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TANNER, John Henry, B. S., Ph. D .:
Assistant professor of mathematics in Cornell University, at Ithaca, N.
Y .; born on March 1, 1861, near Fort Plain, N. Y .; son of Charles Frederick and Minnie Lenz Tanner; educated in the public schools of Fort Plain, the Clinton Liberal Institute, Cornell University and the University of Göttingen, Germany. Instructor in mathematics at Cornell, 1891-94, 1894; life member of the American and assistant professor since Mathematical Society, and member of its council; life member and fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Member of the Asso- ciation of Teachers of Mathematics of the Middle States and Maryland; mem- ber of the Society of the Sigma Xi, and also of various clubs. Author of an "Analytic Geometry" (Tanner and Allen) and an "Elementary Algebra"; both pub- lished by the American Book Company. Married Miss Clara Martha Williams at Ithaca, N. Y., June 20, 1893. Address, Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N. Y.
TANNER, Zera L .:
Commander U. S. Navy; born War- saw, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1835. His father died in 1836. He worked on a farm and at- tended the public school whenever it was possible to do so; 1852 to 1855 was em- ployed in a foundry, making a business trip to England in 1855; in 1856 made a voyage to the East Indies on board the Culloden. After making two voyages in this vessel he decided to follow the sea as a profession; returned to New York in 1859 as boatswain of the American packet ship Bridgewater; second officer of the Game Cock, from New York to China and Japan, 1859-61; joined the Kingfisher in January, 1861, and second officer from Hong Kong to San Francisco; July 1, 1861, promoted first officer and sailed for Bos- ton. He made a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico on government transport, return- ing to Boston; sailed from Boston to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying troops and horses
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for the United States Government. March, 1862, joined the Western European government transport and carried troops and horses to Gulf of Mexico, returning to New York. He volunteered for ser- vice in the navy and in 1862 was appointed acting ensign; received a commission in the regular navy March 12, 1868. Pro- moted master. Dec. 18, 1868; lieutenant, March 21, 1870; cruised in the Pacific Ocean until 1873, when he went to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and remained there until 1874. From 1874 to 1878 com- manded the steamships Colon and City of Pekin, Pacific mail steamers; 1879, com- manded the U. S. steamship Speedwell on special service in deep sea explora- tions; 1882 took command of the fish com- mission steamer Albatross and for more than five years was actively engaged in the scientific exploration of the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and along the coast of the United States; November, 1887, made a scientific voyage to the west coast of America, going via the Straits of Magellan, and reached San Francisco, May, 1888, May, 1894, detached from the Albatross at his own request; Jan. 1, 1895, ordered to special duty under the United States fish commission in Washington, D. C .; on duty at Navy Department, 1898; promoted to lieutenant-commander, Feb. 22, 1883; promoted to commander, Feb. 7, 1893; special duty, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C., 1895-96; Hydrograph- ic Office, Washington, D. C., 1896-97. Retired, Dec. 5, 1897. On special duty during the Spanish War. Address, 2204 R. St., Washington, D. C.
TARBELL, Gage E .:
Second vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and a member of its board of directors, was born at Smithville, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1856. After being educated at the Clinton Liberal Institute he taught school for one year and then began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and practiced the profession for four years. In 1884 he became manager for the Southern New York department of the Equitable with headquarters Bing- hamton. N. Y. Early in 1888 he was made general agent for Wisconsin, with headquarters at Milwaukee. In 1889 ne received a partnership interest in the Northwestern department with head- quarters at Chicago. In 1891 he was given sole charge of the affairs of the company in Illinois, Wisconsin, with the title of resident secretary. In Sept., 1893, he was elected third vice-president of the society, and in May, 1899, was pro- moted to the second vice-presidency. Address, 120 Broadway, New York.
TARBELL, Ida M .:
Author; daughter of Franklin S. and Esther Ann (Mccullough); born in Titus- ville, Pa., Nov. 5, 1857; graduated Titus-
ville High School and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Was associate editor The Chatauquan, 1883-91; left staff to study at the Sorbonne and College de France in Paris. In 1894 she became associate editor of McClure's Magazine, in which she published "Early Life of Abraham Lin- coln" (with J. McCan Davis), "Short Life of Napoleon Bonaparte," 1895; "Life of Mme. Roland," 1896; also author of "Life of Abraham Lincoln," 1900; magazine ar- ticles on history, etc., and "History of the Standard Oil Company." Member of the American Historical Association, Ameri- can Economic Association, National Arts Club. Residence, 40 West 9th St .; office, 141 East 25th St., New York.
