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WING, HENRY HIRAM
Educator; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 29, 1859; s. Phincas Rice and Mary (Sands) Wing; grad. Cornell Unlv., B. Agr., 1881, M.S. in Agr., 1891; m. Clyde, N. Y., July 16,- 1885, Lilian Watson; children: Lois Watson, b. Aug. 24, 1887, Paul Watson, b. April 16, 1892, Ellen Watson, b. Mar. 22, 1904. Ass't dir. N. Y. Ag'r Exp't Sta., 1882- 1884; adjunct prof. Ag'r, Univ., of Neb., 1884-1888; deputy dir. and sec. Cornell Univ. Agr'l Exp't Sta, 1888-1889; ass't prof. animal industry and dairy hus- bandry, Cornell Univ .. 1891-1903, since 1903 prof. ani- mal husbandry, Cornell Univ. Editor Nebraska Farm-
er, 1888. Mem. Ithaca Council, 1905-1909. Republican; Congregationalist. Pres. Tompkins Co. Falr Grounds Ass'n since 1906. Mem. Sigina XI Soc .; fellow A. A. A. S .; life mem. N. Y. State Agr'l Soc., N. Y. State Dairymen's Ass'n., Nebraska Dairymen's Asy'n. Author: Milk and Its Products, 1897 ( Macmillan & Co.). Ad- dress: 3 Reservoir Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
WINGATE, GEORGE WOOD
Lawyer, author; D. N. Y. City, July 1, 1840; descend- ed from old Colonial and Revolutionary N. E. family; ed. public schs. and entered N. Y Free Acad. Admit- ted to bar, 1861, and since then practising law in N. Y. City, being especially active in railroad litiga- tion; now senior mem. law firm Wingate & Cullen. Formerly v .- p. Brooklyn Elevated R. R. Co. and dir. in several others; now ass't gen. counsel of Long Isl- and R. R. and its asso. companics. Sachem of Tam- many Hall several years, and personal counsel of late John Kelly; counsel for Tammany Hiall in its prose- cution of Comm'r Davenport for his wholesale arrests of naturalized citizens. Enlisted in cavalry co. at outbreak of Civil War, 1862-1863 in 22d N. Y. N. G. Reg't; promoted capt .; afterward prominent in Nat. Guard, and interested in systematic rille practice, per- forming services for which has been often called "The Father of Rifle Practice in America"; drafted and secured passage of act establishing the Creed- n:oor Riffe Range, constructed under his supervision. Wrote Wingate's Manual of liffe Practice, 1871, first text-book on subject adapted to Am. troops; eapt. first team of Am. long-range riflemen in great Internat. Rifle Match at Creedmoor, 1874; connected with all other rifle teams that have shot under in- ternat. contests; gen .- ins]». rifle practice, State of N. Y., with rank of brig .- gen., 1874-1879; was first sec. then v .- p. and afterward pres. Nat. Rifle Ass'n; sp'l aide on subject of military instr'n In public schs., on staff comd'r-in-chief G. A. R., 1894-1898. Mem. Nat. B'd for Promotion of Rifle Practice. Appt'd mem. B'd Ed'n by Mayor Low, 1901, was chm'n Com on Lec- tures and Libraries, and prominent in establishment of class libraries in public schs. Aiso in org'n and mg'mt of Pubile Schs. Athletic League, of which he has been pres. since org'n, 1904; v .- p. Recrcatlon Com., since org'n, 1911. Wrote editorials against Ring Judges in N. Y. Times In fight against Tweed Ring. Author: On Horseback Through the Yellowstone; The Great Cholera Riots, History of the Twenty-Second Regiment, etc. Pres. Twilight Park Ass'n, and dir. in various railroads and other corpn's. John A. Dlx Post, G. A. R., hon. mem. U. S. Grant Post and Old Guard. Clubs: Century, Army and Navy, Brooklyn, Lincoln, Wyandanch, Field and Marine, Camp Fire, Dyker Meadow Golf. . Residence (country): Twilight Park, N. Y., 1100 Dean St., Brooklyn. Address: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WINNE, CHARLES KNICKERBOCKER
Colonel U. S. A .; b. N. Y., June 30, 1838; s. Charles Winne, M.D., and Louisa C. ( Vlelc) Winne; ed. Albany Acad. and by tutor; grad. Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila- delphia; m. Palatine Bridge, N. Y., 1874, Caroline Frey- Giddings. Appt'd from N. Y., civil life; actual rank, ass't surgeon, Aug. 5, 1861; capt., ass't surgeon, July 28, 1866; resigned Oct. 15, 1873; reappt'd ass't surgeon, Nov. 10, 1874; capt., ass't surgeon, Nov. 10, 1879; maj. and surg., Feb. 22, 1891; lieut .- eol. April 13, 1901; re- tired June 30, 1902; appt'd col., retired by aet of Con- gress, approved April 23, 1904. Bv'td capt. and major Mar. 13, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services during the war." Brevet-lieut .- col. Sept. 28, 1866, for "meritorious and distinguished services at Tybee Isl- and, Georgia, where cholera prevailed" Also received "Congressional Medal for the Civil War." Mem. Sons of Revolution, Loyal Legion. Iloiiand Soc. Address: 144 Chestnut St., Albany, N Y.
