. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. the Free PublicLibrary, Worcester, for eight years between 1876and 1889, being President of the Board for twoyears of his membership, and was appointed a ParkCommissioner in 1886. He is a member of theAmerican Association for the Advancement ofScience, the American Academy of Political andSocial Science, and the American AntiquarianSociety. On April 14, 1864, he married MaryAnna Bassett, who died January 14, 1897,
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. the Free PublicLibrary, Worcester, for eight years between 1876and 1889, being President of the Board for twoyears of his membership, and was appointed a ParkCommissioner in 1886. He is a member of theAmerican Association for the Advancement ofScience, the American Academy of Political andSocial Science, and the American AntiquarianSociety. On April 14, 1864, he married MaryAnna Bassett, who died January 14, 1897, leavingno children. of I S3 7 and began the study of law at Columbus,Ohio, continuing it at the Yale Law Schooland serving also as Tutor in the College for theyear 1840-1841. He began the practice of hisprofession in Columbus, Ohio, in partnership withPhineas B. Wilcox (Yale 1821) but removed toNew York City in 1845, where he became emi-nent at the Bar and in 1857, at the early age offorty, was elected to the bench of the SuperiorCourt of that city in the place of Chief-JusticeThomas J. Oakley. He resigned the office of Judgein 1S60 and devoted himself to the practice of law. EDWARDS PIERREPONT PIERREPONT, Edwards Yale 1837, in North Haven, Conn , 1817 : graduated Yale,1837; Yale Law School, 1840; Tutor, 1840-41 ; in prac-tice of Law N. Y. City, 1845; Judge of Superior Court,1857; appointed U. S. District Attorney, i86g; Attor-ney-General in cabinet of Pres. Grant, 1875; U. to Great Britain, 1876-78; ColumbianUniv., Washington, 1871, and Yale 1873 ; Oxford,1878 ; died 1892. EDWARDS PIFRREPONT, , ,Jurist, was born in North Haven, Connec-ticut, March 4, 1817, only son of Giles and Eunice(Munson) Pierpont, and great-great-grandson ofthe Rev. James Pierpont, one of the foundersof Yale. He was graduated at Yale in the Class and to public affairs. He was active in the organi-zation of the War Democrats in 1S64, advocatedthe re-e
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