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HALPIN, FRANCIS
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1853; attended Holbrooks Military Sch., Ossining, N. Y. Cashier Chemical Nat. Bank, N. Y. City. Charter mem. Troop
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A, N.G.N.Y .; resigned from Squadron A, with rank of 1st lieut, 1896. Clubs: Army and Navy, Squadron A. Montclair Athletic (Montclair, N. J.). Residence: 177 Union St., Montclair, N. J. Address: 270 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
HALPIN, PAUL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 13, 1869; s. Zachariah J. and Hannah M. (Power) Halpin; ed. Manhattan Coll .; grad. Columbia Coll .; Law Sch., A.M., LL.B .; m. Wyoming, N. J., Nov. 16, 1898, Charlotte Goodschild; children: Mary, b. 1903; Paul, b. 1905; Charlotte, b. 1907; John, b. 1908. Admitted to N. Y. State bar, 1895; pres. and dir. Seneca Land Co .; sec. and dir. Auto- matic Smoke Prevention Co., Automatie Vessel Dis- charging and Conveyor Co .; dir. Small Hopes Mining Co., Aztec Turquoise Co .; mem. advisory b'd Corn Ex- change Bank (Washington Heights branch); dir. White Plains Land and Improvement Co. Democrat; Catholic. Mem. Manhattan Coll. and Columbia Coil. Alumni Ass'n, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Marcy Ass'n, Knights of Columbus. Recreations: All out-
door sports. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Wyoming Field, \ HALSTED, E. BAYARD Democrat. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
HALSEY, FRANCIS WHITING
Editor, author; b. Unadilla, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1851; s. Gaius Leonard and Juliet (Carrington) Halsey; ed. Unadilla Acad. and Cornell Univ., 1873; m. Dec. 18, 1883, Virginia Isabel. Forbes (died Jan. 13, 1899). On editorial staff N. Y. Tribune, 1875-1880; N. Y. Times, 1880-1902; editor N. Y. Times Saturday Review from first number, Oct. 15, 1896, until June, 1902; literary adviser D. Appleton & Co., 1902-1905; since May, 1905, literary adviser to Funk & Wagnalls Co. Deilvered anniversary addresses: Massacre of Wyoming, July 4, 1898; Cooperstown Centennial, 1907; Sidney (N. Y.) Church Centennial, 1908; St. Matthew's Ch., Unadilla, 1909. Has lectured before N. Y. and N. J. Hist. Socs., students of Columbia and Princeton, Chautauqua AS- sembly and other bodies. Author: Two Months Abroad, 1878 (privately printed); The Old New York Frontier, 1891 (Scribner's); Virginia Isabel Forbes (memoir of his wife, privately printed, 1900); Our Literary Deluge, 1902 (Doubleday); The Pioneers of Unadilla Village, 1902. Editor: American Authors and Their Honies, 1901 (Pott): Authors of Our Day in Their Homes, 1902 (Pott); Women Authors of Our Day in Their Homes, 1902 (Pott); Of the Making of a Book, 1901 (Appleton) ; Mrs. Rowson's Chariotte Temple, new edition with extended introduction, 1905 (Funk & Wagnalls); Richard Smith's Tour of Four Great Rivers, with an extended introduction, 1906 (Scribner); Great Epochs in American History, 10 vols. (Funk & Wagnalls), 1912; (with introduction and bibliographies); Richard Pryde's What to Read and How to Read (Funk & Wagnalls). Associate editor: The World's Famous Orations, 10 vols., 1906 (Funk & Wagnalls); The Best of the World's Clas- sics, 10 vol .. 1909 (Funk & Wagnalls). Episcopalian. Trustee N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Am. Scenic and His- toric Preservation Soc. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. State Library Ass'n; Municipal Art Soc. Clubs: Century, Authors, National Arts, Cornell Univ. (pres., 1882). Residence: 146 W. 119th St. Address: 7 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
HALSEY, FRED. R.
Lawyer; b. Ithaca, N. Y., March 28, 1857; s. Robert and Sarah (Stuart) Halsey; ed. in Europe; Phillips Exeter Acad., Harvard, A.B., 1868; A.M., 1872; Co- lumbia Coll. Law Sch .; LL.B., 1870; m. N. Y., April 24, 1872, E. Gertrude Keep (died Oct. 17, 1908). En- gaged in practise of law in N. Y. City since 1870. Was paymaster-gen. State of N. Y., on staff of Gov. Ros- well P. Flower. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Union, University, Grolier, Man- hattan, N. Y. Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Automo- bile of America (N. Y. City); Royal Societies (Lon- don); Cercle de l'Isle de Puteaux, Paris; Automobile Club de France. Residence: (summer) Egeria, Tux- edo Park, N. Y .; (winter) 22 W. 53d St., N. Y. City.