WINSLOW, ALFRED AUGUSTUS
Am. consul; b. Crown Point, Ind .; s. William A. and Mary A. (Cleveland) Winslow; grad. Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, Ind., LL.D .; Jowa Wesleyan Univ .. 1909; m. June 11, 1879, Sadic E. Dyer. Taught sch. 1871-1881; founded Hammond Tribune ( now Lake County Times), and was publisher until 1895. Treas. City of Ham- mond, Ind., 1888; Am, consul at Liege, Belgium, 1898- 1902; consni gen. Guatemala, 1902-1906, and consul at Valparaiso, Chile, since 1906. Methodist Episcopalian. Mem. Red Cross Soc., Am. Soc. Internat. Law; Mason. Residence: Hammond, Ind. Address: Am. Consulate, Valparaiso, Chile.
WINSLOW, EDWARD D.
Consul gen .; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 16. 1859; attended public schis, of Chicago; grad. Evanston, 111. En- gaged in grain-export and stock and grain business, Chicago; appt'd consul at Stockholm, July 28, 1897, consui-gen. May 27, 1898; sec. Legation and consul- gen. June 6, 1900; retired in 1901; appt'd, after exami- nation (Nov., 1909), consul at Goteborg, Jan. 22, 1909;
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consul-gen. Stockholm, March 29, 1900; consul at Plauen Dec., 1910; consul-gen. Copenhagen, Aug., 1911; Charge d'Affaires ad Interim, Copenhagen, June-July, 1912. Address: Am. Consulate, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Dep't of State, Washington, D. C.
WINSLOW, EUGENE H.
Pres. Met. Casualty Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 9, 1856; ed. in Brooklyn. Entered office of John G. Schumaker for study and practice of law; In Feb., 1874, induced by Mr. Harteau, then organizing Metropolitan 'late Glass Ins. Co., to engage in busi- ness of plate glass insurance. Began as clerk, being first man employed in any capacity by that company, has been in continual service with Met. ever since, and worked way up through various steps to position of sec., 1887, and pres., 1895. Address: 47 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
WINSLOW, FRANCIS ASBURY
Lawyer; b. Briarcliff, Westchester Co., N. Y .; s. William and Mary (Scott) Winslow; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1887; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1889; m. N. Y. City, 1891. Corp'n counsel for City of Yonkers, 1901-1903-1906; mem. law firm of Winslow, Keenan & Budd, N. Y. City; dist, att'y of Westchester Co. Dele- gate to Rep. State Conv., 1904-1905; v .- p. Rep. Gen. Com. for Yonkers, 1906. Delegate Rep. State Conv., 1913; chm'n l'ep. City Com. Yonkers, 1913. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Westchester Co. Bar Ass'n, Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Recreations: Golf, trout and salmon fishing. Clubs: Republican (N. Y.); Park Hill Country, Dunwoodie Country (Yonkers), Saegkill. Residence: Alta Av., Park Ilill, Yonkers, N. Y. Ad- dress: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WINSLOW, WILLIAM BEVERLY
