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TIFFANY, Charles Comfort, clergyman, was born in Haltiniure, Md., Oct. 5, 1809; sou of Com- fort and Laura (Burr) Tiffau}'. He was gradu- ated from Dickinson college, A.B., 1850, A.M., 1853, and from Audover Theological seminary in 18.")4; attended the Universities of Halle, Heidel- berg and Berlin; was ordained to the Congrega- tional ministry, July 15, 1857, and was pastor at Derby, Conn., 1857-6:}. He was ordained to the Episcopal ministry, July 22, 186G, and consecrated priest, Nov. 4. 1866; was assistant minister at Grermautown, Pa., 18G6-68; rector of St. James's, Fordiiam, N.Y., 1868-71; assistant minister at Trinity, Bost<in, Mass., 1871-74; rector of the Church of the Atonement, New York city, 1874- 80, and of Zion's church, 1880-'J0. He was mar- ried, April 27. 1882, to Julia H. Wheeler of New York city. He became archdeacon of New York in 1893. The honorary degree of D.D. was con- ferred upon him by Dickinson, 1883; by St. Stephen's, 1893, and by Yale, 1897. Dr. Tiflfany is the author of: Exirression in Church Architec- ture: Modt'rn Atheism; History of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church (1895); TJie Prayer-Book and the Christian Life (1897).

TIFFANY, Charles Lewis, merchant, was born at Killingly, Conn., Feb. 15, 1812; son of Comfort and Chloe (Draper) Tiffany, and a de- scendant of Humphrey Tiffany, who emigrated from England, and was killed by lightning near Boston, July 15, 1685. His father was a pioneer manufacturer of cotton goods. He attended school at Danielsonville, Conn., and Plainfield academy; engaged in business in Brooklyn, Conn., and later joined liis father in the cotton manufactory, under the name of C. Tiffany and Son. In 1837 he became associated with John B. Young in the establishment of a stationery busi- ness in New York city. They also handled Chinese and Japanese goods, and French jewelry. Mr. Tiffany was married, Nov. 30, 1841, to Harriet Olivia Avery, daughter of Judge Ebenezer Young of Connecticut. In 1848 the firm began the manufacture of gold jewelry. During the panic that followed the disturbances in France in 1848, diamonds declined fifty percent., and Mr. Tiffany invested all the available resources of the firm in the purchase of these gems. They consequently became the largest diamond merchants in the country. A branch house was established in Paris in 1850. Tiie firm of Tiffany and Company were the first to introduce the English standard of sterling silver into the manufacture of silver ware. Mr. Tiffany was elected a chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France; and received the honor of Pra^mia Digno from the Emperor of Russia. He was a fellow of the Geograpliical so- ciety; a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and a member of the New York Historical

society and of the Oianiber of Commerce. He died in New York city, Feb. 18, 1902.

TIFFANY, Louis Comfort, artist, was born in New Y^ork city, Feb. 18, 1848; son of Charles Lewis and Harriet Olivia (Young) Tiffany; grandson of Comfort and Chloe (Draper) Tiffany, and of Ebenezer and Anna (Burnett) Young, and a descendant of ''Stiuire"' Humphrey Tif- fany, who came to this country from England about 16G0 and settled in Massachusetts. He studied art in New York under George Inness and Samuel Coleman, and in Paris under Leon Bailly. He painted in oil and water-colors, mak- ing a specialty of Oriental scenes. His principal canvases are: Hie Dock Scene (1869); Street Scene in Tangiers (1876); Study of Quimper, Brittany (1877); Duane Street, New York (1878); The Cobblers at Boufarick (1888); Feeding the Flamingoes (1888); Market Day at Nuremberg (1892). His other important art works include the Tiffany Chapel exhibited at the Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893, which was placed in the crypt of the New York Cathedral of St, John the Divine; and the electric fountain at the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., 1901. He discovered a new formula for mak- ing decorative glass, known as Tiffany Favrile glass. In 1879 he established a decorative and art glassware business known as the Tiffany Glass and Decorating compan}-, of which he was president and art director, and which be- came the leading American house in the manu- facture of decorative window and other church decorations. He established and controlled the Tiffanj' Furnaces at Corona, L.I., and he became art director of the Allied Arts company; 2d vice-president and trustee of Tiffany & Com- pany; was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1871 and acade- mician in 1880; a member of the Society of American Artists; the American Water Color society; the New Y''ork Society of Fine Arts; the Architectural League; a member of Societe Na- tionale des Beaux Arts; a member of the Imperial Society of Fine Arts, Tokio, Japan. He received a gold medal and decoration of chevalier of the Legion of Honor from the French government iu 1900. He was married first. May 15, 1872, to Mary Woodbridge, daughter of Levi Hart and Mary Woodbridge (Perkins) Goddard, Norwicii, Conn, (died, Jan. 22, 1884), and secondly, Nov. 9, 1886, to Louise Wakeman, daughter of the Rev. J. H. Mason and Louise (AVakeman) Knox of Philadel- phia, Pa.

TIFFIN, Edward, statesman, was born in Car- lisle, England, June 19, 1766. He studied medi- cine and came to Cliarlestown, Va., in 1784. He abandoned the medical profession in 1790; be- came a local preacher in tiie Methodist Episcopal