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tization of Tennyson's " Elaine " which wtis pro- duced at llie Madison S«iuare theatre on Ajirii 28. 1S«7, and hiter supiKtrtcd Mrs. I'dtler as Enobar- bus in "Anthony and CleoiKitra." Among Ids favorite roles were Sir Oliver Surface; Colonel Rocket in " Old Heads ami Young Hearts"; Sir Jealous Tratlick in " The Busybody " ; Riron Stein in "Diplomacy," and Adam in " As You Like It." In lyyU-'JU he jilayed the Earl of Dorincourt in " Little Lord Fauntleroy," in Australia. His entomological studies were never neglected, and at the time of his death his collection of speci- mens numbered over 3U0,OU0. He published: ..1 Miwjled Yarn (1878) ; Bihlioyraphkal Catalogue of the Described Transfonnalions ofXorth American Lep- idojUera (^iS'id), and contributions to scientific peri- oJiails. He died in Ne w York city June 9, 1891.

EDWARDS, Henry Waggaman, senator, was born in X<'»v Haven. L'oiiu., in 177'j; son of Pierre- pont Edwards, delegate to Continental congi'ess and judge of the U.S. district court, and gi-aud- son of the Rev. Jonatlian Edwards, Sr., the emi- nent theologian. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1797, pursued a law course at Litchfield, Conn., and practised law in New Haven. He was a representative in the 16th and 17th congresses, 1819-23, and in 1823 was appointed by Governor Wolcott to a seat in the U.S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Elijah Boardman. The state legislature confirmed the selection by electing him to complete the term to expire March 3, 1827. He then served as state senator, 1827-29, and as state representative and speaker of the house 1830-33. He served as governor of Connecticut four terms, 1833-34 and 1835-38. He received the degree of LL.D. from Yale in 1833. His son Henry Pierrepont (1809-.55) was a judge of the supreme court of New York. Senator Edwards died in New Haven, Conn., July 22, 1847.

EDWARDS, James Thomas, educator, was born at Barnegat, N.J., Jan. 6, 1838; son of the Rev. Job and Susanna (Haywood) Edwards; grandson of James Edwards, and of Thomas Haywood, and great-grandson of James Edwards, an officer in the Revolution. On the side of his granilmother, Sophia Ridgway Edwards, he de- scended from Richard Ridgway and Elizalieth his wife, who came from England in 1G79, settled first in Pennsylvania and afterward went to New Jersey. He was prepared for college at Pennington seminary and was graduated from Wesleyan university. Middletown, Conn., in 1860. He taught natural srienre at Amenia seminary, N.Y.. lSRO-61. and at Providence conference .sem- inary. East Orppnwirh. R.I.. 1861-62. He en- listed as a private in the 11th Rhode Island volunteers and served as 1st lieutenant, and as adjutant, 1862-€3. He was teacher of natural

science at Providence conference seminary, 1863, and principal of the .seminary. 18G4-7U, during which time he also served three terms as state senator. He was a Grant and Colfax presiden- tial elector in 1868; canvassed the state for the ticket, and was prominentlj^ mentioned as repre- sentative in congress, but declined the nomina- tion. He was active in the general educational interests of Rhode Island, being prominent in the establishment of its first normal school, and pres- ident of the State teachers" association in 1869. In 1870 he was transferred to the Erie confer- ence, where he was principal of the Chamberlain institute and female college, Randolph, N.Y., 1870-92, and state senator, 1892-93, serving as chairman of the committees on railroads and public education. He became connected with the Chautauqua movement at the beginning and from 1881 to 1893 was the head of tlie scientific department. He removed to McDonogh, near Baltimore, Md., in 1893, and became principal of the McDonogh scliool. He twice served as a mem- ber of the general conference, the legislative body of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married July 10, 1862, to Emma A. Baker of Som- erville, Mass. He received from Allegheny col- lege the degree of D.D. in 1876. and that of LL.D. in 1891. He is the author of: The Grass Family; Hie Silva of Chautauqua Lake; Addresses: Educa- tional, Political, Scientific, Religious; Pen and Pict- zire, a Chautauqua Sketch Book, and numerous public addresses.

EDWARDS, John, senator, was born in Stafford county, Va., in 1755; son of Hayden and Penelope (Sanford) Edwards. He was a brother of the Hon. Benjamin and Dr. Sanford Edwards, and uncle of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois. He removed in 1780 to that part of Virginia afterward embraced in the state of Kentuckj-, and entered 23,000 acres of laud. He was a member of the Virginia legi.slature, 1781-85, 1795 and 1796- 1800; a member of the Virginia state convention which ratified the Federal constitution, June 26, 1788; a delegate to the eight conventions called to define the limits of the new state of Kentucky, 1785-88, and to tliat heM in 1792 to frame the con- stitution of Kentucky. He was one of the first United States senators from tlie new state, serv- ing from Oct. 34, 1791, to the close of the 3d con- gress in 1795. He died on his plantation in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1837.

EDWARDS, John, legislator, was born in Jefferson county. Ky., Oct. 34, 1815. He was a lawyer in Indiana, and a representative in the .state legislature, 1845-49. He removed to Cali- fornia in 1849 and was chosen an alcalde. In 1852 he rettirned to Indiana and was elected to the state senate. He afterward removed to Iowa, where in 1855 he was a member of the state con-