Lawyer; b. Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ky., 1862; s. William B. and Jennie W. Winslow; ed. Carroll Sem., Carrollton, 'Ky .; m. St. Joseph, Mo., 1888, Katic L. Troutman; children: Ada T., b. 1889, Jennie W., b. 1891, Esther M., b. 1893. Admitted to the bar of Ken- tucky, 1883, of N. Y., 1895. Has, traveled extensively throughout U. S., Canada and Europe. Dir. New River Coal & Coke Co., dir. Harriman & Northeastern R. R. Co. Independent Democrat; Methodist. Author (joint- ly with William Hepburn Russell) of Russell & Wins- low's Syllabus-Digest of U. S. Supreme Court Reports (4 vols.). Mem. Chancellor Walworth Lodge F. and A. M., Columbia Commandery, K. T., Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, Lodge No. 1, B. P. O. E. Recreations: Horseback riding, shooting. Clubs: N. Y., Whitehall (N. Y. Clty) ; Brooklyn Riding and Driving. Residence: 246 Decatur St., Brooklyn. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
WINSLOW, WILLIAM WARREN
Lawyer, banker; b. Punxsutawney, Pa., May 7, 1862; s. Reuben Colburn and Martha (Drum) Winslow; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1885; m. N. Y., March 14, 1906. Vernetta Laverty; children: Eleanor L., b. Dec. 13, 1906; George Kenelm, b. May 6, 1909. Dir. Punxsutaw ney Nat. Bank, Continental Realty Co. Pres. Punxsu- tawney Sch. B'd. Progressive Republican; Episcopall- an. Mason (32º), Shriner. Recreations: Motoring, golf. Clubs: Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Country. Residence: 108 Pine St. Address: 121 E. Mahoning St., Punxsutawney, Pa.
WINTER, WILLIAM
Poet, author, editor, dramatic critic; b. Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1836; s. Charles and Louisa ( Wharff) Winter; ed. public schs. Boston and Cambridge, Dane Law Sch., Harvard Coll., B.L., Litt. D., Brown Unlv .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 8. 1860. Ellzabeth Campbell; children: Percy, b. Nov. 16, 1861; Arthur, b. Aprll 5, 1872 (died Jan. 1886); Louis Victor, b. July 17, 1873 (dled Feb. 17, 1905); William Jefferson, b. Nov. 11, 1878; Viola Rosamond, b. July 13. 1881; (m. Flelding J. Stil- son, of L'os Angeles, Calif.). Dramatic editor and re- viewer of N. Y. Tribune, July, 1865-Aug. 14, 1909. First Visited England, 1877. Author: Shakespeare's England; Gray Days and Gold; Old Shrines and Ivy; Brown Heath and Blue Bells; Wanderers (poems); Shadows of the Stage (3 series); Life and Art of Edwin Booth; Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson; Oratlons by Willlam Win- ter: The Press and the Stage; The Actor; The Theatre and The Public; Stage Art; Other Days; Old Friends; Life and Art of Richard Mansfield; Over the Border; Shakespeare on the Stage; Tyrone Power (a biography); The Wallet of Time. Hon. mem. Dante Soc. of London, hon. mem. Soc. Army of the Potomac. Trustee Staten Island Acad., 1886-1906 (pres. 1891-1906), resigned; founded Arthur Winter Memorlal Library in S. 1. Acad., 1886. Recreations: Travel and antiquarlan re- search; study of Shakespeare. Clubs: Lotos (N. Y. City), Bohemilan (San Francisco). Residence: New Brighton. S. I., N. Y. Address: Care Moffat, Yard & Co., 116-120 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
WINTERFELDT, HANS
Banker; b. Berlin, Germany, Feb. 9, 1873; ed. in Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany; m. Louise Druce. Mem. firm of Speyer Co .; dir. Swiss Bankverein; Elec. Securities Co .; Nat. l''ys of Mexico; Mexican Central R. R .; Mo., Kansas .& Texas R. R .; was officer In Ger- man Cuirassier Reg't. Clubs: Automobile of America, City, Clty Midday Railroad, Westchester Country, Deutscher Verein. Address: Ritz Carlton Hotel, N. Y. City.
