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552 and published occasional addresses, including "Ancient and Modern Education," one on "Art Museums," and a memorial address on the " Life and Works of Henry Philip Tappan, First President of the University of Michigan." He is the author of valuable annual reports to the board of regents, and has published editions of Virgil's "Æneid" (1860) and Quintilian (1867), and "The Story of Giovaimi Dunre," a 19th century Florentine sculptor (London. 1886).

FRINK, John, physician, b. in Rutland, Mass., 7 Sept., 1731; d. there in 1807. He studied medicine with Dr. Goffe, of Marlborough, Mass., and was one of the founders of the Massachusetts medical society. He was a member of the convention that formed the constitution of Massachusetts, and the first president of the Worcester county medical society. He was a justice of the peace when that was considered a mark of distinction, and as a physician and a citizen was highly esteemed.

FRISBIE, Levi, clergyman, b. in Branford, Conn., 6 July, 1748; d. in Ipswich, Mass., in 1806. He was graduated with the first class at Dartmouth in 1771, studied theology under the Rev. Eleazar Wheeiock at Hanover, and was ordained there in 1772. He at once engaged in missionary service among the Delaware Indians, and afterward labored with the Canadian tribes, and among those in Maine. The mission was ended by the Revolutionary war, and in 1776 he was installed pastor of the 1st Congregationalist church at Ipswich, Mass. He published &ldquo;Sermons and Orations&rdquo; (1783-1804). &mdash; His son, Levi, scholar, b. in Ipswich, Mass., 15 Sept., 1783; d. in Cambridge, 9 July, 1822, was graduated at Harvard in 1802, and in 1803 began the study of law, which he was compelled to abandon on account of the failure of his eyesight. Mr. Frisbie was appointed Latin tutor at Harvard in 1805, and in 1817 became professor of natural religion, moral philosophy, and civil polity. His writings were collected and published by his friend and fellow-professor, Andrews Norton (Boston, 1823). They contain classical and literary papers, previously published in various reviews, a version of Horace's epistle, &ldquo;Ad Julium Florum,&rdquo; and a popular poem called &ldquo;Castle in the Air.&rdquo;

FRISBY, Edgar, astronomer, b. in Great Easton, Leicestershire, England, 22 May, 1837. He was graduated at the University of Toronto in 1863, and until 1867 was engaged in teaching in Canada. Subsequently he was acting professor of mathematics in the Northwestern university, and later assistant astronomer at the U. S. naval observatory in Washington. In 1878 he became full professor of mathematics in the U. S. navy, with the relative rank of lieutenant. He was sent to California by the U. S. government to observe the total solar eclipse on 11 Jan., 1880. Prof. Frisby is a member of scientific societies, to whose proceedings he contributes occasional papers. His principal work is the computation of the orbit of the great comet of 1882, with observations extending over a period of six or seven months.

FRISTOE, Edward T., educator, b. in Rappahannock county, Va., 16 Dec, 1830; d. 31 July, 1892. He was graduated at the Virginia military institute, and, after s|)ending three years in teaching, was graduated at the University of Virginia with the degree of A. M. While yet an undergraduate he was elected to the chair of mathematics in Columbian university in Washington, D. C. where he remained until 1860, when he was called to the professorship of mathematics and astronomy in the State university of Missouri. Two years later he entered the Confederate army as assistant adjutant-general, ranking as captain, and subsequently became colonel in the cavalry, serving under Gen. Sterling Price. In 1865 he returned to Columbian university as professor of chemistry, becoming also, in 1871, occupant of a similar chair in the Nation- al medical college, and in 1844 dean of the Corco- ran scientific school of the Columbian universitv in Washington, D. C. From 1872 till 1884 he was professor of chemistry of the National college of pharmacy in Washington. In 1868 he received the degree of LL. D. from William Jewell college, and in 1872 the degree of doctor of pharmacy from the National college of pharmacy. Prof. Fristoe has published scientific addresses.

FRITSCHEL, Conrad Sigmund, clergyman, b. in Nuremberg, Bavaria, 2 Dec. 1833. He was educated in the gymnasium and mission institute of his native place, and graduated at the mission institute of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, in 1854. He was ordained to the ministry, 23 April, 1854, and in the same year emigrated to the United States. In 1879 he received the degree of D. D. from Muhlenberg college, AUentown, Pa. He was professor in the Evangelical Lutheran theological seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1854-'5, pastor of a Lutheran congregation in Wisconsin in 1855-6, and of one in Detroit, Mich., in 1856-'8, and professor of theology at Wartburg seminary, St. Sebald. Iowa, in 1858-'74. In 1860, 1866, and 1870 he travelled extensively in Germany and Russia. He has published (in Grerman) " Iowa and Missouri," a controversial pamphlet (Mendota, 111., 1878), and a number of essays, sermons, etc. With his brother, he has edited, since 1876, " Kirchliche Zeitschrift," a theological bimonthly magazine published at Mendota, Iowa. — His brother, Gottfried Leonhard Wilhelm, b. in Nuremberg, 19 Dec, 1836: d. in Mendota, Ill., 13 July, 1889, was graduated at the university at Erlangen in 1856, and came to this country in 1857. After that date he was pi'ofessor of theology in the theological seminary of the Iowa synod at Mendota, 111. In 1879 he received the degree of D. D. from Muhlenberg college, Allen- town, Pa. He has published (in German) " Medi- tations on the Passion of Christ " (Nuremberg, 1868); "History of Protestant Missionary Opera- tions among the North American Indians in the 17th and 18th Centuries" (1870); "The Teach- ings of Missouri Synod on the Doctrine of Pre- destination " (1883), and other pamphlets. These two brothers, working together in the same insti- tution and synod, have done much to advance Lu- theran interests in Illinois, Iowa, and adjacent states. Their institution, from small beginnings, has attained large dimensions, as also has the synod of Iowa, which they organized.

FRITZ, Samuel, missionary, b. in Bohemia in 1653 ; d. in the mission of Xeberos, near Laguna, Peru, 20 March, 1728. He became a member of the Jesuit order, and went as missionary to Peru in 1685. His constitution was not able to resist the unhealthfulness of the climate, and his weakness became so great that he had to be transported to Para, a Portuguese colony at the mouth of the river, where he arrived on 11 Sept., 1689. The governor of this city took him for a spy and imprisoned him until July, 1691. After repeated orders from the court of Lisbon he was liberated, and finally arrived in Lima, where he laid before the viceroy of Peru the observations that he had made on his journey. In 1693 he returned to his missionary labors on the Amazon. He afterward took several laborious journeys to Quito and other places in the interest of his converts, and became superior-general of the mission. He had great aptitude for the