HALSEY, JOHN R.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1864; s. John R. and Frances A. (Dall) Halsey; ed. Brooklyn Col- legiate and Poly. Inst .; grad. Yale Coli., B.A., 1884: attending Columbia Law Sch., 1884-1885. Engaged in gen. practise in N. Y. City since 1886; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Yale. Resi- dence: 141 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 141. Broadway, N. Y. City.
HALSEY, STEPHEN ALLING
Insurance broker; 'b. Astoria, L. I., May 3, 1868; s. John J. and Harriet E. (Bolles) Haisey; ed. Lyons Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; grad. Sch. of Collegiate Reformed Dutch Ch., the oldest sch. 'in America, founded in 1633; m. Providence, R. I., March 11, 1891,
Sarah Scott Simmons. Began business of ins. brok- erage in Sept., 1884; connected with Knickerbocker Ins. Co., 1885-1888; re-entered ins. brokerage, asso eiated with John R. Townsend, until 1891; has bees in business under his own name since 1902; pres. and dir. Park Av. Realty Co .; dir. Boston-Duenweg Mis- ing Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Recreations: AA outdoor sports. Club: Columbia Yacht. Address: P. O. Box 1677, N. Y. City.
HALSTEAD, ALBERT
Consui; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1867; s. Murat and Mary (Banks) Haistead; grad. Princeton Univ. A.B., 1889; m. Aline Wilcox; children: Albert, b. Oct. 28, 1887; Aline, b. Aug. 24, 1899; Margaret Adams, Sept. 11, 1902. Consul of U. S. to Birmingham, Eng- land. Col. and a.d.c. on staff of Gov. William Mo Kinley, 1891-1895. Recreations: Motoring, tennis Clubs: Chevy Chase ( Washington, D. C.), Union, Unt. versity Graduates (Birmingham, Eng.). Addresses: 2208 Massachusetts Av., Washington, D. C., and Am Consulate, Birmingham, Eng.
Banker; m. Ossipee, N. H., Mrs. Frances Adamı Clark. Mem. firm of Halsted & Harrison, bankers and brokers, N. Y. Stock Exchange; mem. Soc of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, Knoll- wood. Residence: 618 Fifth Av. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
HALSTED, THOMAS H.
Physician; b. Listowel, Ont., 1865; s. James A. and Jane A. (Hacking) Halsted; ed. Toronto Univ. (par- tial arts); grad. med. dep't, M.D., 1887; m. 1st, N. Y. City, 1889, Loia B. Bridgford (died 1894) ; 2d, Syra. cuse, 1896, Charlotte C. Palmer; children: Edith G., 1890; Katlıleen, 'b. 1893; Frances, b. 1899; Ruth, b." 1901; James A., b. 1904. Mem. Coil. Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, 1887; studied in Europe, 1889-1890; practised as specialist, laryngology and otology, since 1891 at Syracuse, N. Y .; prof. laryngology and otol- ogy, Syracuse Univ .; laryngologist and otologist, St Joseph's Hosp., the Women's and Children's Hosp. and Dispensary. Republican; Unitarian. Fellow of the Am. Laryngol. Ass'n, Am. Otoi. Soc., Am. Laryn. gol., Rhinol. and Otol. Soc .; mem. Am. and N. Y. State Med. Socs. and Syracuse Acad. of Medicine; mem Central City Lodge, F. and A. M. Recreations: Golf automobiling. Clubs: Citizens, Onondaga Golf and Country, Sedgwick. Residence: 157 De Witt St. Ad- dress: 831 University Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
HAM, ARTHUR HAROLD
Dir. div. of Remedial Loans, Russell Sage Founda- tion; b. Livermore Falis, Me., July 2, 1882; s. Joseph Gardiner and Mary Emma (Chandler) Ham; ed. pub- lic schs .; grad. Bowdoin Coli., A.B. (Magna cum laude), 1908; Brown Extemporancous Composition Prize, 1908; Phi Beta Kappa; fellow Bureau of So- cial Research, N. Y. Sch. of Philanthropy, Columbia Univ., 1908-1909; m. Norfolk, N. Y., May 31, 1910. Alice Gertrude Christopher; one s .: Joseph Gardiner, b. April 3, 1912. Engaged since 1909 as dep't dir. of ; the Russell Sage Foundation in promoting a nat movement for elimination of usurious money lenders by securing the cnactment and enforcement of sat- isfactory laws, and organization of competitive loan socs. of a semi-philanthropic nature. Sec. Chattel Loan Soc. of N. Y. Author: Chattel . Loan Business 1909, and imiscellaneous pamphlets and articles on remedial loan movement. Mem. Exec. Coni. Nat. Fed- eration of Remedial Loan Ass'ns, Am. Economic Ass'n Acad. Polit. Science, Columbia Univ .; pres. Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Sch. of Philanthropy, 1912; Psi Upslion fraternity. Residence: 422 Homestead Av., Mount Vernon, N. Y. Address: 128 E. 224 St., N. Y. City.
