The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lewis, Charlton Thomas

LEWIS, Charlton Thomas, American lawyer and author: b. West Chester, Pa., 25 Feb. 1834; d. Morristown, N. J., 26 May 1904. He was graduated at Yale in 1853, and after studying with a view to entering the ministry, served as professor at the State Normal University at Bloomington, Ill., 1856-57, and from 1858 to 1861 was professor in Troy University. In 1863-64 he was a United States deputy commissioner of internal revenue. He entered upon the practice of law in New York city in 1865; was associated with William Cullen Bryant in editing the Evening Post; and returned to law practice in 1871. At Harvard, Columbia and Cornell universities, during 1898-99, he was a lecturer on insurance. He was also president of the Prison Association of New York and of the State Charities Aid Association of New Jersey. Among his published works are &lsquo;Gnomon of the New Testament,&rsquo; translated from the German of Bengel (1861); &lsquo;History of Germany&rsquo; (1870); &lsquo;Harper's Latin Dictionary,&rsquo; in collaboration with Charles Short (1879); &lsquo;Latin Dictionary for Schools&rsquo; (1889); &lsquo;Elementary Latin Dictionary&rsquo; (1890), etc.