. Some of the ancestors and the children of Nathaniel Wilson, Dcaccn Ed-ward1), born in Warren, Mass., 7 October 1832. Whenhe had finished a thorough course of classicalacademic education, his father proposed sending himto Brown University. He preferred, however, to studyabroad; and, with his fathers consent, he taughtmusic and languages till he was twenty-one yearsold, when he resigned the professorship which he thenheld in Spingler Institute, New York City, and theposition of organist of Broadway Tabernacle Church,of which he was a member, and went to Germanywith the good wishes of Dr.
. Some of the ancestors and the children of Nathaniel Wilson, Dcaccn Ed-ward1), born in Warren, Mass., 7 October 1832. Whenhe had finished a thorough course of classicalacademic education, his father proposed sending himto Brown University. He preferred, however, to studyabroad; and, with his fathers consent, he taughtmusic and languages till he was twenty-one yearsold, when he resigned the professorship which he thenheld in Spingler Institute, New York City, and theposition of organist of Broadway Tabernacle Church,of which he was a member, and went to Germanywith the good wishes of Dr. Abbott and those of hisother Spingler faculty associates for his scholasticsuccess, and with ample funds for his Europeanstudy course, funds acquired by teaching, writing,etc. He studied music at the Conservatory of Leipzig, and took a course ofinstruction in law and philosophy in that city, afterwards going to Berlin fortuition in organ music under Haupt. In Leipzig, he supplemented theregular class-teaching of Professors Papperitz, Plaidy, Hauptmann and Rich-. Croznt Converse. £be Converse jfamil\> 495 ter with private lessons from Richtor, meanwhile forming the acquaintance ofLiszt at Weimar, and Spohr at Cassel, both of whom were interested in his com-positions. Spohr was especially interested, and after a critical examination ofsome of his orchestral pieces in symphonic form, wrote: He is capable of pro-ducing works of the highest character. If he devotes himself to composition,America will no longer need to look to Germany for works of a high class. In Germany he also found abundant facilities for the study of philology, towhich he was early inclined, the fruit of which is manifested by his contributionsto the Standard Dictionary. While abroad he invented the common-genderpronoun, thon, since adopted by leading authorities, and incorporated with thevocabulary of the Standard Dictionary, in the compilation of which he alsoassisted in the department of musical terminol
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