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THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 870 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894) , See also:

AMERICAN

American sculptor, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Abbeyleix, See also:

Ireland, on the 8th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1833. In 1847 he emigrated to the See also:

UNITED

United States, and settled with his See also:

MOTHER

mother at See also:

Albany, New See also:

York. After studying See also:

anatomy in the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a physician, Dr Armsby, he spent nine years in' the studio of the sculptor, E. D. See also:

Palmer. In 1857 he opened a studio in New York, and in 1862 became a See also:

NATIONAL

National Academician. He visited See also:

Rome in 1868-1869, and from 1875 to 1887 was again in See also:

Italy, living for most of the See also:

time at See also:

Florence. He died at See also:

MIDDLETOWN

Middletown, New York, on the 26th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1894. Among his important See also:

WORKS

works are : " See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon the First," at the See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Museum, New York; " See also:

ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

PIERSON, HENRY HUGO [properly HENRY HUGH PEARSON], (181 1873)

Pierson," first See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Yale University, New Haven, See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut; an equestrian statue of See also:

General A. E. See also:

BURNSIDE, AMBROSE EVERETT (1824-1881)

Burnside, See also:

PROVIDENCE

Providence, Rhode See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island; " General See also:

WINFIELD

Winfield See also:

Scott," Soldiers' See also:

Home, See also:

Washington, D.C.; "See also:

ADMIRAL

Admiral S. F.

Du See also:

PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont " (Washington, D.C.) ; " General See also:

John See also:

Sedgwick (See also:

West Point, N.Y.); a medallion portrait of General John A. See also:

Dix; and portrait busts of See also:

James See also:

Gordon See also:

Bennett, See also:

William See also:

Cullen See also:

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794-1878)

Bryant, S. F. B. See also:

MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE (1791—1872)

Morse, See also:

Edwin See also:

Booth as See also:

HAMLET

Hamlet, See also:

Stephen H. Tyng and See also:

Robert B. Minturn.

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