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Trinity also contains a window to his memory, and a portrait by Benjamin West. See " Centen- nial History of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of New York "(1886), and " History of Trinity Parish," by Morgan Dix and Arthur Lowndes (1900). He died in New York city, Sept. 6, 1815.

PRUDDEN, Theophil Mitchell, pathologist, was born in Middlebury, Conn., July 7, 1849; son of the Rev. George Peter and Eliza Ann (John- son) Prudden; grandson of Peter and Charity (Davis) Prudden and of Ebenezer and Sally (Mitchell) Johnson, and a descendant of the Rev. Peter and Joanna (Boyse) Prudden, who emi- grated from England with John Davenport, and was the first pastor of the church at Milford, Conn., 1640-56. He was graduated from Y'ale, Ph.B., 1872; was an instructor in chemistry at Yale, 1873-74; and meantime studied medicine at Yale, and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, graduating at Y^'ale, M D.. 1875. He served as interne at the New Haven, Conn., hospital. 1875-76; pursued ad- vanced studies in the Universities of Heidelberg, Vienna and Berlin, 1877-78; and was assistant in pathology and normal histology in the College of Pliysicians and Surgeons, New York city, 1878-83. He was a lecturer on normal histology at Yale Medical school, 1880-86; and director of the laboratory of the Alumni Association of the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, 1882-91. In 1885 he studied the new methods of research in bacteriology and the new cholera microbe with Dr. Koch in Berlin, Germany. He was profes- sor of pathology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia university, New York, from 1892, and the director of the laboratories of pathology, bacteriology and hygiene, clinical pathology and normal histology. He received the degree of LL.D. from Yale in 1897, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences; the Association of American Physicians; the New York Pathological society; the New Y'"ork Academy of Medicine; New York Academy of Sciences; the Practitioners' society; New York Historical and Geographical societies, and other organizations. He contributed articles on ex- ploration and travel to Harpers Monthly; pub- lished several scientific monographs embodying original research, and is the author of: Manual of Normal Histology (1881); Story of the Bacteria (1889); Dust and its Dangers (1891); Drinking Water and Ice Supplies (1891); and Hand-book of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, with Francis Delafield (sixth edition, 1901).

PRUD'HOMME, John Francis Eugene, en- graver, was born at St. Thomas. W.I., Oct. 4. 1800. son of French immigrants. His parents brought him to the United States in 1807, and settled in

New York city in 1809, where he was educated. He studied art under Thomas Ginibrede. his brother-in-law, m 1814, and began as a portrait engraver in 1817, but owing to limited patronage was obliged to practise art in a general way for several jears. He was employed by James Her- ring in 1831 to engrave the steel plates for " The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Ameri- cans." He was a bank note engraver in New York, 1852-69, and an ornamental designer and engraver in the bureau of engraving and print- ingat Washington, D.C.. 1869-85. He waselected a member of the National Academy of Design, was its curator, 1834-53, and an instructor in its life class. He illustrated several books of popular authors of that day, and produced steel plates from Trumbull's "Anthony Wayne," "Daniel Morgan," and "Declaration of Independence;" from Gilbert Stuart's " Henry Knox "and " Peter Gansevoort; " from Harding's "John Eager How- ard," Wood's " Mrs. D. P. Madison " and Weirs =' Winfield Scott." He was the oldest engraver in America at the time of his death, which oc- curred in Washington, D.C.. June 28, 1892.

PRUYN, John Van Schaick Lansing, repre- sentative, was born in Albany, N.Y., June 22, 1811; son of David and Hiberte (Lansing) Pruyn; grandson of Casparus and Catherine (Groesbeck) Pruyn and of Christopher and Sarah (Van Schaick) Lansing, and a descendant of Francis Pruyn, called Frans Jansen, who emigrated from Hol- land to America with his wife, Aeltje. and settled in Albany, N.Y., as early as 1665. He attended private schools and was graduated from the Albany academy in 1836; studied law under James King of Albany and was admitted to the bar Jan. 13, 1833. In 1833 he engaged in practice in partnership with Henry H. Martin, and as counsel in the James will case acquired promin- ence in his profession. He was appointed an examiner in chancery, Marcli 27, 1833, and a master, Feb. 10, 1836, by Governor Marcy, and injunction master for the 3d circuit by Chancel- lor Walworth, Feb. 13,1836. He became counsel to the Albany city bank in 1834, and subsequently a director and vice-president; a director of the Mohawk and Hudson railroad and its counsel, 1835-53, and when the railroads between Albany and Buffalo were consolidated as the New York Central in 1853, he drew up the agreement and conducted the transfer. He was the principal counsel in the Hudson River Bridge case; was sole trustee of the estate of Harmanus Bleecker, and the financial agent of the Sault Ste. Marie canal. He practised in partnership with John H. Reynolds, 1851-53. and in 1853 retired from the law profession to become secretary, treasurer and general counsel to the New York Central railroad, which office he held, 1854-60. He was a