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to New Yoi'k, where he commanded the Somerset and afterward the Sagamore in the East Gulf squadron, where he intercepted blockade runners and captured and destroyed Confederate salt works on the Florida coast. He afterward com- manded the Wyalusing on the sounds of North Carolina, assisting in the capture of Plymouth and other towns on the sounds, and in the destruc- tion of the ram Albemarle. After the war he was on ordnance dut}' at Brooklyn navy yard, 1865-66, He joined the East India squadron as commandant of the Iroquois, and while in Japanese waters the Tycoon and his suit took refuge from the army under Satsuma, on board the Iroquois, Commander English receiving for his kindness the official thanks of the Tj'coon. He commanded the Con- gress in the European squadron, 1874-76, and for a wise and amicable settlement of a difficulty be- tween the Pasha of Tripoli and the U.S. consul he personally received the thanks of President Grant on returning to the United States in 1866. He was senior naval commander in the jaarade, opening day of the Centennial exposition, Phila- delphia, 1876; commanded the Portsmouth, N.H., naval station, 1876-78; was chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting naval department, Washington, D.C., 1878-84; commanded the European station, 1844-86 ; and was retired, Feb. 25, 1886. His successive jaromotions were : master, March 1, 1855; lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1855; lieuten- ant-commander, July 16, 1863 ; commander, July 25, 1866; captain, Sept. 28, 1871; commodore, March 25, 1880, and rear-admiral, Sept. 4, 1884. He died in Washington, D.C., July 16, 1893.

ENGLISH, George Bethune, author, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Marcli 7, 1787. He was graduated at Harvard in 1807, receiving his A.M. degree in 1811. He studied law and subsequently theology and was licensed to preach. His study of Hebrew led him to renounce Christianity in favor of Judaism, and his book, " The Grounds of Christianity Examined " (1813) was replied to by Edward Everett and others. This contro- versy led him to publish "Five Smooth Stones Out of the Brook " (1815). He also published re- plies to William E. Channing's two sermons on infidelity (1813), edited a country newspaper, and subsequently joined the U. S. navy as lieuten- ant of marines, sailing to the Mediterranean. He resigned his commission on reaching Egypt, joined the army of Ismail Pacha in 1820 and was assigned to the artillery. He was U.S. agent in the Levant for some time prior to 1827, when he returned to America. He published Xarra- tiveofthe Expedition toDongolaand Sennaar (1822). He died in Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 1828.

ENGLISH, James Edward, governor of Con- necticvit, was born in New Haven, Conn., March 18, 1812. He received an elementary education

and worked as a carpenter, becoming a master builder and proprietor of a lumber business. He then engaged in manufacturing, banking and the express business, gradually acquiring consider- able wealth. He was a member of the common council of New Haven in 1848, a representative in the state legislature in 1855, and a state sena- tor, 1856-58. He was elected as a war democrat a representative in the 37th and 38th congresses, serving 1861-65. In 1866 he was a delegate to the National union convention at Philadelpliia and was governor of Connecticut, 1867-69 and in 1870-71. In 1875 he was appointed by Governor IngersoU to fill the vacancy in the U.S. senate caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry, Nov. 21, 1875, and he served until January, 1876, when the legislature elected William H. Barnum to fill the unexpired term. He was an unsuccessful can- didate for governor of the state in 1869 and again in 1880. He was married to Anna R., daughter of Letitia G. Morris of New York, who died March 19, 1898. Governor English died in New Haven, Conn., March 2, 1890.

ENGLISH, Thomas Dunn, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 1819; a descendant from an Irish Quaker, who came to America in 1683 and received from William Penn a grant of land in New Jersey. Thomas was educated in a private academy and at Friends academy, Bur- lington, N.J., and

served for a short time on the geological survey of Pennsyl. vania. In 1869 he received the degree of M.D. from the Uni- versity of Pennsyl- vania, and becoming interested in forensic medicine he studied law first under Ben- jamin Brewster and later under William A. Stoker, meanwhile supi»rting himself by writing for T)eriodicaIs. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and prac- tised both medicine and law. In 1843 he wrote the poem "Ben Bolt," which was adapted to a German air, and attained great popularity through English speaking countries. This song had the singular fortune of being revived fifty years later by George Du Maurier, who made it a part of an effective scene in " Trilby," and the words and music commanded in 1896 a season of popularity even greater than at its first appear- ance two generations before. In 1844 he removed to New York city, where he was employed for nearly a year editing a daily journal, and in 1845 published the Aristidian in Philadelphia,