Alice B.) Neal possessed much genial humor, which he devoted to the description of a pecul- iar class of small spendthrifts, inferior pretend- ers to fashion, bores, and loafers. A quaint vein of speculation ran through his humoi-ous dia- logues. His first character sketches were pub- lished in the " Pennsylvanian " under the title of the " City Worthies." and were subsequently col- lected in book-form as " Charcoal Sketches " (Philadelphia, 1837), and republished in London under the auspices of Charles Dickens. They were followed by " Peter Ploddy and other Oddi- ties " (1844), and a second series of " Charcoal Sketches." published by his widow (1849).
NEALE, Leonard, archbishop, b. in Port To-
bacco, Md.. 15 Oct., 1746 ; d. in Georgetown. D. C,
15 June, 1817. He belonged to an old Roman
Catholic family that settled in Maryland early in
the 17th century. He was educated in the Col-
lege of St. Omer, France, and afterward at Bruges
and Liege, Belgium, became a member of the So-
ciety of Jesus, and after his ordination taught in
colleges and officiated as pastor in different places
in Europe. He was teaching in the Jesuit college
of Bruges when that institution was seized by the
Austro- Belgian government, and he was expelled
with the other Jesuits. He then went to England,
where he had charge of a small congregation, but
after several years he sailed in 1779 for Demerara,
where he worked zealously among the natives and
settlers. At length his health was almost ruined
by the inclemency of the climate and the severity
of his labors. He left Demerara in January. 1783.
and after a perilous voyage, in which he fell into
the hands of British cruisers, he reached the United
States in Aprd. In June he attended a meeting
of the clergy of Maryland at Whitemarsh and took
an active part in its deliberations. He was sta-
tioned at St. Thomas's Manor among his relatives
till 1793, when he went to Philadelphia to attend
the victims of the yellow-fever epidemic, although
he was in delicate health. He was incessant in
his attentions to the sick and dying, and on the
reappearance of the pestilence in 1797-"8 he re-
sumed his former exertions until he was prostrated
by the disease. While he was in Philadelphia he
was appointed vicar - general for the noitheru
states. In" 1799 he was made president of George-
town college, which had been founded a few years
before by the Jesuits of Maryland. His experi-
ence in European colleges was of great service to
this institution, which made rapid strides under
his management. He had intended to found a
sisterhood in Philadelphia, but of the three ladies
who placed themselves under his direction two
died of yellow fever. He invited Miss Lalor, the
survivor, to open a school in Georgetown under
his direction, which was the beginning of what is
now the oldest Roman Catholic female academy
within the limits of the thirteen original states.
By his exertions other ladies joined Miss Lalor,
and the community was organized as the order of
Visitation Nuns, but it did not receive the formal
sanction of the pope until 1818. He was conse-
crated bishop of Gortyna in jxirtibus i7ifidelium,
7 Dec, 1800, and made coadjutor of the primate
of the United States. He attended a council of
bishops in Baltimore in 1810, and his iniluence
was felt in the rules drawn up by that body for
the administration of the dioceses. Bishop Neale
succeeded to the archbishopric of Baltimore in
1815. and in 1816 received the pallium.
NEALE, Rollin Heber, clergyman, b. in South-
ington, Conn., 23 Feb., 1808 ; d. in Boston. Mass.,
19 Sept., 1879. He was graduated at Columbian
college, Washington, D. C. in 1830, and at Newton
theological seminary in 1833. While pursuing his
studies at Newton he was ordained to the ministry,
and in 1834 became pastor of the 1st Baptist church
in Needhara, Mass. In 1837 he was called to the
pastorate of the 1st Baptist church in Boston, and
he continued in that relation for nearly forty years.
He was one of the most eloquent and successful
preachers of his day. The degree of D. D. was con-
ferred on him by Brown in 1850 and by Harvard in
1857. Of the latter he was for many years one of
the overseers. He published " The Burning Bush "
and many sermons and addresses. See a memorial
discourse by William Hague (Boston, 1880).
NEBINGER, Andrew, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 12 Dec, 1819 ; d. there, 12 April, 1886. He was educated in private schools, and at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1850. Previous-
ly he had engaged in the drug business for several
years. He attained to a large practice, was one of
the incorporators of Philadelphia county medical
society, and in 1880 president of the state society.
During the civil war he was surgeon-in-charge of
the Cooper-shop volunteer hospital and dispensary.
He was assisted by his brothers, and their attentions
to the thousands of soldiers that passed through
the city on their way to the front or on their re-
turn made them well known. Dr. Nebinger re-
tired from practice in 1870 and gave his attention
to his duties in connection with the board of edu-
cation, of which he had been a member since 1868,
and to the management of several charitable insti-
tutions. To one of these. St. Agnes's hospital, he
left a large bequest. He was the author of various
medical papers and addresses to societies. See a
pamphlet memoir by Dr. J. H. Grove (Philadelphia,
1886). — His brother," George Washington, physician, b. in Philadelphia. 23 July, 1824 ; d. there, 8
March, 1868, first studied pharmacy, and afterward was graduated in medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania in 1862. He acquired an extensive practice, during the civil war served for a
time as a volunteer surgeon, and after the battle
of Antietam had charge of all the hospitals about
Hagerstown. It is said that when it was feared
that Lee would advance after the battle of Antietam, Dr. Nebinger was the only volunteer surgeon
that remained at his post. He was a delegate to
several state and national Democratic conventions,
and was a presidential elector in 1856. In 1858 he
ran for congress, as a Douglas Democrat, against
Thomas B. Florence, a Buchanan Democrat, but
was not successful. He was comptroller of public
schools for many years, and was for nine years one
of the directors of Girard college. See Nebinger
Memorial " (Philadelphia, 1883). — Another brother,
Robert (1828-'88), also became a physician, and
aided his brothers in the management of the Coop-
er-shop hospital, of which he was the pharmacist.
The three brothers were unmarried, and were men
of fine personal appearance.
NECKERE, Leo Raymond de, R. C. bishop, b. in Weveighem, Belgium, in 1800 ; d. in New Orleans in 1833. He studied classics in the College of Roulers, West Flanders, and philosophy in the
Seminary of Ghent. In 1817 he volunteered for the Louisiana mission with other members of the Lazarist order, which he had joined. He remained some months the guest of Charles Carroll, of CarroUton. and then proceeded west. He studied theology in the Seminary of Bardstown, Ky., and in 1820 entered the Seminary of the Barrens, which was conducted by the Lazarists. In 1822 he was raised to the priesthood before the canonical age,
