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Brigadier General, U. S. Army; born il. and appointed from New York; was grad- uated from the Military Academy in class of 1852. Brevet second lieutenant, Third Artillery, July 1, 1852; second lieutenant, Aug. 22, 1853; first lieutenant, Ninth In- fantry, March 3, 1855; captain, March 1, 1861; major, Eighteenth Infantry, Dec. 29, 1863; lieutenant-colonel, Sixteenth In- fantry, Aug. 16, 1871; colonel, Ninth In- fantry. Feb. 20, 1882; retired, April 2, 1883. Brigadier General, April, 1904. Ad- dress, 507 East 3rd St., Cincinnati, O.
VAN VOORHIS, Eugene:
Lawyer; was graduated from universi- ty of Rochester in 1885; studied law at Rochester, N. Y., 1885-87; admitted to the Bar in 1887. Address, 500 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
VAN VORST, Marie (Miss) :
Author; born New York; daughter of Hon. H. C. (judge Supreme Court) and Josephine Treat Van Vorst ; educated by private tutors. Contributor of verse and fiction to magazines, New York Sun, Evening Post, Scribner's Magazine etc. Author : Bagby's Daughter (with Mrs. John Van Vorst, 1901) ; Philip Longstreth, (1902) ; Poems, (1902); Woman Who Toils, (with Mrs. John Van Vorst, 1903). Residence, 90 rue de Varenne, Paris, France ; office, 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VAN WYCK, Robert Anderson:
Jurist; ex-mayor ; born N. Y., July 20, 1849; son of William and Lydia Van Wyck; was graduated from Calumbia College Law School as the valedictorian of a class of 124, and was admitted to the Bar soon after his graduation, con- tinuing to practice his profession until 1889, in which year he was elected judge of the City Court, and became presiding judge of the court. In 1897 he was elect- ed mayor of Greater N. Y. at the first election held under the new charter. He is a member and one of the founders of the Holland Society, and has been hon- ored with its presidency. He is a mem- ber of the Democratic Club, and of a number of other social organizations. Residence, 135 E. 46th St., N. Y. City. VARUM, Charles A .:
Major U. S. Army; born N. Y .; ap- pointed from Florida; was graduated from the Military Academy in class of 1872. Second lieutenant, Seventh Cav- alry, June 14, 1872; first lieutenant, June
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25, 1876; Captain, July 22, 1890; Major 9th Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Riley, Kansas.
VARUM. James M .:
Lawyer; born N. Y. City, 1848; was graduated from Yale in 1868, subsequent- ly entering the law school of Columbia University, where he graduated in 1871. Was admitted to the Bar the same year. Republican. Was elected to the N. Y. Assembly in 1878; re-elected, 1879. Was appointed senior aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Olonzo B. Cornell, in 1880, with rank of colonel, paymaster- general of N. Y., with rank of brigadier- general during Levi Morton's administra- tion, being later made surrogate of N. Y. County by Theodore Roosevelt. Ad- dress, 36 E. 52d St., N. Y. City.
VEDDER, Harmon A .:
Physician; born Flushing, Long Island, Jan. 16, 1868; the son of Maus R. and Sarah Outwater Vedder. He prepared for college in the private schools of N. Y. City; was graduated from Columbia Col- lege in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1891 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of N. Y. City. After an interneship of eighteen months at the N. Y. Hospital and three months at the Sloane Maternity Hospital, Dr. Vedder went abroad and pursued a course of study at the Edinburgh Univer- sity, and the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1893 he began the practice of medicine in N. Y. City. He is a mem- ber of the Alumni Association of Colum- bia College, the Alumni Association of the N. Y. Hospital, the Alumni Association of the Sloane Maternity Hospital, the Great- er N. Y. Medical Society, the Quiz Club, the Delta Phi Club, and the Holland So- ciety. On Dec. 12, 1894, married Effie Turner Boultbee, of Toronto, Canada. His children are Harmon Boultbee, James Outwater, and Glen Turner. Ad- dress, 44 E. 76th St., N. Y. City.
