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FURNESS, Horace Howard, author, was born in Pliiladelptiia, Pa., Nov. 2, 1S33; son of the Ilev. Dr. Williani Henry and Anuis Pulling (Jeuks) Furuess. He was educated in private schools in Philadelphia and was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1S54, A.M., 1858. He travelled in Europe and on his retuwi studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He devoted his attention to the study of Shakespeare; and in 181)5 built a fireproof library at Wallingford, Pa., to contain his collection of books relating to Sliakespeare, whicii numbered several thousand volumes. He was elected a member of the Ameri- can philosophical society, April 16, 1880. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Har- vard in 1877; that of Ph.D. from the University of Halle. Germany, in 1878; that of LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1879 and from Harvard in 1894; that of L.H.D. from Columbia in 1887, and that of Litt.D. from Cambridge university, England, in 1899. He was married to Helen Kate Rogers who was born in Philadel- pliia, Pa., July 26, 1837, and is the compiler of A CoHCordaiice to SlMkesjycare's Poems, an Index to Eoenj Word Therein Contained (1874). She died Oct. 30, 1883. Dr. Furness's published works comprise annotated editions of: Borneo and Juliet (1871); Maeheth (1873); Hamlet (3 vols., 1877); King Lear (1880); Othello (1886); The Merchant of Mniice (1888); .4s You Like It (1890); The Tempest (1892); A ilidsnmmer Night's Dream (1895); The Winter's Tale (1898), and Much Ado About Nothing (1899).

FURNESS, William Henry, clergyman, was born in Boston, Mass., April 20, 1802; son of Wil- liam and Rebekah (Thwing) Furness; grandson of John and Ann (Hurd) Furness; and a descendant from Captain Clapp who emigrated from England in 1629 He was graduated from Harvard in 1820, from the Harvartl di- vinitj' school In 1823, and enter'ed the Unitarian ministry. He was pastor of the First Congre- gational Unitarian church in Philadel- phia, 1825-75. He retired from the min- istry in 1875 and thereafter Lived in literary ease. He was editor of the Diadem, 1845-48, and was an active and fearless advocate of anti-slavery. In Januarv, 1895, he g.ive. in an address to his former congregation in Philadelphia, an interesting resumfi of his recol- lections of seventy years. He was married, Aug.

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24, 1825, to Annis Pulling Jenks, granddaughter of Major Pulling, the friend of Paul Revere. Of their children, William Henry became a portrait painter; Horace Howard of Wallingford, I'a., became known as the editor of a New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare, whose wife, Helen Kate (Rogers) published a " Concordance of Shake- speare's Poems" (1873); Frank became a promi- nent architect in Philadelphia, and their only daughter, Mrs. Anuis Leo Wister, translated many popular novels from the German. Dr. Furness was elected a member of the Philosoph- ical society, April 17, 1840.' He received the degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1847. His pub- lished works include: liemarks on the Four Uos- pels (1836); Jesus and His Biographers (1838); Domestic Worship (1839); A History of Jesus (1850); noughts on the Life and Character of Jestts of Nazareth (1859); The Veil Partly Lifted (1864); Schenkel's Character of Jesus Portrayed (2 vols., 1866); The Unconscious Truth of the Four Gospels (1868); Jesus (1871); The Power of the Spirit (1877); Jesus the Heart of Christianity (1883); The Story of the Resurrection (1885); Verses, Transla- tions and Hymns (1886); upwards of a hundred separate sermons and pampliIetS; and many translations from the German. In March, 1898, a monmuent to his memory was unveiled in the First Unitarian churcli in Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 30. 1896.

FURNESS, William Henry, painter, was born in Philadelphia, Pa.,:May 21, 1828; son of the Rev. William Henry and Annis (Jenks) Fur- ness. He attended school till 1844 when he en- gaged in mercantile business one year and then devoted himself to art. He studied hi the art centres of Europe tvs'o years and opened a studio in Philadelphia in 1848, removing to Boston in 18.52. His portraits of Charles Sumner, Lucretia Mott, his father, and many other distinguished sitters, brought him into public notice. He died in Cambridge, Mass., March 4, 1867.

FURST, William Wallace, composer, was born in Baltimore, Sid., March 25, 1853; son of Joseph and Sopliia (Helmling) Fiirst; and grand- son of John and Mary Helmling of Woodstock, Va., and of Mathias and Crescense Furst of Elwangen, Germany. He was educated by the Christian brothers at Calvert Hall, Baltimore, and at Rock Hill college, Ellicott city, Md. He was married, Aug. 17, 1892, to Chjirlotte Nicol. His chief compositions are the operas Isle of Champagne; Princess Nicotine; Fleur de Lis; Little Trooper, and Theodora (grand opera) which were successfully produced In America; besides nu- merous piano and voice compositions.

FUTHEY, John Smith, author, was born in Chester county, Pa.. Sept. 3. 1820; >?on of Robert and Margaret (Parkinson) Futhy; great^ grand-