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96 DUNBAR, Paul Laurence, poet. b. in Dayton, Ohio, 37 June, 1872. He was graduated from tlie high-school of his native place in June, 1891, and since that time he has been a journalist and a public reader of his own poems. He is at present employed in the library of congress at Washington. Mr. Dunbar, who is a colored man, has published "Oak and Ivy" (Dayton, 1893); "Majors and Minors " (Toledo, 1895) ; " Lyrics of Lowly Life " (New York, 1896) : " Folks from Dixie," a collec- tion of stories (1898) ; a novel entitled " The Un- called " (1898) : and " The Lyrics of the Hearth- side" (1899). His writings have been highly com- mended in his own country and also in England. Mrs. Dunbar is the author of a volume entitled " The Goodness of St. Rociue " (New York, 1899).

DUNN, Andrew Hunter, Canadian bishop, b. in Saffron-Walden, England, in 1839. He received his education in private schools and at Heidelberg, Germany, graduating from Cambridge in 1863. He was ordained deacon by Archbishop Tait in St. Paul's cathedral, and advanced to the priesthood in the following year. After holding various charges in London and elsewhere, lie was unani- mously elected, in June, 1893, to be the fifth bishop of Quebec, as successor to Bishop Williams, being consecrated in the following September in Christ Church cathedral, Montreal. Among Bishop Dunn's publications are " Our Church Manual, " Holy Thoughts for Quiet Moments," " Helps by the Way," and " Our Only Hope." — One of his sons, the Rev. Edward Arthur, was appointed domestic chaplain to the bishop in 1895, and assumed the editorship of the " Quebec Diocesan Gazette."

DU PONT, Charles Irénée, manufacturer, b. in Charleston, S. C, 30 March, 1797 ; d. near Wil- mington, Del., 31 Jan., 1869. He was a son of Vic- tor Marie Du Pont, and was educated at Mount Airy college, Germantown, which institution he left at sixteen years of age to learn the business of woollen manufacture and assist his father. He relinquished his hope of entering the U. S. navy to devote himself to this business. In 1827, at the death of his father, Mr. Du Pont became the head of the manufactory of cloth at Louviers. In 1856 he retired from the business and devoted himself to agriculture. He was for several years a mem- ber of the legislature of Delaware, and was fre- quently spoken of in connection with the office of governor of the state. He was one of the origina- tors and directors of the Delaware railway, and from 1830 until his death a director and presi- dent of the Farmers' bank of Delaware. — His son, Victor, b. in Louviers, on the Brandywine river, 11 May, 1838; d. in Wilmington, Del., 13 May, 1888, was graduated at Harvard in 1846, and ad- mitted to the bar in 1849. He was trained as a Whig in politics, but eventually entered the Demo- cratic party. Although any office within the gift of the people was at his command the highest be- ing frequently offered him, he persistently declined all political preferment. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 18C4, a director of the Union national bank for thirty-six years, also of the Wilmington and Northern railroad and the Baltimore and Philadelphia railroad, and di- rector and, after 1880, president of the Farmers' mutual fire insurance company of Delaware. — His kinsman, Henry, manufacturer, b. near Wilming- ton, Del., 8 Aug., 1813 : d. there, 8 Aug., 1889. He was the second son of P^Ieulhere Irenee Du Pont, and was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1833. entering the 4th artillery. He was on fron- tier service in the Creek Indian difficulties, resign- ing his commission at his father's request to en- ter the family powder manufactory at Wilmington. His father dying soon after, the brothers Victor, Albert, and Henry conducted the business, the largest of its character in this country.

DUPONT-GRAVE, Francois (usually called PoNTGRAVE). Or Fraufjois Grave, Breton sailor. See PoNTGRAVE.

DYER, Nehemiah Mayo, naval officer, b. in Princeton, Mass., 18 June. 1839. He entered the volunteer navy in 1861 as master's mate, and for gallantry displayed was promoted to acting ensign in May, 1863; a year later he became acting mas- ter, and was placed in command of the " Ran- dolph " — operating in ftlobile bay and being sunk by a torpedo in April, 1865. He was commis- sioned lieutenant, and later lieutenant-commander in 1868 and commander in April, 1883. For sev- eral years he was on duty in the bureau of navi- gation, and in July, 1897, he was advanced to cap- tain and given command of the protected cruiser " Baltimore," of the Asiatic squadron. Capt. Dyer commanded her in the battle of Manila, May, 1898, and in the following year was presented with a handsome sword by the city of Baltimore, and met Admiral Dewey in New York on his return.