VEDDER, Maus Rosa:
Physician; born Schenectady, N. Y., March 19, 1835, and is the seventh repre- sentative of the Vedder family in Amer- ica. The progenitor of the American branch of the family was Harmon Al- bertse Vedder, son of Albert Vedder, a native of Holland, who came to this country in 1635. Dr. Maus Rosa Vedder, seventh son of Nicholas A. Vedder, ac- quired his preliminary education at the Lyceum; in 1852 he entered Union Col- lege, and after pursuing the usual course
was engaged in mercantile life for one year. The following year was spent in travel around the world, visiting the West Indies, China, and California. After his return he studied medicine under the competent direction of his elder brother, Dr. Alexander M. Vedder, then took a full course at the Albany Medical Col- lege, and subsequently a three years' course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of N. Y. City, from which he was graduated in 1860 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The thesis presented by him was a very able one, and was awarded the Faculty prize. Shortly after graduation he was appointed resident physician of Blackwell's Island, and later became house physician at Bellevue Hos- pital, where he remained two years. He then offered his services to the govern- ment, and was immediately appointed assistant surgeon in the U. S. Army. Early in 1863 he resigned from the army to associate himself with his brother, Dr. Joseph H. Vedder, of Flushing, L. I. In 1870, he moved to N. Y., where he has since practiced. He is a prominent mem- ber of the Royal Arch Masons, the Man- hattan Club, the St. Nicholas Soci- ery, the Holland Society, the Sons of the Revolution, the
Chi Psi, the Academy of Medicine. and the Transpor- tation Club. On April 14, 1863, he mar- ried Miss Sarah Augustus Outwater, only child of James Outwater. of Tivoli-on- the-Hudson. Six children have been born to them. all of whom are now living, with the exception of one, who died in infancy. Dr. Vedder has a summer residence at Caldwell. N. J. Address, 44 E. 76th St .. N. Y. City.
VEEDER, Ten Eyck De Witt:
Commander U. S. Navy; born N. Y .; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 24, 1868; was graduated May 31, 1873. Promoted ensign. July 16, 1874; master, Jan. 1, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Oct. 7, 1886; Tuscarora, deep-sea sounding, Pacific Station, 1873- 75; Vandalia, European Station, 1876-77; Alliance, Europan Station, 1877-80; Tor- pedo Station, 1880-81; Richmond, Palos and Ashuelot, Asiatic Station, 1881-84; on board Ashuelot when wrecked on Lamrock Rocks, Formosa Channel; Navy Yard. Washington, 1884; special duty, electric lighting, Bureau of Navigation, 1885-89; Bureau of Equipment, electric lighting, 1890; Enterprise, July 1, 1890; Yorktown, Squadron of Evolution, Aug., 1890, to May, 1893; Bureau of Equipment,
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July, 1893, to Aug. 31, 1896, and went to 15, 1887. European Station, returning to Boston, Y. City. April 4, 1898, where the Bancroft fitted o join Admiral Sampson's squadron; ship reported for duty at Key West, May 9, 1898. Promoted to lieutenant-com- mander, March 3, 1899; Bureau of Equip- ment, Oct. 23, 1899 to 1903. Promoted commander, Dec. 2, 1902; commanding U. S. S. Hartford since 1903. Address, care of Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
VERMUELE, John D .:
President and director Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., York Cliffs Improvement Co., York Water Co .; director Brigantine Co., Chatham Na- tional Bank, Empire State Realty Co., Philadelphia & Brigantine R. R. Co., U. S. Rubber Co. Office, 503 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VIBBERT, William H .:
Clergyman; born New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1, 1839; son of the late Rev. Dr. Wil- liam E. and Mary Esther (Cooke) Vib- bert. He prepared for college at the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut during 1853-55, and was graduated from Trinity College in 1858. He studied for holy ord- ers at the Berkely Divinity School, Mid- dletown, Conu., and was ordained deacon June 4, 1862, and advanced to the priest- hood Oct. 28, 1863. He was professor of Hebrew in the Berkely Divinity School, 1863-73, being at the same time rector of Christ Church, Middle Haddam, Conn. Was rector of St. Luke's Church, Ger- mantown, Pa., 1873-83; of St. James' Church, Chicago, 1883-90; of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 1890-91, and since that has been vicar of Trinity Chapel, N. Y. He is president of the N. Y. Prot- estant Episcopal Public School (Trinity School), of the House of the Holy Com- forter, of Trinity Chapel Home, Clergy- men's Retiring Fund Society ; vice-presi- dent of of the N. Y. Bible and Prayer Book Society; trustee of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn .:
General Theological Seminary; Home for Old Men and Aged Couples; St. Luke's Home for Aged Wo- men; Society for Promotion of Religion and Learning; House of Mercy ; St. Aga- tha's School; Archdeaconry of N. Y., and manager of the board of missions. Au- thor: A Guide to the Reading the He- brew Text, (1872); second edition, (1875; A Plain Catechism of Confirmation, and A Plain Catechism of Church Principles. Married a daughter of William Welsh, Esq., of Philadelphia, 1866; she died Dec.
