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APPLETONARBUCKLE England as buyer, after which he made frequent trips to the great cities of Europe in the interests of the firm. In 1838 he was taken into partnership by his father, and in 1848 became head of the firm. In 1868 he built and endowed Appleton's church home, at Macon, Ga., the orphanage to be conducted by the diaconal community of St. Katharine, named in memory of his daughter, and the home to commemorate the consecration of Bishop Beckwith. Mr. Appleton was the first president of the American publishers' copyright league. He died in Riverdale, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1899. APPLETON, William Hyde, educator, was born in Portland, Me., June 10, 1842. His younger brother was John Howard Appleton, chemist. He prepared for college and entered Harvard university in the class of 1860. After his graduation he studied law, and afterward received the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Harvard. He then served as an instructor in Greek at Harvard for two years, and subsequently went abroad, where he studied in the German universities, returning to America in 1872, to become professor of the Greek and German languages in Swarthmore college. After ten years' service in that capacity he was given a year's leave of absence, and in 1881 sailed for another period of study abroad. He spent most of his vacation in study in Greece, and returning in 1882 resumed his work at Swarthmore, as professor of the Greek and English languages and literature. In 1888, the degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by Swarthmore college in honor of his long and eminently successful connection with the institution. In 1889 he became acting-president of the college, and in the following year was elected president. Preferring his work as teacher, he consented to hold the office only until a successor should be appointed, and in 1891, upon the election of Charles De Garmo as president, he resumed his former duties. He published in 1893 "Greek-Poets in English Verse." APPLETON, William Sumner, genealogist, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 11, 1840, son of Nathan and Harriot (Sumner) Appleton. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1860, which institution in 1864 conferred upon him the degree of A.M., and in 1865 that of LL.B. Mr. Appleton devoted a large part of his time to travel, visiting nearly every part of the world. In 1860 the Boston numismatic society was formed, and Mr. Appleton was made its secretary. He also became prominently identified with the Boston society of natural history, the New England historic-genealogical society, and the Boston art club. He was made a fellow of the American academy and a member of the Massachusetts historical society. Among his published writings are: "Medals of Washington" (1863); "Ancestry of Mary Oliver" (1867); "Memorials of the Cranes of Chilton" (1868); "Ancestry of Priscilla Baker" (1870); "Genealogy of the Appleton Family" (1874); "Issues of the U. S. Mint" (1876); "Records of Descendants of William Sumner" (1879); "The Family of Babcock of Massachusetts" (1881); "Augustine Dupré, and His Work for America" (1890); "The Family of Merriam of Massachusetts" (1892); "Early Wills Illustrating the Ancestry of Harriot Coffin" (1893); "The Sumner Genealogy to 1895"; and "A Century of the Senate of the United States" (1896). He also edited three volumes, the 5th, 21st, and 24th reports, as record commissioner of Boston, and in 1864 and in 1865 was editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. APTHORP, William, Foster, critic, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1848; son of Robert East and Eliza Henshaw (Hunt) Apthorp; grandson of John Trecothick and Mary Spear (Foster) Apthorp; and a descendant of Charles Apthorp, who came to America from England early in the 18th century and was a prominent Boston merchant, and whose brother, East Apthorp, was the first rector of Christ church, Cambridge, Mass. William Foster was graduated at Harvard in 1869, and studied harmony and counterpoint under J. K. Paine, and pianoforte under J. K. Paine and B. J. Lang. He was a teacher of music in the National college of music, 1872-'73; in the New England conservatory, 1874-'84; and in the college of music, Boston university, 1880-'84. He was musical critic for the Atlantic Monthly, 1872-'76; for the Boston Sunday Courier, 1876-'78; musical and dramatic critic for the Daily Evening Traveller, 1878-80; and for the Evening Transcript, from 1880. He was musical editor of Scribner's Cyclopœdia of Music and Musicians (3 vols., 1888-'90), and is the author of "Hector Berlioz, Autobiography and Musical Grotesques" (1879); "Musicians and Music Lovers" (1894); "Jacques Damour and Other Stories," translated from Zola (1895); "By The Way" (1898), being a collection of his contributions to the programmes of the Boston symphony concerts, and "The Opera, Past and Present" (1901). He married Octavie Lois Iasigi in 1876. ARBUCKLE, Matthew, soldier, was born in Greenbrier Co., Va., in 1775. In 1799 he joined the U.S. army as ensign, and for his faithful and meritorious service was regularly promoted by brevet until in 1830 he attained the rank of brigadier-general. He was in active service during the Mexican war, and afterwards became commander of the seventh military department. He was successful in maintaining peace with the Indians and enjoyed their confidence. He died at Fort Smith, Ark., June 11, 1851.