Ingersoll (Robert Green), American orator, b. Dresden, New York, 11 Aug. 1833. His father was a Congregationalist clergyman. He studied law, and opened an office in Shawneetown, Illinois. In '62 he became colonel of the 11th Illinois Cavalry, and served in the war, being taken prisoner. In '66 he was appointed attorney-general for Illinois. At the National Republican Convention, '76, he proposed Blaine for President in a speech that attracted much attention. In '77 he refused the post of Minister to Germany. He has conducted many important cases, and defended C. B. Reynolds when tried for blasphemy in '86. Col. Ingersoll is the most popular speaker in America. Eloquence, humor, and pathos are alike at his command. He is well known by his books, pamphlets, and speeches directed against Christianity. He had published the Gods, Ghosts, Some Mistakes of Moses, and a collection of his Lectures, '83, and Prose Poems and Extracts, '84. Most of his lectures have been republished in England. We mention What must I do to be Saved? Hell, The Dying Creed, Myth and Miracle, Do I Blaspheme? Real Blasphemy. In the pages of the North American Review Col. Ingersoll has defended Freethought against Judge Black, the Rev. H. Field, Mr. Gladstone, and Cardinal Manning. Inman (Thomas), B.A., physician and archæologist, b. 1820. Educated at London University, he settled at Liverpool, being connected with the well-known shipping family of that port. He is chiefly known by his work on Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names, in which he deals with the evidences of phallic worship amongst Jews and other nations. It was first published in '69. A second edition appeared in '73. He also wrote Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism Exposed and Explained, '69, and a controversial Freethought work, entitled Ancient Faiths and Modern, published at New York '76. Dr. Inman was for some time President of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, and was physician to the Royal Infirmary of that city. His professional life was one of untiring industry. He wrote several medical works, including two volumes on the Preservation and Restoration of Health. Died at Clifton, 3 May. 1876. Iron (Ralph), pseudonym of Olive Schreiner, q.v. Isnard (Felix), French physician, b. Grasse 1829. Author of a work on Spiritualism and Materialism, 1879. Isnard (Maximin), Girondin revolutionist, b. Grasse 16 Feb. 1751. He was made a member of the Assembly, in which he declared, "The Law, behold my God. I know no other." He voted for the death of the King, and was nominated president of the Convention. On the fall of the Girondins he made his escape, and reappeared after the fall of Robespierre. In 1796 he was one of the Council of Five Hundred. Died 1830. Isoard (Eric Michel Antoine), French writer, b. Paris, 1826. Was naval officer in '48 but arrested as socialist in '49. In '70 he was made sous-prefet of Cambrai and wrote Guerre aux Jésuites.