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QUNNISON, Almon, educator, was born at Hallo well, Maine, March 4, 1844; son of Nathaniel and Ann L. (Foster) Gunnison; grandson of Nathaniel Gunnison, and a descendant of Hugh Gunnison, 1610. He attended Dalhousie college, Halifax, N.S.; the Green Mountain institute, Woodstock, Vt.; Tufts college, Massachusetts, and St. Lawrence university, Canton, N.Y., and was graduated from the last named in 1868. He was pastor of the Universalist church at Bath, Mains, 186S-71; of All Soul's church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1871-90, and of the First Universalist church at Worcester, Mass.. 1890-99, and accepted the presidency of St. Lawrence university in Sep- tember, 1899, having declined two previous elec- tions. He received the degree of D.D. from St. Lawrence university in 1880. He was married in 1868, to Ella I. Evevest. He is the author of Bamhles Overland (1886); WayKule and Fireside Bambies ( 1893); and contributions to various reli- gious and other periodicals.

QUNSAULUS, Frank Wakeley, clergyman, was born at ChesterviUe, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1838; son of Joseph and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus, and a descendant of Reginald Gonsalius Montanus, a Spanish martyr of the sixteenth century. He attended the public schools, was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university in 1875, and was married in 1875 to Anna, daugliter of George Long of Parsons, W.Va. He studied theology at Ohio Wesleyan university, and in the same year was ordained to the Methodist ministry. In 1879 he entered the Congregational ministry. He was pastor of the East- wood Congregational church, Columbus, Ohio, 1879-81; pastor at Newtonville,Mass. , 1881-85; of the Brown Memorial church, Bal- timore, Md., 188.5-87; of Plymouth church, Cliicago, 1887-99, and of Central churcli, Cliicago. from 1899. He was lecturer at Yale theological sem- inary in 1893, and pro- fessorial lecturer at the University of Chi- cago. In 1893 he was made president of the Armour institute of technology, Chicago. He received the degree of D.D. from Beloit in 1887. He is the author of; The TransjiriuralioH of Christ (1886); Monk and Knight (1890); Phidias and Other Poems (1892); Songs of Night and Day (1894); Loose Leaves of Song (1895); Life of William Ewart Gladstone (1898); The Man of Galilee (1899), and numerous contributions to periodicals.

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QUN PER, Archibald Clavering, author, was born in Liverjjool, England, Oct. 25, 1847; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sharpies) Gunter. His father, a merchant engaged in the West India trade, emigrated to California in 1853. The son was educated in England and in San Francisco, and from 1807 to 1874 followed his profession of engineering. He worked on the Central Pacific railway; was superintendent of several mines in Utah and Nevada, and erected smelting works at Battle Mountain, Nev., at Homansville, Utah, and chlorination works at Havilah, Cal. During these years he also wrote several plays, one of which, " Cuba,"' was produced at the California theatre and another, " Our Reporter," at the Grand Opera house, San Francisco. He operated in mining stocks, 1874^77, and then removed to New York city and devoted himself to literature. Among his plays were ' ' Two Nights in Rome " ' produced in New Y'ork city (1889); "Fresh, the American" (1880); "Courage"; "After the Opera"; "The Wall Street Bandit"; "Prince Karl," written for Richard Mansfield; "The Deacon's Daughter,'' written for Annie Pi xley; and dramatizations of his novels " Mr. Barnes of New York" and "A Florida Enchantment." His first novel, " Mr. Barnes of New York," was finished in 1885 and published in 1887, Mr. Gunter having organized the Home publishing company at New Y'ork city for the purpose of bringing out this book, after the manuscript had been refused by all the leading publishers. In two years from the date of publication 280,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States alone, while it was also published in England, Germany, France and Spain. His second novel, Mr. Potter of Texas, was published in 1888, the first United States edition being 61,262 copies. Tlien followed Tltat Frenchman (1889); 3Iiss No- hody of Nowhere (1890); A Florida Enchantment (1893); Don Balesco of Key West (1897); Jack Cur- zon (1899); The King's Stockbroker; A Princess of Paris; Hob Covington; Billy Hamilton; The Fight- ing Tr,nib,id,,iir and others.

QURLEV, Phineas Densmore, clergyman, was born in Hamilton, N.Y'. , Nov. 12, 1816; son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Fox) Giirley. His father, a Quaker, was descended from Scotch covenanters, and his mother was a Methodist. He was taken to Parish ville, N.Y'., in his infancy and was graduated at Union college at the head of the class of 1837 and at the Princeton theo- logical seminary in 1840. He was licensed to Iireach in April, 1840, was ordained by the Pres- bytery of ladianapolis, Dec. 15, 1840, and was pastor of Presbyterian churches at Indianapolis, Ind., 1840-49, Dayton, Ohio, 1850-54, and Wash- ington, D.C., 1854r-68. He was chaplain of the U.S. senate during the 36th congress and was