FAIRBANKS
FAELTEN, Carl, musician, was born in 11
menau, Thuringia, Germany, Dec. 31, 1846; son
of Carl Gottlob and Friederike (MoUer) Faelten.
He attended the Latin school at Weimar. 1857-
61, and an orchestral school at Arnstadt, 1861-
65. He then earned his living as a violin player
in Germany and Switzerland for three years.
In 1868 he settled in Frankfort. During the
Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71, he served as a
private in the 81st regiment and then returned
to musical work at Frankfort, devoting himself
to piano teaching, subsequentlj' accepting a
position as a specialist in training piano teach-
ers in the conservatory at Frankfort. In 1883
he immigrated to the United States, where
he was professor of pianoforte in the Peabody
institute, Baltimore, Md., 1882-85; at the N.E.
conservatory, Boston, Mass., 1885-89; acting
director of the latter institution, 1889-91 ; and
director, 1891-97. In 1897 he became director
of the Faelten Pianoforte school, Boston, con-
tinuing his work as a concert pianist in addi-
tion to his teaching. He was married in 1877 to
Adele Schloesser of Lubeck. Germany. He pvib-
lished Technische Uebunc/en (1879) ; Preparatiiry
Ej-crcises (1880) ; Pianoforte Comae of the Xei"
Eiiiihiml Conservatoi-y (4 vols., 1887); Fundamentid
Tniinin;/ (1894); Fundamental Header (1895);
Transposition Header (1896) ; Keyboard Harmony
(1898). The last four works were jointly edited
by him and liis brother. Reinhold Faelten.
FAIR, James Qraham, senator, was born in Belfast, county Tyrone. Ireland, Dec. 3. 1831. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1843, settled in Illinois, and was edu cated in the Chicago schools. In 1849 he re- moved to California where he engaged in gold mining and in I860 he removed to Virginia City, Nevada, where he developed silver mines and be- came superintendent of the Ophir mine, and in 1861 of the Hale & Norcross mine. In 1867 he formed a iiartnership with John W. Mackay, James C. Flood and William S. O'Brien. This firm obtained control of the Hale & Norcro.ss mine and of several valuable mineral fields from which developed the famous Consolidated Vir- ginia and California mines, and in three years the concern paid out over §100,000,000 in dividends. Mr. Fair was also largely interested m developing the real estate and railroad interests of Cali- fornia. He was elected to the United States senate from Nevada as a Democrat to succeed William Sharon, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 30. 1887. He gave liberally to Roman Cath- olic, Protestant and Hebrew asylums. He died in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 28, 1894
FAIRBAIRN, Robert Brinckerhoff, educator,
was born in New York city. May 27, 1818; son of
William and Mary (Mott) Fairbairn. His father
was born in 1762 in Cross Flatts, St. Boswell's
parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland, and settled in
Philadelphia in 1796, where he published in 1804
an edition of the en
tire works of Robert
Burns whom he had
met in Scotland. His
maternal grandfather
was Henry Mott of
Poughkeepsie, a cap
tain in the Contmen
tal army ; and Ins
grandmother a de-
scendant of the New
comes of Duchess
county, N.Y., several
of whom took an
active part in
the Revolutionary -^ /^ ^„ •_/ .
war. Robert was ^ ^. '^^U^'^^U^
graduated from Trinity college, Hartford, Conn.,
in 1840, and from the General theological sem-
inary in 1843, and was ordained to the ministry
in the Protestant Eijiscopal church. He was
rector of ClirLst church, Troy, N.Y.. 1848-48;
principal of the Catskill academy. 1848-62 and
in 1862 accepted the chair of mathematics and
natural philosophy in St. Stephen's college at
Annandale-on the-Hudson, N.Y. In 1863 he was
appointed warden of the college, also holding the
chair of moral philosophy. He received the de-
gree of S.T.D. from Trinity in 1864, from St.
Stephen's college in 1874 and from Columbia at
the celebration of the centennial in 1887, and
that of LL.D. from Delaware college in 1876.
He was fellow and gold medallist of the Society
of science, letters and arts of London, and as-
sociate of the Victoria institute or Philosophical
.society of Great Britain. He vvas married in
1849 to Juliet, daughter of Anson and Sarah
Arnold of Troy, N.Y. In May, 1898, Dr. Fairbairn
was retired from the work of the college with
the title of warden emeritus of St. Steplien's
college. He published: Child of Faith (18.';8);
College Sermons (1886) ; The Oblation and the Inro-
cation (1894); The Unity of the Faith (1895) and
Of Morality in lielation to Grace (1897). He died
in Brooklyn. N.Y., Jan. 27, 1899.
FAIRBANKS, Arthur, educator, was born at Hanover, N.H., Nov. 13, 1864: son of the Rev. Henry and Annie S. (Noyes) Fairbanks; and grandson of Thaddeus and Lucy P. (Barker) Fairbanks and of Daniel S. and Jane M. Noyes.
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