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CHASE, Lucien B., author, was born in Ver- mont, Aug 9, 1817. He removed to Tennessee and located in Clarksville, where he became inter- ested in politics. In 1844 he was elected a repre- sentative in the 29th Congress, and was re-elected to the 30th Congress, serving until 1849, when he declined to be again elected. He is the author of Hisfnrij of .I//-. Polk's Adnnnistt^ation (1850) and English Serfdom and American Slavertj (1854). He died;it ( "l.irksville. Tenii . Dec. 14. 1864.

CHASE, Philander, 1st bishop of Ohio, 1819- '31, 1st bisliop of lUinois, lS3o-'53, and 18th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Cornish, N. H., Dec. 14, 1775; son of Dudley and Alice (Corbett) Chase, and lineally descended through Samuel and Mary (Dudley) Cliase; Dan- iel and Sarah (March) Chase; Moses and Ann (Follansbee) Chase, from Aquila and Ann Chase, who came from England and settled in New Hampshire in 1640. He was graduated at Dart- mouth college in 1796, was admitted to the dia- conate of the P. E. church by bishop Provoost in St. Paul's chapel. New York city, June 10, 1798, and advanced to the priesthood by the same prel- ate, Nov. 10, 1799. He first labored as a mission- ary in northern and western New York, where he organized parishes at Utica, Canandaigua, and Auburn. In 1800 he assumed charge of the Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill churches. In 1805 he removed to New Orleans, La., where he oi'ganized Clirist church and became its rector. In 1811 he became rector of Christ church, Hartford, Conn, He then resolved to transfer his labors to the missionary district west of the Alleghanies, held his first service at Salem, Ohio, March 16, 1817, and in June of the same year, assumed charge of the church at Worthington, Ohio, and of the outlying parishes of Delaware and Colum- bus, serving also as a principal of the academy at Worthington. His marked success in missionary work caused him to be chosen as bishop of the newly formed diocese of Ohio, and on Feb. 11, 1819, he was consecrated at St. James' church, Philadelphia. He was president of Cincinnati college, 1821-23, and during that time took meas- ures which resulted in the founding and partial endowment of Kenyon college, of which he was president, 1828-'31. He was also president of the theological seminary at Gambier, Ohio, 1825-'31. Bishop Cliase later visited England for the pur- pose of obtaining funds to carry out the enter- prise, which resulted in a generous response to his appeal. In 1831, his disposition of the funds ob- tained in England being questioned by his clergy, he resigned the presidency of Kenyon college and Gambier theological seminary, as well as his episcopate. In 1832 he removed to ^lichigan, where he was occupied in missionary work. In 1835 he was chosen bishop of Illinois. With the

help of money which ho obtained on a second visit to England, he founded Jubilee college, at a place to which he gave the name, Robin's Nest, Peoria, III. A charter, placing the college en- tirely under the jurisdiction of the church, was obtained in 1847. On the death of Bishop Gris- wold in 1843, Bishop Chase became presiding bishop. He received the degree of D.D. from Col umbia college in 1819, and that of LL.D from Cincinnati college in 1823. He pubiislied: A Plea for the West (1826); The Star in the West (1828); Defence of Kenyon College (1831); A Plea for Jubilee (1835); Reminiscences, and Aulohiography (1847); the Pastoral Letters of the House of Bishops from I844. to 1850, inclu- sive. His life has been written, as well as a vindication of his course in regard to Kenyon college. He died at Jubilee college, Robin's Nest, 111.. Sept. 20, 1852.

CHASE, Pliny Earle, scientist, was born in Worcester, Mass., Aug 18, 1820, son of Anthony and Lydia (Earle) Chase. He attended the Wor- cester schools and the Friends' boarding school in Providence, R. I., and was graduated at Har- vard in 1839. After teaching in Leicester and Worcester, Mass., and in Providence, R. I., he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he taught school. In 1848 he entered into the stove and foundry business in Philadelphia. Pa., and Wil- mington, Del. In 1861 he resumed the occupa- tion of teaching, in Philadelphia. In 1870 he vis- ited Europe, and in 1871 was appointed professor of natural science in Haverford college. He also served for several months as acting professor in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1875 he was transferred to the newly established chair of philosophy and logic at Haverford, and remained in this position during the rest of his life. On the organization of Bryn Mawr college, in 1884. he was appointed lecturer on psychology and logic in that institution. He devoted much time to scientific research and made many im- portant discoveries in astronomy and physics. He was an active member of several scientific societies, and was for a time vice-president of the American philosophical society, which in 1864 awarded him its Magellanic gold medal. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1844, and that of LL. D. from Haverford in 1876. Among his published writings are: The Elements of Arithmetic (Part 1. 1844; part 2, 1846); The Common School Arithmetic (1848); Elements of Meteorology for Schools and Households (1884), and many contributions to the American Journal of Arts and Sciences; the London, Dub- lin, and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine; to the Comptes Rendus, of Paris, and to the Journal of the Franklin Institute. He died in Haver- ford, Pa., Dec. 17, 1886.