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tor for ten years. He was elected bishop of St. Cloud. Minn., July 5. 1897, was consecrated at St. Paul. Sept. 21, 1897, by Archbishop John Ireland, assisted by Archbishop Katyer and Bishop Ver- tin. He was installed at the Cathedral of St. Cloud. Minn., Sept. 28, 1897, by Archbishop Ire- land.

TROOST, Gerard, mineralogist, was born in Bois-Ie-l)uc, Holland. iMarch 15, 1776 ; son of Everliard Joseph and Anna Cornelia (Van Heeck) Troost. He was graduated, JI.D., from the uni- vei-sity at Leyden, and Phar.M., from the uni- versity at Amsterdam. 1801 ; engaged as a phar- macist at The Hague, being also connected with the army ; continued his studies under Abbe Hauy, Paris, 1807. subsequently traveling exten- sively through Europe for the purpose of collect- ing mineralogical specimens, and in 1809, by ap- pointment from Louis Bonaparte, king of Hol- land, became scientific attache of a naval expedi- tion to Java. He was taken prisoner by a British priv;iteer, and after his release from Dunkirk, left La Rochelle for New York on an American vessel, which was captured by a French privateer. His release was tiiis time effected by the dis- closure of his identity, and in 1801 he left Paris for Philadelphia, Pa., planning to make a third effort to reach Java from there, but relinquished the attempt upon the surrender of that island to the British in 1811. He then made his home in Philadelphia, where he was married. Jan 14, 1811, to Margaret Tage, who died in 1819, and second- ly, to a Mrs. O'Reilly. He was actively associ- ated with the organization of tlie Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, in 1812, serving as its president, 1812-17. He was the pioneer in establishing alum manufacture in the United States, locating his plant at Cape Sable, Md., 1814-16, and upon the failure of the undertaking, returned to Philadelphia, where he served as pro- fessor of mineralogy in the museum, 1821-25, and also as lecturer on mineralogy' and chemistry at the College of Pliarmacy. He settled in New Harmony, Ind., in 1825, in Robert Owen's com- munity ; removed to Nashville, Tenn., in 1827; was professor of chemistry, geology and mineral- ogy in the University of Nashville, 1828-50, and state geologist of Tennessee, 1831-49. He was a member of various scientific societies at home and abroad. His mineralogical and geological collections, which excelled any known individual collection at that time, were sold after his death to tJie Louisville public library. He translated into Dutch, Alexander von Humboldt's " Aspects of Nature," and is the author of : Geological Sur^ vey of the Environs of Philadelphia (182G), and nine Annual Geological Rrports of Tennessee published. 183.5-48. He died in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1850.

TROTH, Henry, educationist, was born in Talbot county, Md., Sept. 4, 1794 ; son of Samuel and Ann (Berry) Troth ; grandson of Henry and Sarah (Paschall) Troth, and greats-grandson of William Troth, who settled in Maryland prior to 1670. After a few years of pioneer life in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania, he removed to Philadelpliia about 1814, and subsequently en- gaged in the wholesale drug business. He was married in 1816, to Henrietta, daughter of Pierre Henri, a native of France. He was the founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821, the pioneer institution of its kind in America, and continued its main support throughout his life. He presided over a branch of the city coun- cil for four years, the introduction of illuminat- ing gas for citj use being largely due to his advo- cacy ; was treasurer of the Society for the Aboli- tion of Slavery for thirteen years ; a manager of the Society for the Colonization of Colored Freed- men, of the Society for Promoting Public Econ- omy, the Franklin Institute and various local philanthropical organizations ; a trustee of the Stephen Girard estate, and a founder of the Apprentices' library. He died in Philadelphia, Pa.. May 22. 1842.

TROTTER, James Fisher, senator, was born in Brunswick county, Va., Nov. 5, 1802. His parents removed to eastern Tennessee, wliere he was admitted to the bar in 1820. He established himself in practice in Hamilton, Mass., in 1823 ; served as a representative in the state legislature for several terms, and was judge of the circuit court of Mississippi, 1837-38. He was elected to the U.S. senate in 1838 in place of John Black, who resigned in 1838 ; took his seat, Feb. 19, 1838, but resigned, July 10, 1838. to accept a seat in the court of appeals, Thomas H. Williams completing his term, March 3, 1839. In 1840 he resumed his law practice ; was vice-chancellor of the northern district of Mississippi, 1855-57 ; professor of law at the University of Mississippi, 1860-62, and circuit judge in 1866. He died in Holly Springs, Miss., March 9, 1866.

TROUBETZKOY, Amelie (Rives), Princess, novelist, was born in Richmond, Va.. Aug. 23, 1863 ; daughter of Alfred Loudon Rives ; and granddaughter of William Cabell and Judith Page (Walker) Rives. She was educated under private tutors and in June. 1888, married John Armstrong Chanler of New York city, from whom she subsequent!}' obtained a divorce. She was married a second time, Feb. 18, 1896, to Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy of Russia, portrait painter, and lived in London, England, several years, finally returning to her family estate, " Castle Hill," Albemarle county, Va. She evinced marked literary ability at an early age, her first story appearing in the Atlantic Mnuthly.