COD: angina pectoris.
LOOMIS, Lafayette Charles, educator, was born in Coventry, Conn., July 7, 1824; son of Silas and Esther (Case) Loomis, and a descendant of Israel Loomis, three of whose sons served in the Continental army, 1776-84 ; of Sergeant Benjamin Case, minute-man and neighbor of Capt. Nathan Hale, and of Joseph Loomis, the immigrant. He was graduated from Wesleyan University, A.B., 1844. A.M., 1847, and was the co-founder and associate principal with his brother Silas L. Loomis of the Adelphian academy at Brocton, Mass., 1844-50, one of the first academies in New England to be conducted independent of ecclesiastical supervision and control. He was a teacher in Mount Hollis seminary, Holliston, Mass., in 1851 ; vice-principal of the Irving institute at Tarrytown, N.Y., in 1852, and principal in 1853. He was professor of natural science and belles-lettres in Wesleyan Female college, Wilmington, Del., 1854-57 ; president of the college, 1857-58. and principal of Lafayette institute, Washington, D.C., 1859-63. He was graduated from Georgetown college, D.C., M.D., 1863 ; and
was acting assistant surgeon of the Army of the Potomac in 1864. He was president of Wheeling Female college. West Virginia, 1865-68 ; and professor of physiology at Howard university, Washington, D.C., in 1868. He studied and traveled in Europe, 1875-95, and occasionally lectured on art. He was married Oct. 1, 1847, to Esther Lucretia, daughter of Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Mass., and secondly Oct. 20, 1870, to Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Williams of Canandaigua, N. Y. He is the author of : Mizpah, Prayer and Friendship (1858); ? and Social Culture (1867), which was subsequently printed for the blind ; Index
Guide to Travel and Art in Europe (1882); Sly-self: the Great Teachers of Mankind on the Nature of Mind and the Laws of Life ; The Founders, Defenders and Benefactors of the Great Republic (MS. 1901), and contributions to magazines.
[From Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Info provided by member #47128185.]
LOOMIS, Lafayette Charles, educator, was born in Coventry, Conn., July 7, 1824; son of Silas and Esther (Case) Loomis, and a descendant of Israel Loomis, three of whose sons served in the Continental army, 1776-84 ; of Sergeant Benjamin Case, minute-man and neighbor of Capt. Nathan Hale, and of Joseph Loomis, the immigrant. He was graduated from Wesleyan University, A.B., 1844. A.M., 1847, and was the co-founder and associate principal with his brother Silas L. Loomis of the Adelphian academy at Brocton, Mass., 1844-50, one of the first academies in New England to be conducted independent of ecclesiastical supervision and control. He was a teacher in Mount Hollis seminary, Holliston, Mass., in 1851 ; vice-principal of the Irving institute at Tarrytown, N.Y., in 1852, and principal in 1853. He was professor of natural science and belles-lettres in Wesleyan Female college, Wilmington, Del., 1854-57 ; president of the college, 1857-58. and principal of Lafayette institute, Washington, D.C., 1859-63. He was graduated from Georgetown college, D.C., M.D., 1863 ; and
was acting assistant surgeon of the Army of the Potomac in 1864. He was president of Wheeling Female college. West Virginia, 1865-68 ; and professor of physiology at Howard university, Washington, D.C., in 1868. He studied and traveled in Europe, 1875-95, and occasionally lectured on art. He was married Oct. 1, 1847, to Esther Lucretia, daughter of Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Mass., and secondly Oct. 20, 1870, to Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Williams of Canandaigua, N. Y. He is the author of : Mizpah, Prayer and Friendship (1858); ? and Social Culture (1867), which was subsequently printed for the blind ; Index
Guide to Travel and Art in Europe (1882); Sly-self: the Great Teachers of Mankind on the Nature of Mind and the Laws of Life ; The Founders, Defenders and Benefactors of the Great Republic (MS. 1901), and contributions to magazines.
[From Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Info provided by member #47128185.]
