From the book entitled: Americanized Encyclopaedia britannica: rev. and amended A dictionary of arts, sciences and literature, to which is added biographies of living subjects. 96 colored maps and numerous illustrations, Volume 10
Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Rev. and Amended A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects. 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations
Publisher: Belford-Clarke co., 1890

Robert E. Rhodes, born February 1, 1840, at Pittsburgh, and educated at an academy in Indiana county, Penn. He has served as American consul at Jerusalem, also in Germany and France, and at present resides at Paris. He is the author of books descriptive of life abroad, and a writer for American and foreign publications.