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COWEN, SIDNEY J.
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1849; s. Maj. Patrick Henry (115th N. Y. Vols., and later pres. Village Saratoga Springs) and Loulsa (Beach) Cowen; of Revolutionary stock, his two great- grandfathers having been, one a colonel and one a captain in the Continental Army; g. s. Vice-Chancel- ior and Supreme Court Judge Esek Cowen. Midship- man U. S. Navy, 1863; grad. Union Coll., A.B.,' 1867, later A.M., completing edn. by a four years' residence in Germany and France; Albany Law Sch., 1872; also studied In office of U. S. Senator Ira Harris, of Al- bany; m. Mrs. Annie F. Witzman, of Philadelphia. Admitted to bar, 1872, and practised for some years at Albany, then came to N. Y. City, where has since been engaged in general practice of law. Author: Cowen on Warrants and Attachments. Ass't corp'n counsel of N. Y. City, 1889-1896; mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Sigma Phi Fraternity, Tammany So- clety or Columbian Order, Sons of Revolution, Mc- Kinley Square Liberty Pole & Flag Ass'n, Masons, Eiks and G. A. R. Residence: 2674 Marion Av., Ford- ham Heights, N. Y. City.
Capitalist, mfr; b. Torrington, Conn .; s. George P. and Charlotte (Abernethy) Cowles; ed. Middletown, Conn., and Paris, France; m. Frances A. Bailey. Pres. and dir. Ansonia Clock Co., Terraceia Estates, Inc., Coronet Phosphate Co .; v .- p. and dir. Am. Brass Co. Clubs: Union League, Railroad, Greenwich Country. Residence: The Apthorp, N. Y. City, and Belle Haven, Conn. Address: 99 John St., N. Y. City.
COWLES, JAMES LEWIS
Economist; b. Farmington, Conn., Sept. 14, 1843; 6. James and Jane (Lewis) Cowles; ed. New Haven (Conn.) Mil. Sch., Yale, B.A., 1866; student Yale Law Sch., 1886-1888; m. In Burke Co., Ga., June 2, 1870, Martha L. Gwaltney (died 1893). Admitted to Bar of Conn., 1888. Student and writer on economic sub- jects; contb'r to reviews, magazines, journals and newspapers on economic topics, especially in rela- tion to postal reform and railroad problem and asso- ciated with various reform clubs; sometimes called "The Father of the Parcel Post." Author: A General Freight and Passenger Post (3 editions-Putnam). Sec. Postal Progress League. Clubs: Cobden (London), Conn. Reform (sec. 1888). Address: 125 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
COWPERTHWAIT, J. HOWARD
Furniture dealer; b. N. Y. City, May 7, 1848; 6. Samuel Newell and Phebe (Morgan) Cowperthwait; ed. in public schools; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1870, Florence B. Crozier; children: Howard M., Walter B., Arthur N. Head of firm of Cowperthwait & Sons, established 1807, probably oldest American firm of only direct malc line of the descent, the third and fourth gencrations now being partners. Mem. 23d Rifle Team and N. Y. State Interstate Team, 1874- 1875; major and inspector of rifle practice, Old First Brigade; col. and ass't gen. insp. of rifle practice, N. Y. State, 1878-80; treas. Nat. Rifle Ass'n. 1879-82. Has traveled around the world and in most European countries; amateur lecturer, with illustrations of travel. Author: Money, Silver and Finance, used in campaigns against silver in 1896 and 1900, and fav- orably reviewed by leading papers of the U. S .; Sep- arate Reserve Associations, suggesting the utilizatlon of clearing house ass'ns to provide emergency cur- rency, being substitute for Aldrich plan and protest against its adoption; amateur lecturer on currency and finance. Mcm. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, mem. of its Arbitration Com .; mcm. N. Y. Merchants' Ass'n and of its Banking and Currency Com. Recreations: Travel, trout fishing, motoring. Clubs: Lotos, Hard- ware, Wyandanch. Address: 193 Park Row, N. Y. Clty.
