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study of Greek literature. In 1887 he was elect- ed librarian of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1880 Mr. Keen has been corresponding sec- retary of the Pennsylvania historical society, and during 1883 and 1884 he edited the " Pennsyl- vania Magazine of History and Biography." He has contributed to this periodical translations of numerous Dutch and Swedish manuscripts relat- ing to the early colony on the Delaware and a series of original articles on " The Descendants of Joran Kyn, the Founder of Upland." He also wrote the chapters on " New Sweden " and * New Albion " in the " Narrative and Critical History of America," edited by Justin Winsor (Boston, 1884). — His cousin, William Williams, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Jan., 1837, was graduated at Brown in 1859, and at Jefferson medical college in 1862. He was a surgeon in the U. S. army in 1862-'4, and, after two years of European study, returned in 1866 and established himself in Philadelphia, where he was lecturer on pathological anatomy in Jefferson medical college for nine years, and also conducted the Philadelphia school of anatomy. Since 1884 he has been professor of surgery in the Woman's medical college of Philadelphia, and he is also professor of artistic anatomy in the Penn- sylvania academy of fine arts. He has published " Gunshot Wounds and other Injuries of Nerves" (Philadelphia, 1864) ; " Reflex Paralysis " (Washing- ton, 1864); "Clinical Charts of the Human Body" (1872) ; " Complications and Sequels of Continued Fevers " (1876) ; " Early History of Practical Anat- omy" (1875); besides which he has edited "Gray's Anatomy " (1887), and other works.

KEENAN, Henry Francis, novelist, b. in Rochester, N. Y., 4 May, 1849. He was educated mainly in the public schools, enlisted in the Na- tional service during the civil war, and was wound- ed in action at Drury's Bluff, Va. He entered upon i'ournalism in 1868 as a member of the staff of the tochester, N. Y., " Chronicle," and first attracted attention by a remarkable account of a balloon voyage that he was prevented from making. After- ward he was connected with various newspapers in Rochester, Indianapolis, Ind., and New York city, and as a correspondent in Washington and in Paris. In 1883 he left journalism for general literature. He has published the novels " Trajan " (New York, 1884) ; " The Aliens " (1886) ; and " One of a Thou- sand" (1887); and the anonymous novel "The Money-Makers " (1886) has been attributed to him.

KEENAN, Peter, soldier, b. in York, Living- ston co., N. Y., 9 Nov., 1834; d. at Chancellors- ville, Va., 2 May, 1863. He was the son of poor Irish parents, but was adopted into a wealthy fam- ily. He was a resident of Philadelphia when the war began, and in the summer of 1861 went to Williamsport, and assisted in recruiting the 8th Pennsylvania cavalry, in which he was made a captain, 19 Aug. He was many times sent out as a scout. At Chancellorsville, where he was in command of his regiment, holding the rank of major, he was ordered by Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, after the rout of the 11th corps on the right wing, to charge the advancing enemy in a wood, and hold them in check until the artillery could be got into position. He charged with his regiment, which numbered fewer than 500 men, so impetu- ously that the Confederates were startled, and hesi- tated to advance from the wood, until the guns were ready to rake the column as it emerged. Keenan met an inevitable death at the head of his men, many of whom fell with him, but the sacrifice enabled Gen. Pleasonton to hold Stonewall Jack- son's corps in cheek and save the army from rout.

KEENE, Laura, actress, b. in England in 1820; d. in Montclair, N. J., 4 Nov., 1873. At an early age she developed a taste for the stage. Her first ap- pearances were made in London, at the Lyceum, while that theatre was under the management of Madame Vestris. She was most successful in comedy. In October, 1851, she appeared as Pau- line in Bulwer's " Lady of Lyons, and achieved a marked success. She came to the United States in 1852, and on 20 Oct. made her first appearance at Wallack's theatre, New York, performing in her favorite parts and commanding excellent houses. In 1854, after visiting Boston, Philadel- phia, and other eastern cities, Miss Keene went to California, and thence to Australia. In a pecuni- ary sense, as well as otherwise, her visits to the gold regions were quite successful ; and when in 1855 she returned to this coun- try, she assumed the management of the Varieties theatre in New York. Soon af- terward she estab- lished a new theatre, which was known for several years by her own name, but later as the Olympic, and continued its lessee

and manager until

1863. In this house she brought out, 18 Oct.. 1858, " Our American Cousin," with Joseph Jefferson as Asa Trenchard and Edward A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary. This piece had an immense run. On 26 Nov., 1860, she produced " The Seven Sisters," which had a run of 169 nights. Soon afterward Miss Keene married a Mr. Lutz. The Laura Keene company became well known outside of New York, and it was at one of her representations of " Our American Cousin " at Ford's theatre, Washington, 14 April, 1865, that President Lincoln met his death. In 1868 she visited England. On her re- turn she organized a travelling company, of which she retained the management, reappearing in New York in 1870, and occupying the stage until within two years of her death. Her last undertaking was the publication of a weekly. art journal in New York city, which was issued for about one year. She constructed several plays, which met with only moderate success.

KEENER, John Christian, M. E. bishop, b. in Baltimore, Md., 7 Feb., 1819. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1835, and engaged in business in Baltimore till 1841, when he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was stationed at various places in Alabama till 1853, when he went to New Orleans, and was presiding elder of that district in 1858 and 1860. In 1861-'4 he was superintendent of chaplains in the Confederate army west of Mississippi river, and in 1865-'70 he was again presiding elder, and also edited the " New Orleans Christian Advocate." He was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in 1870, and in 1873 founded a mission in Mexico. He received the degree of D. D. in 1854 and that of LL. D. in 1880. He has published "The Post Oak Circuit " (Nashville, Tenn., 1857).

KEEP, Henry, financier, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1818 ; d. in New York city, 30 July, 1869. After suffering many hardships through poverty, he worked his way to Honeoye Falls, near Rochester, N. Y., was employed as a teamster, and, having