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resides in Yonkers, N.Y.; and maintains a law office in New York City. He is a member of the New York bar association, the

American academy of political and social science, the American geographical society, American numismatic society; and various other scientific associations. He is the author of Bankruptcy, a Study in Comparative Legislation; and is a contributor to legal and economical journals.

Dunsmore,

John Ward, was born Feb. 29,

painter, artist, 1856, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the founder of the Detroit school of arts. He was president of the Etching club of Detroit, Mich.; and is now president of the Cincinnati club. Among his most noted paintings are The Reverie:

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Perplexing Point; A Passing Shower; Harmony; and Mozart. Dunster, Edward Swift, physician, obstetrician, was born Sept. 2, 1834, in Springvale, Maine. He was professor obstetrics in the Long Island medical college; in the medical

department of Dartmouth college; and after 1873 in the university of Michigan. He died 3, 1888, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Dunster, Henry, educator, college president, author, was born in 1612, in England. In 1640-54 he was president of Harvard college, serving as its first president. He was the author of Advantages of Schools; and A Faithful Ministry. He died in Cambridge, Mass. Dunton, Frank Holt, journalist, founder, author, was born in December, 1827, in Phillipston, Mass. In 1876 he founded Dunton's Spirit of the Turf of Chicago, 111. He is the author of How to Train Trotters and Dunton's Turf Register. Dunton, John, biographer, author, was born May 14, 1659, in England. In 1705 appeared the Life and Errors of John Dunton, by himself; in which are to be found the lives and characters of njore than one thousand contemporary characters of literary eminence; and a description of many of the ministers, booksellers and other citizens of Boston and Salem. He died in 1733 in New England. Dunton, Larkin, educator, was born Julv 22, 1828, in Concord, Maine. He attended the town schools, Hallowell academy, and the Colby university. Foi two years he was principal of the Newcastle academy; for seven years was principal of

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the Bath High school, Maine; for four years was master of the Lawrence school of Boston, Mass. and for the last quarter of a

century of his life was head master of the

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New

Mass.

school. prominent in the educational affairo England. He died in 1899 in Boston,

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Dunwell, Charles Tappan, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 13, 1852, in Newark, N.Y. In 1874 he was admitted to the bar; for several years practiced law in New York City; and in 1889 became general agent for the New York life insurance company. In 1903-09 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth congresses as a republican. He died June 12, 1908, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Dunwell, James W., lawyer, jurist. In 1895 he was elected an associate justice of the New York supreme court for a fourteen year term ending in 1909. He resides in Lyon, N.

Dunwoody, Henry Harrison Chase, soldier, was born Oct. 23, 1842, in Highland county, Ohio. In 1866 he was second lieutenant in the fourth artillery; and in 1904 was retired at his own request with the rank of brigadier-general. He has been supervising weather forecast official. Duponceau, Pierre Etienne, lawyer, author,

was born in 1760 in France. He was president of the American Philosophical society; and his Memoir on the Indian Languages of North America attracted much attention among scholars. He died in 1844 in Philadelphia, Pa. Du Pont, Henry Algernon, soldier, railroad president, United States senator, was born July 30, 1838, in Wilmington, Del. He served through the civil war and received the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1879 he became president of the Wilmington and northern railroad company. In 1905-11 he was a member of the United States senate. Duportail, Louis Lebique, soldier, was born in France. In 1777 he was brigadier-general in the corps of engineers; and in 1781 was major-general and chief of engineers. He died

in 1803.

He was a man and the largest stock raiser in Louisiana. In 1830 he became acting governor to fill the incomplete term of his predeDupre, Jacques, governor.

of wealth;

cessor.

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died in Louisiana.

Dupre, Lucius Garland, lawyer, was bom Oct. 18, 1868, in Opelousas, La. He received a thorough education; and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of the city of his nativity, where he has filled many public offices with honor. In 1897 he was. elected city attorney of Opelousas, La.

Dupuy, Eliza Ann, litterateur, author, was born about 1814 in Petersburg, Va. She was for many years a regular serial stories to the

contributor of Ledger. Among them are The Conspirator, a story of Aaron Burr; The Huguenot Exiles; and The Concealed Treasure. She died in January, 1881, in New Orleans, La.

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Du Puy, Raymond, railroad president, was born Jan. 4, 1860, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1895 he became president of the De Kalb and the great western railway; and resides in St. Paul, Minn.