Kennan, Georg : 1845-1924

Name : George Kennan 
Occupation : author, lecturer
Born : Norwalk, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1845
Died : May 12, 1924
Parents : Son of John and Mary Ann (Morse) Kennan

Education : educated in grammar and high schools; (Litt.D., [Doctor of Letters], Williams College, Mass., 1910 and University of Rochester, 1916)
Married : Emeline Rathbone Weld, of Medina, N.Y., Sept. 25, 1879

Became telegraph operator, later manager Western Union office, Cincinnati, 1863-1864; went to northeast Siberia as explorer and telegraphic engineer, 1865; superintendent construction middle division Russo-American Telegraph Line, 1866-1868; explored Eastern Caucasus, 1870-1871; night manager Associated Press, Washington, 1877-1885; investigated Russian exile system in Siberia, 1885-1886; since then lecturer in U.S. and Great Britain.  In May, 1898, went to Cuba on the steamship State of Texas, with American National Red Cross Society, and as special commissioner for The Outlook; went to Martinique for The Outlook to study volcano Mont Pele, May, 1902; went to Japan, Mar.., 1904, to report Russo-Japanese War for The Outlook; on staff McClure's Magazine, 1907, The Outlook, 1909; vice president Medina Tribune Publishing Corporation since 1923.

Member American Geological Society, National Geological Society, National Institute Art and Letters, Gold war medal (Japan), 1906; Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), 1908

Club : Authors (New York), Contributor to magazines
Author : Tent Life in Siberia, 1870 (new and enlarged edition, 1910); Siberia and the Exile System, (2 volumes), 1892; Campaigning in Cuba, 1899; Folk Tales of Napoleon, 1902; The Tragedy of Pele, 1902; A Russian Comedy of Errors, 1915; The Chicago and Alton Case, 1916; Misrepresentation in Railroad Affairs, 1916; E. h. Harriman's Far Eastern Plans, 1917; The Salton Sea, 1917; E. H. Harriman - A Biography, 2 volumes, 1922.

Home : Medina, N.Y.

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 1822 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).

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Holley, Francis : 1863-1924

Name : Francis Holley 
Occupation : educator, traveler
Born : Cook County, Ill., Feb. 21, 1863
Died : Dec. 12, 1923
Parents : Son of David and Mary (Burch) Holley

Education : self-educated
Married : unmarried

Began at 13 as messenger in engineering corps on Northern Pacific Railway survey, later with Canadian Pacific Railway engineering corps; became civil engineer; admitted to bar in Minn. and Ill.; traveled 5 years in Europe and 4 years in the Orient, study and research; founder, 1913, and director Bureau Commercial Economics, director general department of public welfare of Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America.  Republican.  Presbyterian.  Mason.

Office : Bureau Commercial Economics, Washington, D.C.

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 1601 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).

You can visit the memorial page for Francis Holley.

Herbert, Victor : 1850-1924

Name : Victor Herbert 
Occupation : musician, conductor
Born : Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1850
Died : May 26, 1924
Parents : Son of Edward and Fanny (Lover) Herbert, grandson of Samuel Lover, Irish novelist

Education : began music education in Germany at 7, studying under leading masters
Married : Therese Foerster, prima donna, Aug. 14, 1886.

First prominent position that of principal violincello player in court orchestra, Stuttgart; heard in concerts throughout Europe before coming to U.S. as solo violincellist Metropolitan Orchestra, New York, 1886; since then has been connected with Theodore Thomas', Seidl's, and other orchestral organizations as soloist and conductor.  Bandmaster 22nd Regiment Band, New York, since 1894; conductor Pittsburg, Pa., Orchestra, 1898-1904.  Victor Herbert's New York Orchestra since 1904.

Composer : "The Captive" (oratorio written for and performed at Worcester, Mass., Festival), "Prince Ananias"; "The Wizard of the Nile"; "The Serenade"; "Cyrano de Bergerac"; "The Ameer"; "The Viceroy"; "The Idol's Eye"; "The Fortune Teller"; "The Singing Girl"; "Babette"; "Babes n Toyland"; "It Happened in Nordland" (all comic operas)' also several compositions for orchestra, songs and a concert for violincello and orchestra.  Member National institute of Arts and Letters.  Wrote score for play "The Only Girl", produced, London, 1915.

Address : 321 West 108th Street, New York, N.Y.

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 1541 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).

You can visit the memorial page for Victor Herbert.