City, Jan., 1895; spent three years in hospitals of N. Y. City, Brooklyn, Vienna, Rome, Parls, Berlin. Munich and London. Visiting neurologist City Hosp., adj. prof. diseases of mind and nervous system, post- grad. Hosp. and Med. Sch., formerly instr. pharma-, cology and therapeutics, Columbia Unlv .; formerly editor Medical News; asso. editor N. Y. Med. Journal; mn'g editor Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; co-editor with W. A. White, Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Serles, 1908; med. editor Encycio- pædia Americana. Made extensive collection of plants on Long Island, concerning which published a volume, 1900. Author: Essentials of Vegetable Phar- macognosy (with Dr. H. H. Rusby), 1895; Morphology and Histology of Plants (with same), 1899; Notes on Pharmacognosy, 1902; aiso minor text books. Wrote chapter ou nervous diseases In Butler's "Diagnostics," 1902; in Osler's Modern Medicines, 1908; Forscheimer's Therapeutics, 1913; Reference Handbook of Med. Science, 1912-1913, with W. A. White. Modern Treat- ment of Nervous and Mental Disease (2 vols.), 1913; articles on Idiocy and Imbecility and on Death by Electricity and Lightning in Peterson & Haynes' Text Book on Legal Medicine, 1903; revised Butler's Materia Medica, 1902, 1905, and Shaw on Nervous Diseases, 1904; Translation, Dubois; Psychic Treatment of Ner- vous Disorders, 1907; Grasset, Semi-Insane and Semi- Responsible, 1908; Payot, Education of the WIIl, 1909; Friedmann, Studles in Paranoia, 1910; Plaut, Wasser- mann Reaction in Psychiatry, 1910; Dejerine, Psy- choneuroses, 1913; Falk, Psychiatry Among the Ancients, 1912, 1913. Various articles en nervous and mental disease. Mem. Am. Neurol. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., West End Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Neurol. Soc., N. Y. Psychiatric Soc., Torrey Botanical Club, Am. Medico-Psychological Ass'n. Address: 64 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
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