French, Daniel Chester. Sculptor. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, April 20, 1850. Educated in Exeter, New Hampshire; Massachusetts Institution of Technology, Boston, one year; A.M. Dartmouth College. Studied in Boston and in Florence Italy. Had a studio in Washington, 1876-78; in Boston and Concord, MA, 1878-87; and in New York from 1887. Among his best known works are "The Minute Man of Concord," at Concord, MA; a statue of General Cass, in the capitol at Washington; statue of Rufus Choate, Boston courthouse; John Harvard, at Cambridge, MA, and Thomas Starr King statues; "Dr. Gallaudet and His First Deaf-Mute Pupil," the Milmore Memorial; and colossal "Statue of the Republic," at World's Columbian Exposition. Received Medal of Honor, Paris Exposition, 1900.

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