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  • Johnson, Robert Underwood

    Johnson, Robert Underwood in United States Johnson, Robert Underwood JOHNSON, Robert Underwood, American editor and author: b. Washington, D. C., 12 Jan. 1853. He was educated at Earlham College, Indiana, and joined the staff of the Century Magazine in 1873, he was associate editor from […]

  • Endicott, John

    Endicott, John in United States Endicott, John ENDICOTT, John, American colonial governor: b. Dorchester, England, 1589; d. Boston, Mass., 15 March 1665. He was sent out to this country by the “Massachusetts Company” to carry on the plantation at Naumkeag, or Salem, where he arrived 6 Sept. […]

  • Dielman, Frederick

    Dielman, Frederick in United States Dielman, Frederick DIELMAN, Frederick, American painter: b. Hanover, Germany, 25 Dec. 1847. He removed to the United States in childhood, and was graduated at Calvert College. He was a topographer and draughtsman in the United States Engineer Department […]

  • Cogswell, Joseph Green

    Cogswell, Joseph Green in United States Cogswell, Joseph Green COGSWELL, Joseph Green, American librarian and bibliographer: b. Ipswich, Mass., 27 Sept. 1786; d. Cambridge, Mass., 26 Nov. 1871. He was graduated at Harvard in 1806 and practised law for a few years in Belfast, Me. He was a […]

  • Polk, James Knox

    Polk, James Knox in United States Polk, James Knox POLK, James Knox, 11th President of the United States; b. Mecklenburg County, N. C., 2 Nov. 1795; d. Nashville, Tenn., 15 June 1849. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and was reared near the North Carolina frontier amid the hard, simple […]

  • Louis Dembitz Brandeis

    Louis Dembitz Brandeis in the United States Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941), American lawyer and jurist, was born in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at the Annen Realschule, Dresden, Germany. He graduated from the Harvard Law […]

  • Blaine, James Gillespie

    Blaine, James Gillespie in United States Blaine, James Gillespie BLAINE, James Gillespie, American statesman: b. West Brownsville, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, 31 Jan. 1830; d. Washington, D. C., 27 Jan. 1893. His father was a Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish blood; his mother was a Catholic. He […]

  • Harrison, Benjamin (president)

    Harrison, Benjamin (president) in United States Harrison, Benjamin (president) HARRISON, Benjamin, 23d President of the United States: b. North Bend, Ohio, 20 Aug. 1833; d. Indianapolis, Ind., 13 March 1901. He was a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of […]

  • Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2

    Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2 in United States Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2 See: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard The Republican State Convention of Ohio named him as its choice for President in the Republican National Convention. When the latter body met, at Cincinnati, 14 June 1876, his […]

  • Hayes, Rutherford Birchard

    Hayes, Rutherford Birchard in United States Hayes, Rutherford Birchard See: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2. HAYES, Rutherford Birchard, 19th President of the United States: b. Delaware, Ohio, 4 Oct. 1822; d. Fremont, Ohio, 17 Jan. 1893. He was the third son of Rutherford and Sophia […]

  • Hadley, Arthur Twining

    Hadley, Arthur Twining in United States Hadley, Arthur Twining HADLEY, Arthur Twining, American college president: b. New Haven, Conn., 23 April 1856. A son of James Hadley (q.v.), he was graduated from Yale in 1876, and took graduate studies in political science at Yale and the University […]

  • Fuller, Richard

    Fuller, Richard in United States Fuller, Richard FULLER, Richard, American Baptist clergyman: b. Beaufort, S. C., 22 April 1804; d. Baltimore, Md., 20 Oct. 1876. In 1820 he entered Harvard University, but was obliged, on account of feeble health, to leave during his junior year. He then […]

  • Sanborn, John Benjamin

    Sanborn, John Benjamin in United States Sanborn, John Benjamin SANBORN, John Benjamin, American military officer: b. Epsom, N. H., 5 Dec. 1826; d. 1904. He was educated at Dartmouth College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and in that year removed to Saint Paul, Minn., where […]

  • Harry Augustus Garfield

    Harry Augustus Garfield in United States Harry Augustus Garfield Harry Augustus Hal Garfield (1863-1942), American educator, son of James A. Garfield, 20th president of the U.S., was born at Hiram, O., Oct. 11 1863. After graduating from Williams College in 1885, he taught for a year in St. […]

  • Astor, John Jacob (capitalist)

    Astor, John Jacob (capitalist) in United States Astor, John Jacob (capitalist) ASTOR, John Jacob, American capitalist and soldier, son of William B.: b. New York, 10 June 1822; d. 22 Feb. 1890. He was educated at Columbia University and at Göttingen; he then took the full course at the […]