Residence, 116 E. 29th St., N.
VIELE, Herman Knickerbocker:
Author; born N. Y., Jan. 31, 1858; son of Egbert L. Vielé, the distinguished en- gineer, and Teresa Griffin; studied en- gineering in his father's office and at- tained prominence, especially in connec- tion with the extension of Washington. Married Mary Wharton, of Philadelphia. As an artist he has exhibited in N. Y. and American cities. Author: The Inn of the Silver Moon (Stone, Chicago, and Murray, London, 1900); The Last of the Knickerbockers. (Stone, 1901) ; Myra of the Pines, (McClure, N. Y., and Unwin, London, 1902); Random Verse, (Bren- tano, N. Y., 1903); contributor to the magazines. Member St. Nicholas, Aztec, Sons of the Revolution, and Artists Fund Societies ; also member of Union, Players, Century and Salmagundi Clubs. Residence, 146 E. 35th St., N. Y. City.
VIELE, Sheldon Thompson:
Lawyer; born Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1847; son of Henry Knickerbocker and Laetitia Porter Thompson Viele.
His father was a son of a prominent lawyer and statesman during the early part of the nineteenth century. He was a de- scendant of Cornelius Cornelison Viele, a native of Holland, who settled at Fort Orange, now Albany, about 1630. On the mother's side Mr. Viele is descended from Jabex Thompson, an officer in the French and Indian War, and also in the War of the Revolution, who was killed while in command of his regiment in the retreat from N. Y., Sept., 1776. The first mem- ber of the family in this country was Anthony Thompson, who settled in New Haven in 1638. Sheldon Thompson Viele was fitted for college at the Walnut Hill School, at Geneva, N. Y., and was gradu- ated from Yale in 1868, and received the degree of Master of Arts in course in 1871. He studied law in the office of E. Carlton Sprague, at Buffalo; was admit- ted to the N. Y. Bar in 1869, and in May, 1871, began practice on his own account. He has practiced with success in his na- tive town ever since. Mr. Viele is a ves- tryman of St. Paul's Church, and a trus- tee of St. Margaret's School; has served as curator of the Buffalo Library from 1886 to 1889; was dean of the Saturn Club in 1889; was president of the Uni- versity Club of Buffalo during the three years following its organization in 1894; president of the Yale Alumni Association of Western N. Y. from 1895 to 1896, and
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president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon As- | The Plant World, 1896; The Animal sociation of Western N. Y. in 1888 and World, 1897, etc. Address, 20 W. 91st St., N. Y. City. again in 1896. He has been vice-presi- dent for Buffalo of the Holland Society VINCENT, Marvin Richardson: of N. Y., served for two years as presi- Professor of New Testament exegesis and criticism, Union Theological Semin- ary, since 1888; born Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1834; was graduated from Co- lumbia College, 1854; married, 1858, Miss Hulda F. Seagrave, Providence, R. I. Associate in management of Columbia Grammar School, 1854-58; professor of languages, Methodist University, Troy, ministry, 1860; in 1863 changed to Pres- byterian Church; pastor First Presbyte- rian Church, Troy, 1863-73; Church of the Covenant, N. Y., 1873-88; since then pro- fessor Union Theological Seminary. Resi- dence, 18 East 92nd St .; office, 700 Park Ave., N. Y. City. 1858-60; entered Methodist Episcopal dent of the Buffalo Association of the Sons of the Revolution, and is also a member of the N. Y. State Bar Associa- tion, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was the sec- retary of the first district committee of the original Charity Organization Society of the U. S. and a trustee from its in- corporation, and was a member of the first executive committee of the Civil Service Reform Association of Buffalo. Mr. Viele married, June 5, 1877, Anna Porter Dorr, and they have five children: Grace, Dorr, Anna, Laetitia and Sheldon Knickerbocker Viele. Address, 298 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
VIETOR, George F .:
Dry goods merchant; president and di- rector N. J. Iron Mining Co., Poidebard Silk Co .; trustee American Surety Co., German Savings Bank, Munich Reinsur- ance Co., U. S .; U. S. Trust Co., director Commercial Investment Co., Jefferson Bank, Mount Morris Bank, National Park Bank, Plaza Bank, Yorkville Bank. Member Union League, Lawyers, Lotos, Deutcher Verein, Ardsley, Merchants, Yale University, and Hamilton of Brook- lyn Clubs. Residence, 28 W. 53d St .; office, 66 Leonard St., N. Y. City.