COD: angina pectoris.
LOOMIS, Lafayette Charles, educator, was born in Coventry, Conn., July 7, 1824; son of Silas and Esther (Case) Loomis, and a descendant of Israel Loomis, three of whose sons served in the Continental army, 1776-84 ; of Sergeant Benjamin Case, minute-man and neighbor of Capt. Nathan Hale, and of Joseph Loomis, the immigrant. He was graduated from Wesleyan University, A.B., 1844. A.M., 1847, and was the co-founder and associate principal with his brother Silas L. Loomis of the Adelphian academy at Brocton, Mass., 1844-50, one of the first academies in New England to be conducted independent of ecclesiastical supervision and control. He was a teacher in Mount Hollis seminary, Holliston, Mass., in 1851 ; vice-principal of the Irving institute at Tarrytown, N.Y., in 1852, and principal in 1853. He was professor of natural science and belles-lettres in Wesleyan Female college, Wilmington, Del., 1854-57 ; president of the college, 1857-58. and principal of Lafayette institute, Washington, D.C., 1859-63. He was graduated from Georgetown college, D.C., M.D., 1863 ; and
was acting assistant surgeon of the Army of the Potomac in 1864. He was president of Wheeling Female college. West Virginia, 1865-68 ; and professor of physiology at Howard university, Washington, D.C., in 1868. He studied and traveled in Europe, 1875-95, and occasionally lectured on art. He was married Oct. 1, 1847, to Esther Lucretia, daughter of Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Mass., and secondly Oct. 20, 1870, to Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Williams of Canandaigua, N. Y. He is the author of : Mizpah, Prayer and Friendship (1858); ? and Social Culture (1867), which was subsequently printed for the blind ; Index
Guide to Travel and Art in Europe (1882); Sly-self: the Great Teachers of Mankind on the Nature of Mind and the Laws of Life ; The Founders, Defenders and Benefactors of the Great Republic (MS. 1901), and contributions to magazines.
[From Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Info provided by member #47128185.]
LOOMIS, Lafayette Charles, educator, was born in Coventry, Conn., July 7, 1824; son of Silas and Esther (Case) Loomis, and a descendant of Israel Loomis, three of whose sons served in the Continental army, 1776-84 ; of Sergeant Benjamin Case, minute-man and neighbor of Capt. Nathan Hale, and of Joseph Loomis, the immigrant. He was graduated from Wesleyan University, A.B., 1844. A.M., 1847, and was the co-founder and associate principal with his brother Silas L. Loomis of the Adelphian academy at Brocton, Mass., 1844-50, one of the first academies in New England to be conducted independent of ecclesiastical supervision and control. He was a teacher in Mount Hollis seminary, Holliston, Mass., in 1851 ; vice-principal of the Irving institute at Tarrytown, N.Y., in 1852, and principal in 1853. He was professor of natural science and belles-lettres in Wesleyan Female college, Wilmington, Del., 1854-57 ; president of the college, 1857-58. and principal of Lafayette institute, Washington, D.C., 1859-63. He was graduated from Georgetown college, D.C., M.D., 1863 ; and
was acting assistant surgeon of the Army of the Potomac in 1864. He was president of Wheeling Female college. West Virginia, 1865-68 ; and professor of physiology at Howard university, Washington, D.C., in 1868. He studied and traveled in Europe, 1875-95, and occasionally lectured on art. He was married Oct. 1, 1847, to Esther Lucretia, daughter of Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Mass., and secondly Oct. 20, 1870, to Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Williams of Canandaigua, N. Y. He is the author of : Mizpah, Prayer and Friendship (1858); ? and Social Culture (1867), which was subsequently printed for the blind ; Index
Guide to Travel and Art in Europe (1882); Sly-self: the Great Teachers of Mankind on the Nature of Mind and the Laws of Life ; The Founders, Defenders and Benefactors of the Great Republic (MS. 1901), and contributions to magazines.
[From Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Info provided by member #47128185.]
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