TARR, Ralph Stockman:
Professor of dynamic geology and phy- sical geography at Cornell University; was born at Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 15,' 1864; graduated from the Lawrence Sci- entific School of Harvard University, 1891. He was connected as assistant with the U. S. Fish Commission and Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83; in 1888 and 1891 with the U. S. Geological Survey, and in 1889 was assistant geologist on the Texas Ge- ological Survey. For a year previous to his graduation at Harvard- he assisted in' the geological department. He subse- quently was called (1892) to the assistant professorship of same at Cornell Univer- sity, becoming in 1897 professor of dy- namic geology and physical geography. Author of "Elementary Physical Geogra- phy," 1895; "Elementary Geology," 1897; "Tarr and McMurry Geography," "Physi- cal Geography of New York State," 1902; "New Physical Geography," 1904. Mem- ber of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geologi- cal Society of America. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.
TATLOCK, John:
Associate actuary of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; was born in Massachusetts, March 12, 1860, and is a son of the Rev. Dr. John Tat- lock, a distinguished minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was educated at Williams College and was graduated from there in 1882. After his gradua- tion he became astronomer at the Wash- burn Observatory at Madison, Wis., re- signing from there to become professor of astronomy at Beloit College. In Jan., 1889 he was appointed actuary of the Pruden- tial Insurance Company of Newark, and in March, 1889, was appointed assistant ac- tuary of the Mutual Life. He has been a frequent contributor to the scientific and literary periodicals of the time. M. A., Williams College, 1887; fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1891. He was elected secretary of the Actuarial Society of America in May, 1899, and ed-
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itor of its Transactions. In the fall of 1889 he was appointed associate actuary of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Address, 32 Nassau St., New York.
TAYLOR, Alexander H. M .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in England; appointed from New York, civil life. Private Company B, Eighty-third New York Infantry, Nov. 30, 1861; discharged Sept. 10, 1862; sergeant general service Sept. 10, 1862; discharged April 30, 1863; sergeant general service March 5, 1864; discharged March 31, 1864; second lieu- tenant Sevententh Infantry March 16, 1866; first lieutenant Sept. 1, 1867; hon- orably discharged Dec. 1, 1870; hospital steward May 24. 1872; discharged Oct. 15, 1873; second lieutenant Nineteenth In- fantry Oct. 1, 1873; first lieutenant Nov. 24, 1879 .- In the field during the War of the Rebellion 1861-62;' transferred to the general service U. S. Army as sergeant Sept., 1862; clerk in the War Depart- ment, Washington, D. C., to April, 1866; at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, to July, 1866; on special duty in Washing- ton, July, 1867. Captain, May 4, 1892. Retired, June 7, 1894. Address, 138 Fourteenth St., Detroit, Mich.
TAYLOR, Asher C .:
Colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York. Appointed from Wisconsin, civil life. Corporal and sergeant Company D, and sergeant major Third Wisconsin Infan- try, April 25. 1861 to Oct. 28, 1864; first lieutenant Third Wisconsin Veteran In- fantry. Oct. 29 1864; honorably mustered out July 18, 1865; second lieutenant Fif- teenth Infantry Oct. 16, 1867; first lieu- tenant Aug. 25, 1868; assigned to Second Artillery, Dec. 31, 1870; captain, Jan. 20, 1889. In the field in the War of the Re- bellion, 1861 to 1865; at the post of San Augustine, Texas, and at various other posts from the close of the war to 1890; Major Fourth Artillery, June 18, 1900; lieutenant Spanish-American War Ar- tillery Corps, Feb. 21, 1902. Address. Fort Barrancas, Fla.
TAYLOR, Mrs. Bayard:
Nee Hansen (Marie); born June 2, 1829, at Gotha, Germany. Parents, Peter An- dreas Hansen, renowned astronomer and mathematician, and Lina Braun. At pri- vite school, later private instruction .. Married at Gotha, Germany, Oct. 27, 1857, to Bayard Taylor, the poet, who died as minister of the United States of Amer- ica at Berlin, 1878. Translated some of her husband's prose works into her na- tive tongue, and after his death edited the following: "Bayard Taylor's Poems," Household Edition, 1880; his "Dramatic Poems," with notes, 1880; "Studies in German Literature," 1880; "Critical Es- says and Literary Notes," 1880; New Edition of "A History of Germany," with
a last chapter by herself, 1894; for 1902 she edited anew the Household Edition of "Bayard Taylor's Poems," arranging them chronologically. She also published "Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor," in con- junction with Horace E. Scudder, 1884, in two volumes. Address, 116 East 57th St., New York.