VINCENT, Frank :
Author, traveler; born Brooklyn, N. Y., April 2, 1848; was graduated from Yale in 1870 with the degree of A. M., and soon afterwards began a series of ex- tensive travels, which ultimately ended over the civilized and uncivilized world, covering 365,000 miles in fifteen years, including explorations in Lapland, Indo- China, Brazil, and the Congo Free State. He has presented a valuable collection of Indo-Chinese antiquities and art and in- dustrial objects to the N. Y. Metropolitan Museum of Art; he is an honorary mem- ber of many literary and scientific soci- eties in the U. S. and abroad, and has received nine decorations from foreign sovereigns and governments. Author of The Land of the White Elephant, (1874); Through and Through the Tropics (1876); Norsk, Lapp and Finn, (1881); Around and About South America, (1890); In and Out of Central America, (1890); 'The Lady of Cawnpore (in collaboration), (1891); Actual Africa, (1895). Editor of
VINTON, Arthur D .:
Lawyer and author; born Brooklyn, N. Y .. 1852; studied at the Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute, subsequently studying law at Columbia University, where he was graduated in 1873. For six years following graduation he was connected with the law firm of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate; in 1879 formed partnership with Perry Belmont and Geo. G. Freling- huvsen. Was for some time managing editor of the North American Review; is now practicing law again in N. Y. Au- thor: The Pomfret Mystery (1886); The Unpardonable Sin (1888); Looking Further Backward (1898). Address, 206 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
VIZETELLY, Francis (Frank) Horace:
Author, editor; born Camden Hill, Ken- sington. London, England, April 2, 1864; youngest surviving son of the late Henry Vizetelly and Elizabeth Anne Ansell, of Broadstairs. Kent. He received his early education in France, at the Ecole des Frères Chretiens, Passy, near Paris. At the close of the Franco-Prussian War (1871) the family, which had remained in France throughout the hostilities, re- moved to Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris, where he entered the Lycée Baudard, whence he graduated in 1874. Returning to England on the death of his mother (1874), Mr. Vizetelly was marticulated at Arnold College, Eastbourne, Sussex (1877-81). where he took a commercial course. Returning to London in 1883, Mr. Vizetelly entered into business with his father and brother (Arthur) as pub- lishers, under the style of Vizetelly & Co., being appointed business manager. The
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firm engaged in issuing
translations [ ger-ring; The Story of the Wheel; The
from French, German, Russian and Sunshade and the Umbrella; From Rush- mat to Folding Bed; From Pouch Purse Spanish authors, and was the first to introduce the works of Emile Gaboriau, to Pocket Book; The Story of the Pocket Boisgobey, Prosper Merimée, Handkerchief; The Story of the Stock- ing, A Manual on the Preparation of Man- Théophile Gautier, Gustave Flaubert, Alphonse Daudet, Georges Ohnet, Emile Zola, Nicholas Gogol, Fédor Dostoieffsky, and Leo Tolstoy to English readers. Ow- ing to the suppression of the works of M. Zola (1889) the firm went into liqui- dation, and in Feb., 1891, Mr. Vizetelly sailed for New York, where he joined the editorial staff of the Standard Diction- ary as critical reviewer, and also pre- pared the definitions of the wines. From the date of publication of that work he was the assistant of its chief editor, Dr. uscripts for the Printer, etc. Mr. Vizetelly has contributed to Appleton's Annual En- cyclopædia, The Jewish Encyclopædia ; The Encyclopædia of Temperance; The Illus- trated London News ; The Independent (N. Y.) ; the N. Y. Sun; the N. Y. Times ; St. Nicholas Magazine; the Woman's Home Companion ; and papers on the technical side of book-making to the Typographical Journal and the International Printer. In April, 1903, he was elected Fellow of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England. Residence, 2460 Seventh Ave .; office, care Funk & Wagnalls Co., 44-60 East 23d St., N. Y. City.
