church, Holmesburg, Pa. In 1869 he became rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York city, but in 1875 he was compelled to resign on account of failure of health. Dr. Lundy's chief publication is entitled "Monumental Christianity, or the Art and Symbolism of the Primitive Christian Church " (New York, 1876). He also printed a volume on " Forestry" (1880). and later was preparing a work on "Prehistoric Worship."
LUNGREN, Samuel Smith, physician, b. in Philadelphia. Pa., 23 Aug.. 1837 ; d. in Toledo. 7 March. 1893. He was graduated at Jefferson medical college in 1850, and at the Homeopathic medical college of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, in 1852. Subsequently he settled in Toledo, Ohio, where he
practised medicine and surgery, making a specialty of the diseases of women. His greatest success was with the Ca^sarean section, which he performed with
favorable issue on three occasions, and but twelve operations of that nature have ever been performed in Ohio. His most celebrated case is one in which
the section was performed originally in 1875, and again on the same person in 1880. The woman and her two children are now (1898) living and in
good health. Dr. Lungren contributed numerous articles to the medical press, and was the author of a memoir on the "Caesarean Section" (Toledo.
1881). — His son, Charles Marshall, inventor, b. in Hagerstown, Md., 13 Dec, 1853, was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1874 as a civil
engineer. He first turned his attention to journalistic work, and for some time was a member of
the staff of the "Popular Science Monthly." Mr.
Lungren has studied the pi'oblems connected with
artificial illumination, and has invented several
appliances that have come into extended use, notably a regenerative gas-lamp. He is a member of
scientific societies, and, besides writing magazine
articles, has edited the American edition of Alglave and Boulard's "Electric Light" (New York, 1883). — Another son. Ferdinand Harvey, artist,
b. in Toledo, Ohio, 13 Nov., 1857, studied at the University of Michigan, but came to New York be- fore his graduation, in order to follow art. He has
made many illustrations, principally for the "Century" and "Wide Awake," and his paintings include "Shadows on the Snow."
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LUNT, George, author, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 31 Dec., 1803; d. in Boston, 17 May, 1885. He was graduated at Harvard in 1824 with special distinction in Greek, studied law, and began practice in Newburyport in 1827. He was elected successively representative for Newburyport and senator from Essex county in the legislature, was an active member of the convention that nominated Gen. Zachary Taylor for the presidency, and was appointed U. S. district attorney under Taylor's administration. He eventually resumed the private practice of his profession, devoting his leisure to literary pursuits. Prior to and during the civil war he was editor of the Boston “Courier” in conjunction with George S. Hillard. Again returning to the practice of his profession, he appeared frequently in the state courts, and was counsel before congressional committees in reference to French claims, preparing a bill and efficiently pressing it for the action of congress. Mr. Lunt's later years were marked by labors in behalf of harbors of refuge, notably at Scituate, on the south shore of Boston bay. By persevering effort he succeeded in securing very considerable appropriations from congress to this end, and the harbor at Scituate will, when completed, be a fitting monument to his intelligence, energy, and zeal. In earlier life Mr. Lunt was an active member of the Whig party, and in its interests was distinguished as a public speaker. On the dissolution of that party he became a Democrat. He was a man of firm convictions in both political and religious matters, and fearless and manly in their expression. As a writer his style was marked by strength, dignity, and grace. Besides orations and addresses, he published “Poems” (New York, 1839); “The Age of Gold” (Boston, 1843); “The Dove and the Eagle” (1851); “Lyric Poems” (1854); “Julia” (1855); “Eastford, or Household Sketches” (1855); “Three Eras of New England” (1857); “Radicalism in Religion, Philosophy, and Social Life” (1858); “The Union, a Poem ” (1800); “Origin of the Late War” (New York, 1866); “Old New England Traits” (1873); and “Miscellanies, Poems, etc.” (1884).
LUNT, William Parsons, clergyman, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 21 April, 1805 ; d. in Akabah, Arabia Petra^a, 80 March, 1857. He was gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1833, taught for a year at Plymouth, and studied law for a short time at Boston. He entered Cambridge divinity-school in 1825, and
was pastor of the 2d Unitarian church of New York city in 1838-'33. On 3 June, 1835. he became associate pastor of the Unitarian church in Quincy,
Mass., in which connection he continued till his death. His writings display a singularly pure taste and classic refinement, and have been much ad-
mired. He was the author of " Discourse at the Interment of John Quincy Adams" (Boston, 1846); "Union of the Human Race" (1850); "Sermon on
Daniel Webster" (1852); and "Gleanings," edited by his daughter and published by his son (1874). He also compiled "The Christian "Psalter."
LUPTON, Nathaniel Thomas, chemist, b. in Frederick county, Va., 19 Dec, 1830; d. in Auburn, Ala., 12 June, 1893. He was graduated at Dickinson and Heidelberg, studying chemistry under Bunsen, and was professor of chemistry and geology in Randolph-Macon college in 1857-'8 and in the Southern university, Greensborough, Ala., in 1858-'71. In 1871 he was called to the presidency of the University of Alabama, with the chair of chemistry, and three years later was niade professor of chemistry in Vanderbilt university, becoming also dean of the faculty of pharmacy. For eleven years he continued in these offices, devoting considerable time to the improvement of the sanitary and other economic conditions of life in Nashville and in Tennessee. In 1885 he was appointed state chemist of Alabama, and professor of chemistry in the Agricultural college of Alabama, in Auburn. He received the honorary degree of M. D. from Vanderbilt university and that of LL. D. from the University of Alabama in 1875. Prof. Lupton was a member of scientific societies, was vice-president of the American chemical society in 1880, chairman of the section on chemistry of the American association for the advancement of science in 1877, and vice-president of that association in 1880. In 1874 he attended the congress of Orientalists in London. Besides his minor contributions to technical literature he published " The Elementary Principles of Scientific Agriculture " (New York, 1880).
