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and William Allen, placed in Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C., 1884; colossal statues of Gib- bon, typifying history, and Moses, representing religion, for tiie Congressional library at Wash- ington (1896); statues of Hooker and Davenport, and interpretative doors and tj'mpanums for the Capitol at Hartford, Conn. (1895); statue of Vice-President Tompkins for the senate chamber, Washington; statue of Governor Morton of In- diana for Statuary Hall, Washington (1900); the memorial Hahnemann monument at Washing- ton, with a seated figure of Samuel Hahnemann and four illustrative panels (1900); the equestrian statues of Robert E. Lee and of William T. Sher- man; the Astor bronze doors for Trinitj' church (1894); a statue of Andrew G. Curtiu of Penn- sylvania (1897); heroic statues of Abraham Lincoln and Admiral Farragut for Hackley Square, Muskegon, Mich. (1900); an immense pediment, " The Triumph of the Law," for the Appellate Court House in New York city (1900); two colossal groups representing mineral wealth, being "The Story of Light" and "The Story of Gold," Pan-American exposition (1901); the monument to General Forrest in Memphis, Tenn., from a design accepted June 6, 1901; a bust of President McKinley finished June, 1901, and an heroic seated figure of Lincoln for the Buffalo Historical society (1901).

NIEMEYER, John Henry, artist, was born in Bremen, Germany, June 25, 1839. About 1845 his parents settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he received his primary education. Prom 1866 to 1870 he studied painting in Paris at the ficole des Beaux Arts under Leon Gerome, and drawing under Adolphe Yvon and subsequently under Louis Jacquesson de la Chevreuse and Sebastian Cornu. He became a painter of portraits and landscapes. In 1871 he was appointed professor of drawing in the Yale Scliool of the Fine Arts. In 1869 he exhibited in the Paris Salon, the his- torical picture of " Gutenberg Inventing Movable Types "and a full-length life-size portrait. His landscapes are principally of New England scenery. He also produced The Young Orator (1873); The Braid (1874); Where? (1875). He painted a portrait of Theodore D. Woolsey for the Woolsey Auditorium of Yale university and portraits of Professor T. R. Lounsbury, LL D.; the Rev. T. T. Munger. D.D., and others. He modeled in bas-relief a portrait of William M. Hunt, the artist, in 1883-84, and after reading Rossetti's " Lilith." modeled Lilith Tempting Eiie.

NIGHTINGALE, Augustus Frederick, educa- tor, was born in Quincy, Mass., Nov. 11, 1843; son of Thomas J. and Alice (Brackett) Nightin- gale; grandson of Samuel B. and Mehitable (Brackett) Nightingale, and of Joseph G. and Char- lotte (Newcomb) Brackett, and a descendant of

John Nightingale, who settled in Hull, Mass., 1634 or 1654. He was graduated from Wesleyan university, A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869, and was pro- fessor of ancient languages at Upper Iowa uni- versity, Fayette, Iowa, 1867-68; acting president of Northwestern Female college, Evanston, 111., 1868-71; professor of ancient languages and teacher of elocution in Simpson Centenary col- lege, Indianola, Iowa, 1871-72; superintendent of public instruction in Omaha, Neb., 1872-74; principal of Lake View high school. Ravens- wood, 111., 1874-90; assistant superintendent of public instruction in Chicago, 111., 1890-92; super- intendent of the public high schools of Chicago, 1892-1901, and in March, 1902, was elected president of the board of trustees of the Univer- sity of Illinois. He was married, Aug. 24, 1866, to Fanny Orena, daughter of the Rev. C. H. Chase. He was elected president of the Nebraska State Teachers' association in 1873; president of the Nebraska State Sabbath School association in 1873; of the Illinois State Teachers' association in 1887; of the secondary department of the Na- tional Educational association in 1888, and presi- dent of the North Central association of colleges and secondary schools in 1898. He was a mem- ber of the National Educational association and chairman of the national committee on college entrance requirements, 1895-1899. He received from Wesleyan university the degree of Ph.D. in 1891 and of LL.D. in 1901. He is editor of Tioen- tieth Century Text BooivS (100 vols., 1899 et seq.), and the author of: A Hand Book of Requirements for Admission to the Colleges of the United States (1879); and with George Howland of Tu-o Edu- cational Essays (1881), besides many reports and educational papers.

NILES, Hezekiah, editor, was born in Chester county, Pa., Oct. 10, 1777. He was early appren- ticed to a printer, and in 1808 removed to Balti- more, Md., where he edited a daily paper, 1804-14. He founded and edited Xiles' Register, a weekly journal published in Baltimore, 1811-36, in which he advocated protection of American industries. The first 32 volumes (1812-27) were reprinted, and the Register was continued by his son. Miller Ogden Niles, and others, 1827-49. He is the author of: Principles and Acts of the Revolution (1822), and of a series of humorous essays, en- titled Quill Driving. The towns of Niles inMich- igan and Oliio were named in his honor. He died in Wilmington, Del., April 2, 1839.

NILES, John Milton, senator, was born in Windsor, Conn., Aug. 20, 1787; son of Moses and Naomi (Marsliall) Niles. and grandson of Benja- min and Lucy (Sill) Niles. His father was a native of Groton, Conn., and removed to Windsor prior to the Revolutionary war. Jolm attended school at Windsor, studied law with John