HAMERSLEY, ANDREW S.
Lawyer; grad. Columbia, 1875; m. Amelia M. Bron- son, d. Theodore B. and Maria (Trumbuil) Bronson and granddaughter of Bishop Wainwright (she died Nov. 9, 1907). Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Residence: Pine Hill, N. Y. Address: 309 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, ALLAN McLANE
Physician; b. Brooklyn, Oct. 6, 1848; s. Philip Ham ilton (youngest son of Alexander Hamilton of Revo- lutionary fame) and Rebecca (MeLane) Hamilton; grad. Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., M.D., 1870: F.R.S.E .; m. 2d, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 1902, May C. Tomlinson; one s .: I. M. Hamilton, b. 1876. Was pres. N. Y. Psy- chiatrical Soc .; prof. mental diseases, Cornell Univ. Med. Coli .; specialist in mental and nervous diseases; his opinion has been sought in the past 35 years in determining the sanity of many noted criminais, not- ably in the cases of Guiteau and Czolgosz, the as- sassins of Garfield and MeKinley; the Thaw and Eddy
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consulting neurologist to Manhattan State
Hosp. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. Psychiatrical Soc., Am. Neurological Ass'n; fellow Royal Soc. of Edinburgh, etc. Club: University. Address: 36 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, BENJAMIN
Journalist, exccutive manager; b. Greenville, O., Dec. :3, 1865; s. John A. and Amanda (Reed) Hamilton; ed. public schools; m. Indianapolis, Ind., Lola May Dick- on. Learned printing trade, and arose from subordi- tate position to editor and proprietor; newspaper work largely as biog. and hlst. writer; at 17 years travelled and lectured on psychology; studied law and nenography; was business agent for Gen. Lew Wal- Lace in circulation of his book, Ben Hur; asso. in busl- sess with J. M. Munyon; v .- p. and gen. mg'r Munyon Homeopathic Home Remedy Co .; was sec. Republican Co. Central Com. of Muncie, Ind. Pres. the Meicr Auto Addressing Machine Co .; dir. William Raden Microbe Killer Co. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Masonic
order. Recreations: Golf, yachting. Club: XIII. Ad- dress: 11 Manhattan Av., N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, BRADDIN
Lawyer; b. Stratford, Can., Nov. 20, 1863; s. James and Elizabeth (Braddin) Hamilton; grad. Trinity Univ., Toronto, Can., and Cambridge Univ., Eng., both with honors, from the latter in 1884; m. Philadelphia, 1896, Augusta R. Stevenson. While in Cambridge Unlv. was classmate of Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of King Edward VII. (then Prince of Wales). While in Eng- land became, 1884, one of the founders of Toynbee Hall university settlement in the Whitechapel dist. of London; on returning to N. Y. City became the min- later for the city gov't in the Dep't of Public Charities, serving 3 years; during cholera and typhus epidemic of 1893 lived on Blackwell's Island through heated months of July and August, administering to sick and dying; same year the city gov't sent him to London to gather information regarding the English methods of conducting inst'ns of public charity; has lectured In many of the large citics of the East on social lines, ed'n of poor children, errors of city gov'ts, etc., and has written many articles on the beautles and ad- vantages of Newport, R. 1., where he has a residence, Takes a deep interest in politics; for seven years Re- publican leader of 7th Dist. in the 29th Assembly Dist. of N. Y. City; well known as speaker in Y. M. C. A. circles. Became meni. N. Y. bar 1901. Author: The Family of Hamilton, 1898; Divorce Reforms, 1903. Recreations: Athletics, golf, riding. Club: Knicker- bocker Riding (pres. 10 years). Residence: 61 E. 55th St., N. Y. City; summer: Hawthorne Villa, Newport, R. I. Address: 61 E. 55th St., N. Y. Clty.
HAMILTON, CHARLES A.
Clergyman; b. Unionville, Conn., 1861; s. Charles Ed- ward Hamilton and, Adelia Anne Morgan; grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford, A.B., 1882 (Latin prize, 1881); Gen. Theol. Sem., 1887, S.T.B., 1889 (Greek prize, 1887; Tall- man fellow, 1887-1888); D.D., 1912; m. 1898, Elizabeth Renville Johnson; children: Emma J., George John- son, Charles Kingsbury, Frederick J. Ordered deacon, 1887, by Bishop Potter; ordained prlest, 1888, by Bishop M. A. De W. Howe, in Episcopal ministry. Rector St. Clement's. Brooklyn. N. Y., 1890-1892. Ass't at St. Agnes' Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y. City, 1892- 1899. Rector St. Margaret's Ch., N. Y., since 1900. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- iernity. Address: 251 W. 89th St., N. Y. Clty.
