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 LAMY

LANCASTER

grandson of John and Nancy (Dodge) Lamson, of Exeter, N.H., and of Steven and Rebecca (Blish) Winslow, of Augusta, Maine, and a de- scendant of Governor Edward Winslow^, of Mas- sachusetts Bay colony. In 1854 he vpas adopted by a family by the name of Scribner, who lived near Augusta, Maine. He was clerk to the secretary of the Maine state board of agriculture, 1869- 70 ; was graduated from the Maine State college, B.S., in 1873 ; taught in the public schools at Au- gusta and Danforth, Maine, 1873-74 ; was an offi- cer of Girard college, Philadelphia, Pa., 1876-84; and taught botany in summer schools of science at Bangor and Brunswick, Maine, 1875-76. He was married, Dec. 25, 1877, to Ella Augusta, daughter of Nathaniel D. Newmarch, of Bangor, Maine. He was special agent in charge of the mycological section of the botanical division of the U.S. department of agriculture in 1886 ; chief of tlie section of vegetable pathology in 1887 ; professor of botany and horticulture at the Uni- versity of Tennessee, 1888-94, and director of the agricultural experiment station connected with that institution, 1890-94. In 1894 he was made chief of the division of agrostology in the U.S. department of agriculture at Washington, D.C. He was elected a fellow of the American Associ- ation for the Advancement of Science ; a mem- ber of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- adelphia ; New Jersey Horticultural society ; Pennsylvania Horticultural society, and corre- sponding member of the Buffalo Academy of Sci- ence and of the ToiTey Botanical club, New York. He was decorated with the cross of Chevalier du Merite Agricole by the French minister of agriculture in January, 1889, for his services in matters pertaining to viticulture and diseases of the vine. He wrote extensively on botanical subjects, especially on the fungous diseases of plants and grasses, and had one of the largest private collections of grasses in the country, numbering nearly 5000 specimens. He is the author of: Weeds of Maine (1869); Ornamental and Useful Plants of Maine (1874); Fungus Dis- eases of Plants (1884); TJie Fungus Diseases of the Grape Vine (1886); Fungus Diseases of the Grape and Other Plants, and Their Treatment (1889); Grasses of Temiessee (1894); American Grasses, illustrated (1897-1900).

LAnV, John Baptist, R.C. archbishop, was born at Lempdes, France, Oct. 11, 1814 ; son of Jean and Marie (Die) Lamy. He was ordained, Dec. 22, 1838, and immigrated to the United States in 1839. He was stationed in the diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he succeeded in build- ing up a parish and erecting a large church. He was appointed pastor of St. Mary's church, Cov- ington, Ky., in 1848, and was consecrated " Bishop of Agathon " and vicar apostolic of New Mexico

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by Bishop M. J. Spalding, of Louisville, Ky., at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1850. New Mex- ico had just been acquired by the United States, and no bishop had visited the coun- try for eighty years. The Franciscan monks, had been removed and all the schools had been closed. The territory contained a population of 60.000 whites and 8000 In- dians, with twenty- five churches and forty chapels. Under Bishop Lamy's direc- tion, the Sisters of f/ Loretto opened the Academy of Our Lady of Light in 18- 53. He was made the first bishop of Santa Fe, July 29, 1853, and visited Europe to obtain aid in his work, and succeeded in interesting the Brothers of the Christian Doctrine, who subsequently founded St. Michael's college. In 1869 the Jes- uits opened a residence and established the Re- vista Catholica at Las Vegas. Upon the erec- tion of the Metropolitan See in 1875, Bishop Lamy was promoted archbishop, and received liis pallium, June 16, 1875. He resigned, July 18, 1885, and was made titular archbishop of " Cyzi- cus." At the time of his resignation his diocese contained 34 churches, 203 chapels and 56 priests. He died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb. 13, 1888. LANCASTER, Joseph, educator, was born in London, England, Nov. 25, 1778. He began to study for the ministry in 1794, but subsecjuently united with the Society of Friends. He estab- lished a school for poor children at South wark, England, and taught there for several years with- out remuneration. He planned the founding of schools among the poor of England and employ- ing the more advanced students to instruct the class next below themselves. This plan, it was claimed, was originally introduced into England from India by Dr. Andrew Bell, and for manj^ years the claims of Lancaster and Bell for priority divided the community. Lancaster immigrated to the United States in 1818, having lost nearly all his money in the promotion of his schools. He visited South America and the West Indies^ and removed to Canada in 1829, where he estab- lished schools under his system, but was com- I)elled to abandon them on account of lack of funds, and he removed to New York city. After his death his family removed to Mexico, where several of his grandchildren attained prominence in politics under the name of Lancaster Jones.