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ican Protestants. He was pastor of the Mt. Ter- non Congregational church. Boston. Mass., lS4:2-T-t. He visited France in lSo6 for the pur- pose of establishing a chapel for American Prot- estants in Paris. He "w-as president of the Amer- ican Missionary society, and secretary of tlie Foreign Evangelical society. Amherst college conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D. in lS-55. He is the author of : Memorial of the Bev. Dr. Chester, D.D. (1S29); Lectures on Christ's Parables (1S56^ : Sermons (2 vols.. 1840- 60): Canon of the Holy Scriptures (1S63). He translated Gaussen's 7/i5j:)iraf!on of the Scriptures flS4"2) and Jean Frederic Astie's Lectures on Louis XIV. arid the Writers of ?tis Age. He died in Boston. Mass.. March 27. ISTI.

KIRK, Ellen Warner Olney, author, was born in Southington. Conn.. Xov. 6. 1S46 ; daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Barnes) Olney ; grand- daughter of James Olney, and a descendant of Thomas Olney. one of the founders of Providence with Roger Williams. Her father was an edu- cator and geographer. She was chiefly educated at home in Stratford, Conn., and began to write while quite young. She wns married, July 2, 1S79, to John Foster Kirk, the historian. Her first book was published in 1876, and met with immediate success. At one time she used the pen name ■" Henry Hayes." She is the author of: Lore in Idleness (ISIQ); Through Winding Ways (1879): A Lesson in Lore (1881); A Mid- summer Madness (1884); The Story of Margaret Kent (1886): Sons and Daughters (1887); Queen Money (1888); Better Times (ISSS): A Daughter of Eve (1SS9): TTaZ/ord (1890) : Ciphers {ISQl); TJie Story of Lawrence Garthe (1894): The Bevolt of a Daughter {IS^":): Dorothy Deane (1898): Dorothy and her Friends (1899).

KIRK, John Foster, author, was born in Fredericr-in. Xew Brunswick. March 22, IS'24 ; son of Abdiel and Mary (Hamilton) Kirk. Dur- ing his infancy his parents removed to Halifax, Xova Scotia. He was subsequently placed under the charge of an English clergyman at Truro, and received a classical education. In 1842 he settle<i in Boston, where he ^vas secretary to William H. Prescott, the historian, 1847-59, and in 1850 he accompanied Mr. Prescott to Europe. He was marrie<i in December, 1853, to Mary, daugh- ter of Daniel Weed of North Andover. Alass.. and in July. 1S79, to EUen Warner, daughter of Jesse Olney of Stratford, Conn. In 1S70 he removed to Ph i ladelphia, where he edited Lippincott's Magazine, 1870-S6, and was lecturer on European history at the University of Pennsylvania, 1886- 88. He was elected corresjKjnding member of the Massachusetts Historical society. He re- ceived from the University of Pennsyvania the honorary degree of UJ.D. in 18S9. He is the

author of : A History of Charles the Bold (3 vols., 1863-68) ; edited the complete works of William H. Prescott (1870-74) ; compiled a Supplement to AlJibone's Dictionary of Authors (1891). and con- tributed, after 1847, to the Xorth Avierican Be- vieir. the Atlantic Monthly and other periodicals.

KIRKBRIDE, Thomas 5torj-, physician, was bom in Morrisville. Pa., July 31,1809; son of John and Elizabeth (Story) Kirkbride ; grandson of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Curtis') Kirkbride and of Thomas and Rachel (Jenks) Story, and a descendant of Joseph Kirkbride, a native of Kirkbride, Cumberland. England, who came to America with William Penn. Thomas attended schools in Trenton and Burlington. X.J., and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., in March, 1832. He was resident physician at the Friends' Asylum for the Insane at Frank- fort, Pa., 1832-33, and at the Pennsylvania hospi- tal. Philadelphia, 1833-35. In October, 1840, he was elected physician-in-chief and superintend- ent of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, opened Jan. 1, 1841. serving 1841-83. In 18-54 the sum of .$3.55.000 was obtained by public subscrip- tion to enlarge the hospital in order to separate the men and women, and a new building was completed in 1859. He was an original member and for eight years president of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institu- tions for the Insane ; a member of the American Philosophical society, the Franklin institute, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; honorary member of the British Medico-Psychological association, and a feUow of the College of Physi- cians and Sxirgeons, Philadelphia, a trustee of the State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg. Pa., and manager for the Institution for the BUnd. He received from Lafayette college the honorary degiee of LL.D. in 1880. He is the author of: Bules for the Government of those Employed in the Care of the Insane (1844) ; An Appeal for the Insane (1854): Construction, Organization and General Arrangement of Hospitals for the Insane (1856 : rev. ed.. 1880). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 16. 1883.

KIRKHAM, Ralph Wilson, soldier, was born in Springfield. Mass.. Feb. 20. 1821. His grand- father was a Revolutionary soldier, and his great- grandfather, Henry Kirkham. served in the French and Indian wars of 175-5-63. He was gradu- ated from the U.S. Military academy in 1842 ; and was promoted 2d lieutenant in the 6th U.S. infantry. Feb. 27, 1843. He served in the Mexi- can wai-. being present at the skirmish at Ama- zoque, 3Iay 14 ; the capture of San Antonio. Aug. 20 ; battle of Chapultepec, Aug. 20, and the battle of Molino del Rey. Sept. 8. 1847, and was severely wounded at the last-named battle. He was bre- vetted 1st lieutenant, Aug. 20, 1847, for Con-