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Isaac K. Funk, in all subsequent edi- tions issued (1894-1902), and in 1903 be- came associate editor. In 1892 he was associate editor of and contributor to Home and Country Magazine, and in 1894 on the completion of the Standard Dic- tionary, was associated with James C. Fernald on abridgements of that work.
He supervised Hoyt's Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations (1894), and revised Little's Cyclopaedia of Classified Dates (1899). On June 6, 1894, he married Ber- tha Krehbiel, a daughter of Mr. Herman Krehbiel, of New York. In 1895 he was engaged with Dr. William Fank- hauser and the late Dr. Charles Rice of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., in the prepa- ration of Merck's Chemical Index. As- sociated with Richard Greene, in 1897, he revised the Columbian Encyclopædia, writing for it a number of articles on field-sports, mechanics, engineering, and other general topics; and later was ap- pointed private secretary to Dr. Isaac K.
Funk. In 1899 he was elected secretary of the editorial board of The Jewish En- cyclopaedia, and, under the guidance of Dr. I. K. Funk, manager of the editorial department of this undertaking. In 19u1 Mr. Vizetelly went to Bermuda to inves- tigate the conditions of the camps of the Boer prisoners of war detained there, and through the courtesy of Sir G. Digby Bar- ker, the governor, and his adjutant, Lieu- tenant-colonel M. Quayle-Jones, C. B., was the first civilian given free access to the camps. Among his writings are: The Boer as a Prisoner of War; With the Marooned Boers; A Reply to Allegations of British Inhumanity; With the Boers in Bermuda; Balmy Bermuda; The Division of Words; The Fan in Romance and History; The Romance of the Fin-
VOGDES, Anthony W .:
Brigadier General U. S. Army; born in and appointed from N. Y .; second lieutenant, One Hundredth New York Infantry, Aug. 13, 1863; first lieutenant, March 19, 1864; honorably mustered out Aug. 28, 1865; second lieutenant, Fourth U. S. Infantry, April 26, 1866; first lieu- tenant, May 15. 1867; transferred to Fifth Artillery, May 22, 1875; captain, Oct. 1, 1889; major, Oct. 5, 1900; lieu- tenant-colonel, Artillery Corps, July 30, 1902; colonel, 1903; brigadier general,, (retired), 1904. Address, 2425 First St., San Diego, Cal. VOGEL, Max:
Builder; born N. Y. City. When only nineteenth years of age, but with a practical education gained in this city, he started in the building material busi- ness; after an experience of twelve years in the plate and window glass importing trade he naturally drifted into channels which gave him something like twenty years' experience with builders, contrac- tors, etc. Upon retiring from the glass business he engaged actively in the con- struction business, having erected some fine apartment houses, including the Hudsonia,, Claremont Hall, Helene and the Minerva. Member of the West End Association. Address, 315 West 79th St., N. Y. City.
