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the rank nf rear-ailmiral in lUiH. Lyon, Merrick, educator, college president, was lH»rn April 7, ISlii, in Sturluidge. Mas-;. In IS37 lie va» principal of the Kant Dennis Inyli s<-ho«)l and in 1H4."> was principal of the I'nion ^ramnnir school at Kast Dennis, Mavs. In IS7;i-74 he was presid<'nt nf the Rhode Island university of instructions.

Lyon, William Henry, clergyman, author, 1S4«. in Fall River. Mass. was horn Dec. He WAS ptimated in the puhlic schools; in 1808 graduated from

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D.D. from Brown university. In 1873 he

was

ordained to the ministry; unitarian

and hesan preaching Maine.

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has filled pastorates at Roxbury and BrookMass. He was councillor of the Hungarian unitarian synod secretary of the National unitarian conference; president of and the unitarian Sunday school society line.





of NYisconsin justir*'

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ury.

Lyons, Julius Judah, lawyer, musician, was born (kt. 7, 1843, in New (_'ity. In 18(i(j he was admitted to the bar; and became c«mnsel and director of the state bank of New Y'ork City. He is musical <omiKeier,

York

editor of the Daily News of New York City. He wrote the music of the opera eulilled The Lady and the Tiger. He founded and was president and conductor of the metroiHilitau amateur orchestra, with ninety instrumentalists, the largest amateur comimny ever formed, whieb for seven yejjrs gave enter-

tainments, devoting the entire receipts charitable and eher and speaker of the Vis<M»nsiu state asHe served through the civil war; sembly. and was brevetted briiiadier-general in 18(55. In 18»i(}-71 he was judge of the first circuit

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Lyons, Samuel Ross, soldier, clergyman, educator, was born April 28, 1849, in South Carolina. He served in the one hundred and fifty-fourth regiment Illinois volunteers in the civil war. In 1898 he was ele<'ted president of Monmouth college of Bloomington, He has been a trustee of Indiana uni111.

Karly Old Testament Narratives; and I^Jiter Ohl Testament Narratives. Lyons, Albert Brown, cheniist, educator, author, was horn .pril I. 1841. in the Hawaiian Islands. He is a prominent chemist of Detroit, Mich. He is the author of a Manual of I'harmaceutical Assaying; a book of riant Names and Synonyms; and The Lyons FamilieH of New England.

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1871-94 wa« BHsociate

supn-me court of >Vi8-

Lyons, Judson Whitlocke, lawyer, warn born Aug. l.'>. 18.)8, in Burke county, Ga. He is in the practice of law in Augusta, (Ja. He was a mendier of the republican national convention of 1888. 181>2 and 189(j and in the latter year was ehn-ted on the (ii-orgiu national republican committee. In 1898-11)0(1 he «as register of the I'nited States treas-

president of the Hrocikline educational soi iety. He is the author of A Study of the Setts;

Lyon, Thomas Lyttleton, e«l'icat<tr, scientist, author, was horn in 18<5i), in I'ittsburgh, I'a. Since 1!)(M» he has lieen professor of experimental agronomy at Cornell university of llhaca.

in

the state

consin.

Lyons, Timothy Augustine, naval officer, was born March 2.3, 1845, in IreIn 182 he entered the I'nited States naval academy as a midshipman and graduated in 18G5. He was promoted successiveland.

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master, lieutenant, lieutenant-

to ensign,

commander and commander; and

serveil

on

of various K<.|uadrous, with alternating tours of duty at the navy department, naval academy, and at New York until 1897, when he was retired fi"om active service at his own rtHjuest. He is the author of The Magnetism of Iron and Steel Shi|)s; and A Treatise on Electro-magnetic I'hendiilerent

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nomeiut and The Compass and Its Deviations on Board .'^liip. in two volumi^. Lyte, Eliphalet Oram, eiliuator, lecturer, author, was born .lune 29. 1842. in Bird-inSince his graduation he has deHaiid. I'a. voIikI himself espeeially to the study of language and pliilosophy. He has been a

member state

«>f

the

faculty

of

the

Millersville

normal school since 1808; and

was elected of Forms of

its

He

1887

in

the author and Analysis: Practical The School Song Book and jtrincipal.

is

I'arsing

Book-keeping (•ram mar and Composition. Lytton, Henry Charles, merchant, financier, founder, was born July 13, 1840, in •New Y(Mk City. At the age of seventeen years he entere<| business life as an entry



clerk in a large wholesale dry-g(^)ds business, lie was for fifteen years a merehant of

In 1887 he moved to (irand Rapids, Mich. Chicago, and incorporated The Hub.