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THE STANDAKI) DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



island by 1512. He then set out on a quest for the 

 fountain of perpetual youth, and on March J7. 1">1_'. 

 found Florida. He secured the appointment of adel- 

 antado of the country, and returned in 1.~>_'1, to conquer 

 his new subjects; in this, however, lie failed. He retired 

 to Cuba, and died there in July from the wound of a 

 poisoned arrow. 



Pope, Alexander, English poet ; son of n linendraoer; 

 was born in London in 1688. and began as a fluid to 

 write verses. He made his reputation by tin- 

 on Critic-ism," and soon became the friend of Swift and 

 other leading writers, and produced "The Kape of the 

 Lock," verse translations of the " Iliad " and " < >d\ BSey." 

 "The Duneiad." and the " Es^y on Man." besides tak- 

 ing part in "Miscellanies" with Swift, Arbuthnot, and 

 others. Died, 1744. 



Porter. Horace, soldier, diplomat; born in Hunting- 

 don, Pa., April 15, 1S.H7; educated at Lawrence Scientific 

 School, Harvard; graduated at West Point. 1 still il.l. 1)., 

 Union. rved in field through the Civil War, 



Commissioned grade up to brigadier-general; 

 received Congressional medal of honor for gallantry at 

 Chickamauu'a: private secretary of President U. S. 

 Grant. iMi'.i 77; since then prominent in business; 

 :al railway corporations, clubs, and 

 patriotic societies. Orator at inauguration of Washing- 

 ton Arch, New York, May 4, 1895, and dedication of 

 Grant's Tomb, New York, 'April L'7, 1897; at inaugura- 

 tion of Rochambeau Statue, Washington, May 24, 1902; 

 at Centennial of foundation of West Point Military 

 Academy, June 11, 1902, etc. Decorated with Grand 

 Cross of Legion of Honor by French Government, 1904; 

 ambassador to France, 1897-1905. Author: "Cam- 

 paigning with Grant," "West Point Life," etc. 



I'orter, .lane, born in 1776, English writer; author of 

 "Thaddeus of Warsaw," and "The Scottish Chiefs." 

 Died. 1850. Her sister, Anna Maria, died, 1832, wrote 

 "The Hungarian Brother," and other tales. 



I'orter, Noah, D. D., LL. D., born in 1811 ; American 

 philosopher; became professor of metaphysics and moral 

 philosophy at Yale, in 1846, and president in 1871, 

 resuming in 1886. Among his works are "The Human 

 Intellect," "Elements of Intellectual Philosophy," 

 "Elements of Moral Science," etc., and he edited the 

 reissues of "Webster's Dictionary" in 1864 and 1880. 

 Died, 1892. 



Potter, Cora Urquhart (Mrs. James Brown Potter), 

 actress; born in New Orleans; daughter of Colonel David 

 Urquhart. Gained fame as an amateur in New York; 

 professional de^but Haymarket Theater, London, as 

 Anne Sylvester in "Man and Wife," March, 1887; 

 appeared at 5th Avenue Theater, New York, in Mile, de 

 Bremier, October, 1887; since then has appeared in 

 varied repertory and played during three tours around 

 the world. Was instrumental in obtaining many thou- 

 sands of pounds for the various funds in aid of the troops 

 at the front in South Africa; also one of the prominent 

 ladies on committee of the "Maine" hospital ship pre- 

 sented by America to British Government. A number 

 of years past has appeared continually in London in 

 various theaters. Author: "My Recitations," also 

 magazine articles. 



Potter, Henry Codman, Protestant Episcopal 

 bishop of New York since 1887; born in Schenectady, 

 N. Y., May 25, 1835; educated at Episcopal Academy, 

 Philadelphia; theological seminary of Virginia, 1857 

 A. M.. 1S;::. l. D.. lS<i;,, LI.'. I)., 1878, Union; 

 LL. D., Yale, 1901; D. D., Harvard and Trinity; also 

 Oxford and Cambridge, England). Ordered deacon, 

 rdained priest, 1858; pastorates: Christ's Church, 

 Greensburg, Pa., 1857-58; St. John's, Troy, 1859-66; 

 assistant at Trinity Church, Boston,; rector at Grace 

 Church, New York; secretary at House of Bishops, 

 1863-83; coadjutor to his uncle, Horatio Potter, bishop 

 of New York, 1883-87. Author: "Thirty Years Re- 

 viewed," "Our Threefold Victory," "Young Men's 

 Christian Associations and Their Work," "The Church 

 and Her Children," "Sisterhood and Deaconesses," 

 "The Religion for To-day," "The Gates of the East," 

 "Sermons of the City," " Waymarks," "The Scholar and 

 the State," "The East of To-day and To-morrow," "The 

 Industrial Situation," "Law and Loyalty." 



Powell, Major John Wesley, Ph. D., LL,. D., born 

 1834; American geologist and ethnologist ; lost an arm in 

 the Civil War, became president of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science in 1SS7, and is 

 the author of several geological monograph*, and "Intro- 

 duction to the Study of Indian Languages." Died, H)()i>. 



Powers, Hiram, born in 1805; American sculptor, 

 son of a farmer at Vermont; lived at Florence from 1837 

 till his death, his chief productions being "The Greek 

 Slave." 'The Fisher Boy," "Proserpine," and "The 

 Indian Girl." 



