GIRARD, STEPHEN

(1750-1831), American jusine man and philanthropist; 6. Bordeaux, France. He ran away to sea in early boyhood and by the time he was 19 years old was captain and part owner of a trading ve el. He settled in Phil a dei phi a, Pa., 1769, and by his trade ventures ama ed a large fortune. He made additional profits by purchasing a large part of the stock of the first Bank of the United States after its charter had expired, and during the war of 1812 took the whole of a a shrewd, harsh, parsimonious busine man, but po e ed of marked patriotism and broad vision. At his death he left ‘a fortune of $7,500,000, of which $5,- 260,000 was for the founding of an institution for the care and training of orphans, which is now Girard College. 55), Fr. poete , novelist, and dramatist of some eminence. Her novels include her plays, Cleopatre, Lady Tariufe, and Fr. journalist; wrote novel Hmile, supporting cause of illegitimate children, gyinided popular periodicals; m. Delphine say, the authore . 1715), Fr. sculptor; decorated Versailles Palace; chief work is Richelieu’s tomb in the Sorbonne, Paris. cent.), Burgundian hero of a XTI.-cent. romance; famed, like his wife, Bertha, for valor and piety.