WINTERS, JOSEPH E.
Physician; b. Minnisink, N. Y., Jan 11, 1850; N. Y. University, M.D., 1872, tutor of anatomy N. Y. Univ., 1872-1873; demonstrator of anatomy M.D., N. Y. Univ., 1873-1885; house surgeon, Bellevue Hosp., 1873-1874; house physician ass't, Bellevue Hosp., 1874-1875; cur- ator Bellevue Hosp., 1875-1879; lecturer on diseases of children, N. Y. Univ., 1881-1884; clinical prof. of dis- cases of children, 1884-1891; prof. diseases of children, 1891-1898; prof. discases of children, Cornell Unlv. Med. Coll., since 1898; visiting physician to Demilt Dispensary, since 1882. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, County Med. Soc., N. Y. Clinical Soc. Author of many works on diphtheria, croup and children's diseases. Clubs: City, Riding. Address: 25 W. 37th St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, BEEKMAN
Banker; b. Orange, N. J., Sept. 18, 1874; s. Robert and Kate Wilson (Taylor) Winthrop; ed. Cutler's Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1897, magna cum laude, Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1900, cum laude; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 7,- 1903, Melza Riggs Wood. Ad- mitted to N. Y. Bar, 1899. Appt'd private sec. to llon. William H. Taft, pres. Philippine Comin'n, 1900; ass't exec. sec. Philippine Islands, 1900-1903; judge Court of First Instance., Philippine Islands, 1903-1901; gov. of Porto Rico, July 4, 1904-April 18, 1907; ass't sec. Treasury, April 23, 1907-Mar., 1909; ass't see the Navy, Man., 1909-Mar., 1913. Republican; Episcopalian. Corr. mem. Mass. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Knickerbocker, University, Harvard, N. Y. City. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, EGERTON LEIGH
,Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1840; grad. Columbia Coll., 1860; admitted to bar and since practising in N. Y. City. V .- p. and trustee Union Sq. Savings Bank, trus- ten U. S. Trust Co., trustee Inst. for Savings of Mer- chants' Clerks. Mem, Columbia Unly. Alumni Ass'n, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clubs: Knickerbocker (pres.), Church, Union, Metropolitan, City, Century. Address: 23 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, EGERTON LEIGH, JR.
Lawyer; b. 1864, N. Y. City; grad. Harvard Coll., 1885, Columbia Law Sch., 1887; admitted to bar and since engaged In practise in N. Y. City. Mem. firm Win- throp & Stimson. Sec. and dir. Am. Horse Exchange (ltd.), N. Y. Cab Co. (ltd.) Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, l'orcelain and Hasty Pudding fraternities, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Lawyers, Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Knickerbocker, Clty, Harvard, Meadow Brook Hunt. Residence: 114 E. 39th St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, G. BRONSON
Lawyer; grad. Trinity Coll., Cambridge Univ., Eng- land, 1886; admitted to bar and since engaged in prac- tise In N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt, City, Knickerbocker. Address: 23 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, HENRY ROGERS
Capitalist; b. Newport, R. 1., July 2, 1876; s. Bu- chanan and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; grad. Yale Coll., B.1., 1898; studied also N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Roslyn, L. 1., Oct. 3, 1905, Alice Babcock. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Feb., 1901. Capt. 12th Reg't Inf., N.G.N.Y., since 1902. Dir. The Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U. S., dir. Equitable Trust Co. of N Y., Lawyers' Mortgage Co., Lawyers' Title Ins. and Trust Co., Mer- cantile Trust Co., First Nat. Bank, Hempstead, Conried Met. Opera Co., Matawok Land Co., The New Theatre, Clubs: Knlekerbocker, Union, University, Racquet, Meadow Brook, Tuxedo. Automobile. Residence: 998 Fifth Av. Address: 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, ROBERT DUDLEY
Banker, broker; grad. Harvard Coll., 1883. Mem. Stock Exchange firm of Robert Winthrop & Co .; dir. Nassau Light and Power Co.) Clubs: Harvard, Knick- erbocker, Metropolitan, Unlon, University, 'rurf and Field, Meadow Brook Hunt, N. Y. Athletic, University Athletle, Down Town. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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WISE, EDMOND ELI