Praxiteles, a famous Grecian sculptor, is believed to 

 have been a native of Athens, to have flourished early in 

 the Fourth Century B. ('., and to have died at the age 

 of eighty. He was long attached to the celebrated 

 1'hryne, of whom he executed two statues, one of which 

 \\a-; placed in the temple of Delphi, the other in the 

 temple of Love at Thespia. His yenus at Cnidus was 

 considered as one of the most finished productions of 

 Greece. 



I'icMott, William Hickling, born in Salem, 1796; 

 American historian; in spite of very bad eyesight, 

 devoted himself to literature, and wrote "History 

 of Ferdinand and Isabella," "The Conquest of Mexico, 

 "Conquest of Peru," and '* History of Philip II." (un- 

 finished). He was made D. C. L. at Oxford in isf>(>. 

 Died. 1859. 



Priestley, Joseph, F. R. S., born in 1733; Unitarian 

 natural philosopher; gained the Copley medal in 1772, 

 for his discoveries concerning the properties of fixed air, 

 and was librarian to Lord Shelburne fo 1 seven years. He 

 also made important observations on respiration. In 

 1791, his house at Birmingham was wrecked by a mob 

 who disapproved his sympathy with the French revolu- 

 tion, and three years after he went to the United Slates, 

 where he died (1804). Besides his scientific works, he 

 wrote a "History of Early Opinions Concerning the 

 Person of Christ," and several similar books. 



I'ritchard, Jeter Connelly, jurist, United States 

 senator from North Carolina, 1894-1903; born in Jones- 

 boro, Tenn., July 12. 1857; common school education; 

 apprenticed in Jonesboro "Tribune-Herald" office; re- 

 moved to Bakersville, N. C., 1873; joint editor and 

 owner of "Roan Mountain Republican" until 1887, 

 when he removed to Marshall, N. C. Was a Garficld 

 elector, 1880; legislator, 1884, 1886, and 1890 . Li- 

 censed to practice law, 1887. Appointed associate jus- 

 tice of Supreme Court, District of Columbia, 1903; 

 judge of United States Circuit Court since 1904. 



Prouty, Charles Azro, lawyer, government official; 

 born in Newport, Vt., October 9, 1853; graduate of 

 Dartmouth, 1875. Assistant to Professor S. P. Lan.uley 

 at Allegheny Observatory, 1875-76; taught, several 

 years; admitted to Vermont bar, 1882; practiced at 

 Newport, Vt., 1882-96; member of House of Repre- 

 sentatives, Vermont, 1888; reporter on decisions of 

 Supreme Court of Vermont, 1888-96; since December, 

 1896, member of United States Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. 



Ptolemaeus Claudius, flourished about 139; Alex- 

 andrian writer, author of the "Almagest" or "Syntax 

 of Astronomy," the theories of which were accepted 

 till the discoveries of Copernicus. He also wrote a 

 "Geography," which was for thirteen centuries the 

 leading authority. 



Ptolemaeus Soter, King of Egypt; obtained Egypt 

 as his share of the dominions of Alexander the Great in 

 323 B. C.; was engaged in continual wars with Perdiccas 



and Antigonus (q. v.), and gained his surname by 



ing Rhodes wh 

 283 B. C. 



. ., 

 saving Rhodes when besieged by Demetrius Died, 



Puffendqrff, Samuel, Baron von, born in 1632; 

 German jurist and historian, author of " De Jure Natura- 

 et Gentium," "Life of Gustavus of Sweden," etc. Died, 

 1694. 



Pulitzer, Joseph, proprietor of "New York World" 

 since 1883; born in Buda-Pesth, Hungary, April 10, 

 1847; educated by private tutor; came to the United 

 States, 1864; served until end of Civil War in cavalry 

 regiment; went to St. Louis; became reporter on 

 "Westliche Post" (German newspaper), 1HOS; later its 

 managing editor and part proprietor. In 1878, bought 

 the "St. Louis Dispatch" and united it with "The 

 Evening Post" as the "Post-Dispatch," which he still 

 owns; member of Missouri Legislature, 1869; Missouri 

 State Constitutional Convention, 1874; was elected to 

 Congress in New York for term, 1885-87, but resigned 

 after a few months' service; delegate to Cincinnati 

 Liberal Republican Convention, which nominated 

 Horace Greeley for president, after that a Democrat; 

 advocated the "National" (gold-standard) Democratic 

 ticket, 1896. In 1903, endowed with $1,000,000 Colum- 

 bia College School of Journalism. 



Purdy, Milton Dwight, lawyer, government official : 



born in Mogadore, O., November 3, 1866; graduate of 



j University of Minnesota, 1891, law department of same, 



1892. Admitted to bar, 1892; assistant city attorney. 



Minneapolis, 1893-97; assistant county attorney, Hen- 



l nepin County, Minn., 1897-98; assistant United States 



i attorney, 1889-1901; United States attorney, 1901-02, 



for Minnesota; assistant attorney-general of United 



States since April 1, 1903, to July 27, 1905; assistant 



to the attorney-general of United States since July 28, 



1905, and prominent as a trust prosecutor. 



