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favor of the Persian governor, and the Nestorian bishops and priests gave him a hearty welcome. For five years he worked with great assiduity among this remnant of the once great Nestorian church. Schools were established both for boys and girls, and great good was wrought among those who came under his influence. His wife's death and his own failing health led him to return to the United States, but receiving the appointment of missionary to those Nestorians who lived in the rugged hills of Koordistan, known as the " Wal- denses of the East — the Protestants of Asia," he again went to Persia a year later, and opened a school. Ascertaining that an alliance h^d been made tending toward the destruction of the in- dependence of this people, he endeavored to per- suade them to make terms with the Turks; but this they were unwilling to do, and in consequence a massacre occurred in 1843, in which 10,000 were killed. The missionaries were compelled to fly for their lives, and Dr. Grant, settling for a while in Mosul, devoted all his energies to the work of re- lieving the wretched fugitives who crowded the city. He published " The Nestorians, or the Lost Tribes, with Sketches of Travel in Assyria, Ar- menia, Media, and Mesopotamia" (London and Boston, 1841). See "Memoir of Asahel Grant, M. D." (New York, 1847) and " Grant and the Nes- torians" (Boston, 1853).

GRANT, Clement Rollins, artist, h. in Free- port, Me., 10 July, 1849. At the age of eighteen he went to Europe, spending some months in study and observation in Great Britain and France, and on his return established a studio in Boston and became a member of the Boston art club. His specialty is landscape and portrait painting. Among his pictures are " Amy Wentworth," an illustration of Whittier's poem. " Marguerita " ; " for the Touch of a Vanished Pland " ; " Delusions of the Past, 1692," which was exhibited in 1878 ; " A Normandy Fisherwoman " ; and " Q^^none."

GRANT, George Monroe, Canadian educator, b. in Stellarton, Pictou co.. Nova Scotia, 23 Dec, 1835. He was educated at the West River semi- nary of the Presbyterian church, winning a bur- sary that entitled him to a theological course in the University of Glasgow. On his return to Nova Scotia he became a missionary in the maritime provinces, and in May, 18(53, pastor of St. Mat- thew's church, Halifax. In 1877 he was appointed principal of Queen's university, Kingston. In the summer of 1872 he accompanied Sandford Flem- ing across the continent, and published " Ocean to Ocean." He is editor of " Picturesque Canada."

GRANT, James, soldier, b. in Ballendalloch, Scotland, in 1720 ; d. 13 April, 1806. He was ap- pointed major of the Montgomerie Highlanders in 1757, and in September, 1758, marched with 800 men to reconnoitre Fort Duquesne. Dividing his forces in order to tempt the enemy into an am- buscade, he was himself surprised and defeated, with a loss of 295 killed and prisoners. He and nineteen officers were captured. He was appointed governor of East Florida in 1760, and sent by Gen. Amherst early in 1761, with 1,300 regulars, to re- duce the mountaineers in Carolina. In May, 1761, he led the expedition against the Cherokees, de- feating them in a severe battle at Etchoe. In the battle of Long Island, August, 1776, he com- manded the 4th and 6th brigades of the British army. In December, 1776, Lord Howe gave him the command in New Jersey at a most critical period ; the American victories of Trenton and Princeton immediately followed. In 1777 he was made a major-general, led the 1st and 2d brigades at Brandywine, and at Germantown, 4 Oct., forced the left of the American army to give way. He defeated Lee at Monmouth, and on 4 Nov. sailed in command of the troops sent against the French West Indies. In December he took St. Lucia, and in 1791 was made governor of Stirling castle, a lieutenant-general in November, 1782, and a gen- eral in May, 1796.

GRANT, Sir James Alexander, Canadian physician, b. in Inverness-shire, Scotland, 8 Aug., 1829. His father was Dr. James Grant, of Edinburgh, and his paternal grandfather was a writer on archaeo- logical subjects. When Dr. Grant was one year old his parents re- moved to Canada. He was educated at Queen's college, Kingston, and at Mc(^ill, Montreal, where he took his medical degree in 1854. He settled in Ottawa, and has ever since enjoyed a lucrative prac- tice. He has also been physician to all the governors- general of Canada

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Lord Monk to the present (1888). In 1872 he was elected president of the Canadian medical associa- tion, and shortly afterward of the St. Andrew so- ciety of Ottawa, and in 1885 was elected an honor- ary member of the British medical association. In 1867, as a Conservative, he was elected as the first member from the county of Russell to the Domin- ion parliament, was re-elected in 1872, but was de- feated in 1874. While in parliament. Dr. Grant in- troduced the original Pacific railway bill, and was the first to advocate 1 he admission of the North- west territory into the Dominion. He was knighted in 1887. In addition to contributions to medical periodicals, he has published papers on geology.

GRANT, Lewis A., soldier, b. in Vermont about 1820. He was commissioned major of the 5th Vermont infantry. 15 Aug., 1861 ; lieutenant-colo- nel, 25 Sept., 1861; and colonel, 16 Sept., 1862. He commanded the 2d brigade of the 2d division, 6th corps, at the battle of Chancellorsville, and was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, 27 April, 1864. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers on 19 Oct., 1864. In December, 1893, he resigned as assistant secretarv of war.

GRANT, Robert, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 24 Jan., 1852. He was graduated at Harvard in 1873, and at the law-school in 1879. Subsequently he entered on the practice of law in Boston. Mr. Grant has written some clever verse and several novels. His published works include "The Little Tin Gods on Wheels," a satire in verse (Cambridge, 1879) ; " The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl" (Boston, 1880); "The Lambs" (1882); " Yankee Doodle," a 4* B K poem delivered at Harvard (1883) ; " An Average Man," contributed originally as a serial to the " Century " magazine (1883); " The King's Men," with others (New York, 1884) ; " The Knave of Hearts " (Boston, 1885) ; " A Romantic Young Lady " (1886) ; " Face to Face " (New York, 1886); and a poem on the 250th anniversary of the Boston Latin - school, which was published with other exercises under the title of " The Oldest School in America " (Boston, 1885).