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servatory of Music and Fine Arts at Augusta, Ga. He was a member of the Boston Academy of Music, introducing for the first time in Boston Mendelssohn's " Midsummer Night's Dream " and his own " Scotch Symphony; " a member of the Musical Fund society, and of the Orchestral union. Mr, Ryan was known as a talented player of the clarinet and viola, and as the composer of a number of quartettes for strings and clarinet, per- formed by the Mendelssohn Quintet club and by himself as soloist. He is the author of: Recollec- tions of An Old Musician (1899). He died in New Bedford, Mass., while on his way from New York city to his home in Boston, Mass., March 5, 1903.

RYAN, Thomas, representative, was born at Oxford, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1837. In early life he went with his parents to Bradford county, Pa., where he lived on a farm until 1854. He was a student at Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. He served in the Federal army, 1862-64; was severely wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, and was mustered out with the rank of captain. He was married, Nov. 24, 1863, to a daughter of Edwin Coolbaugh of Towanda, Pa. In 1865 he removed to Topeka, Kan., where he was county attorney, 1865-73; assistant U.S. attorney for Kansas, 1873-76; and a Republican representative from the fourth district of Kansas in the 45th-50th con- gresses, 1877-89. He was re-elected to the 51st congress, but resigned to accept the office of U.S. minister to Mexico, where he served, 1889-93. He again practised law in Topeka until 1897, when he was appointed by President McKinley first assistant secretary of the interior, and was continued as such by President Roosevelt.

RYAN, William Henry, representative, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., May 10, 1860; son of Patrick and Jane (Cleary) Ryan. In 1866 he removed with his parents to Buffalo, N.Y., where he was educated in the public schools, and en- gaged in business us a contractor. He was mar- ried, Sept. 19, 1887, to Ellen, daughter of Ter- ence Cosgrove, of Buffalo, N.Y. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Erie county, 1895-99, and its chairman, 1898, and was a representative from the tiiirty-second district of New York in the 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1899-1905.

RYDER, James, educator, was born in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1800. He came to the United States at an early age; entered the Society of Jesus, 1813; studied at Georgetown university, D.C., and in Rome, Italy, and was ordained priest in 1825. He was professor of theology and the sacred scriptures; College of Spoleto, Italy, 1825- 28; professor of theology and philosophy, and vice-president of Georgetown university, D.C., 1828-39, resigning in 1839 to become pastor of St. IX. — 14

Mary's church, Philadelphia, Pa. He was pastor in Frederick, Md., 1840-41; president of George- town university, 1841-43; superior of the Jesuit order in the United States, 1843-45; president of the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. ,

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1846-48, and again president of Georgetown uni- versity, 1848-51. He is the author of various ad- dresses and sermons. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, 1860.

RYDER, Piatt Powell, artist, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y^., June 11, 1821; son of Uriah and Mary Ann (Powell) Ryder; grandson of Nathaniel and Phebe (Nostrand) Ryder, and of Jacob and Elizabeth (Sands) Powell, the latter of Quaker stock. He attended the public schools and later the Brooklyn Art Association and Academy of De- sign, and the National Academy of Design, al- though he was in art mainly self-educated. He vis- ited Europe in 1860, and again in 1869, studying in London, Amsterdam, The Hague, and at the atelier of Bonnat in Paris, exhibiting two works in oil at the Salon in 1870. On his return in the latter year he painted genre subjects, interiors, with figures, landscapes and portraits Hp also painted in water-colors, when leisure permitted. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1868, and was one of the founders of the Brooklyn Academj'- of Design. Mr. Ryder never married. His portrait subjects include: Miss Emily Cole, Katskill, N.Y".: Mrs. Dickinson, New Y^ork; Judge Alexander McCue and others of his family; Judge G. J. Dj^ckerman; Will- iam Marshall; Charles Parsons, A.N. A., for the National Academy of Design; S. R. Putnam; George P. Putnam, for the trustees of the Metro- politan Museum of Art, and Gen. U. S. Grant, which last portrait, though executed entirely from memory of the general's features, as studied at his various appearances in public assemblies, is said to be a striking likeness. His genre paint- ings include: The Christmas Turkey; The House- keeper; Boys Playing 3farbh's (W. T. Evans col- lection); Expectant; On Guard; Waiting for the Train. He died in Saratoga, N.Y., July 16. 1896.

RYLAND, Charles Hill, educationist and min- ister, was born in King and Queen county, Va., Jan. 22, 1836; son of Samuel Peachey and Cath-