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THAYER 330 THAYER musicians; born in 1817. He contributed to the "Dictionary of Music"; was musi- cal critic of the New York "Tribune"; afterward was consul at Trieste, 1859- 1897. He published: "Signer Masoni," etc. (1862); "The Hebrews and tlie Red Sea" (1893) ; and three volumes of "Life of Beethoven" (1866-1887). He died in Trieste, July 15, 1897. THAYER, ABBOT HANDERSOlSr, an American figure, landscape, and portrait painter; born at Boston, Mass., in 1849. He studied at the Beaux Arts, Paris, under Gerome and Lehmann, being much influenced by Bastien-Lepage, and, on re- turn to the United States, first painted portraits and landscapes, but later gave his energy to the production of idea figures. The most notable of his works are: "Young Woman" (Metropolitan Mu- seum, New York) ; "Caritas" (Boston Museum) ; "Winged Figure" (Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo) ; "A Virgin" (Freer Collection, National Gallery, Washing- ton) ; and "Virgin Enthroned." He was for two years president of the Society of American Artists. THAYER, CHARLES SNOW, an American librarian; born at Westfield, Mass., in 1865. He was educated at Am- herst, Yale, and Gottingen, leaving the latter university in 1901. In 1886-92 he was a bank clerk at Minneapolis, and became assistant pastor of the Union Congregational Church at Providence, R. I., in 1900. Since August, 1902, he has been librarian of the Case Memorial Li- brary and associate professor of bibliol- ogy at the Hartford Theological Semin- ary. He was ordained to the Congrega- tional ministry in 1902 and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. THAYER, ELI, an American educa- tor; born in Mendon, Mass., June 11, 1819; was graduated at Brown Univer- sity in 1845, and soon afterward became principal of the Worcester Academy. He founded the Oread Institute, a school for girls, in Worcester, Mass., in 1848; served for several years as a member of the Worcester school board; became alder- man of that city in 1853 and was a mem- ber of the State Legislature in 1853-54. While there he originated and organized the "Emigrant Aid Company," and la- bored till 1857 to obtain the support of the Northern States for his plan to send anti-slavery settlers to Kansas. He was a member of Congress in 1856-1861, when he made his famous speeches on "Cen- tral American Colonization," "Suicide of Slavery," and the admission of Oregon. While the Civil War was in progress he proposed a plan for the military coloniza- tion of Florida as a war measure. Sub- sequently he urged his colonization scheme as a remedy for polygamy in Utah ; wrote and published several books ; and invented a hydraulic elevator, a safety steam boiler, and an automatic boiler cleaner. He died in Worcester, Mass., April 15, 1899. THAYER, EMMA HOMAN, an Amer- ican author ; born in New York city, Feb. 13, 1842; was educated at Rutgers Col- lege and took a course in art at the National Academy of Design, New York city, where she exhibited numerous figure paintings; settled in Colorado in 1882, and made sketches of the flora of that vicinity. Her publications include: "Wild Flowers of Colorado" (1885); "Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast" (1887); "The English American" (1889) ; "Petro- nilla, the Sister" (1898) ; "A Legend of Glenwood Springs" (1900); and "Doro- thy Scudder's Science" (1901). She died in 1908. THAYER, JAMES BRADLEY, an American educator; born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 15, 1831; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852 and at its law school in 1856; admitted to the bar in Boston the same year and practiced there till 1873, when he became Royall professor of law at Harvard University. Professor Thayer was the author of many well-known law books. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 14, 1902. THAYER, JOSEPH HENRY, an American educator; born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 7, 1828; was graduated at Harvard University in 1850 and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1857; preached in Salem, Mass., in 1859-1864; was professor of sacred literature at Andover Theological Seminary in 1864- 1884; and in the latter year became pro- fessor of New Testament criticism and interpretation in the Harvard Divinity School. His publications include: "Books and Their Use"; "The Change of Atti- tude Toward the Bible"; "A Greek-Eng- lish Lexicon of the New Testament"; "A Biographic Sketch of Ezra Abbott," etc. He died in 1901. THAYER, MARTIN RUSSELL, an American jurist; born in Petersburg, Va., Jan. 27, 1819; was graduated at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1840, and ad- mitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1842. He was appointed by the governor to revise the revenue laws of Pennsylvania in 1862; was a member of Congress in 1863-1867; judge of the district court of Philadelphia in 1867, and presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1874-