COX, ARCHIBALD
Lawyer; b. Smyrna, Delaware; · s. Rowland and Fanny Cummins (Hill) Cox; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1896; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1899. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City; has conducted many important cases re- lating to trademarks and unfair competition in busi- ness, patents and copyrights in N. Y. and other States. Address: 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COX, CHARLES FINNEY
Railway officer; b. Staten Island, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1846; s. Jacob Dolson and Thedia Redelia (Kenyon) Cox, and brother of late Gen. Jacob D. Cox, formerly gov. of Ohio; an alumnus of Oberlin Coll., O., class of 1869, and received M.A., 1889 (now one of trustees) ; m. Port Richmond, S. I., N. Y., April 30, 1878, Helen Middlebrook Fake; one d., wife of Dr. Edwin B. Jenks, of Yonkers, N. Y. Engaged in business in Wall St., 1867-1875, and 1882-1885; has been officlally connected with Vanderbilt railroads since 1875; dir. of several of those companies, and treas of all N. Y. Central lines west of Buffalo, including Lake Shore & Michigan Southern N'y, Michigan Central R. R., Cleveland, Cin- cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (Big Four) R'y, New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate) R. R., Lake Erie & Western R. R., Chicago, Indiana & Southern R. R., Cincinnati Northern R. R., the Peoria & Eastern R. R., Canada Southern R'y, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo R'y; also pres. and trustce Am. Safe Deposit Co. of N. Y .; pres. N. Y. Acad. Sciences; treas. N. Y. Botanical Garden since 1898, and one of b'il of seien- tific dirs. Fellow A.A.A.S .. Royal Microscopical Soc. of London; ex-pres. N. Y. Microscopical Society; mem. Linnæan Soc. of N. Y., Am. Fine Arts Soc., Exec. Com. and Council of Charity Organization Soc., and until recently chm'n of its Com. on Prevention of Tuberculosis; one of founders and one of trustees Provident Loan Soc .; prominent in Y. M. C. A. mat- ters since 1867, being inem. of Internat. Com, and of com. on work for railroad men. Author: Protoplasm and Life, 1889. Recreation: Study of science and
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collection of books; has made researches in micro- scopical 'botany and zoology. Club: Torrey Botanical. Address: Grand Central Sta., N. Y. City.
V COX, CHARLES N.
Physician; b. Wertsville, N. J., May 27, 1859; s. Samuel L. and Sarah D. (Rowiand) Cox; ed. Bucknell Univ .; grad. Univ. Pa., M.D., 1883; m. Marlboro, N. J., 1881, Dora E. Herbert; children: Emily M. (Mrs. Alonzo C. Bell); Carl Herbert (deceased); Marion E., b. 1893. In gen. practise 7 years after graduation; practise, since 1890, devoted exclusively to diseases of throat, nose and ear; laryngol. surgeon, Bushwick Hosp., Brooklyn; aural surgeon, Brooklyn Eyc and Ear Hosp .; consulting otologist and laryngologist to L. I. Coll. Hosp .; consulting throat and ear surgeon to Bethany Deaconess' Hosp .; consulting (aural) surgeon, St. Mary's Hosp., Jamaica; counci.or L. I. Hosp. Med. Coll .; ex-v .- p. N. Y. Physicians' Mut. Aid Ass'n. Cap't and ass't surgeon 47th Reg't, N. G. N. Y.,: 1889- 1891; maj. and surgeon, 1891-1895. Independent Re- publican; Baptist. Mason. Mem. Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Socs., N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, and Kings Co. Med. Soc. (treas., 1890-1900; v-p., 1902-1903; pres., 1903-1904); Brooklyn Med Soc., Brooklyn Pathol. Soc. Recreation: Country life and aquatic sports. Clubs: Union League, Univer- sity, Lake Hopatcong (N. J.) Yacht. Address: 257 Jef - ferson Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
COX, HENRY M.
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1854; s. James B, and Emily E. (Miller) Cox; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1876, A.M., 1879; Theol. Sem. Reformed Ch. in America, New Brunswick, N. J .; m. Brooklyn, 1886, Lizzie Randall Burst; children, Henry Randall, Frances Sheldon, Emily Miller, Elizabeth Howard. Pastor S. Bergen Reformed Ch., Jersey City, 1879-1882; Herkimer (N. Y.) Reformed Ch., 1882-1890; Union Reformed Ch., High- bridge, N. Y., 1890-1899; in charge of Prospect Hill Reformed Ch., N. Y. City, for several years; Reformed Ch., Harrington Park, N. J., since 1911. V .- p. B'd Pub- lication Reformed Ch. in America, Ass'n of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in N. Y., Empire State Soc., S. A. R., N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n. Ciub: Rutgers. Address: Mar- rington Park, N. J.
