American musical critic and writer, born at South Natick, MA, on the 22nd of October 1817. He is a graduate of Harvard, Harvard Law School, and traveled in Europe after leaving school, frequently returning there in search of material for his Life of Beethoven, of which he published three volumes. He was United States counsul at Trieste from 1859 to 1882, and resided in Europe since 1862. Many of his historical and critical articles have appeared in both American and foreign magazines.
