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760 became president of Lake Forest university, 111. He has published " Christian Ethics " (Philadel- phia, 1875); "Why Four Gospels?" (New York, 1876); and "Practical Logic" (Philadelphia, 1881).

GREGORY, Dudley Sandford, philanthropist, b. in Reading, Conn., 5 Feb., 1800; d. in Jersey City, N. J., 8 Dec, 1874. He removed with his father to Albany, N. Y., in 1808, rose to the place of chief clerk in the canal department, then be- came identified with the legal lotteries carried on for the state, and in 1834 removed to Jersey City and became one of its best-known citizens. He aided in building up the city, was its first mayor, serving three terms, and held many other local offices. He was also elected to congress as a Whig, and served from 1847 till 1849. Mr. Gregory was at one time a director of sixteen different railroads. He was a bountiful giver to churches of all denominations, and to public schools, city parks, and benevolent institutions. — His grandson, Eliot, artist, b. in New York city, 13 Oct., 1854, entered Yale in 1871, but was not graduated. He studied art in Rome aiid Paris, under Carolus-Duran and Cabanel, and is the only American that has exhibited both paint- ing and sculpture in the Paris salon. His pictures include " Soubrette " (1883) ; " Coquetterie " (1884) ; " Children," for which he received honorable men- tion in Paris; and portraits of Gen. George W. Cullum (1880); his uncle, Admiral Baldwin (1882);. Mrs. John Sherwood (1885) ; and Ada Rehan (1887).

GREGORY, Francis Hoyt, naval officer, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 9 Oct., 1789 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 4 Oct., 18G6. He was in the merchant ser- vice in 1807-'9, but became a midshipman in the navy in the latter year. Soon afterward, while serving on the " Vesuvius," and in charge of one of her barges near the Balize, he surprised and captured an English slaver. He was made acting master in 1811, and, while in command of gun- boat No. 162, captured a schooner fitting for pi- ratical purposes, disabled and drove away a jari- vateer of greatly superior force, that had been annoying our commerce, and took a Spanish pirate of fourteen guns. He was with Com. Chauncey i.i all his actions on Lake Ontario, and on 28 June was made lieutenant. In August, 1814, he was taken prisoner and sent to England, where he re- mained eighteen months. He soon afterward joined one of the frigates cruising against the Al- gerines, without coming home. In 1821-'3, while in command of the schooner " Grampus," he was active in suppressing piracy on the coasts of Cuba and Mexico, capturing near St. Croix the notorious pirate brig " Pandrita," a vessel far superior to his own in armament and number of men. He was promoted to commander, 28 April, 1828, and to captain, 18 Jan., 1838, and in 1844 commanded the " Raritan " in the blockade of the Mexican coast. His last sea-service was in command of the African squadron in 1849-'52. In July, 1861, he was ordered to superintend the construction of all vessels of war built outside of navy-yards, and was engaged in this duty when he died. He was made rear-admiral on the retired list. 16 July, 1862.

GREGORY, Frank M., artist, h. in Mansfield, Tioga CO., Pa., 21 Oct., 1848. He was educated for a business career, but abandoned it for the pursuit of art. He entered the schools of the National acad- emy of design in 1871, and subsequently studied at the Art student's league, and with Walter Shirlaw. He also followed water-color painting, and acquired some note in etching and designing. Among his paintings are : " The Truant " ; " Waiting for Re- pairs " ; and " First Snow of the Season."

GREGORY, John Milton, educator, b. in Sand Lake, Rensselaer co., N. Y., 6 July, 1822. He was graduated at Union in 1840, and spent two years in the study of law, but preferring to enter the ministry, became a Baptist clergyman. After a brief pastorate in the east he went to the west in 1852, and was appointed principal of a classical school at Detroit, Mich. His marked success soon attracted attention to his ability as an educator, and he was chosen superintendent of public in- struction of the state, serving from 1858 till 1863. In the mean time, in association with President Erastus 0. Haven, of the University at Ann Arbor, and Prof. A. S. Welch, of the Normal school, he had established, in 1854, the " Michigan Journal of Education," taking the entire editorial charge. His reports as state superintendent were characterized by remarkable breadth of view and philosophical treatment of educational questions. Declining a re-election after holding this office for five years, he accepted the presidency of the Kalamazoo col- lege, and in 1867 he was called to that of the Illi- nois industrial university, then just founded at Champaign, where he remained until 1880. Dur- ing his term of office he also served as U. S. com- missioner to the World's fair at Vienna in 1873, commissioner from the state of Illinois to the Paris exhibition of 1878, and member of the board of judges in the educational department of the Cen- tennial exhibition in Philadelphia. From 1883 till 1885 Dr. Gregory was a member of the U. S. civil-service commission. He is the author of a " Handbook of History " and " Map of Time " (Chi- cago, 1866) ; " A New Political Economy " (Cincin- nati, 1882) ; and " Seven Laws of Teaching " (Chi- cago, 1883). During his residence in Michigan he published a " Compend of School Laws," and ad- dresses on educational interests of that state.

GREGORY, Samuel, philanthropist, b. in Guilford, Vt., 19 April, 1813 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 23 March, 1872. He was graduated at Yale in' 1840, and for several years afterward engaged in teach- ing, lecturing, and writing on educational and sanitary subjects. In 1848 he founded in Boston the New England female medical college, said to have been the first institution in the world for the exclusive medical education of women. Mr. Gregory was secretary of the college till his death. In 1874 it was merged in the medical school of Boston university (homoeopathic).

GREIG, John, lawyer, b. in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 6 Aug., 1779 ; d. in Canandaigua, N. Y., 9 April, 1858. He was educated in the schools of Edinburgh. He came to western New York in 1800, studied law with Nathaniel W. Howell, and after his admission to the bar in 1804 formed a partnership with his preceptor that lasted till 1820. Soon after entering on the practice of his profession he became the agent of the great Hornby estate. He built for himself a spacious residence, and was noted for his refined and elegant hospitality. No stranger of distinction failed to be entertained by him, and Lafayette was one of his guests in 1824—'5. Mr. Greig bore a striking resemblance to Walter Scott, and was once mistaken for Scott on a visit to Edinburgh. He was elected a representative in congress in 1841, and did faithful service during the long extra session of that summer, but he had no taste for public life, and resigned at the end of the session. Mr. Greig became a regent of the State university in 1825 and its chancellor in 1845, and held both offices till his death. He married a daughter of Gen. Israel Chapin, who survived her husband for more than twenty years. They had no children.