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 HEKRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. literary editor of the New York since 1877; in 1894-7 was consul general of the United States at Berlin. He is the author of Hesperus; Vision of Nimrod; Vision of Esther; Love Poems of Louis Barnaval; The Bohemians, a Tragedy of Modern Life; and Barye, His Life and Works. De Kay, James Ellsworth, physician, naturalist, author, was born in 1792 in Lisbon, Portugal. He settled in Oyster Bay, L.I., and was a founder of the Lyceum of natural history, afterward merged into the national academy of science. He was the author of Sketches of Turkey; and Natural History of New York. He died Nov. 21, 1851, in Oyster

He has been Times

Bay, N.Y. De Kay, John Wesley, capitalist, author, was born July 20, 1872, in New Hampton, Iowa. He edited, managed and owned a chain of newspapers in the west and middle west. He organized the United States packing company and the Mexican national packing company, operating under concessions granted by the Mexican governinent. He has been a member of the national geographical society; and of various clubs in New York City and London, England. He is president of the British and Mexican trust company, ltd., of London; is president of the Rastro de la Ciudad de Mexico of Mexico City; and is president of the Mexican national leather company of Mexico City. He maintains offices in New York City, Mexico City and London, England.

He

is

a constant contributor

newspapers and magazines. He is the author of The Men of Mexico and the Land They Love; Longings; and The Weaver and to

the

Way

of Life.

De Kay, Sidney Brooks, soldier, lawyer, was born March 7, 1845, in New York City. In 1863 he enlisted in the civil war as private in the Connecticut regiment. He practiced law and served as assistant attorney in the United States district. He died in 1890 in New York City. De Koven, Mrs. Anna Farwell, translator, author, was born Nov. 19, 1860, in Chicago, 111. She is the wife of Louis Reginald de Koven, composer. She is the author of Sawdust Doll; and a, translation of An Ice-

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land Fisherman.

De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald, musician, composer, was born April 3, 1859, in Middletown, N.H. He is a musical critic on various New York publications. He is the author of operas entitled The Begum; Don Quixote; Robin Hood; The Fencing Master; The Tzigane; The Mandarin; The Highwayman; and The Three Dragoons. De Koven, James, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 19, 1831, in Middletown, Conn.

He was an

episcopal clergyman of Wisconand very prominent at one time as a leader of ritualistic thought. The sermons preached on various occasions was issued sin;

after his death. Racine, Wis.

He

died

March

19, 1879, in

De

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James Charles Philip, naval ofwas born Jan 12, 1826, in District of Columbia. He was appointed midshipman from Illinois in 1841. During the Mexican war he took part in the first attack on Alvarado in 1846. In 1862-63 he was on duty Krafft,

ficer,

in the navy-yard at

Washington; and com-

manded the steamer C'onemaugh in 1864-66. He was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in June, 1885. He died Oct. 29, 1885, in District of Columbia.

De Kroyft, Mrs. Susan Helen Aldrich, eduwas born Oct. 29, 1818, near Rochester, N.Y. She was educated in Lima seminary, N.Y.; and for several years was engaged in educational work. She became cator, author,

blind soon after her marriage in 1845, her husband having died on their wedding day. She is the author of Place in Thy Memory, a very popular collections of letters; Montana; The Foreshadowed Way; Sybil Atherton, from Nine to Eighteen; The Soul of

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Eve; and Little Jakey, a story. Delabarre, Edmund Burke, psychologist,

was bom Sept. 25, 1863, in Dover, Maine. Since 1891 he has been professor of psychology at Brown university. He is the author of An Expedition to Labrador; and of numerous articles on psychology. De Lacy, William, soldier, was born in England. In 1861 he was first lieutenant in the thirty- seventh regiment New York volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Dec. author,

12,

1898.

Delafield,

Edward, physician,

scientist,

was

born May 17-, 1812, in New York City. In 1865 he founded the New York Ophthalmological society;

and was

its first president.

In 1858-75 he was president of the College of physicians and surgeons; and was also president of the Roosevelt hospital. He died Feb. 13, 1875, in New York City. Delafield, Francis, physician, author, was born Aug. 3, 1841, in New York City. He was the first president of the association of American physicians and pathologists. He is the author of Handbook of Post Mortem Examinations and Morbid Anatomy; Studies in Pathological Anatomy; and Handbook of Pathological Anatomy. Delafield, John, merchant, founder, was born March 16, 1748, in England. He was a founder and director of the Mutual Insurance

company

of

New York

City,

which was

es-

tablished in 1787. He was also one of the founders of the United insurance company, of which he was president for many years. He died July 3, 1834, in New York City. Delafield, John, banker, founder, was bom Jan. 22, 1786, in New York City. In 1798 he was one of the largest merchants of that period. In 1787 he was the founder and director of the mutual insurance company, the first company of that kind after the revolution. In 1796 he was one of the forty gentlemen who subscribed ten thousand dol-