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being ordained May, 29, 1867. He was employed by the regents of the University of the State of New York to enlarge the flora of the state, 1862- 67; was professor of natural science at Robert college, Constantinople, 1867-69; traveled in Egypt and Palestine, and studied in Germany, 1869-70, and was professor of natural history and German at Lake Forest university, 111., 1870-71. He was associate editor of the Independent, 1871- 72; was archaeologist to the first expedition sent out by the Palestine exploration society, visiting the region east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, 1872-74; edited and published the Journal of Christian Philosophy, 1882-84; was chosen a member of the editorial staff of the Century Dic- tionary in 1887, and curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York city, in 1889. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton in 1873. He contributed largely to scientific jour- nals, reported many discoveries of the Palestine Exploration society, and is the author of a Cata- logue of Plants found in Oneida County and Vicinity (1865); Fifth Statement Containing Identification of Mount Pisgah (1875); Pharaoh, the Oppressor and his Daughter in the Light of their Monuments (Cent. Mag., May, 1887); The Pharaoh of the Exodus and his Son in the Light of their Monuments (Sept., 1887).

PAINE, John Knowles, musician, was born in Portland, Maine, Jan. 9, 1839; son of Jacob S. and Rebecca Beebe (Downes) Paine; grandson of John K. Paine, and a descendant of the Paines of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He received his early musical edu- cation in Portland, writing a composition for a string quartette at the age of sixteen, and made his first public appearance as an organist in 1857. He studied the organ in Germany under Haupt, Wieprecht and others, 1858-61, and made a tour of Ger- many in 1865-66, giv- ing several organ recitals. He was lec- turer on music at Harvard, 1863-64; assistant professor, 1873-75; and in 1875, having gradually built up the depart- ment of music, was given the title professor of music, being the first to hold that position in any American university. In 1867 he directed his Mass at the Sing-academie in Berlin. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the honorary degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1869 and that VIII. — 12

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of Mus. D. from Yale in 1890. He is the com- poser of a Mass in D (1867); the oratorio St. Peter, first presented in Portland, Maine, in 1873; a Symphony in C minor given by Theodore Tho- mas in Boston Music Hall, Jan. 6, 1876; the Cen- tennial Hymn (words by Whittier) sung at the opening of the exposition in Philadelphia, 1876; Overture to As You Like It (1876); Sym- pho7iic Poem to The Tempest (1877); Spring Symphony (1880); CEdipus Tyrannus, performed in Greek in Cambridge, May, 1881; a cantata Phcebus Arise, words by Drummond of Haw- thornden (1883); Keats's Realm of Fancy, for chorus, quartet and orchestra (1882); Milton's Na- tivity, composed for the Handel and Haydn festival in Boston (1883); Symphonic Poem, an Island Fantasy (1887); A Song of Promise, can- tata composed for the Cincinnati festival (1888); Columbus March and Hymn, composed by invit- ation for the opening ceremonies of the Chicago World's Fair (1893); Azara, an opera in three acts, the libretto being written by the composer (1901); Birds of Aristophanes, presented by the Harvard Classical club (May, 1901), and many lesser pieces, including songs, piano and organ compositions and chamber music.

PAINE, Levi Leonard, church historian, was born in Holbrook, Mass., Oct. 10, 1832; son of Levi and Clementina Maria (Leonard) Paine; grandson of Silas and Lydia (White) Paine and of Caleb F. and Nancy (Thompson) Leonard, and a descendant of Peregrine White. He was gra- duated from Yale, A. B., 1856, B. D., 1861, and was at once ordained to the Congregational ministry. He was married, July 29, 1861, to Jen- nette H., daughter of George and Julia A. Holmes of Norwalk, Conn. He was pastor at Farmington, Conn., 1861-70; president of the Maine Missionary society, 1888-94, and dean of the faculty of the Bangor Theological seminary, 1870-1903. He is the author of: The Critical History of the Evolution of Tri7iitarianism(190Q) , and The Ethnic THnifies (1901), both of which attracted wide attention. He died at Bangor, Maine, May 10, 1902.

PAINE, Robert, M. E. bishop, was born in Person county, N.C., Nov. 12, 1799; son of James and Mary A. (Williams) Paine of Oxford, N.C.; grandson of Robert Paine, an officer in the Con- federate army, and great-grandson of Dr. James Paine, a native of London, England. Robert Paine attended school near Leasburg, N.C., and later studied at the school of the Rev. Dr. D. C. Weir and Professor Alexander, near Lynnville, Tenn. He joined the M. E. church, Oct. 9, 1817, and was ordained deacon and elder in 1821; was a missionary preacher; presiding elder of the Nashville district, and president of LaGrange col- lege, Ala., 1830-46. He was a leader of the mov-