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Channing,

Edward,

educator, historian, 15, 1856, in Boston, Mass. He has been a, professor of history at Harvard university since 1883. He is the author of Guide to the Study of American History; Town and County Government of the English Colonies of North America; Narragansett Planters; The United States of America; and Student's History of the United States. Channing, Edward Tyrrel, educator, author, was bom Dec. 12, 1790, in Newport, R. I. He was a professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard university in 1819-51. He was the author of Life of William Ellery; and Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory. He died Feb. 8, 1856, in Cambridge, Mass.

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Channing, Walter, educator, physician, author, was bom April 15, 1786, in Newport, R.I. He was a medical professor in Harvard university. He was the author of The Prevention of Paupprism ; Etherization in Childbirth; Professional Reminiscences of For-

eign Travel; New and Old; Miscellaneous Physician's Vacation, or Summer in Europe; and Reformation of Medical Science. He died July 27, 1876, in Boston,

Poems;

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Mass. Channing, William, statesman, was born May 31, 1731, in Newport, R.I. In 1771 he began the practice of law; and in 1777 he

was attorney-general

of

Rhode

Island.

He

died Sept. 21, 1793, in Newport, R.I.

Channing, William Ellery, clergyman, author, was born April 7, 1780, in Newport, R. 1. He was pastor of the Federal street church in Boston in 1803. He was the foremost theologian in America in his time; and his influence is still great. His writings have been translated into French, Italian, German, Icelandic, Russian and Hungarian. He was the author of Evidences of Revealed Religion; Self -Culture; Essay on Milton; and The Duty of the Free States. He died Oct. 2, 1842, in Bennington, Vt. Channing, William Ellery, author, poet, was born Nov. 29, 1818, in Boston, Mass. He was the author of The Wanderer; Near Home Eliot and John Brown Thoreau, the Poet Naturalist; and Conversations in Rome Between an Artist, a Catholic and a Critic. He died Dec. 23, 1901, in Concord, Mass. Channing, William Francis, physician, inventor, author, was born Feb. 22, 1820, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he patented a shiprailway for the inter-oceanic transit of ships and in 1877 invented a portable electro-magnetic telephone. He was the author of Davis' Manual of Magnetism; Medical Application





of Electricity; and The American Fire Alarm Telegraph. He died in 1901 in Pasadena, Cal.

Channing, William Henry, clergyman, auwas born May 25, 1810, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman who settled in England; and succeeded James Martineau as pastor of the unitarian chapel in Hope street, in Liverpool, England. He thor,

BIO'GRAPHY.

was the author of The Christian Church and Social Reform; Memoirs of Wm. B. Channing; Memoirs of James H. Perkins; and Memoirs of Margaret Fuller. He died Dec. London, England. Channing-Stetson, Mrs. Grace Ellery, litterateur, author, was born Deo. 37, 1862, in Providence, R.I. She is the author of Dr. Channing's Note Book; The Sister of a Saint; Sea Drift; and The Fortune of a Day. Chanute, Octave, consulting engineer, author, was born in 1832 in France. He is president of the Chicago tie preserving company. He is the author of Kansas City Bridges; and Progress in Flying Machines. Chapelle, Placidus Louis, clergyman, archbishop, was bom Aug. 28, 1843, in Prance. In 1859 he emigrated to America; and finished his theological studies in the St. Mary's seminary at Baltimore, Md. In 1865 he was ordained priest; for five years was rector of a church at Rockville, Mo.; and then was rector of St. Joseph's church of Baltimore until 1882. In 1883-91 he was rector of St. Matthew's church of Washington, D.C. In 1891 he was appointed assistant bishop of New Mexico; in 1894 became the third archbishop of Santa Fe; in 1897 was appointed the Roman catholic archbishop of New Orleans; and in 1900 was sent to the 23, 1884, in

Philippines. Orleans, La.

He

died Aug.

9,

1905, in

New

Chapin, Aaron Lucius, clergyman, college was born Feb. 6, 1817, in Hartford, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Wisconsin; and was president of Beloit college in 1849-86. He was the author of First Principles of Political Economy. president, author,

He

died July 22, 1892, in Beloit, Wis.

Chapin, Augusta J., clergyman, lecturer, author, was born in Lakeview, N.Y. Is 1884 she graduated with the degree of A.M. from the university of Michigan; and in 1893 received the degree of D.D. from Lombard university. Since 1893 she has held pastorates in various states; is a writer and lecturer on art and literature; and has been president of the National association of

woman

ministers.

Chapin,

Emery

was born Nov.

David, merchant, packer, Chenango county,

28, 1827, in

N.Y. In 1852 he was engaged in mining and golddust speculations. In 1872-81 he engaged in pork packing business in Chicago, 111.

He

died May 7, 1883, in Chicago, 111. Chapin, Alfred Clark, congressman, was born March 8, 1848, in Hadley, Mass. In 1887 he was elected mayor of Brooklyn; and in 1891-93 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fifty-second congress. Chapin, Alonzo Bowen, clergyman, author,

was born March

10, 1808, in Somers, Conn. episcopal clergyman of Hartford; and editor of the Calendar. He was the author of Classical Spelling-Book Organization and Order of the Primitive ChurchViews of Gospel Truth; Glastonbury for 300

He was an