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CHARLES HENRY, an American sculptor; born in Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24, 1855; educated in the public schools; studied art at the Royal Academy of Munich, Bavaria, where he won the first medal ever given to an American. Upon his return he received a commission to execute the Garfield monument at Cincinnati, perhaps his best work. After its execution, he spent some years in Rome, settling, upon his return, in New York. rk. Of his other works there should be mentioned, besides some fine portrait busts and some good specimens of his art in various museums, numerous statues of public men in Hartford, Conn.; Washington, D. C.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Canton, O.; Memphis, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Ind.; etc. The bronze doors of Trinity Church, New York, are also his creations, as are the pediments of the Appellate Court Building in the same city. At the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo he had two large groups, "Mineral Wealth." There, as well as at Charleston (1902) and St. Louis (1904), he was awarded gold medals. In 1906 he was made a member of the National Academy.