| Lawyer; b. Cassel, Germany (of Am. parents), Feb. 12, 1865; s. Edward and Hannah (Spiegelberg) Wise; grad. Columbia Coll., 1883, and Law Sch., Ph.B., LL. B., 1885; m. N. Y. City, June 6. 1900, Irene Kohns; one d., Ethel H., b. Aug. 6, 1902. In practise of law N. Y. City, since 1886; counsel for number of dep't stores, corpn's and estates. Mem, firm Wise & Seligsberg: v .- p. and dir. Fourteenth St. Realty Co .; dir. N. Y. Transporta- tion Co., Fifth Av. Coach Co. Independent. Mcm. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'u, Soc. of Internat. Law, Acad. Polit. Science, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Scenle & Historic Preservation Soc .; dir. Clara de Hirsch HIome for Working Girls. Clubs: City, Lawyers, Man- hattan, Harmonie, Hollywood Golf, Economic. Resi- dence: 23 W. 56th St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER
Lawyer; b. Richmond, Va., April 6, 1874; s. John S. and Evelyn B. (Douglas) Wise; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., 1894, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1896; m. Carter's Grove, Va., Nov. 12, 1902, Henrietta Edwina Booth .. Engaged in practise after admission to bar; partner with father-in-law firm J. S. & H. A. Wise; ass't att'y, 1902- 1909; U. S. att'y for Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1909-1913; since which time has been mem. law firm Bigelow & Wise. Capt. 4th U. S. Vol. Inf., 1898; served in Cuba, Spanish-Am. War, major of same reg't, 1899. Served as deputy ass't att'y gen., 1901. Mcm. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of . N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Southern Soc .. Kappa Alpha fraternitics. Clubs: And- iron. West Side Republican, Union League. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
WISE, HENRY M.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 23, 1880; s. Morris S, and Katie (Harris) Wise; ed. Public Sch. 89, and Horace Mann Sch., 1894-1897; Columbia Coll., A.B., 1901; Co- lumbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1903; m. Mildred F. Whyte. Mem. law firm of Wise & Lichtenstein; dir. Mi Favorita Cigar Co., Inc., Trade Mark Record, Nomordust Chem- ical Co., Am. Land & Mining Co., L. Prager, Inc., Cot- ton Gin Patents Corp'n, Wallis-Lispenard Cotton Har- vester Corp'n. Asso. editor Trade Mark Record. Mem. Soc. of French Medallists, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Rec- reations: Fishing, golf. Club: Columbia University. Address: 40 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
WISE, LEO H.
Capitalist; b. Md., 1862; s. Henry and Emllie' (Sutro) Wise; ed. Baltimore, Md .; m. Baltimore, 1884. Pres. and dir. Colonial Assurance Co., mem. firm Wise Bros. Mem. Advisory Com. of Am. Lloyds, Underwriters, Great Western Lloyds, Underwriters; dir. Converse & Co., Am. Philippine Co. Address: 28 E. 63d St., N. Y. City.
WISSLER, CLARK
.Anthropologist; b. Richmond, Ind., 1870; s. Benjamin Franklin and Sylvani (Needler) Wissler; grad. Indiana Univ., A.B., 1897, A.M., 1899; Ph.D., Columbia Univ., 1901; m. Hagerstown, Ind., 1899, Etta Violet Gebhart; children: Stanley, b. 1901, Mary Viola, b. 1807. While a student was ass't in philosophy, Indiana Univ., 1895-1897, ass't instructor Ohio State Univ., 1897-1899; ass't in psychology, Columbia Univ., 1899-1900; fellow in psychology, Columbia Univ., 1900-1901; instr. in ed'n, N. Y. City, 1901-1902; ass't in anthropology, Co- lumbia Univ., 1903-1905; lecturer on anthropology, Co- lumbia Univ., 1905-1909; ass't in ethnology, Am. Mu- soum of Natural History, 1902-1905; ass't curator, 1905, curator, 1906; curator of anthropology, since 1908. Made expd'ns for Am. Museum of Natural History, 1902-1904. Mem. Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Anthropol. Aşs'n, N. Y. Acad. of Science (fellow), Am. Ass'n of Museums, Am. Folk Soc., Am. Gcog. Soc., Internat. Congress of Americanists; fellow A.A.A.S and Am. Ethnol. Soc .; mem. Sigma Xi fraternity, Phl Beta Kappa Soc. Address: 77th St. and Central Park W., N. Y. City.
