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Flagg,

He was

Edmund, lawyer, was born Nov. 24,

journalist, au1815, in Maine. the author of Venice, the City of

thor, poet,

the Sea; North Italy Since 1849; Commercial Relations of the United States; Blanche of Artois; and Edmund Dantes, a sequel He died Nov. 1, 1890, in to Monte Cristo. Fairfax county, Va. Flagg, Edward Octavus, clergyman, lecturer, poet, was born Dec. 18, 1834, in Georgetown, S.C. He is a grandson of Dr. Flagg, a surgeon in the war of the revolution; and the son of Henry C. Flagg, a lawyer and formerly mayor of

New Haven,

Conn.

Previous to taking orders he studied law. After having pursued a course of civil engineering h e entered Trinity college, then studied divinity; and at the age of twenty-five was ordained deacon. On being admitted to the priesthood, he became the first rector of Trinity church of Norwich, Conn., and while there established a church at Yantie. Dr. Flagg has been the founder of several parishes; was rector of the New York All Saints' church; and for six years was assistant of Grace church. For several years he was chaplain of the ninth regiment New York national guard; and also' of the prince of orange lodge, N.Y. He has delivered a course of lectures on literature and history in New York and elsewhere. A collection of his poetical works was published in 1889 and six years later a second volume was issued, entitled Poema and Later Poems. He delivered the poem before the fifty- second convention of the alpha delti phi fraternity. He was made a doctor of law by St. John's college of Annapolis in 1898. He is the author of Rejoice for Liberty, a patriotic hymn. He received the degree of doctor in divinity from the university of the city of New

York

in 1866. Flagg, Ernst, designer, architect,

was bom

He is a noted in 1860 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the architect of New York City. architect of the Corcoran gallery of art at Washington, D.C. ; of the naval academy at Annapolis; and of the Singer manufacturing company's buildings in New York City. Flagg,

George

was born June Conn.

Among

Whiting,

painter,

artist,

New

26, 1816, in his pictures are

Haven, Landing oi

the Pilgrims; Landing of the Atlantic CaHe died ble; and Columbus and the Egg. Jan. 5, 1897, in Nantucket, Mass. Flagg, Henry Collins, lawyer, journalist, was born Jan. 5, 1792, near Charleston, S.C. He opposed the federalist party in Connecticut, both as a public speaker and as edi-

tor ald.

and proprietor of the Connecticut HerHe died March 8, 1863, in New Haven,

Conn. Flagg, Isaac, educator, author, was bom Sept. 7, 1843, in Beverly, Mass. He was a professor of Greek at Cornell university in 1871-88; and has been a professor at the university of California since 1891. He is the author of The Hellenic Orations of Demosthenes; Versicles; The Seven Against Thebes, of ^schylus; Iphigenia among the Taurians, of Euripides; Outlines of the Temporal; Model Principles of Attic Prose; and Lives of Cornelius Nepos. Flagg, James Montgomery, artist, author, was born June 18, 1877, in Westchester county, N.Y. Since 1892 he has been drawing for Judge and Life of New York City. He is the author of Yankee Girls Abroad; and Tom Foolery.

Flagg, Jared Bradley, clergyman, artist, author, was born June 16, 1820, in New Haven, Conn. He studied for a short time

with

his

brother

George, and

subse-

quently with his uncle,

Washington

AU-

When

but sixteen years old he exston.

hibited in the national academy of design a portrait of his father which received favorable notice from the artists and art critics of the time. He settled in Hartford, where he became prominent as a portrait painter. He was called to the rectorship of Grace church of Brooklyn Heights, where he remained eight years. In his later life,

while still pursuing his art, he devoted a portion of his time to literary work, and in 1892 published his first book. The Life and Letters of Washington AUston. He died Sept. 25, 1899, in New York City. Flagg, John Foster Brewster, physician, author, was born May 12, 1804, in Boston, Mass. He was a Philadelphia physician; and a professor in the Pennsylvania college of dental surgery. He was the author of

Ether and Chloroform and Their Employment in Surgery, Dentistry, Midwifery, etc.

He

died Sept.

8,

1872, in

West

Chester, Pa.

Flagg, Rufus

Cushman, clergyman, educator, college president, was born Aug. 3, 1846, in Hubbardton, Vt. He has been the president of Ripon college of Wisconsin since 1892.

Flagg, WlUard Cutting, agriculturist, statesman, was born Sept. 16, 1829, in Moro, 111. He was collector of internal revenue for the twelfth district of Illinois in 186269; and a member of the state senate in 1869-73. 111.

He

died

March

30, 1878, in

Moro,