COX, HUGH MICHAEL .
Physician and surgeon; b. Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Dec. 16, 1877; s. Patrick and Rose A. (Gallagher) Cox; ed. Port Jervis Union Schs. and Port Jervis High Sch. until 1898; Albany Med. Coll. (Union Univ), M.D., in 1902; married. Interne Troy Hosp., Troy, N. Y., 1902-1903; ass't gynecologist Woman's Hosp. Roman Catholic. Lecturer for N. Y. Soc. in First Aid. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, Harlem Med. Ass'n, Harlem B'd of Com- merce, Am. Irish Hist. Soc., Physicians' Mut. Aid Soc., Lodge of Elks, Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum, Woodmen, Maccabees and others. Address: 285 St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
COX, KENYON
Artist, painter; b. Warren, O., Oct. 27, 1856; s. Gen. Jacob Dolson Cox and Helen (Finney) Cox, d. Pres C. G. Finney of Oberlin Coll .; studied for some years in Cincinnati and one year in Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Philadelphia; 1877-1882 in Paris, most of the time at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, under Gerome; honorary A.M., Yale, 1910, Litt.D., Oberlin, 1912; m. Belmont, Mass., 1892, Louise King; children: Leonard, b. 1894; Allyn, b. 1896; Caroline, b. 1898. Took'up residence in N. Y. City, 1883, where has since pursued profession; awarded medals at various exb'ns, including gold medal La Purchase Exp'n, 1904, and Medal of Honor for mural painting, Architectural League of N. Y., 1910; examples of mural paintings at Walker Art Gallery, Bowdoin Coll .; Library of Congress; Appellate Court, N. Y. City; State capitol, St. Paul, Minn .; State capitol, Des Moines, Ia .; and in other public bid'gs. Modelled one of statues on Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; prof. painting, Columbia Univ. Author: Old Masters and New (Fox, Duffield & Co.), 1905, Painters and Sculptors (Duffield & Co.), 1907, The Classic Point of View (Charles Scribner's Sons), 1911, and of many critical articles and reviews on art in leading periodi- cals. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Nat. Soc. Mural Paint- ers, Architectural League, N. Y. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, and Am. Acad. Arts and Letters. Club: Lotos. Residence: 134 E. 67th St., N. Y. City; (summer), Windsor, Vt.
COX, LOUISE
Artist, painter; b. San Francisco, Calif., June 23, 1865; d. James and Anna (Stott) King; studied art at Nat. Acad. Design and Art Students' League of N. Y., mainly with Kenyon Cox; m. Belmont, Mass., 1892, Kenyon Cox; children: Leonard, b. 1894; Allyn, b. 1896; Caroline, b. 1898. Painter of portraits and of figure
subjects; awarded 3d Haligarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design. Summer residence: Windsor, Vt. Residence: 1900; silver medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1902; Julia Shaw memorial prize, Soc. Am. Artists, 1903; silver medal, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; asso. mem. Nat. Acad. Design. Summer residence: Windsor, Vt. Residence: 134 10. 67th St., N. Y. City.