WITHERBEE, FRANK SPENCER
Iron miner; b. Port Henry, N. Y., May 12, 1852; s. Jonathan G. and Charlotte (Spencer) Witherbee; grad. Yale Univ., 1874; m. N. Y. City, April 25, 1884, Mary Rhinelander Stewart; children: Lispenard Stewart. b. 1886, Evelyn S., b. 1889. Since 1875 has been largely interested in iron mines at Port Henry, N. Y .; was pres. Troy Steel Co., now a part of U. S. Steel Corp'n; also v .- p. Thumser Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., and identified with other railroad, steamboat and Iron companies. Pres. and dir. Witherbee, Sherman & Co .; dir. Lake Champlain & Morlah R. R. Co., Equitable Life Assurance Soc .. Central Hudson Steamboat Co. Has traveled extensively in Europe, U. S., and Canada. Republican; Nat. committeeman during Harrison cam-
paign, representing N. Y. State, served for years on Republican State Com. of N. Y. State and frequently as delegate to Nat. and State convs .; elected presiden- tial elector in first Harrison presidential election. Identified with movement to establish an Adirondack State Park and In movement to complete State Barge Canal. Served years In State Militia. Presby'n. Trustee House of Refuge, Randall's Island, N. Y. Mem. Nat. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Lake Superior Mining Inst., Am. Inst. Historic Re- search, Am. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History. Recreation: Travel, Clubs: Union, University, Metropolitan, Republican, Riding, Down Town (N. Y. City); Benedict (Port Henry, N. Y.). Residence: 4 Fifth Av. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
WITHERSPOON, HERBERT
Grand opera and concert singer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 21, 1873; s. Rev. Orlando and Cora V. (Taylor) Witherspoon; ed. Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Coun .; Yale Univ., B.A., 1895, Yale Art Sch., volce study in Paris, London, N. Y .; theory of music at Yale Univ .; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 26, 1899, Greta Hughes. Was one ycar with Castle Square Opera Co .; soloist with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Thomas Orchestra of Chicago, in Chicago six times and en tour three years; with Pittsburgh Orchestra two tours and in Pitts- burgh; N. Y. Symphony Orche: tra; N. Y. Oratorio Soc .: tours throughout U. S. eight years. With principal orchestras and socs. in London, England, Liverpool, etc. Engaged for Norwich Festival and Sheffield Fes- tival in England, Oct., 1908; engaged as leading basso, Met. Opera House, N. Y. City, for four years beginning 1908; re-engaged as leading bass, Met. Opera House, N. Y., 1913-1914. Soloist at Cincinnati Festival and all leading festivals throughout America. Tours have covered, on an average, thirty thousand miles of travel each year. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Yale, Metropolitan. Address: Yale Club, N. Y. City.
WITHINGTON, IRVING PLATT
Physician; b. Kingston, N. J .; s. I. Chandler and Maria Roshore (Platt) Withington; ed. Freehold (N. J.) Inst .; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1880, A.M., Princeton Theol. Sem., B.D., 1885; Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, post- grad. work, 1886; N. Y. Homce. Coll. and Flower Hosp., 1906, M.D .; m. N. Y Clty, 1886, Sybella White; children : Harry White, b. 1887, Ernest Stoddart, b. 1891, Chandler Platt, b. 1896. Clinician, Diseases of the Skin. Flower Ilosp .; visiting physiclan Laura Franklin Hosp. for Children; visiting physician St. Gregory's Hosp .: visit- ing physician MMet. Hosp. B. I. Republican; Presby- terian. Mem. Helmuth Surg. Club, Soc. Pathological Science, N. Y. Homo., County Med. Soc., American In- stitute. Address: 855-7th Av., N. Y. City.
