GREENOUGH
GREENWOOD
to its construction. His most important work is
the colossal statue of George Washington, com-
pleted in 1&13, for which an ajipropriation of
$20,000 was voted by
congress, and which
was placed iu fi'ont
of the national cap-
itol at Washington.
Among his other
works are busts of
John Adams, John
Quiucy Adams, John
Jacob Astor, James
Fenimore Cooper,
Henry Clay, General
Lafayette, John Mar-
shall and Josiah
wASHi/M<TON STATUE Qulucy, and ideal
sculptures of "Medora"; "The Guardian An- gel"; " Chanting Cherubs "; " Venus Victrix "; "Venus contending for the Golden Apple"; "Lucifer"; and "The Graces." He died in Somerville, Mass., Dec. 18. 18.53.
QREENOUQH, Richard Saltonstall, sculptor, was born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 27, 1819; «on of David and Elisabeth (Bender) Greenough, and a brother of Henry Greenough (1807-1883). He studied art in Italy and was particularly suc- cessful as a sculptor of portrait busts. On his return to the United States he removed to New- port, R.I., and produced many works in bronze and marble. Among the more famous are: a portrait bust of William H. Prescott (1843); Head of Christ (18.i0); 3Ioses and the Daughter of Fharaoh {I8o0); Cupid ]Varming an Icicle (1852); The Shepherd's Boy and the Eagle (1853); A Carth- aginian Woman; Cupid on a Tortoise; Elaine; Circe; a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin which was placed in the city hall square, Boston, Mass.; the heroic statue of Governor Winthrop, ordered by the state of Massachusetts for the capitol at Washington, and a figure of Tsyrhe which was ei-ected as a monument to his wife, Sarah Dana (Loring) Greenough (1827-1885), the author of Treason at Home (18G5); Arnhesqucs (1871); In Extremis (1872); a poem entitled Marij Magdalene (1880), and a collection of poems which he pub- lished in 1887.
QREENUP, Christopher, governor of Ken- tucky, was born in Virginia in 1750. He was in the colonial army during the Revolutionary war, and rose to the rank of colonel. After the decla- ration of peace he removed to Frankfort, Ky., ■where lie was admitted to the bar. He was at various times a member of the state legislature • represented his district in the 2d, 3d and 4th congresses. 1791-97; and was governor of Ken- tucky, 1804-08. He was a presidential elector in 1809. He died in Frankfort. Ky,, April 24, 1818.
QREENWALD, Emanuel, clerg}Tnan, -was
born near Frederick, Md., Jan. 13, 1811. He
studied theology and the classics under the Rev.
David F. Shaetfer, and was licensed to preach by
the synod of Maryland, Oct. 18, 1831. He was
assigned to missionary work in the west and set-
tled at New Philadelphia, Pa., a settlement of
Pennsylvanian Lutherans, and in 1842 established
the Lutheran Standard of which he was editor
until he removed to Columbus, Ohio, in 1851. In
1854 he removed to Easton, Pa., and iu 1867 to
Lancaster, Pa., his last charge. He was a direc-
tor of the Lutheran tlieological seminary, Phil-
adelphia, 1867-85; president of the ministerium
of Pennsylvania, 1873-77, and president of the
second Lutheran diet, Philadelpliia, 1878. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of D.D. from Pennsyl-
vania college, Gettysburg, in 1859. He published
about twenty books on subjects connected with
the work of the Lutheran church, besides a large
number of articles for current periodicals. He
died in Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 21, 1885.
QREENWELL, Miliary Johnson, educator, was born iu Nelson count}', Ky., Jan. 8, 1840; son of John and Mary Magdalene Greenwell, and grandson of Raphial and Ann GreenweU. His first ancestor in America by the name of Green- well came from England to Maryland with Lord Baltimore and removed to Virginia. Hiliary lived on a farm, attended the public schools, studied law, and was a teacher and principal in various academies. He was graduated from Georgetown college, Ky., in 1873; and was pres- ident of the Bardstown male and female college, 1876-89. He was continually engaged in teach- ing after graduation, was president of Liberty college, Glasgow, Ky., 1894-98, and in 1898 re- turned to the presidency of the Bardstown Baptist coeducational college, formerly the Bardstown male and female college.
GREENWOOD, Francis William Pitt, clergy- man, was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 1797; son of William Pitt and Mary (Langdon) Green- wood; grandson of Isaac and Mary Greenwood, and of Capt. John and Mary (Walley) Langdon; and great-grandson of Prof. Isaac Greenwood (1702-1745), and of Nathaniel and Abigail (Harris) Langdon. He was graduated at Har- vard, A.B. 1814, A.M. 1817; and at the divinity school in 1817. He was ordained pastor of the New South (Unitarian) church, Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1818, and resigned in 1820 to make a tour of Europe for his healtli. He was editor of the Unitarian Miscellany, Baltimore, Md., 1822-23, and was colleague to Dr. Freeman at King's Chapel, 1824-27, and sole pastor, 1827^3. He was associate editor of the Christian Examiner, 1837-38; received the Iionorary degree of S.T.D. from Harvard in 1839; was a member of the