COX, PALMER
Artist and author; b. Granby (P. Q.), Can., April 28, 1840; s. Michael and Sarah Miller Cox; grad. Granby Acad .; unmarried. Removed to Springfield, Mass., in 1860, and entered car shops of T. W. Wason; went to Calif., 1863, remaining until 1875; contb'r to Golden Era, Alta-Californian, and other Calif. publications; since 1875 in N. Y. City; has written and illustrated many humorous books. Author: Squibs of California, or Every Day Life, illustrated, 1875, subsequently re- written and published as Comic Yarns, 1889; Hans von Peter's Trip to Gotham, 1876; How Columbus Found America, 1877; That Stanley, 1878; The Brow- nies, Their Book, 1887; Queer People, 1888; Queer People with Wings and Strings, 1888; Queer People with Paws and Claws, 1888; Another Brownie Book, 1890; The Brownies at Home, 1893; The Brownies Around the World, 1894; The Brownies Through the IJnion, 1895: The Brownies Abroad, 1899; The Brow- nies in Fairyland, cantata in three acts for children, 1895; Palmer Cox's Brownies, spectacular play in three acts, 1895: The Brownies in the Philippines, 1903; Brownie Clown in Brownie Town, 1907; The Brownies' Latest Adventures, 1910; The Brownies' Many More Nights; designer of toys and games, the Brownie blocks, Brownie scroll puzzles, Brownie nine-pins, Brownie portrait gallery, Brownie Calendar or Year Book, etc. Mom. Masonic order, U. S. Geog. Soc .. Washington, D. C .; League Am. Wheelmen Traveled extensively in U. S. and Europe. Republican; Episco- palian. Recreations: Wheeling, fishing, traveling. Ad- dress: 122 W. 23d St. N. Y. City.
COX, ROBERT LYNN
Lawyer; b. on farm in Ill, Nov. 27, 1865; ed. in pub- lic schs. of Ill .; removed to Buffalo, 1885, and served as clerk and sup't in mfg establishment; studied law and grad. Univ. of Buffalo, LL.B .; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1890, Margaret C. McKenna. Began practise of law alone, but fater took partners, firm being Cox, Kimball & Stowe. Republican; elected mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906; in 1906 was appt'd ch'm Judi- ciary Com., second mem. Insurance Com, and mem. Cities Com .; in 1905 was active mem. Joint Legislative Com. appt'd to investigate the life ins. companies of N. Y. Retired from Legislature at end of 1906; appt'd att'y and sec. of Ass'n of Life Insurance Presidents, N. Y., Feb., 1907. Upon death of Grover Cleveland, 1908, succeeded him as chief executive officer of ass'n, under title of gen. counsel and mg'r. Royal Arch Mason, Odd Fellow. Mem. Phi Delta Phi fraternity, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Buffalo (Buffalo, N. Y.). Manhattan, Republican (N. Y.), Montelair Athletic, Montelair Golf (Montelair, N. J.). Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
COX, ROWLAND, JR.
Physician; b. Smyrna, Del., Julv 11, 1872; s. Row- land and Fanny Cummins (Mill) Cox; grad. Columbia Univ., M.D., 1898; m. Dec. 11, 1901, Mabel Louise Jud- son; one son: Rowland, b. Sept. 23, 1902. Mem. Zeta Xi; ex-mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Address: 287 Broadway, Paterson, N. J.
J COX, STEPHEN J.
Lawyer; (b. Cranford, N. J., Oct. 27, 1871; s. Stephen J. and Mary T. (Ray) Cox; grad. N. Y. Law Sch., LL. B., cum laude, 1893; m. Cranford, N. J., April 27, 1898, Ada L. Grand (formerly of Toronto, Can.). Practice re- lates principally to patent, trade-mark and corpora- tion law, in Federal courts. Democrat; advocate of radical polit, reforms. Dir, and officer in numerous corp'ns. Presby'n. Recreations: Golf. fishing, hunt- ing. Address: 271 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COXE, ALFRED CONKLING
Jurist; b. Auburn, N. Y .; s. Rev. S. Hanson and Eliza Cockburn (Conkling) Coxe; ed. Oxford Acad., Utica Acad., Hamilton Coll .; (LL.D. Columbia Univ.); m. Utica, N. Y., Mariette A. Doolittle. Mg'r State Hosp., Utica, 1880; judge U. S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. N. Y., 1882-1903; judge U. S. Circuit Court, Sec- ond Circuit, since 1903. Republican; Episcopalian. Club: University (N. Y. City). Address: P. O. Bld'g, N. Y. City.
COXE, HANSON CLEVELAND
Am. deputy consul gen. Paris, France: b. Baltimore, Md .; s. A. Cleveland Coxe (late bishop Western N. Y.) and Katharine (Hyde) Coxc; grad. Trinity Univ., To- ronto, Can .; special studies at Oxford Univ., England.
