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286 DYER, Heman, clergyman, b. in Shaftsbury, Vt., 24 Sept., 1810. lie was graduated at Ken- yon in 1833, having supported himself by taking charge of the prej)ara.tory (le}>artnient, and after- ward entered tlic^ rroU'siant J<4)iscH)pal ministry. He taught in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1840-'3, and then was made professor in the Western university of Pennsylvania there, becoming its president in 1844. He removed to Philadelphia in 1849 in the service of the American Sunday-school union, and afterward became secretary and general manager of the Evangelical-knowledge society. He became editor of the "Episcopal Quarterly Review" in New York in 1854, and in 1862 declined the bish- opric of Kansas. He was made a member of the board of missions in 1868, and in 1871 of its In- dian and Freedman's committees. In 1875 he made a tour through Mexico with Bishop Lee, which resulted in the establishment of a bishopric there. In 1880 he was forced by failing health to retire from active work. He received the degree of D. D. from Trinity in 1843. Dr. Dyer has pub- lished " Voice of the Lord upon the Waters " (New York, 1870), and " Records of an Active Life," an autobiography (1886), and edited a series of evan- gelical biographies. — His wife, Catherine Cornelia, author, b. in Ludlowville, N. Y., is the daughter of Arad Joy. She has been actively engaged in philanthropic work, has travelled widely with her husband, and contributed much to current literature. She has published " Henry and the Bird's Nest " (Philadelphia, 1852) ; " Sunny Days Abroad, or the Old World seen with Young Eyes" (New York, 1870) ; " Brief Plistory of the Jov Family " (1876); "Records of the Dyer Family" (1884); and, with Marcia A. Hall, " Christmas at Fern Lodge " (1860). She has also edited her husband's autobiography, noticed above.

DYER, Sidney, clergyman, b. in Cambridge, N. Y., 11 Feb., 1814. He was chiefly self-taught, but studied for a time in the Amity street classical school in New York city. At an early age he was thrown upon his own exertions, and, after serving in the army in the Black Hawk war, became, in 1836, a student of theology. He was ordained as a Baptist clergyman in 1842, and shortly afterward served as a missionary among the Choctaws, soon becoming secretary of the Indian mission board in Louisville, Ky. He removed to Indianapolis in 1852, and in 1859 was called to Philadelphia as district secretary of the American Baptist publica- tion society, which office he has since retained. Mr. Dyer has travelled extensively in the United States and Canada, and is a voluminous writer. His earlier poems, which appeared in various magazines, were collected into a volume entitled " Voices of Nature " (Louisville, 1850). He has also published, beside occasional sermons, " Psalm- ist for the use of Baptist Churches " (1854) ; " Songs and Ballads " (New York, 1857) ; " The Drunkard's Child " (1866) ; " Great Wonders in Little Things " (Philadelphia, 1871) ; " Black Diamonds " (1873) ; " Home and Abroad " (1874) ; " Hoofs and Claws " (1875); "Ocean Gardens and Palaces" (1877); "Elmdale Lyceum" (1879), and other works. He is also the author of several cantatas, including " Ruth " and " The Winter Entertainment." Among his popular verses are " The Beautiful Ladder," " The Songs my Mother Sung," and " The Grave of Ben Bolt." — His daughter, Mattie, author, b. in New York city, 23 Nov., 1842, was educated at a female seminary in Indianapolis, I ml., and was afterward a teacher in the Ladoga female seminary. In 1860 she married James H. Britts, of Ladoga, Ind. She began to write for various literary journals at an early age, and has published " Edward Lee " (Philadelphia, 1865) ; " Harry Henderson " (1880) ; " Honest and Earn- est " (1881) ; " Boys and Girls of Deep Glen " (1882) ; " Better than Gold " (1883) ; " Earl Armstrong " (1885) ; " Chrissie " (1886) ; " Marcia, an American Girl " (Chicago, 1886) ; " Nobody's Boy " (1887).

DYMOND, Alfred Hutchinson, Canadian journalist, b. in Croyden, Surrey, England, 21 Aug.,. 1827. He was educated at the Friends' school in Croyden, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in early life. In 1857 he joined the staff of the Lon- don " Morning Star," ultimately becoming its man- ager, and retaining that office till the amalgama- tion of the paper, in 1869, with the London " Daily News." In that year he came to Canada, and dur- ing the nine succeeding years was one of the edi- torial writers on the Toronto " Globe." At the general election in 1874, following the downfall of the Macdonald government, Mr. Dymond was elected to the Dominion parliament for North York, and represented it until his defeat in 1878. In 1880 he was appointed the executive officer of the Ontario agricultural commission, and prepared its report (5 vols., 1881). In April, 1881, he was appointed by the Ontario government principal of the institution for the education of the blind at Brantford, an office which he now (1898) holds. He is the author of a work opposing capital pun- ishment, " The Law on its Trial " (London, 1865).

DYOTT, John, actor, b. in England in 1812 ; d. in New Rochelle, N. Y., 22 Nov., 1876. He early became a favorite at the Theatre royal, York, Eng- land, and made his first appearance in this country on 2 Sept., 1844, at the Park theatre. New York, playing lago to the Othello of James R. Anderson, another English actor. For the next quarter of a century he did good work as leading man, chiefly in New York city, appearing there at the old Cham- bers street theatre, the Broadway theatre, and Wal- lack's theatre in Broome street. He was a fair Shakespearean scholar, and was known as a correct reader. Among his best-remembered parts are lago and Sir Giles Overreach. About 1866 he re- tired from the stage and assisted his brother in editing a newspaper at New Rochelle, N. Y., suc- ceeding to the chief editorship on the death of the latter. His wife was at one time a member of tli& Wallack theatre companv.

DZIEROZYNSKIN, Francis, Jesuit, b. in Orsani, Poland, in 1779; d. in Frederick, Md., in 1850. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in 1794. After his ordination he was made professor of theology in the University of Polotzk,^ and continued there till 1820, when he was banished by the Russian government and came to the United States, where he landed in 1821. He was appointed superior of the Jesuits of the United States in 1823, and was active and successful in extending the influence of his order throughout the country. He founded, during his superiorship, the College of St. John in Frederick, Md., and gave great impetus to education in this and in other ways. On the expiration of his term, in 1830, he was appointed professor of theology in Georgetown college, and in 1834 he took charge of the Jesuit novitiate of Frederick. He was created provincial of the Jesuits in 1840, and during his term of office founded the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.