VOLK, Douglas:
Artist; born Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1856 ; son of Leonard W. Volk, sculptor ; studied in Rome, Italy, 1871-73, and with Gérôme, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1873-79; exhibited at Paris Salon,
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1875. Professor of drawing at Cooper figure painting at Museum of Fine Arts,
Union, 1879-83 ; founded Minneapolis
School of Fine Art, 1886. Member Na-
tional Jury of Fine Arts, Columbian Ex-
position, 1893; member National Jury Fine Arts Section, St. Louis Exposi- tion, 1904; National Academician, and member of the Society of American Ar- tists, 1899-1900. Was instructor of drawing in Art Students' League, N. Y., 1893-99. He has received medals at Co- lumbian Exposition and St. Louis, 1905, also at Buffalo and Charleston ; first prize, Colonial Exhibition, Boston, 1899 ; Shaw prize, Society of American Artists, N. Y., 1903. Represented in permanent collections, Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D. C .; Carnegie Institute; Pittsfield Mu-
seum. Some important pictures are:
Accused of Witchcraft; Song of the Pines ; Maiden's Reverie; The Colonial Mother; Motherhood; The Woodland
Maid; The Boy with the Arrow. Has lectured and written on art in the Pub- lic School and the Handicrafts. At pres- ent is instructor of portrait painting at the Art Students' League, N. Y., and the Cooper Union, N. Y. Address, 215 West 57th St., N. Y. City.
VONNOH, Bessie Potter:
Sculptor; born St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17, 1872; educated at Cook County Nor- mal School under Colonel Parker; studied at Art Institute, Chicago. Married Rob- ert W. Vonnoh, Sept. 17, 1899. Principal work, statuettes. Member of the Na-
tional Sculptor Society. Bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1900; represented in Art Institution, Chicago, Mary Shaw Mem- orial Prize. Member of Society American Artists. Gold medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Residence, Rockland Lake, Rock- land Co .; studio, 35 West 67th St., N. Y. City.
VCNNOH, Robert:
Portrait, figure and landscape painter; born Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1858; was educated at Boston public schools, and Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston, 1875-79. Instructor of painting and drawing at Roxbury Evening Drawing School, Boston, and Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass. ; studied at Julian Academy, Paris, 1881-83. Married, first, Grace D. Farrell, July 7, 1886, at
Boston (died); second, Bessie O. Potter, Sept. 17, 1899, at Rockland Lake, N. Y. Instructor of painting at Cowles Art School, Boston, 1884-85; principal East Boston Evening Drawing School, 1883- 85; principal instructor of portrait and
Boston, 1885-87; abroad, 1887-91; prin- cipal instructor of portrait and figure painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1891-96.
Exhibitor at Paris Salon, Munich and London Exhibitions, Universal Exhibi- tions, Paris, 1889-1900; Stockholm, 1896;
World's Fair,
Chicago,
1893;
Buffalo,
1901, etc. Member National Jury for
American Section, Paris Exposition,
1900, and International Juries Carnegie Expositions, Pittsburgh; member Interna- tional Jury of Awards, World's Fair, St. Louis. Received medals at Boston, Paris, Chicago, Buffalo and Charleston; Thomas R. Proctor prize for portraiture, National Academy of Design. Member Secession, Munich; Society American Artists, N. Y. ; Society American Portrait Painters, N. Y .; National Arts Club, N. Y .; associate of National Academy of Design, N. Y. Member Lotos Club and Salmagundi Club, N. Y. Residence, Rockland Lake, Rockland Co .; studio, 31 West 67th St., N. Y. City.
von SALIZA, Carl Frederick:
Artist, portrait painter; born Sörby, province of Ostergothland, Sweden, Oct. 29, 1858. Parents: Count Carl Anton Philip von Saltza and Countess Gustava Christina Dela Gardie. Received edu- cation in private schools in Upsala and Stockholm. Studied painting in the Royal Academy, Stockholm, under Georg von Rosen and Aug. Mahnstrom. Con-
tinued studies in the Royal Academy, Brussels, Belgium, under Partaëlo, von Severdonck and Stalaert; also under
private teachers in Paris. Married, Stockholm, Sweden, 1883, to Henriette Stoopendael. Instructor in painting and drawing, St. Louis School of Fine Arts, 1892-98. Instructor in painting, Chicago Art Institute, 1898-99. Instructor, Teach- ers' College, Columbia University, 1899- 1901. Has exhibited in Paris, Interna- tional Exhibition, Berlin, 1896; World's Fair, Chicago; Stockholm International Exhibition, 1897; National Academy of Design, N. Y .; Society of American Ar- tists, N. Y., and other places in America and abroad. Member Salmagundi Club. Address, 204 West 55th St., N. Y. City. von WEDEKIND, Luther L .:
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