TAYLOR, Charles H .:
Stockbroker; graduated from University of Rochester in 1870; clerk New York City, 1870-75; cashier Custom House, New York City, 1885-90; dealer in stocks and bonds, New York City, 1890 to date. Ad- dress, 5 Nassau St., New York.
TAYLOR, Charles Jay:
Artist; born in New York, Aug. 11, 1853; educated in Ward School No. 17; Savage School, Norwich Town, Conn .; College of City of New York; graduate of Columbia College Law School 1874; studied' art National Academy of Design and Art Students League, also in Lon- don and Paris. Exhibited at World's Fair, Chicago. Honorable mention at the salons, Paris, and at all exhibitions in the United States. Medal, Pan-American, Buffalo. Illustrated some thirty books, including nearly all the works by the late H. C. Bunner, also "Taylor-made Girl," Charles Scribner & Co .; "England," by C. J. Taylor, Harper & Bros .; connected with various publishing houses. Was with Puck some years, and is now part .owner of that paper. Has also con- tributed to Punch, London. Painting camp at Boothbay Harbor, Me. Married 1876 to Mary Adelaide Levison, two daughters. Address, 16 Gramercy Park, New York.
TAYLOR, Charles W .:
Major, U. S. Army; born in Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y .; son of Rev. Charles H. Taylor, D. D., and Esther M. Taylor; educated at Academies of Cambridge, Washington Co., and Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., and Military Academy, West Point, N. Y .; appointed to Military Acad- emy by the Hon. G. G. Hoskins, of Attica, N. Y .; graduated from Military Academy, 1879, and assigned as second lieutenant to Ninth U. S. Cavalry; first lieutenant, 1884; regimental quartermaster, Ninth Cavalry, 1885 to 1899; captain, 1892; ma- jor, Thirteenth Cavalry, 1902; brevet first lieutenant, 1890, for gallantry in action with Apache Indians, San Andreas Moun- tains, New Mexico; Indian campaigns against Ute Indians, Colorado-Utah, 1879- 80; Apache campaigns against Apache In- dians in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and old Mexico, 1879 to 1882; Creek campaign, Indian Territory, 1883; chief quartermas- ter, District of Oklahoma, 1884; Sioux campaign, 1890-91, Pine Ridge, S. D. Spanish-American War in Cuba, 1898; wounded at San Juan, July 1, 1898; secre- tary and treasurer United States Soldiers'
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Home, Washington, D. C., Nov., 1898, to April, 1902. He was with regiment in Philippine Islands to Sept., 1903; general recruiting service, St. Paul and Minneap- olis, Minn., to date. He married Juliet Watson Hart, daughter of Colonel Verling K. Hart, U. S. Cavalry (deceased). Ad- dress, Phoenix Building, St. Paul, Minn.
TAYLOR, James Monroe:
President Vassar College; born in: Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1848; son of Rev. Dr. E. E. L. and Mary J. Taylor; gradu- ated, University of Rochester, 1868; Roch- ester Theological Seminary, 1871; spent a year in study abroad; pastor, South Nor- walk, 1873-82; Providence, 1882-86; presi- dent of Vassar College, 1886 to date; D. D., Rochester, 1886, and Yale Univer- sity, 1901; LL.D., Rutgers. Author of "A New World and an Old Gospel," "Practi- cal and Ideal," "A Manual of Psychol- ogy," an essay on the Catechumenate, and various articles on education. Ad- dress Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
TAYLOR, John Myers:
Engineer and inspector; born in Au- burn, N. Y .; son of Captain David Aus- tin and Sarah (Myers) Taylor; graduated from Cornell University in 1888 and later took post graduate work there; contribu- tor of various articles to periodicals. Pa- ternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and of Concord, Mass .; maternal ancestors were of the early Dutch settlers of New York; history records that these families were identified with the patriotic and pub- lic spirited movements of colonial times and with the struggles for freedom from British sovereignty and for the preserva- tion of the Union. Member Loyal Legion, Society of Colonial Wars, University Club, etc. Address, Albany, N. Y.
TAYLOR, Moses:
Iron merchant; vice-president Lacka- wanna Steel Company and Lake Cham- plain & Moriah Railroad Company; direc- tor Franklin Iron Company, Knicker- bocker Trust Company, National City Bank and Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. Member of Riding, Metropoli- tan, City, Midday and Knickerbocker Clubs. Address, 6 East 72d St .; office, 100 Broadway, New York.
TAYLOR, Robert W., M.D .:
Born in New York City; received the degree of M. D. from College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, 1868; attending sur- geon New York Dispensary; attending physician, Bureau of Relief Outdoor Poor, Bellevue Hospital; attending surgeon, Charity Hospital; professor diseases of skin. Woman's Medical College; professor diseases of skin, University of Vermont; consulting surgeon, City, French, and Co- lumbia Hospitals; visiting surgeon, Belle-
vue Hospital. Member Academy of Medi- cine and County Medical Society. Ad- dress, 40 West 21st St., New York.