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Lawyer and journalist; for many years on staff Paris edition N. Y. Herald; sec. naval and mil. attaches Am. Embassy, Paris; entered consular service, 1903. Mem. N. Y. Bar, U. S Supreme Court, decorated by French Gov't as Officier d'Academie and as Officier de l'in- struction publique for publications on French law; mem. S. A. R. Author: Manual of French Law (Bren- tano's); Droit Americain; Automobile Regulations, Coxe's Foreign Laws, contributor to various law magazines Address: Am. Consulate General, Paris, France.
L COXE, MACGRANE
Lawyer; b Huntsville, Ala., May 29, 1859; s. Robert E. and Eliza (Davles) Coxe; grad. Yale, A.B., 1879; Columbia, LL.B., 1881; (hon. A.M., Yale, 1908) ; m. Aug. 28, 1888, Lena Townsend Crawford, of N. Y .; children: Caroline Townsend, Eleanor Crawford, Elizabeth Da- vies, Peter T. In practice at N. Y. since 1881; ass't U. S. dist. att'y, Southern Dist., N. Y., 1885-1889; appt'd U. S. comm'r U. S. Circuit Court for same dist., Dec. 1, 1889; U. S. minister to Guatemala and Honduras, 1896-1897, U. S. referee in bankruptcy since Dec. 6, 1599. Lecturer on law and practice in bankruptcy, Yale Univ., since 1906. Mem. B'd Visitors U. S. Naval Acad., 1908. Mem. Southern Soc. Clubs: Manhattan, Down Town Ass'n, Church (N. Y. Clty), Metropolitan (Washington. D. C.). Residences: "Sterling Manor," Southfields, Orange Co., N. Y., and 170 W. 59th St., N. Y. City. Address: Woolworth Bld'g, 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CRAGIN, EDWIN BRADFORD
Obstetrician, gynecologist; b. Colchester, Conn., Oct. 23, 1859; s. Edwin Timothy and Ardella Ellls (Spar- row) Cragin; grad. Yale, A.B., 1882, honorary A.M., 1907; Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1886; m. Colchester, Conn., May 23, 1889, Mary R. Willard; chll- dren: Miriam Willard, b. 1890; Alice Gregory, b. 1893; Edwin Bradford, Jr., b. 1900. Engaged in practise of medicine since 1886. Prof. obstetrics and gynecology, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City; attending obstetri- cian and gynecologist, Sloane Hosp. for Women; con- sulting obstetric surgeon City Maternity, Italian, and N. Y. Nursery and Childs Hosp .; and consulting gyne- cologist Presby'n Hosp., N. Y., Roosevelt Hosp., N. Y., Lincoln Hosp., N. Y., St. Luke's Hosp., Newburgh, N. Y., and N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Med., N. Y. Obstet. Soc., Am. Gynerol. Soc., N. Y. Med. and Surg. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Ass'n of Greater N. Y .; ass't gyne- cologist, Roosevelt Hosp., 1889-1899; sec. Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1895-1899; prof. obstetrics, Coll. Phys. and Surg., since 1899; prof. gynecology, same, since 1904. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: University, Yale, Bar- nard. Address: 10 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
V CRAIG, WILLIAM BERRY
Lawyer; b. San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 23, 1876; 's. Hon. William and Ruth Hairston (Thompson) Craig; grad. Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Ph.B., class 1899; Hast- ings Coll. of Law, San Francisco, LL.B., 1900; m. San Simeon, Calif., Aug. 8, 1902, Katherine Thornton Tay- lor Schultz (widow of Carl H. Schultz, Jr., of N. Y.), writer of short stories for N. Y. magazincs. Practised law in San Francisco until 1903; moved to Nevada, and In fall of 1904 elected dist. att'y of Washoe Co., re- signed, 1906, and declined Republican nomination for att'y-gen. of Nevada. Moved to N. Y., 1906, engaged in practise of law. Mem. Bars of Calif., Nevada and N. Y., and Supreme Court of U. S. Episcopalian. Men. Univ. of California Chapter, Kappa AAlpha fraternity, N. Y. Kappa Alpha Alumnæ, Univ. of Calif. Alumnæ, Calif. Soc. of N. Y., S. A. R .; Mason. Recreations: Shooting, horseback-riding, swimming. Residence: Hotel San Rafael, 65 W. 45th St. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
V CRAIN, THOMAS C. T.
