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of Gen. John Paterson. He helped to found the Society of the Cincinnati and liis was the twenty- second name signed to the articles of association. He foundeil and for years supiK)rted the school that merged into the Lenox acailemy. He was the organizer of Trinity Episcopal church at Lenox, and his home in tiie town was the rendez- vous of army oflicers and of the leaders in art, science and literature of the state. He repre- sentetl his district in the general court of the state. i:!>(5-90, and in the state senate, 1807-09. He was associate justice of the court of sessions, 18s-14. He died at Lenox, Mass.. Jan. 12, 1822. EQLESTO.N, Thomas, mineralogist, was born in New York city, Dec. 9, 1832; son of Thomas and Siirah (Jesup) Egleston; and grandson of Azariah and Hannah (Paterson) Egleston. He was graduated from Yale in 18.54 and from the Ecole des mines, Paris, in 1860. On his return to the United States in 1861 he was given charge of collecting the mineralogical and metallurgical speci- mens for the Smith- sonian institution, retaining the position for three years. In 1863 he prepared a plan for a school of mines which he sub- mitted to the trustees of Columbia univer- sity, and which re- sulted in the Colum- bia college school of mines in 1864. Mr. Egleston was appointed to the chair of mineralogy and metallurgy and was several times a member of the university council. He was a member of the commission to make the geological survey of the Union Pacific railroad in 1866; of the commi.s.sion to examine fortifications in 1868; and of the mint commission in 1870, 1878 and 1885. At the Paris exposition of 1867 he was awarded by the French government a bronze and silver medal. In 1S90 he presented to Trinity church, Xew York, a jewelled communion chalice in memory of his wife who died Jan. 9, 1895. It was fashioned entirely from the rich stones in their settings which Mrs. Egleston had worn dur- ing her lifetime. Many of the stones were ex- tremely rare, representing in several instances the only specimens of the kind known to be in exist- ence. All were selected by Profes.sor Egleston during his foreign travels. He was one of those instrumental in establishing the American insti- tute of mining engineers in 1871 and the Ameri- can metrological society. He was also elected to memljership in many scientific societies. He

received the degree of Ph.D. from the College of New Jersey and that of LL.D. from Trinity college in 1874. In 1890 he was decorated as chevalier of the prder of the Legion of Honor of France, and in 1895 he was made an officer. In 1898 he pre- sented France with the sum of §5000, which he increased to $10,000 in aid of the mineralogical col- lection of the School of mines, Paris. His pub- lished works include: A Catakxjue of Minerals (1863); Didf/ram to Illustrate CrystaUofjraphij (1866); Tables for the Determinations of Minerals (1867); Tables of Weights, Measures and Coins in the United States and France (1868); Metalhirgical Tables on Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, and Other Metals (1868); Metallurgical Tables on Fuels, Iron and Steel (2 vols., 18ii9); Lectures on Mineralogy (1871); The Metallurgy of Gold, Silver and Mercury in the United States (1887); A Catalogue of Minerals and Their Synonymes (1889, 1891, 1892); The Metallurgy oj Gold and Silver (2 vols., 1890), and over one hun- dred pamphlets on metallurgy. He died in New Y'ork city, Jan. 15. 1900.

EHNINGER, John Whitten, artist, was born in >iew Y'ork city, July 22, 1827. He was gradu- ated from Columbia in 1847 and the following year went to Paris, France, where he became a pupil of Couture. In 1849 he returned to New Y'ork and his first painting, " Peter Stuyvesant " (1850), was immediately successful. He again visited Europe in 1851-52. He was elected a member of the National academy of design in 1860 and was one of the founders of the Cooper union art school. His work included book illus- trations, engravings, etchings and some portrait busts. Among his paintings are: Nein England Farm Yard; Yankee Peddler; Love Me, Love My Horse; The Foray; The Sicord; Lady Jane Grey; Christ Healing the Sick; Death and the Gambler; Autumnal Landscape (1867); vl Monk (1871); Vint- age in the Yatella, Italy (1877); and Twilight from the Bridge of Fatt (1878). He died at Saratoga Spring.s, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1889.

EICHBERG, Julius, musical composer, was born in Diisseldorf. Germany, June 13, 1824; son of Solomon and Caroline Eichberg. His public career as a violinist began in 1831, and before he was ten years old he plaj^ed before Emperor Nicholas of Russia. His musical education was acquired at Mayence and the Brussels conserva- tory of music, and from 1846 to 1857 he was pro- fessor of the violin in the conservatory at Geneva. In the latter year he removed to the United States and settled in Boston. Mass., where he was airector of music at the Boston museum, 1859-66. On the establishment of the Boston conservatory of music in 1867 he was chosen director, and held that position, together with that of supervisor of music in the Boston public schools, until his death. He composed several