History of Montrose, (Summit County) Ohio United States of America

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Thomas Embley ("Alfred Ayres") Osmun Biography

Thomas Embley ("Alfred Ayres") Osmun, ortho?pist, was born at Montrose, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1834; son of George and Mildred Washington (Ayres) Osmun, and a descendant of Benjah Osmun, a colonel in the Revolution. His maternal grandfather, a justice of the peace of Akron, Ohio, removed from Vermont in 1813 and founded the Ayres settlement. Thomas Osmun attended an academy in Cleveland and Oberlin college; studied in Paris and Berlin, 1853-59, and after his return to the United States became a prominent contributor to periodicals, teacher of elocution and dramatic critic. He was an editor of the Standard Dictionary, and under the pen name "Alfred Ayres" is the author of: The Ortho?pist (1880); The Verbalist (1881); The Mentor (1884); Essentials of Elocution (1886); Acting and Actors; Elocution and Elocutionists (1894); The Essentials of Elocution (1897); Some Ill-Used Words (1901). He died in New York city, Oct. 26, 1902.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor