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OCONNELL OCTAGON" Roi^ie. In 1877 he was given the degree of S. T. D. at the college of Propaganda. After being ordained he became secre- tary to Cardinal Gibbons and later head of the American College in Rome. Later he was made rector of the Catholic Uni- versity of America, holding that position till he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of San Francisco in 1909. Since 1912 he has been bishop of Richmond, Va. O'CONNELL, WILLIAM HENRY, CARDINAL. Catholic prelate. Born at Lowell, Mass., in 1859, he graduated as B. A. from Boston College in 1881, af- ter which he entered the American Col- lege at Rome, where he was ordained priest in 1884. He was appointed rector of the American College in Rome in 1895, named domestic prelate in 1897, and con- secrated bishop of Portland, Me., at St. John Later an, Rome, in 1901. In 1905 he was named assistant at the Pontifical Throne, and in the same year represented the Vatican at the court of the emperor of Japan, from whom he received the Grand Cordon of the Sacred Treasure. He was named archbishop of Constance and coadjutor with succession of Boston in 1906, and succeeded to the see of Bos- ton in 1907, being made cardinal in 1911. In May, 1920, he represented the United States at the beatification in Rome of Oliver Plunkett. O'CONNOR, ANDREW, an American sculptor. He was born at Worcester, Mass., in 1874, and received his prelim- inary education from his father and Daniel C. French. He has divided his home between the United States and Paris, and in 1906 received from the Paris Salon 2d medal — the highest award ever given to a foreigner. Among his decorative statues and reliefs the principal are: Central porch, St. Bar- tholomew's Church, N. Y. ; 11 marble statues, Essex co. Court House, Newark, N. J.; bas-relief. Library of J. P. Mor- gan, N. Y. ; General Liscum Monument, Arlington. O'CONNOR, JOHN JOSEPH, an American ecclesiatic. He was born at Newark, N. J., in 1855, and graduated as A.M. from Seton Hall College in 1875. From there he went to the American Col- lege in Rome and the University of Lou- vain, where he studied divinity, being or- dained priest in 1877. From 1878 to 1895 he was professor of philosophy and theology at Seton Hall College and Sem- inary. From 1895 to 1901 he was pastor at St. Joseph's, Newark, and was made bishop of Newark in 1901. With Car- dinal O'Connell he went to Rome in 1920 to attend the beatification of Oliver Plunkett. O'CONNOR, THOMAS POWER, an Irish journalist and politician, born in Athlone, Ireland, 1848; gradxiated from Queen's College, Gal way, then for three years did newspaper work. Went to Lon- don, worked as journalist there, and in 1880 was elected to Parliament from Galway, becoming a strong Pamell man. In 1881 he toured the United States, lec- turing on Ireland. Was elected presi- dent of the Irish National League of Great Britain in 1883. Was elected from Liverpool to Parliament six times. He founded several periodicals, the most famous of which is "T. P.'s Weekly." In 1906 he visited the United States again to raise money for the Home Rule monu- ment. O'CONOR, CHARLES, an American lawyer; born in New York City, Jan. 22, 1804; was admitted to the bar in 1824, while still a minor. Among his most celebrated cases were the Forrest divorce case ; the Slave Jack case ; the Lispenard will case; the Lemon slave case, and the Mme. Jumel suit; became senior counsel for Jefferson Davis when the ex-Confed- ei'ate President was indicted for treason, and was conspicuous in the suits against William M. Tweed in 1871. In 1869 he Avas elected president of the Law Insti- tute of New York; in 1872 was nomi- nated for President of the United States by one of the numerous Democratic con- ventions of that year, despite his pro- test, and was defeated; and in 1876 ap- peared before the Electoral Commission in support of the claims of Samuel J. Tilden. He died in Nantucket, Mass., May 12, 1884. O'CONOR, JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER, an American author and educator. He was born in New York in 1852, and graduated from St. Francis Xavier Col- lege in 1872, taking English studies in London, philosophy in Louvain, and Ori- ental studies at Johns Hopkins. He be- came a priest of the Jesuit Order in 1885, and taught at West Park College; Georgetown University; Boston College; St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia; St. Francis Xavier, N. Y., being founder also of Brooklyn College. Authority on cuneiform Assyrian. His works Include dramas, of which he composed the music, among them the "Mystery of Life" (1916). He died in 1920. OCRACOKE INLET, an inlet of North Carolina, forming a passage into Pam- lico Sound, 22 miles S. W. of Cape Hat- teras. OCTAGON, in geometry, a polygon of eight angles or sides. A regular octa- gon is an octagon all of whose sides and