TAYLOR, Zachary P .:
Lawyer; graduated from University of Rochester in 1869; instructor in classics, Central High School, 1869-72; Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1872-73, hav- ing in the meantime studied law at Union Law College, Cleveland, O. (LL.B., 1872) ; he was admitted to the bar and practiced at Fort Wayne, Ind., 1873-75; was acting principal, Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1875-76; West High School, Cleveland, O., 1876-79; principal, Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1879-83; principal, Free Academy, Rochester, N. Y., 1883-86; has practiced law at Rochester, N. Y. Author of "Annotations of Hun's Supreme Court Reports," 1890, 1891, 1892. Address, 14 Merriman St., Rochester, N. Y.
TEMPLETON, Fay:
Actress; born in Little Rock, Ark .; both her parents being actors, she was early placed upon the stage, being but four years of age when she made her first ap- pearance; she has since appeared in many comic operas; played four seasons under the management of Weber and Fields, and during the spring and summer season at the Casino. During the present season, 1903-04, is playing in her own company. Address, Hoffman House, New York.
TEN EYCK, Benjamin L .:
Major, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from New York. Assistant surgeon, June 7, 1889; captain assistant surgeon, June 7, 1894; served in Spanish- American War; major surgeon, Feb. 14, 1902; retired in 1903. Address, 131 Third Ave., Newark, N. J.
TEN EYCK, William H .:
Clergyman; born in Schenectady, N. Y., 1818; graduated at Rutgers College, 1845, later receiving the degree of D. D. from. the same college; was clerk of North Classis, T. I .. 1864; became permanent clerk of the General Synod of the Re- formed Church in America, 1871; has long been member of the board of education of this church; is a member of the Delta Phi, the Phi Beta Society, and the Hol- land Society, New York. Address, 46 West 93d St., New York.
TERHUNE, Albert Payson:
Writer, traveler, editor; born in New- ark, N. J., Dec. 21, 1872; son of the Rev. Dr. Edward Payson and Mary Virginia Terhune (Marion Harland) ; spent boy- hood in Europe; was graduated, with de- gree of A. B. at Columbia University, 1893; traveled through Greece and the Orient (1893-94), crossing Syria on horseback, living with Bedouins in the desert, inves- tigating leper settlements and penetrating
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to Mohammedan shrines barred to for- eigners. He returned to America and joined editorial staff of the New York Evening World, with which he is still connected. On Sept. 2, 1901, married Anice Morris Stockton, of New York, great-granddaughter of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He has written "Syria from the Saddle," Columbia Stories," "Dr. Dale" (last in collaboration with Marion Harland); is also contributor of short stories, verse and novelettes to the magazines. Author- ity and expert writer on athletics and physical culture and expert boxer and fencer. Residence, 167 West 80th St., New York.
TERRES, John B .:
Vice-consul-general; was born in Char- lotte, N. C., Sept. 25, 1846; graduated in medicine in the Richmond Medical Col- lege, class of 1866. In 1870 moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and in 1875 went to Port au Prince, Hayti, and began the practice of medicine; was appointed United States vice-consul-general at Port au Prince, Hayti, July 20, 1880; resigned Jan., 1885; reappointed Oct. 1, 1885.
TERRY, Charles Thaddeus:
Lawyer; born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1867; attended following schools and colleges: Private school; public schools in Albany, N. Y., from beginning to end of the system; Albany High School; Wil- liams' College; University of Berlin; Co- lumbia University School of Law; received degree of B. A., Williams, 1889; degree of LL.B., Columbia University, 1893; cer- tificate of the University of Berlin, 1890, of completion of courses in political econ- omy, history and philosophy; began the practice of law in New York City, 1893; was taken into partnership by an old well- established practitioner; after about two years was offered a much more advan- tageous connection as the junior member of a law partnership of three; accepted, and remained a partner in the firm for about six years; since that time has prac- ticed alone. He has been since 1893 con- nected with the Law School of Columbia University as follows: Prize lecturer on practice and pleading under the New York Code of Civil Procedure, equity pleading and practice, 1893-94-95; regular lecturer, 1896-1901; professor of law, 1901 to date; during 1903, as counsel for the National Association of Automobile Man- ufacturers, he made various test cases and succeeded in having the very restric- tive and unreasonable law of this State declared unconstitutional. Member of University Club of New York City, Law- yers Club; president of National Council of Phi Delta Phi; president of Phi Delta Theta Club of New York City; treasurer of Albany Society of New York; president of New York Phi Delta Phi Club, Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society, and of
Bar Association. He won thirteen first prizes out of a total of fourteen offered in college course at Williams College, in- cluding four prizes in Greek and Latin, Graves' essay prize, Dewey prize for ex- cellence of delivery of commencement ora- tion, Moonlight oratorical prize, Graves' oratorical prize, political economy prize, history prize, and prize for prizes; won Phi Beta Kappa key in junior year; was awarded the prize lectureship after three years' course at Columbia Law School for excellence in course. Married Elizabeth Blackburn at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1894 (she died March 12, 1895); married Katharine Lansing Hendrick, Presbyter- ian Church, New Scotland, N. Y., June 22, 1898; two children, James Hendrick Terry and Katharine Hendrick Terry. Address, Columbia University, New York.
