Rodgers (JOHN an American naval officer)
JOHN, an American naval officer; born in Harford co., Md., July 11, 1771; son of a Scotch colonel of militia. He was a captain in the merchant service by 1789, and in 1798 entered the navy as lieutenant, becoming captain the year after. In 1805 he extorted from Tripoli and from Tunis treaties abolishing the former tribute and forbidding the slavery of Christian captives. On June 23, 1812, he fired with his own hand the first shot in the war with Great Britain, and during the war he took 23 prizes. He died Aug. 1, 1838.
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Rodgers (JOHN an American naval officer) (II)
JOHN, an American naval officer; born in Maryland, Aug. 8, 1812. He entered the naval service in 1828 and soon showed that he had inherited the bravery of his father, Commodore John Rodgers. He was in the war against the Seminole Indians and rendered excellent service during the Civil War. In November, 1861, he took part in the battle of Port Royal, and in November, 1862, he led an attack on Drury's Bluff, on the James river, in which he was repulsed. He commanded the "Weehawken" in the attack on Fort Sur Sumter, in April, 1863, and in the same year he captured the Confederate ironclad "Atlanta," near Savannah. He was promoted rear-admiral in 1869, and in 1877-1882 was superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory. He died in Washington, D. C., May 5, 1882.
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Rodin
AUGUSTE, a French sculptor; born in Paris, France, in 1840, studied under Barye, and began to exhibit in the Salon in 1875. He has produced great scriptural and symbolical groups, but is best known by his portrait AUGUSTE RODIN busts and statues, notably the busts of Victor Hugo and Balzac; though his "Apollo," "Young Girl," "The Kiss," and his panels are equally great. He is represented in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, by "The Hand of God," "The Bather," a bust of St. John and 18 other pieces. In 1904 he succeeded Whistler as President of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Engravers. He died Nov. 17, 1917.
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Rodman
HUGH, an American naval officer, born at Frankfort, Ky., in 1859. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880 and from the Naval War College in 1907. Having been promoted ensign, junior grade, in 1883, he gradually rose to the rank of rearadmiral in 1917. In the Spanish-American War he served on the "Ra "Raleigh." Besides service on various United States vessels his assignments included service with the light-house department, at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., etc. From 1914 to 1915 he was superintendent of transportation, Panama Canal. From 1915 to 1916 he was in command of the "New York," and from 1916 to 1917 he was a member of the general board of the Navy Department. During the World War he was successively in command of division 3, Atlantic Fleet; squadron 1, Battleship force, Atlantic Fleet; division REAR-ADMIRAL HUGH RODMAN 3, Battleship force 1, Atlantic Fleet; division 9, Battleship force, on duty with British Grand Fleet; and of United States battleships. He was a director of battleships. the Panama Railroad Co. He received the Battle of Manila Bay and Spanish- American War medals, the D. S. medal, and from Great Britain, the K. C. B., for services in the World War.
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Rodney
GEORGE BRYDGES, LORD, an English naval officer; born in Walton-upon-Thames, England, Feb. 19, 1718. He was created rear-admiral in 1759, and distinguished himself in several expeditions. In 1780 he defeated the Spanish fleet and took several ships. This was followed soon after by a more splendid victory, and the capture of the Spanish admiral, Don Juan de Langara. But the most important achievement of this brave admiral was the defeat of the French fleet under Count de Grasse in the West Indies in 1782, when the French admiral and a number of his ships were taken. He died in London, May 24, 1792.
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Rodney (C SAR an American patriot born)
CÆSAR, an American patriot; born in Dover, Del., Oct. 7, 1728. In 1755 he was made sheriff of Kent co., Del., and at the expiration of his term became justice of the peace and judge of all the lower courts. In 1765 he was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in New York. In 1767, when the tea act was proposed in the British Parliament, the Delaware Assembly appointed him to aid in the formulation of an address of remonstrance to the king. In 1775 he was elected for a second time to the Continental Congress, and in May of that year became Brigadier-General of the Delaware militia. He served with distinction during the Revolutionary War under Washington, becoming, in 1777, a Major-General. He was elected president of Delaware, in which office he served till 1782, when he was re-elected to Congress, but did not take his seat because of illness. As a public man he displayed great integrity and elevation of character. He died in Dover, Del., June 29, 1784.
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Rodriguez
or RODRIGUES, a hilly volcanic island (1,760 feet), 13 miles long by 7 broad, 370 miles E. by N. of Mauritius, of which it is a dependency. Rodriguez is cable station. The a soil is fertile, and agriculture is the chief occupation. Hurricanes often cause great damage to the island, which is encircled by a coral reef. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1645, and has been a British colony since 1810. The chief port is Port Mathurin. Owing to its isolation this island is particularly interesting to the botanist and the zoologist. Till near the close of the 17th century it was the home of the solitaire, now an extinct bird.
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Roe
CHARLES FRANCIS, an Amer- ; born in New York ican military officer was graduated at the City, May 1, 1848; Academy in 1868, United States Military 2d Cavalry, then and was assigned to the slope. In 1898 he was on the Pacific -General of volunappointed a Brigadier in 1900. teers. He died
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Roe
EDWARD PAYSON, an Amer- Orange co., N. Y., ican novelist; born in wrote a great num- March 7, 1838. He novels. His first ber of very popular Burned Away" (1872), novel, "Barriers success, and was folmet with immediate Do?" (1873); lowed by "What Can She Opening of a Chestnut Burr" "The to Earnest" (1875); (1874); "From Jest Heart" (1876); "A "Near to Nature's Nineteenth Century" 66 Knight of the Illumined" (1878); "A (1877); "A Face ); "Without a Home" Day of Fate" (1880 Rivals" (1883); (1881); "His London " (1884); "Driven "Nature's Serial Story ); "He Fell in Love Back to Eden" (1885 ); "The Earth With His Wife" (1886 "A Hornet's Nest" Trembled" (1887); Yet Lost" (1888); "Miss (1887); "Found, "Taken Alive, and Lou" (1888); and died in Cornwall, Other Stories." He N. Y., July 19, 1888.
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