Jurist; b. N. Y. City, May 25, 1860; s. Dunham Jones and Hannah Ann (Crocker) Crain; cd. in Germany, England and Italy; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 2, 1893, Agnes Boone, d. of Richard H. and Ada (Semmes) Clarke. Began professional work in law office of Platt & Bow- V CRANDALL, FLOYD MILFORD
ers; mem, firm Kenneson, Craln & Alling; afterward Kenneson, Crain, Emley & Rubino, later practising alone. Traveled for seven years in Europe; was U. S. vice and deputy consul at Milan, Italy; sec. to mayor of N. Y. City .; city chamberlain N. Y. City; comm'r for acquiring lands for St. Nicholas Park; comm'r for cx- tenslon of rapld transit to Brooklyn; deputy att'y gen. State of N. Y .; comm'r of tenements, N. Y. City. Upon resigning as tenement house comm'r received a lov- ing cup and engrossed resolution from officers and force in dep't, 413 persons out of a total of 420 on the roll of dep't uniting In the presentatlon, and of the 413 all but fifteen were appointees of a preceding ad- ministration; clected judge Court of Gen. Sessions for
term ending Dec. 31, 1920. Democrat; chi'n Demo- cratic City Conv. of N. Y. City, 1903. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Tammany Soc., N Y. Literary Ass'n. Clubs: Amster- dam Democratic, Church, Canoc, Brook, Country. Ad- dress: Criminal Court B'ldg., N. Y. City.
V CRAM, J. SERGEANT
Public Service comm'r, lawyer; b. N. Y. City; ed. St. Paul's Sch., N. H .; grad. Harvard Univ., Harvard Law Sch., LL.B. Served as Dock comm'r, and pres. Dock B'd. Appt'd public service comm'r Democrat. Address: 17 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
CRAMPTON, C. WARD
Physician training, physician: b. N. Y. City, May 26, 1877; s. Henry Edward and Dorcas (Miller) Crampton; cd. Coll. City of N. Y. and Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1900; m. N. Y. City June 4, 1900, Grace Tully. Physical dir. High Sch. of Commerce, 1901-1905; appt'd ass't dir. physical training, N. Y. public schools, Nov. 1, 1905; appt'd dir. physical train- ing, N. Y., Oct. 1908; lecturer Olympic Congress, St. Louis, 1904; winner of Olympic Thesis Competition (gold medal); thesis entitled "The Recent Investiga- tions in Science of Physical Training;" engaged in re- rearch in physiological age, and blood pressure tests of efficiency. Author of various articles and books on physical training, hygiene, play, folk dancing: editor Crampton Hygiene Series. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch .; mem. and cx-pres. Physical Ed'n Soc. of N. 1. and Vicinity; Pres. Nat. Pub. Sch. Physical Ed'n Soc .; mem. Council Am. Physical Ed'n Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Ain. Med. Ass'n, Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, fellow A.A.A.S., fellow Am. Acad. Physical Training. Mem. Soc. Experimental Biology and Medicine, Am. Sch. Hygiene Ass'n, Theta Nu Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa. Sec. Public Schs. Athletic League. Address: 500 Park Ave., N. Y. City.
