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FAELTEN, Carl, musician, was born in 11 menau, Thuringia, Germany, Dec. 31, 1846; son of Carl Gottlob and Friederike (MoUer) Faelten. He attended the Latin school at Weimar. 1857- 61, and an orchestral school at Arnstadt, 1861- 65. He then earned his living as a violin player in Germany and Switzerland for three years. In 1868 he settled in Frankfort. During the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71, he served as a private in the 81st regiment and then returned to musical work at Frankfort, devoting himself to piano teaching, subsequentlj' accepting a position as a specialist in training piano teach- ers in the conservatory at Frankfort. In 1883 he immigrated to the United States, where he was professor of pianoforte in the Peabody institute, Baltimore, Md., 1882-85; at the N.E. conservatory, Boston, Mass., 1885-89; acting director of the latter institution, 1889-91 ; and director, 1891-97. In 1897 he became director of the Faelten Pianoforte school, Boston, con- tinuing his work as a concert pianist in addi- tion to his teaching. He was married in 1877 to Adele Schloesser of Lubeck. Germany. He pvib- lished Technische Uebunc/en (1879) ; Preparatiiry Ej-crcises (1880) ; Pianoforte Comae of the Xei" Eiiiihiml Conservatoi-y (4 vols., 1887); Fundamentid Tniinin;/ (1894); Fundamental Header (1895); Transposition Header (1896) ; Keyboard Harmony (1898). The last four works were jointly edited by him and liis brother. Reinhold Faelten.

FAIR, James Qraham, senator, was born in Belfast, county Tyrone. Ireland, Dec. 3. 1831. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1843, settled in Illinois, and was edu cated in the Chicago schools. In 1849 he re- moved to California where he engaged in gold mining and in I860 he removed to Virginia City, Nevada, where he developed silver mines and be- came superintendent of the Ophir mine, and in 1861 of the Hale & Norcross mine. In 1867 he formed a iiartnership with John W. Mackay, James C. Flood and William S. O'Brien. This firm obtained control of the Hale & Norcro.ss mine and of several valuable mineral fields from which developed the famous Consolidated Vir- ginia and California mines, and in three years the concern paid out over §100,000,000 in dividends. Mr. Fair was also largely interested m developing the real estate and railroad interests of Cali- fornia. He was elected to the United States senate from Nevada as a Democrat to succeed William Sharon, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 30. 1887. He gave liberally to Roman Cath- olic, Protestant and Hebrew asylums. He died in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 28, 1894

FAIRBAIRN, Robert Brinckerhoff, educator, was born in New York city. May 27, 1818; son of William and Mary (Mott) Fairbairn. His father was born in 1762 in Cross Flatts, St. Boswell's parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland, and settled in Philadelphia in 1796, where he published in 1804 an edition of the en tire works of Robert Burns whom he had met in Scotland. His maternal grandfather was Henry Mott of Poughkeepsie, a cap tain in the Contmen tal army ; and Ins grandmother a de- scendant of the New comes of Duchess county, N.Y., several of whom took an active part in the Revolutionary -^ /^ ^„ •_/. war. Robert was ^ ^. '^^U^'^^U^ graduated from Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., in 1840, and from the General theological sem- inary in 1843, and was ordained to the ministry in the Protestant Eijiscopal church. He was rector of ClirLst church, Troy, N.Y.. 1848-48; principal of the Catskill academy. 1848-62 and in 1862 accepted the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy in St. Stephen's college at Annandale-on the-Hudson, N.Y. In 1863 he was appointed warden of the college, also holding the chair of moral philosophy. He received the de- gree of S.T.D. from Trinity in 1864, from St. Stephen's college in 1874 and from Columbia at the celebration of the centennial in 1887, and that of LL.D. from Delaware college in 1876. He was fellow and gold medallist of the Society of science, letters and arts of London, and as- sociate of the Victoria institute or Philosophical .society of Great Britain. He vvas married in 1849 to Juliet, daughter of Anson and Sarah Arnold of Troy, N.Y. In May, 1898, Dr. Fairbairn was retired from the work of the college with the title of warden emeritus of St. Steplien's college. He published: Child of Faith (18.';8); College Sermons (1886) ; The Oblation and the Inro- cation (1894); The Unity of the Faith (1895) and Of Morality in lielation to Grace (1897). He died in Brooklyn. N.Y., Jan. 27, 1899.

FAIRBANKS, Arthur, educator, was born at Hanover, N.H., Nov. 13, 1864: son of the Rev. Henry and Annie S. (Noyes) Fairbanks; and grandson of Thaddeus and Lucy P. (Barker) Fairbanks and of Daniel S. and Jane M. Noyes.

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