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* JORDAN. 288 JORDAN. from fhe Secretaryship of tlic Treasury. Dur- ing his administration he introduced a new sys- tem of public reports by means of which the precise condition of the Treasury was made readily ascertainable. He was again active in banking, as vice president of a New York bank- ing house, in 1S,S7, and subsecjuently its presi- dent. From 1SU3 imtil his death he was As- sistant Treasurer of the United States in New York City, in which capacity he rendered effi- cient service during the financial dilUeulties of 1893-95. JORDAN, DA^^l) Starr (1851 — ). An Ameri- can educator, born at Gainesville, Xew York. He entered Cornell University at its opening session in 1808, and having previously privately pursued studies in botany, was appointed, in 1870. an instructor in that science in the new institution After taking the degree of M.S. in 1872, he was for one year professor of botany and biology in Lombard University, Galesburg, 111. In the same year he became an assistant to the United States Fish Commission, and began under the direction of Agassiz the study of fishes, which has made him one of the foremost ichthyologists in the world. From 1875 to 1879 he was professor of biology at Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind., and in the latter year was elected to the chair of zoology at the University of Indiana at Blofim- ington, of which he became president in 1885. His summers were spent in investigations and researches for the Fisb Commission, with which his connection continued up to 1891. In 187981 he was a special agent for the United States Census, and in that capacity made a report of great value on the marine industries of the Pa- cific Coast. In 1S91, on the founding of Lcland Stanford .Tunior University, he became its first president, and under his able supervision the in- stitution was successfully organized. In 1897 he was a sjjecial United States Commissioner to in- vestig-ate the fur-seal fisheries in Ala.sk.a. In addition to valuable papers in the proceedings of various scientific societies, and in the reports of the United States Fish Commission and the Census Bureau, he has published a number of books, including A Manual of Vertebrate Animals of the yorthern United States (1870); Science M-etches (1887); Fi.<<hes of yortli and MiddU America (4 vols., 1890-99) ; Mallcn and Kotih (1897) ; Footnotes to Ecolution (1898) ; Care and Culture of Men (1898); The Tnnumerahle Com- jiany (1898); Imperial Democraeii (1899): The Book of Knight and Barhnra (1898); and The Food and flume Fishes of Sorth America (1902). JORDAN, DoEOTnT, or Dorothea (17C2- 1816). An Irish actress. She was born at Water- ford. Ireland, and was the daughter of Grace Phillips, an actress, whose husband was a re- puted Captain Bland. Dorothy made her di'-but in Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, in 1777. as Phoebe in As You Like It. and after various vicis- j<itudes as an English provincial actress and the adoption of the name of ^Irs. Dora .Tordan, she appeared in 1785 at Drury Lane. London, in the character of Peggy in The Country Clirl. She speedily won great popularity, exhibiting decided ■talent in comedy and musical farce. Lady Teazle, I^osalind. and Viola were her chief successes, and her acting was extravagantly praised, among others by Lamb. Leigh Hunt. Hazlitt. Byron, and Campbell. As llrs. Ford, she was for some years the mistress of ilr., afterwards Sir Richard Ford, by whom she had four children. In 1790 her beauty captivated the Duke of Clarence, aftenvards William IV., and her intimacy with him lasted until 1811, when it was terminateil by the Duke, an ample provision l>eing made for her and the ten children she had borne him. The eldest of these children, George Augiislus Frederick Fitzclarence, was created Earl of !Munster in 1830, and the brothers and sister.s were also ennobled. In 1814 .Mrs. Jordan retired to France, and is said to have died of a broken heart at Saint Cloud, .July 3, 1810, but there is a suspicion that she lived for seven years after- wards in England under an a.ssumed name. A statue of her, by Chantry, was erected by Will- iam IV. after his accession. Consult lioaden. The Life of Mrs. Jordan (London, 2 vols., 1831). JORDAN, ySr'dan, Henri (1833-80). A Gpr- man archaologist, born at Berlin and educated at Bonn and at Berlin, where he became instructor. From 1807 to 1880 he was professor at Konigs- berg and made many journeys to Italy. His especial study was Roman religion and topog- raphy. Among his works may be mentioned : tho excellent editions, Catonis prwter Librum de lie ]{ustica Quw Extant (1860) ; and Sallusti Cali- lina. Jufiurtha, Historiarum Reliyuiw (last ed. 1876) ; Tojxjgraphie der Stadt Horn im Altrrtum (1871-85); Forma Vrbis Roma; (1874); Kritisehc Beitrage zur Oeschichte der lateini- svhen Sprache (1879); Der Tempel der 'esta iind das Haus der Vestalinnen (1886) : and the third edition of Preller, Romische Mythologie (1881-83). JOR'DAN, .JoiiN- WooLF (1840—). An Ameri- can antiipiary, born in Philadelphia, and edu- cated at Nazareth Hall. He became a life mem- ber of the Pennsylvania Historical .Society in 1804. and its assistant librarian in 1885: and in 1888 accepted the post of editor of the Penn- st/hania Magazine of History and Biographrj. ijis works, dealing with the early history of Pennsylvania and of the Moravian Church, in- clude: Proposition to Make Bethlehem. Pa., tho Seat of Gorernment in 17S0 (1878) ; Occupation of Xew York h;,/ the British (1889); Military Hospitals at Bethlehem and Lititz (1896)': Franklin as a Genealogist (1899); The Stale House in Philadelphia in 177 't (1900): and Moravian Immigration to Pennsylrania J73.'i-G7 (1896). JORDAN, .TCLES (1850—). An American musician, bom in Willimantic, Conn. He studied singing willi William Shakespeare in London, and Sbriglia in Paris. Upon his return to Amer- ica he became choirmaster of Grace Church, Providence; and, upon its foundation, in 1880. conductor of the Arion Club. As a tenor soloist, conductor, or teacher, he was equally successful. He created the role of Faust in Berlioz's Damnj- tion de Faust at its initial. ierican performance in 1880. His compositions include some excellent and popular songs; the cantata. The yight Ser- rice, for soli, chorus, and orchestra; the ballad "Barbara Frietchie," etc. JORDAN, zhor'dUx'. ;Marie Exnemoxd Ca- MILLE (1838 — ). A French mathematician, born at Lyons. He entered the Paris School of Mines in 1857. and received the degree of doctor of sciences in 1860. his theses being: (1) Sur le nombre des valeurs des fonctions; (2) Sur les