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 TAPPAN

TAPPAN

Pleasant Female seminary, Iowa, in 1876; was pastor at Chariton and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1868- 90, and at Portsmouth, Ohio, 1890-99; was a trustee of Parsons college, 1887-90; of the Uni- versity of Wooster, 1896-99, and moderator of the Synod of Ohio in 1898. The honorary degree of D.D.was conferred on him by Lenox college in 1887, and that of LL.D. by the University of Wooster in 1899. He was elected president of Miami university in 1899, to succeed William Oxley Thomson, and resigned in 1903, to become pastor of the Presbyterian church in Circleville, Ohio. He is the author of: History of Presby- terianism in lotva (1887), and Miscellaneous Ser- mons.

TAPPAN, Eli Todd, educator, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, April 30, 1824. He was edu- cated by private tutors and at St. Mary's college Baltimore. Md., and engaged in journalism. He later studied law, and practised in Steubenville, where he was mayor, 1844-45. and superintendent of public schools, 1856-59. He was professor of mathematics in the University of Ohio, 1859-60, and 1865-68; president of Kenyon college, 1868- 75, and professor of mathematics at Kenyon, 1875-87. He was state commissioner of common schools of Ohio, 1887-88. He is the author of: Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry (1867); A Treatise on Geometry and Trigonometry (1868); Notes and Exercises on Surveying for the Use of Students in Kenyon College (1881), and Elements of Geometry (1885). He died in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 23. 1888.

TAPPAN, Eva March, author, was born in Black- stone, Mass., Dec. 26, 1854; daughter of the Rev. Edmund March and Lucretia (Logee) Tappan; granddaughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Beede- Heard) Tappan and of Caleb and Sarah (Paine) Logee, and a descendant of Abraham Toppan (Tappan) who came from England in 1637, and was admitted freeman of Newbury, Mass., Oct. 16, 1637. The house which he built for his son Jacob in Newbury (port) was still standing in 1903. She attended public and private schools; studied under private tutors, and was graduated from Vassar college, A.B., 1875. She taught in Wheaton seminary. Norton, Mass.. 1875-80; and taught private schools and private plipils, 1880- 95. She was a fellow in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1895-96, receiving the degree of A.M., 1895. and of Ph.D., 1896. In 1897 she be- came a teacher in English in the Worcester (Mass.) English high school. Her publications include: Charles Lavib, the Man and the Author (1896); Selections from Emerson (with notes, 1898); In the Days of Alfred the Great (1900)- Old Ballads in Prose (1901): In the Days of Wil- liam the Conqueror (1901): England's Story (1901); In the Days of Queen Elizabeth (1902); Our

Country's Story (1902); In the Days of Queen Victoria (1903); Canada's Story (1903); Robin Hood, His Book (1903); The Christ S7or</ (1903). and contributions on literary and educational subjects to periodicals.

TAPPAN, Henry Philip, educator, was born at Rhinebeck, N.Y., April 18, 1805. At an early age he was deprived of family support; re- sided in Marbletown, Ulster county, N.Y., and made his way unassisted. He was graduated from Union, A.B., 1825, and became one of the three most eminent of President Nott's pupils, the other two being Francis Wayland and Alonzo Potter. The three were designated by some writer as "the triple brood of heroic sons of wise old Nestor." Tappan was graduated at the Auburn Theological seminary in 1827, and was married, April 17, 1828, to Julia Livingston of New York city. He united with the Reformed Dutch church at Ne%v Paltz, N.Y., in 1821; was assistant pastor of the Reformed Dutch church, Schenectady, N.Y., 1827-28; installed pastor of the Congrega- tional cliurch, Pittsfield, Mass., September, 1828, and served, 1828-.32; was professor of intellectual and moral philosophy and belles lettres, Univer- sity of the City of New York, 1832-37; of intellec- tual and moral philosophy, 1837-38; in New York, teaching, preaching, writing and publishing, 1838-52; was the first president of the University of Michigan, and professor of philosophy there, 1852-63. He was a resident of Berlin, Paris, and Nice, 1863-74; of Basle, Switzerland, 1874-80, and of Vevay, 1880-81. He was made a corre- sponding member of the Institute of France, 1856, and received the honorary degree of D.D. from Union in 1845 and that of LL.D. from Columbia in 1854. He was a member and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of other organizations. He is the author of: Review of Edwards's Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will (1839); The Doctrine of the Will Determined by an Appeal to Conscience (1840); The Doctrine of the Will Applied to Moral Agency and Responsibility (1841); these three republished with additions (Glasgow, 1857); Ele- ments of Logic (1844. 2nd ed., 1855): Treatise on University Education (1851); A Step from the JVeiv World to the Old and Back Again (1852). Introduction to *' Illustrious Personages of the 19th Century" (18.53); with numerous addresses, articles, tracts. He died in Vevay, Switzerland, Nov. 15, 1881.

TAPPAN, James Camp, soldier, was born in William.son county, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1826; son of Benjamin and Margaret (Camp) Tappan. and grandson of Benjamin and Hannah (Sweet) Tap- pan and of Joseph and Sarah Camp. His mothi r was a grandniece of President Madison. He at- tended Phillips academy, Exeter, N.H.; was