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 FELTOX

FENNER

years, served three years in the California legis- lature, and repi-esented the oth district of Califor- nia in the 49th and 50th congresses, 1885-89. He was elected U.S. senator as a Republican, March 19, 1891, for the unexpired term of Senator George Hearst, deceased, his tei-m of service end- ing March 3, 1893.

FELTON, Cornelius Conway, educator, was born in West Newbury, Mass., Nov. 6, 1807; son of Cornelius Conway and Anna (Mor.se) Felton; grandson of Thomas and Martha (Conway) Fel- ton; and great-grandson of Lieut. Nathaniel Felton, who came from Yarmouth, England, was married to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Skelton, and settled in Salem, Mass., in 1633. Dur- ing his college course at Harvard, Cornelius partially supported himself by teaching in Boston, Concord and at Round Hill school, Northampton. He was a conductor of the Harvard Jterj- ister in his senior year and was gi-ad- uated in 1827. He 1837-29; was Latin Greek tutor, 1830-

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taught at Geneseo, N.Y. tutor at Harvard, 1829; 82; university professor of Greek, 1833-34; Eliot professor of Greek literature, 1834-60; faculty re- gent, 1819-57, and president of the institution from Feb. 16, 1860, to Feb. 26, 1863. He spent five months of 1853-54 in Greece, where he made a study of ancient art and language, and of the modern Greeks, by whom he became known as the " American professor. " He was married in 1838 to IMary, daughter of Asa Whitney. She died in 1845 and he was married in 1846 to Mary Louisa, daughter of Thomas Greaves and Mai'y (Perkins) Cary of Boston. He was a regent of the Smithsonian institution, 1856-62, a member of the Massachusetts board of education and of the Massachusetts historical society; fellow of the American academy of arts and sciences, and corresponding member of the Archaeological so- ciety of Athens, Greece. He received the degree of LL.D. from Amherst in 1848 and from Yale in 1860. He published Greek text-books, including an edition of Homer, with Flaxman's illustrations (1833) which was revised ami reissued periodi- cally for many years. He translated Menzel's German Literature. (3 vols., 1840); Classiral Stndies (1843); Guyot's The Earth and 3fan (1849): Selec- tionsfrom Prof. Pnpkin with ilemoir (1852): wrote Life of William Eaton for Sparks's American Biog-

riqihies (1853); and prepared a revised edition of Smith's History of (rreece (1855); and Selections from Modern Greek Writers (1856). His Fn miliar Letters from Europe was published posthumously (1864); and Greek, Ancient and Modern, lectures before the Lowell institute, Boston, (1867), While en route for Washington to attend a meet- ing of the regents of the Smithsonian institution, he died in Chaster, Pa., Feb. 26, 1862.

FELTON, Qeorge Hurlburt, educator, was born in Granville, JIass. , Sept. 7, 1846; son of George D. and Louisa M. (Hurlburt) P^elton; and gi-andson of Stephen Felton of New Salem, Mass., and of Arvey Hurlburt of Sandislield, Mass. He was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1869, and from the University of the city of New York, M.D. , 1878. He was a teacher at Suffield, Conn., 1869- 70, and at Hampden, Conn., 1870-71; a student at the Rochester theological seminary, 1871-72, and a teacher at North Scituate, R.L, 1872-74, at Foxboro, Mass., 1874-75, and at Hightstown, N. J., 1876-77. He engaged in the practice of jnedicine at Haverhill, Mass., 1878-80, at Lynn, Mass., 1881- 83, and became city physician at Lynn in 1882. He removed to St. Paul, Minn., and practised medicine there, 1882-85, and at Granby, Mass., 1885-86. He was the normal principal at Leland university, New Orleans, La., in 1887, and pro- fessor of materia medica at New Orleans uni- versity. 1889-98.

FENN, Harry, illustrator, was born at Rich- mond. Surry, England, Sept. 14, 1840. He was educated in England until about 1858, when he went to Italy and studied art. In 1860 he visited America to make sketches, projiosing to remain only six mouths, but decided to make that coun- try his permanent residence. His first work to gain special notice was the illustrating of the original edition of Whittier's "Snow Bound," the appearance of which volume marked a de- parture in book illustrating in America. His next important work appeared in the successive numbers of "Picturesque America," followed tiy "Picturesque Europe" and "Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egj'pt. " The illustrations were drawn from nature and the selection of scenery and places kept him travelling for seven years. He was afterward engaged in illustrat- ing articles in the leading American magazines. He was one of the founders of the American water-color society and contributed each year to its exhibitions.

FENNER, Arthur, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Providence, R.L, in 1745; son of Ar- thur and Mary (Olney) Fenner. He was ap- pointed by the town of Providence a member of the " Committee of Inspection," reconamended by the Continental congress, and which held its first meeting in the chamber of the town council.