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Title

Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising / by Rev. William J. Simmons, D.D., president of the State University, Louisville, Kentucky ; with an introductory sketch of the author by Rev. Henry M. Turner, D.D., LL.D., Bishop A.M.E. Church ; illustrated.

Author

Simmons, William Johnson, 1849-1890.

Publication

Cleveland, O. ; Baltimore, Md. : Geo. M. Rewell & Co., 1890.

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Additional Authors

• Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.
• Williams, W. W. (Printer)
• Geo. M. Rewell & Co., publisher.

Description

736 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portraits; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• African American men > Portraits
• African American men > Biography
• Black author
• African Americans > Biography

Note

• Originally published in 1887.
• "Copyright Geo. M. Rewell & Co. 1887."--verso of title page.
• "Press of W.W. Williams, Cleveland, O."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• "Index to sketches"--pages [735]-736.

Source (note)

• from Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Hon. Frederick Douglass, LL.D. -- Crispus Attucks -- William Calvin Chase, Esq. -- Rev. James W. Hood, D.D. -- William Still, Esq. -- Professor J.W. Morris, A.B., A.M., LL.B. -- Hon. Robert Smalls -- H.C. Smith, Esq. -- Rev. John Bunyan Reeve, A.B., D.D. -- Rev. Nicholas Franklin Roberts, A.B., A.M., D.D. -- Denmark Veazie -- Professor J.E. Jones, A.B., A.M., D.D. -- William E. Matthews, LL.B. -- Hon. Henry Wilkins Chandler, A.B., A.M. -- Wiley Jones, Esq. -- Professor John H. Burrus, A.B., A.M. -- Henry F. Williams, Esq. -- John Mitchell, Jr. -- Rev. London Ferrill -- Professor Richard Theodore Greener, A.B., LL.B., LL.D. -- Captain Paul Cuffee -- Benjamin Banneker -- Rev. Christopher H. Payne -- Rev. James Poindexter, D.D. -- Professor W.S. Scarborough, A.B., A.M., LL.D. -- Rev. Augustus Tolton -- William Wells Brown, Esq. -- Prof. Walter F. Craig -- Rev. Charles L. Purce, A.B., D.D. -- Alexander Dumas -- Hon. Robert B. Elliott -- Professor Inman Edward Page, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. E.K. Love, D.D. -- Rev. Richard Allen -- Rev. Lott Carey -- Hon. John Mercer Langston, A.B., A.M., LL.D. -- Rev. Alexander Crummell, A.B., D.D. -- Hon. Josiah T. Settle, A.B., A.M., LL.B. -- Hon. George W. Williams, LL.D. -- Prof. William Eve Holmes, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. G.W. Gayles -- Hon. Mifflin Wister Gibbs -- Rev. Frank J. Grimke, A.B., D.D. -- Rev. Rufus L. Perry, Ph.D., D.D. -- Professor James M. Gregory, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, D.D. -- Rev. Leonard A. Grimes -- General T. Morris Chester -- Charles B. Purvis, A.M., M.D. -- Hon. Blanche K. Bruce -- Rev. Harvey Johnson, D.D. -- Ira Aldridge -- Hon. George L. Ruffin, LL.B. -- Professor D. Augustus Straker, LL.B., LL.D. -- Rev. J.C. Price, A.B., D.D. -- Hon. Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback -- Alexander Petion -- Timothy Thomas Fortune, Esq. -- Troy Porter, Esq. -- Blind Tom (Thomas Bethune) -- Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, D.D., LL.D. -- Professor Joseph Carter Corbin, A.B., A.M. -- Rt. Rev. Richard Harvey Cain, D.D. -- Hon. John H. Smythe, LL.B., LL.D. -- Rev. Benjamin W. Arnett, D.D. -- John W. Cromwell, Esq. -- Rev. E.M. Brawley, D.D. -- Hon. Edward Wilmot Blyden, LL.D. -- Rev. B.F. Lee, D.D. -- Hon. J.J. Spelman, LL.D. -- Toussaint L'Ouverture -- Hon. Hiram R. Revels -- Colonel James Lewis -- Rev. Benjamin Tucker Tanner, A.M., D.D. -- Geoffrey L'Islet -- Rev. J.P. Campbell, D.D., LL.D. -- Nat. Turner -- Hon. Hilery Richard Wright Johnson -- Hon. John R. Lynch -- Professor T. McCants Stewart, A.B., LL.B. -- Hon. E.P. McCabe -- Rev. D.A. Payne, D.D., LL.D. -- Rev. I.M. Burgan, B.D. -- Rev. W.J. White -- Hon. Alexander Clark -- Hon. John C. Dancy -- Rev. John M. Brown, D.D., D.C.L. -- Professor David Abner, Jr. -- Hon. C.C. Antoine -- James Matthew Townsend, D.D.

Call Number

Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1890)

OCLC

• 8941306
• NYPGR8941306-B

Author

Simmons, William Johnson, 1849-1890.

Title

Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising / by Rev. William J. Simmons, D.D., president of the State University, Louisville, Kentucky ; with an introductory sketch of the author by Rev. Henry M. Turner, D.D., LL.D., Bishop A.M.E. Church ; illustrated.

Imprint

Cleveland, O. ; Baltimore, Md. : Geo. M. Rewell & Co., 1890.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1890) (accession no. B593817) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1890), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.

Geo. M. Rewell & Co., publisher.

Williams, W. W. (Printer), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1890)