TERRY, Seth Sprague:
Lawyer; graduated (A. B.) from Uni- versity of Rochester in 1883; A. M., 1886; law student, Harvard Law School, 1884- 86; since 1886 has practiced law in New York City. Commissioner of accounts of City of New York, 1895-98. Address, 66 Broadway, New York.
THACHER, Edwin:
Civil engineer and bridge contractor; born in DeKalb, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1839; son of Seymour and Elizabeth Thacher. He was graduated from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute in 1863; on April 22, 1872, he married Anna E. Bartholomew; he was formerly chief engineer of the Keystone Bridge Company; a consulting engineer for bridges and bridge contractor; mem- ber of the Concrete Steel Engineering Company. He is an inventor and patentee of many mechanical devices, among which are Thacher's cylindrical slide rule, im- proved duplex slide rule, steel bridge trusses, combination bridge trusses, a sys- tem of concrete steel arches, a steel super- structure for concrete steel bridges, bar for reinforcing concrete, and a system for concrete steel floors. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Residence, 5 West 65th St .; office, Park Row Building, New York.
THALMANN, Ernst:
Capitalist; vice-president Great Britain Railways Development Corporation, Bir- mingham & Atlantic Railroad Company, and United States and Hayti Telegraph and Cable Company; director Aachen & Munich Fire Insurance Company. Ad- dress, 25 Broad St .; residence, 150 Central Park South, New York.
THAYER, Theodora W .:
Artist; born in Milton, Mass., in 1868; studied in Boston under Joseph De Camp; never went through any academic school; is a member of the Society of American Miniature Painters; one of the original
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members and exhibits regularly in that society and generally in Philadelphia, and at the American Artists Exhibition; ex- hibited in Paris, had a bronze medal at the Buffalo Exposition. Address, 154 Car- negie Hall, New York.
THIERIOT, Jacob H .:
Consul; was born in Jersey City, N. J., 1851; educated in American and European schools; was connected with a gold mining company in Venezuela from 1876 to 1882; was assistant manager of same company in New York from 1882 to 1885; was in printing and advertising business in Aus- tralia from 1885' to 1888; was superinten- dent of the United States fine art section in the Paris Exposition, 1889. He was appointed United States commercial agent at Freiburg, Germany, in 1895; appointed consul at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1898.
THOMAS, Calvin:
Professor of Germanic languages and literatures at Columbia University; was born Oct. 28, 1854, on a farm near La- peer, Mich., and received his education at the Lapeer public schools and at the Uni- versity of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1874 with the degree of A. B. After teaching three years in the high school at Grand Rapids, Mich., he went to Leipzig to study philology, but returned in 1878 to accept an instructor- ship at the University of Michigan; he served three years as instructor, five as assistant professor, and in 1886 was made professor of Germanic languages and lit- eratures. In 1896 he was called to a pro- fessorship with the same title at Colum- bia University, which position he still holds. His principal publications in book form are various editions of German classics, notably Goethe's "Torquato Tas- so," 1889, and Goethe's "Faust," 1892-97; "A Practical German Grammar," 1895, and "The Life and Works of Schiller," 1901. To these may be added a study of Goethe's ethics published in pamphlet form in 1886 under the title "Goethe and the Conduct of Life." Besides these he has contributed numerous essays and re- views, chiefly on German subjects, to var- ious journals, such as the New York Na- tion, the Open Court, the Forum and the Goethe-Jahrbuch. Since its foundation, in 1883, he has been an active member of the Modern Language Association of Am- erica, was it president in 1896 and is well represented in its proceedings. He is a member of the Weimar Goethe-Gesell- schaft and of the New York Authors Club. of which he was president in 1902- 03. Address, Columbia University, New York.
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