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ius and of Dies Irse; a list of historical prose fiction; and otlier works. In 1877 he devised a system of library classification and

capitalized at seven million dollars. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science and of various other associations. He is the author of numerous pamphlets about the South and Its

numbering.

Edmands, Joseph Gushing, soldier, was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Dec. 38, 1878.

Edmond, William, soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1755, in South Britain, Conn. He was chosen a member of the Connecticut state legislature; member of the council; and judge of the supreme court of that state. In 1797-1801 he was a representative from Connecticut to the fifth and sixth congresses. 1, 1838, in Newton, Conn.

He

died Aug.

Edmonds, Francis William, painter, artist, was bom Nov. 22, 1806, in Hudson, N.Y. In 1835 he sent to the academy, under an as-

sumed name, his first picture, Sammy the Tailor. He was secretary in 1860-63 of the American Banli Note company, and his BarnYard; Sewing-Girl; Grinding the Scythe; and Mechanic were engraved on notes printed by that establishment. 1863, in Bronxville, N.Y.

He

died Feb.

7,

Edmonds, Franklin Spencer, educator, lawauthor, was born March 28, 1874, in

yer,

Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1904 he has been lecturer in political science at the central high school of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of History of the Central High School of Philadelphia.

Resources; Facts other works.

About the South;

Edmondson, Henry

A.,

and

congressman, was

In 1849-61 he was a representative from Virginia to the thirty-first to the thirty-sixth congress. He died in Vir-

born in Virginia.

ginia.

Edmondson, Thomas William, educator, author, was born June 26, 1869, in England. In 1896-1903 he was assistant professor of physics at New York university; in 1903-05 was associate professor of physics; and since 1905 has been professor of mathematics. He is the author of Worked Examples in Coordinate Geometry; Mensuration and Spherical Geometry; and Deductions in Euclid.

Edmunds, Albert Joseph, oriental scholar, librarian, bibliographer, poet, was born Nov. 21, 1857, in England. In 1886 he settled in Philadelphia, Pa.; and became library assistant at Haverford college and at the Philadelphia library. Since 1891 he has been cataloguer for the historical society of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Buddhist and Christian Gospels; Songs of Asia Sung in

America; Fairmont Park and Other Poems; of the Faith; and Buddhist Bibliog-

Hymns raphy.

jurist,

Edmunds, Charles Wallis, educator, physi-

state senator, author, was born March 13, 1799, in Hudson, N.Y. He was a member of the New York legislature in 1831; and of the senate in 1833-36. He was circuit judge in 1845-47; judge of the superior court in 1847-52; and a member of the court of appeals in 1852-53. He became an advocate of spiritualism in 1853; and published Spiritualism; Reports of Select Law Cases; and Letters and Tracts on Spiritualism. He died April 5, 1874, in New York City.

cian, author, was born Feb. 22, 1873, in England. He graduated as doctor of medicine

Edmonds,

John

Worth,

lawyer,

Edmonds, Richard Hathaway, journalist, was born in 1857 in Nor-

founder, author, folk,

Va.

In 1875-81 he attended school in Baltimore, Md. He was clerk and afterward editor of the Journal of Commerce of Balti-

and bachelor of arts from the university of Michigan; and since 1907 has been professor of materia mediea and therapeutics in that institution. He is part author of A Laboratory Guide in Experimental Pharmacology.

Edmunds,

G., lawyer, jurist. He moved Utah; and was appointed an associate judge of the United States court for that

to

territory.

Edmunds, George Franklin, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 1, 1828, in Richmond, Vt. He was a

member of the state legislature of Vermont in 1854-59;

and served three years as speakand was a member of the state senate, and its presiding offi-

more, Md. In 1882 he founded the Manufacturers' Record, devoted to the industrial interests

of

the

er;

south.

cer

pro tempore in 1861-62. In 1865-91 he was United States senator. He was a member of the elector-

He

has been instrumental in securing large investments of capital for the south; is a member of the executive committee of the International trust company of Baltimore, Md.; and chairman of the executive committee of the Ala-

bama

consolidated coal and iron company,

commission of 1876. the author of congress in 1882 and Pi'^^'^'^ ^y VoL u^'^, 1887 which effected the destruction of the al

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polygamous system

in

Utah.