WOHLAUER, ALFRED A.
Electrical eng'r; b. Dresden, Germany, Dec. 6, 1876; s. Gustav and Hedwig (Jacobson) Wohlauer; ed. in Leipzig, Berlin. Munleh, Darmstadt, receiving degree and diploma of clec. eng'ring. Employed by Siemens & Halske, Berlin, and Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady, in Testing Dep't and Research Laboratory. Ilas contb'd frequently to technical press and ass'ns. Invented several devices relating to electric light and heat. Served in German Army. Hebrew. Mem. Elektrotech- nischer Verein, Berlin; Elektrotechnischer Verein, Darmstadt; Am. Inst. Elec., Engr's. Illuminating Eng'ring Soc. Address: 516 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WOLF, HENRY
Artist, engraver; b. Eckwersheim, Alsace, Aug. 3, 1852; s. Simon and Panlinc (Ettinger) Wolf; ed. in schools of Eckwersheln and Strasbourg, Alsace; at age of 15 began apprenticeship to meel. eng'ring, but later took up drawing and engraving on wood. and studied in atelier of Jacques Levy, an artist engraver; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 25, 1875, Rose Mas sée; children: Hamilton Achille, Anstin Massée. Came to U. S., 1871; practised first in Albany and then worked in N. Y. City; attended life class at evening art sch. at Cooper Union, 1873-1875; in 1877 began work on own account and contb'd to Harper's Magazine and Century Magazine, Has engraved paintings of Ge- rôme, Breton, Cazin Morot. Dagnan-Bouveret, Benja- min-Constant, Meissonier, Israels, Haz, Corot, Gilbert Stuart, Cecilla Beaux, Wyant, Snrgent. Wiles, Thayer, Eastman Johnson, Harrison, Homer, Ranger, Inness, Gifford, Martin, Whistler, Low, Brush, Alexander, Weir, Menzel, Lenbach, and many others. Has published original engravings: The Evening Star 1897; The Morning Star, 1903; A Duck Pond, 1906; Morning Mists, 1907; Lower New York in Mist, 1910 (edition of 100 proofs on Japan paper). Also published Portrait of Thomas Jefferson after painting by Charles Wilson Peale, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia; Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, after Whistler; "My Mother," from
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the Luxembourg Gallery, Paris, after Whistler, "Miss Alexander," after Whistler. Engraved five master- pieces for the Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. City: "Young Woman at a window," after lan Van der Meer of Delft; "Boy with the Sword," after Manet; "Balthazar Carlos," after Valesquez; "Portrait of a Girl," after Leonardo da Vinci; "Day Dreams," after Thomas Cou- ture. Engraved for private use portraits of William T. Evans, Louis Stern, Joseph Pulitzer, Mr. Hearn, Mr. R. A. Canfield; for several years has been engraving a "Series of Women" for Harper's Magazine and executing private orders, reproducing paintings for collectors and family portraits. Received hon. nien- tion, 1888, gold medal, 1895, Paris Salon; hon. mention, Paris Exp'n, 1889, silver medal, Paris Exp'n, 1900; medal, World's Columbian Exp'n, 1893; silver medal Exp'n de Beaux Arts, Rouen, France, 1903; diploma and Grand Prixc awarded by Internat. Superior Jury, La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904. Mem. Jury for Paris Exp'ns of 1889 and 1900; Jury of Admissions and Awards, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901; mem. Ad- visory Com., and Internat. Jury of Awards, La. P'ur- chase Exp'n, 1904. Asso. academician Nat. Acad. De- sign, 1905; academician, 1908; mem. Internat. Soc. Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, England; de'l Union Internationale des Beaux Arts et des Let - tres, Paris, France; Alliance Française; artist; mem. Lotos Club. Address: 146 E. 81st St., N. Y. City.
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