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* POTTER. 320 POTTER. Pennsylvania. As bishop he sliowed great admin- istrative ability; many new churches vere built in his diocese," and aii Episcopal hospital, acad- emy, and theological school were founded and endowed in Philadelphia. He was a friend of the negro and active in work for young men. In consequence of impaired liealth, he undertook a voyage to California, and died at San Francisco, three days after arriving there, July 14, 1865. During his connection with Union College Bishop Potter wrote several text books and other scien- tific works of a popular and practical character; he published a volume of Discourses, Charges, Addresses, and Pastoral Letters (18.58), Reli- gious Philosophy (1870), and edited Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity (1855). Con- sult the memoir by Bishop Howe (Philadelphia, 1870). POTTER, Bessie. See Vonnoii, Robert WiLUAM. POTTER, Cl.rkso>- Xott (1825-82). An American politician, son of Bishop Alonzo Potter (q.v.). He was born at Schenectady, N. Y., graduated at Union College in 1842, then spent a year at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, and in 1843 removed to Wisconsin, where he became a surveyor. He soon abandoned tliis work, however, to study law, and in 1848 settled in Xew York, where he became one of the most prominent members of the liar. In 1869 he was elected to Congress on the Democratic ticket, and both in 1871 and in 1873 was reelected. From 1877 to 1881 he was again a member of Congi'ess. On May 13, 1878, one year after the Electoral Coiumisslon had finished its work, lie offered a res- olution for the appointment of a conunittee "to in- quire into the alleged false and fraudulent canvass . . . in . . . Louisiana and Florida." This committee was appointed with him as its chaii'- man, but failed to reach a unanimous decision. POTTER, Eliphalet NoTT (1836-1901). An American educator, son of Bishop Alonzo Pot- ter (q.v.). He was born at Schenectady, N. Y., and graduated at Union College in 1801, and at the Berkeley Divinity School a year later. In 1862 he entered the Episcopal ministry and be- came rector of the Church of the Nativity in South Bethlehem, Pa., an office which he held nntil 1869. In 1866 he was chosen professor of ethics in Lehigh University, but in 1871 resigned to become president of L'nion College, and two years later, when the college became a university, he was elected its chancellor. In 1884 he re- signed this position to become president of Ho- bart College, and in 1807 he accepted the presi- dency of tiie Cosmopolitan University, by which instruction was given through correspondence. He published Parochial Sermons<; Christian Evi- dences at the Close of the Nineteenth Century; and Washington a Model in His Library and Life (1895). POTTER, Hexrt CoDMAN (1835—). A bish- op of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was born at Schenectady, Kew York, May 25. 1835, a son of Bishop Alonzo Potter (q.v.). He was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Philadel- phia and the Theological Seminary of Virginia. He was ordained deacon in 1857. priest in 1858. and was successively rector of Christ Church. Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1857). Saint .John's Church, Trnv. New York (1859), assistant at Trinity Church, Boston (1866), and rector of Grace Church, New York ( 1808). In 1883 he was chosen Assistant Bishop of New York and on the death of his uncle. Bishop Horatio Potter (q.v.), in 1887, he became Bishop. He has taken an active part in elTorts to promote cordial relations between employers and employed and his ability and public spirit have given him a wide infiuenee which is not bounded by denominational lines. Besides numerous sermons and addresses he has published: Sisterhoods' and Deaconesses at Home and Abroad (1871) ; The Gates of the East: A Winter in Egypt and Syria (1870) ; The East of To-day and To-niorron- (1902); The Citi::cn in Pclation to the Industrial Situation (the Dodge lectures before the Yale Law School, 1902). POTTER, HoR.Tlo (1802-87). A bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was born at Beekman (now La Grange),- Dutchess Countj', N. Y., February 9, 1802, and was a brother of Alonzo Potter (q.v.). He graduated at L'nion College in 1826, and was ordained priest in 1828. The same year he was chosen jirofessor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the college which is now known as Trinity at Hart- ford, Conn. He was rector of Saint Peter's Church, Albany, N. Y. (1833-54). In the latter- year he was elected Provisional Bishop of the diocese of New York and in 1861 became Bishop. The diocese prospered greatly under his able ad- ministration. He was especiall.y interested in city mission work, and was very successful in promoting the peace and quiet of the Church and abating controversy. Bishop Potter died in New Y'ork, January 2, 1887. He published nothing except pastoral letters, addresses, and occasional sermons. POTTER, P.wLl-s (1625-54). The principal animal painter and etcher of the old Dutch school. He was born at Enklmizen, where he was baptized on November 20, 1025. In 1631 his father, Pieter Simonz Potter, a mediocre painter, became a citizen of Amsterdam, and from him Paulus derived his artistic training. He may also have been influenced by his precursor, Aelbert Klomp; but he worked chieHj' after na- ture, as is very evident from his studies, of which four volumes are preserved in the Berlin jSIusevun — the only surviving example of such studies by a Dutch painter of the first rank. In 1646 he be- came a member of the Painters' Guild of Delft, and in 1049 he settled at The Hague, where he married the daughter of an influential architect. He was already a famous painter, rejoicing in the patronage of Maurice of Nassau, of Princess Amalie, wife of the Stadtholder, and others of the nobility. In 1053, at the solicitation of Burgo- master Tulp, he removed to Amsterdam, where he died .January 17, 1654. Notwithstanding his short life, he produced a large number of pictures — 106 according to Westrheene. He rendered the character of ani- mals with great power and truth ; his drawing was correct, imparting an almost plastic effect, and his color was delicate. Although he painted with great care and attention to detail, he did not lose the ensemble. His backgrounds — the flat Dutch landscape, sometimes with a few trees — are true in color and pers]iective. His best known picture is the life-size ''Bull" (Hague Museum), of which the chief figure is a wonderful piece of realistic animal characterization; but neitlier this nor his "Bear Hunt" (Amsterdam, Ryksmuseum)