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* DUMICHEN. 517 DTJMONT. complicated and diiliuull hiiToplypliic writin;; which prevailed duriiiit thi-s period, lii IS'l he •nas appointed professor of Egyptology at Slrass- burg. Among his works may be mentioned: Geographische l)ischrifteii altiigyplisclicr Deiik- miiler (ISfiG): Alt'tfiiiptiscliF Kalendcrinschrif- ten (ISGO) ; Historische Inschrifirn altagyp- tischcr Oeiil.iniilcr, (l^lu-GS) : Der Felsentempel roil Ahu i>imhel (1860): Ocr Grabpniast des PatuniiwiHip in der thebanischen Nekropolis (ISS4-',M I. DTJM'MER, Jeremiah (1G80-1730). An Anieriiaii clergyman, who spent the latter pant of his life as a politician and lawyer in England. He was born in Boston, the brother of William Dunimer. Acting Governor of JIassachusetts from 1723 to 1728. graduated at Harvard in 1(599, and took his doctor's degree at I'treclit in 1703. After preaching for a time in Boston he moved to Eng- land, where he lefl the ministry, practiced law, and became a political lieutenant of Bolingbroke. He rendered valuable services to the Colony of Massachusetts, for which he was the London agent from 1709 to 1721. He is best known as the author of an able Defciisr of the Xcic Eiiij- Uiiid Cluirtcrs (17211. written at a lime when Parliament seemed about to annul several of the colonial charters. He also published A Discourse on the Holiness of the Sabbath Day (1704) and A Letter to a yoble Lord eoncerninri the Late Expeditions to Canada (1709). Consult a brief sketch in Tyler. J. History of American Literature to 176-j (Xew York. 1876). DTTMMER'S WAR (so called from William Dummer. .cting (iovernor of ilassachusetts from 1723 to 1728).' A war (1723-25) between the Abnaki Indians, originating in a dispute over boundarj- lines, and the border settlers of Ver- mont and Maine, then under the jurisdiction of Ma.?sachusetts. It was marked by numerous petty skirmishes, and by two eonsideralile en- gagements: one on August 12, 1724, when a company of 208 whites massacred the Jesuit missionary Rale and some 26 Indians, and an- other on May 9, 1725, when 34 whites under Capt. .John Lovewell defeated a much larger body of Indians, after a bloody contest on the site of the present Kryeburg. ilaine. Peace was concluded in November. 1725. For a bri&f ac- count of the war. consult Parkman. A Century of Conflict (Boston. 1892). DiiMMLER. (lum'lr-r. Ernst (1830-1902). A German historian. He was born in Berlin, and was educated at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. In 1858 he became professor of history at Halle. In 1870 he became president of the Historical Commission for the Province of Sa.x- ony. and in 1888 he was called in the same capacity to the Central Directorate of the Momi- wrntn Oermaniw in Berlin. His publications include: Geschichte des ostfriinl-ischcn Heiches (2d ed. 18871. for which two prizes were award- ed him by German academies; Kaiser Otto der Crosse (1870) ; Au.rilius und 'ulciariu.'<. QucIIen vnd Forsehtinpen des I'apsttums im Anfang des sehnten ■Jnhrhvnderts (18fi(>): and numerous important contributions to the Monumenta Ger- mania? and similar publications. DITMONCEATJ, di.i'mON'siV, .Tean Baptiste, Count Bkr(e.M)AIIL (1760-1821). A French sol- dier, born in Brussels. He was colonel of a regiment during the revolt of Brabant against .ustria. Upon the sui)pression of the rel)el- lion he lied to France, and afterwards fought at Jemappes and Xeerwindcn. In consequence of the bravery and skill displayed b.v him in these important battles, he was successively promoted to the rank of brigadier-general ( 1793). commandant of Amslerdiim (1794). and lieuten- ant-general of the Batavian Republic (1795). In 1807 he became Marshal of Holland, in which capacity he .suceessfullj- conducted the operations against the English in Walcheren (1809), After the union of Holland with France he again distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1813-15. The title of "the Stainless General' was bestowed u])on him by reason of his unsul- lied record as a soldier. DTJ MOND', Frank Vi.nce.xt (185— ). An American painter, born in Rochester, N. Y. He studied in Paris under Boulanger, Lefebvre, and Benjamin Constant. He received a third- class medal at the Salon of 1890, and a gold medal at the Atlanta Exposition (1805); Many of his sulijccts are religious, and in this class is '"The Baptism;" but "Portia" is a more suc- cessful work. His style is rather decorative, and he is noted as a colorist. DUMONT, di.i'mox', Albert (1842-84), A Frencli archieologist. He was born at Scey-sur- Saone (Haute-Saone), and was educated in Paris. After lecturing on archaeology and the history of art in Rome (1874) and Athens (1875), he be- came rector of the academies at Grenoble ( 1878J and ilontpellier (1879), and occupied the posi- tion of superintendent of higher education until his death. His researches covered a wide field, embracing prehistoric as well as Christian and Byzantine archicology, while his treatment of (lie ceramic art of Greece reveals the profound scliolar and keen, critical artist. Among his numerous important works are the following: De I'luntheis apud Grceeos Tesseris (1870); In- scriptions ceramiqucs de Grece (1871); Vases peints de la Grece propre (1873) ; Les ccramiques de III (Irt'ec propre, rases peints et terres cuites (in collaboration with Chaplain. 1882-90), DUMONT, AuGi-STix Alexandre (1801-84), A French sculptor, born in Paris. He studied with his father, Jacques Edme Dumont (1761- 1884), and with Cartellier. In 1821 he won the Prix de Rome, and afterwards spent some years in Italy. The works of Dumont are verv' numerous : they were mostly executed for the public l)uihlings and churches of Paris, and are to be found in the Senate, the Hotel de Ville, at Versailles, and in the churches of the Made- leine and Notre Dame de Loretto. His two best- known works are "Le genie de la liberty" (The Genius of Liberty), a colossal statue in gilded bronze on the .Tuly Colunui ( 1840), and the colos- sal bronze statue of Napoleon I. on the Vendome Column seriously damaged during the Commune, but since restored. His "Study of a Young Woman," "Leucothca and the Child Bacchus," and ''Girl Crowned with Flowers," are in the Luxeml)ourg. The boldness and finish, combined with grace, that distinguish the works of this sculptor show the infiuence of Canova, DUMONT, Pierre Etienne Louis (1759- 1829). A Swiss philosopher, the leading dis- ciple of Bentham, and tlie great expositor of