Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 03.djvu/23

 cox

cox

■Grandison Finney, president of Oberlin college. He served as president of the American micro- scopical society, fellow of the American associ- .ation for the advancement of science, of the Royal microscopical society of London, honorary member of the American philosophical society, Philadelphia, and corresponding member of the Belgium microscopical society. He received the degree of M.A. from Oberlin in 1854, and that of LL.D. from Denison university in 1866, from the University of North Carolina in 1867 and from Yale in 1877. He is the author of articles on subjects relating to the civil war contributed to the leading reviews and magazines, and he pub- lished : Atlanta (1882) ; The March to the Sea (1882) ; The Second Battle of Bull Run (1882) ; Franklin and Mishville (1883) : The Battle of Franklin (1897). He died at Magnolia. Oliio. Aug. 4, 1900. COX, Kenyon, painter, was born in Warren, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1856; son of Jacob Dolson and Helen (Finney) Cox; and grandson of Jacob Dolson Cox and of Charles Grandison Finney. Be studied at the McMicken art school, Cincin- nati ; at the Pennsyl- vania academy of the fine arts, and in Paris, where he was under Cdrolus Duran and Ge- rome, 1877-82. In 1883 he opened a studio in New York city. He received the second Hall- parten prize at the acad- ,Miiy exhibition in 1889, two bronze medals at the Universal exposition, Paris, in the same year, and a medal at the World's Columbian ex- position, Chicago, in 1 N93. He was elected a member of the society <if American artists, the Architectural league of New York, the National society of mural painters, and other artistic societies. His work embraces both landscape and portrait and is especially strong in classical and allegorical figures. For several years he successfully con- ducted life classes at the Art students' league of New York city. He was married in 1892 to his pupil, Louise Howland King. He illustrated in black and white, Rosetti's "Blessed Damozel," and painted one of the domes of the Manufact- ures and Liberal Arts building, Chicago, 1892. He also painted a lunette in the Walker art building at Bowdoin college, entitled " Venice," and twr decorative paintings in the new building of the library of congress, entitled respectively "Art" and "Science." He is the author of contributions on art matters to The Nation, Har-

rier's Monthly, The Century, and other periodicals. Among his works are: Evening (1886); Painting and Poetry (1887) ; Jacob Wrestling With the Angel (1888) ; Augustus St. Gaudens (1889) ; A Xymph (1889) ; Eclogue (1890) ; Vision of Moonrise (1891) ; The Pursuit of the Ideal (1891); and Bird Song (1897).

COX, Louise Howland King, painter, was born in San Francisco, Cal., June 23, 1865. She studied art under Kenyon Cox in the Art stu- dents' league of New York, and exhibited her first picture, "Lotus Eaters," at the National academy in 1887. From that time she regularly exhibited in that and other leading exhibitions. She received the third Hallgarten prize in 1896 for her painting entitled " Pomona" at the National academj' of design. She was married in 1892 to Kenyon Cox, her teacher. She was elected a member of the Society of American artists in 1893, and of the Woman's art club of New York. Among her works are: Rondee (1892); Pstjehe (1893); The Fates (1894); Angiola (1897) ; together with much work in decorative figure subjects, and in portraiture and designing.

COX, Nicholas Nichols, representative, was born in Bedford county, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; son of Caleb and Nancy (Allen) Cox. He removed with his parents to Seguin, Texas, when a small boy and attended the public schools in that place. In 1858 he was graduated from the law school at Lebanon, Tenn., and the same year was licensed to practise. He was a colonel in the Confederate army and after tlie war located in Franklin, Tenn., where he engaged in farming and the practice of his profession. He was a pi'esidential elector on the Breckinridge ticket in 1860 and on the Greeley ticket in 1872, and was a Dernocratic representative from the seventh district of Ten- nessee in the 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th and 56th con- gresses, 1891-1901.

COX, Palmer, author and illustrator, was born in Grauby, Quebec, Canada, April 28, 1840; son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Cox. He was graduated at Granby academy in 1858 and became a carpenter and car builder, and for twelve years was a railroad contractor in California. He had drawn much, but only as a pastime, and it was not until 1874 that he began to study drawing and to contribute illustrated stories to current literature. His " Brownie " verses for children, illustrated by quaint drawings, were printed in St. Nicholas and the Ladies' Home Journal and won for their author fame and fortune. His writings, consisting chiefly of juvenile stories and rhymes, include the following : Squibs ; or. Everyday Life Illustrated (1874) : Hans von Pelter's trip to Gotham (1878) ; How Columbus Found Amer- ica (1878) ; That Stanley (1878) ; Comic Tarns (1887) ; Queer People, such as Goblins, Giants, Merry Men