Stevens (II)
JOHN CALVIN, an American architect, born at Boston, Mass., in 1855. After graduating from the Portland High School in 1873, he entered an architectural office, later becoming successively a member of various firms. He was a member of many philanthropic and art societies and designed many public buildings and private residences in Maine and in other parts of the United States. He wrote, together with A. W. Cobb, "Examples of Domestic Architecture" (1891).
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Stevens (THADDEUS an American statesman)
THADDEUS, an American statesman; born in Danville, Vt., April 4, 1792; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1814; studied law and was admitted to the Maryland bar. He kept aloof from politics till the election of Jackson in 1828, when he became an active member of the Whig party. In 1833 and for several succeeding years, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature and became distinguished by his opposition to slavery. He was appointed a canal commissioner in 1838, and rendered important services to the state in the promotion of its system of internal improvements. Subsequently he removed to Lancaster, and for six years practiced law. But in 1848 and again in 1850 he was elected to Congress, where he maintained strong opposition to the Fugitive-Slave Law, the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and all measures favoring the independence of the South. In 1858 he was again elected to Congress and retained his seat till his de death, in Washington, D. C., Aug. 11, 1868. NOLOGY, an educational non-sectarian institution in Hoboken, N. J.; founded in 1870; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 46; students, 522; president, A. C. Humphreys, LL.D.
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Stevens Point
a city and countyseat of Portage co., Wis.; on the Wisconsin river, and on the Wisconsin Central, the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, and the Green Bay and Western railroads; 63 miles W. of Appleton. It contains gas and electric lights, National and State banks, State Normal School, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has a large lumbering trade, especially in pine. Here are shops of the Wisconsin Central railroad, and numerous foundries, flour, planing, saw, and shingle mills.
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Stevenson
ADLAI EWING, an American statesman; born in Christian co., Ky., Oct. 23, 1835; early took an active part in politics as a Democrat, and in 1875-1877 and 1879-1881 represented Illinois in the National House of Representatives. In 1885 was appointed first assistant postmaster-general, and after the renomination of Grover Cleveland in 1892 was chosen the candidate for the vice-presidency. The Democratic candidates were elected, and after the expiration of his term he was appointed a member of the American commission to visit Europe and endeavor to secure the adoption of international bimetallism. In 1908 he was the Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois. He died in 1914.
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Stevenson (II)
BURTON EGBERT, born at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1872. He was educated at Princeton University, and became city editor of the Chillicothe "Daily News" in 1894; of the Chillicothe "Daily Advertiser" in 1898; and librarian of the Chillicothe public library in 1899. He wrote "At Odds With the Regent" (1900); “A Soldier of Virginia" (1901); "The Heritage" (1902); "The Holladay Case" (1903); "The Marathon Mystery (1904); "The Young Section Hand" (1905); "Affairs of State" (1906); "That Affair at Elizabeth" (1907); "The Quest for the Rose of Sharon" (1909); "The Path of Honor" (1910); "The Spell of Holland" (1911); "The Young Apprentice" (1912); "The Gloved Hand" (1913); "The Charm of Ireland" (1914); "Little Comrade" (1915); "A King King in Bab Babylon" (1917). He also edited and compiled several books, among which should be mentioned "Poems of American History" (1908); "A Child's Guide to American Biography" (1909); "Home Book of Verse" (1912); "Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" (1915); and "European Directory, Library War Service, A.L.A." (1918-19).
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Stevenson (III)
EDWARD IRENÆUS (PRIME), an American author and editor, born in 1868. He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced, and was a member of the literary staff of "The Independent," "Harper's Weekly," and other magazines. He became specially well known as a musical, dramatic, and musical, literary critic, and traveled and lectured extensively. He has written many novels and short stories, as well as a large number of articles on literary, musical, and historical topics.
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Stevenson (IV)
EDWARD LUTHER, an American educator, born at Rozetta, Illinois, in 1860. He was educated at Franklin (Ind.) College, Johns Hopkins University, and the universities of Jena, Halle, and Heidelberg. From 1881 to 1887 he was principal of high schools and superintendent of schools in Illinois; from 1891 to 1911, professor of history, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J.; from 1910 to 1917 secretary of the Hispanic Society of America, of which society he became acting director in 1915. He also lectured on historical geography, history, and cartographical subjects at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, University of California, and numerous other scientific and educational institutions. He was a member of several domestic and foreign historical and geographical societies, and published: "Maps Illustrating Discovery and Early Exploration in America, 1502-1530" (1903-1906); "Charter of Queens College (now Rutgers) of 1772" (1907); "Hondius World Map of 1611" (1907); "The Marine World Chart of Nicolo de Canerio" (1908); "Early Spanish Cartography of the New World" (1909); "Atlas of Portolan Charts" (1911); "Portolan Charts, Their Origin and Characteristics" (1911); "The Genoese World Map, 1457" (1912); "Christopher Columbus and His Enterprise" (1913); "Willem Janszoon Blaeu, His Life and Work with Facsimile of His Large World Map of 1605" (1914); "Portolan Atlas 'Conte de Ottoma Freducci, 1537'" (1915); "Facsimiles of Portolan Charts" (1917); "Terrestrial and Celestial Globes" (1917).
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Stevenson (ROBERT a Scotch engineer born)
ROBERT, a Scotch engineer; born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 8, 1772. His father died during his infancy; and his mother having (1786) married Thomas Smith, the first engineer of the Lighthouse Board, young Stevenson was led to the study of engineering. In 1796 he succeeded his stepfather as engineer and inspector of lighthouses; and during his 47 years' tenure of that office he planned and constructed 23 lighthouses round the Scotch coasts, employing the catoptric system of illumination, and his valuable invention of "intermittent" and "flashing" lights. The most remarkable of these erections was that on the Bell Rock. Stevenson was also in great request as a consulting engineer in the matter of roads, bridges, harbors, canals, and railways. He wrote four volumes of professional printed reports, a large work on the Bell Rock lighthouse, some articles in the "Encyclopædia Britannica" and in the "Edinburgh Encyclopædia." He died in Edinburgh July 12, 1850.
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