CRAMPTON, HENRY EDWARD
Prof. zoology. Columbia Univ .; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 5. 1875; s. Henry Edward (M.D.) and Dorcas M. (Millier) Crampton; ed. public and private schs., N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Coll., A.B., 1893, Ph. D., 1899; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 27, 1896, Marion Maud Tully; children: Helen Marion, b. June 8, 1898; Henry Ed- ward, Jr., b. Oct. 27, 1906. Ass't in biology, Columbia Univ., 1893-1895; instr. biology, Mass. Inst. Technology, 1895-1896; fellow zoology. 1896-1897; lecturer, tutor and instr., 1897-1901, Columbia Univ .; adjunct prof. Faculty of Pure Science and of Barnard Coll., 1901-1904: prof. zoology, sane, since 1904; instr. embryology, Woods Hole Biol. Laboratory, 1895-1902; instr. (in charge) Cold Spring Harbor Biol. Laboratory, 1903-1906. Asso. mem. staff Carnegie Inst'n sta. for Experimental Evo- lution, Cold Spring Harbor. Curator of Inv. Zool. Am. Museum of Natural History, 1909. Traveled in Society Islands, S. Pacific, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, South America, 1911. Independent in politics. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences (formerly v .- p. and recording sec., now corr. sec.); fellow A .. A.A.S., Am. Ethnol. Soc., mem. Am. Soc. Naturalists, Am. Soc. Morphologists, Soc. For Experi- mental Biology and Medicine. Am. Fisheries Soc .; mem. Theta Delta Chi, Sigina Xi. Alumni Ass'n of Columbia Univ. Clubs: Columbia University, Quill. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
CRANDALL, ARTHUR FITZ JAMES
Editor; b. Easton, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1834; s. Henry Sar- gent and Mary Caroline (Mills) Crandall; ed. public schs., aead, at Greenwich, N. Y., and Cornell Univ., class of 1877; studied at Art Students' League, N. Y. City, under Walter Shirlaw, J. S. llartley and W. M. Chase; m. Orwell, Vt., Jan. 1, 1892, Marion Stevens; children: Helen Russell, b. 1893; Marion Frances, b. 1900. Order clerk, N. Y. Custom House, 1876-1880, under Collectors Arthur and Merritt; portrait painting, writ- ing for newspapers and periodicals, reporting and edi- torial work on N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, 1882-1891; news editor, N. Y. Evening Post since 1891. Residence:' Delair Road, S. I., N. Y. Address: Care The Evening Post, N. Y. C. ty.
Physiclan, editor; b. Belfast, N. Y., May 2, 1858; s. Charles Mitford (M.D.) and Deborah J. ( Wood) Cran- dall; grad. Geneseo Normal Coll., 1880; Univ. Med. Coll. of N. Y., M.D., 1884. Interne Bellevue Hasp., 15S4 1885; attending physician, Bellevue Dispensary, 1886- 1889; Northwestern Dispensary, 1889-1890; surgeon N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp., 1890-1895; visiting physician Children's Hosp., 1895-1898; Minturn Hosp., 1897-1899; consulting physician Infants' and Children's llosps. since 1898. Lecturer on diseases of children, 1889-1893: adjunet prof. since 1893, N. Y. Polyelinic. On editorial staff N. Y. Med. Journal, 1889-1893; inn'g editor, Gail- lard's Med. Journal, 1893-1895; editor Archives of Pediatries, 1895-1901. Mem. Am. Pediatric Soc., Am.
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Med. Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc., Civil Service Ref. Ass'n, N. CRANE, CLINTON H.
Y. State Hist. Soc., N Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc. (pres. 1906), N. Y. Acad. Medicine (pres. Scc- tion on Pediatrics, 1895), Harvey Med. Soc., West End Soc. (pres. 1895); Soc. Alumni Bellevue Hosp. (pres. 1910); mem. N. Y. State B'd Med. Examiners. Author: How to Keep Well, 1903; also about sixty med. mono- graphs and papers. Address: 113 W. 95th St., N. Y. City.
CRANDALL, WILLIAM S.
Publisher; b. Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., March 5, . 1863; s. William S. and Lucy L. (Averell) Crandall; ed. Haverling Union High Sch., Bath, N. Y., Genesee Wes- leyan Sem., Lima, N. Y .; theol. course of 4 years in the Genesee Conf. M. F. Church; m. Coudersport, Pa., Dec. 13, 1887, Jessica Jervis, youngest d. Rev. Dr. K. P. Jervis. Served as minister in Genesee Conference, 1886-1899; withdrew from Conf. and from M. E. Church, 1899; joined Unitarian Ch. same year. Editor City Government, afterward called Municipal Journal and Engineer, 1898-1905. Independent; Unitarian. Trustee Am. Inst. for Scientific Research, N. Y. City; mem. Council Am. Soc. for Psychical Research; mem. League of Am. Municipalities, Am. Soc. Municipal Improve- ments, Am. Public Health Ass'n. Clubs: National Arts, Hardware. Address: Tribune Bld'g, N. Y. City.
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