HAMILTON, CHARLES M.
Oll producer, mem. Congress; b. Ripley, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1874; ed. Ripley High Sch., Fredonia Normal Sch., Pa. Mil. Coll .; m. April 6, 1904, Bertha Chess Lam- berton, of Frankiin, Pa. Engaged in business as oil producer and farmer. Elected to N. Y. Assembly 1906, re-elected 1907, 1908; State Senator 1908; elected to 63rd Congress from 43rd N. Y. Dist. Republican. Ad- dress: Ripley, N. Y.
HAMILTON, CLAYTON (MEEKER)
Author, lecturer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1881; s. George Alexander and Susie Amelia (Corey) Hamilton; grad. Poly. Inst. of Brooklyn, B.A., 1900; Columbia, M.A., 1901; m. May 24, 1913, Gladys Coates. Tutor in English Columbia and Barnard Colls., 1901-1904; ex- tension lecturer, Columbia, since 1903; lecturer classi- cal Sch. for Girls since 1900, New York Dep't of Ed'n since 1903, Gardner Sch. since 1904, Finch Sch. since 1006, Miss Spence's Sch. since 1908, Chautauqua Sum- mer Assembly 1911. Dramatic critic and asso. editor The Forum 1907-1909, dramatic critic The Bookman since 1910, Everybody's Magazine since 1911, and Vogue since 1912. Contb'r to Encyclopædla Ameri- cana, also to North American Review and many other magazines. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Author (books) Materials and Methods of Fiction, 1908 (Baker
& Taylor Co); The Theory of the Theatre, 1910 (Henry Holt & Co ..; (plays) The Love That Blinds (in col- laboration with Grace Isabel Colbron), produced by Mary Shaw, 1906; also The Stranger at the Inn, The llcart of Punchinelle and other plays. Editor of Stevenson's Treasure Island in Longmans' English Classics, 1910 (Longmans, Green & Co.). Mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Clubs: Players, Authors and MacDowell. . Address: The Players, 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, EDWARD J.
Clergyman; b. Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 29, 1834; s. Rev. Dr. William H. and Anna (Patterson) Hamilton; grad. Hanover Coll., Ind., A.B., 1853; Princeton Theol. Sem., B.D., 1858; Wabash Coll., S.T.D., 1877; Monmouth Coll., D.D., 1877; m. Hudson, Wis., 1867, Eliza Hume; chil- dren: Neena, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Edward, William, Christie P. Pastor in Presby'n churches, 1858-1863; chaplain 7th N. J. Vet. Inf. in Civil War, 1863-1865. Prof. philosophy, successively in Hanover Coll., 1nd .; Princeton Unlv., N. J .; Hamilton Coll., N. Y .; and the State Univ., Washington, 1868-1900. On staff of Stand- ard Dictionary as definer and reviewer, 1891-1893. Author of system of Metaphysical philosophy, which he has named Perceptionalism. Author: A New Analy- sis In Fundamental Morals, 1870; The Human Mind, 1883; The Perceptionalist of Mental Science, 1899; The Modalist, a Logic, 1892; The Moral Law, or The The- ory and Practise of Duty, 1902. Perceptionalismus and Modelismus, eine Erkenntnistheorie, 1911; Erkennen und Schliessen, eine theonctische Logik, 1912; mem. Presbytery of N. Y. Address: Care Funk & Wagnalls Co., 354 4th Av., N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, HENRY DE WITT
Adj .- Gen. State of N. Y .; b. White Hall. I11., 1863; s. Benjamin B. and Mary A. (Chandler) Hamilton; at- tended Shurtleff Coll., Alton, Ill .; Columbia Univ., N. Y. City. Admitted to N. Y. City bar 1884, and to Su- preme Court of U. S. 1887; enlisted In 23rd Reg't, Brooklyn, 1884, later sergeant regimental adjt. and capt .; also ass't insp. small arms practice. In Span- ish-Am. War as Major 201st N. Y. Vol. 1nf. Mcm. Nat. Rifle Ass'n, U. S. Inf. Ass'n, Spanish War Veterans, MIl. Order Foreign Wars, Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Sons of Revolution, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Clubs: Manhattan, Demo- cratic, Army and Navy (N. Y.), Fort Orange ( Albany), Army and Navy (Washington). Address: 258 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
HAMILTON, R. ANDREW
Real estate; b. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1873; s. G. L. and Catherine A. (Semple) Hamilton; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1895; m. Rochester, Oct. 23, 1901, Mae Elizabeth Ward; chlidren: Ward Lindsay, b. 1904; Robert Agnew, Jr., b. 1906. Mem. Common Council, City of Rochester, 1910-1913; dir. Rochester Public Health Ass'n, Rochester Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mein. Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Masonic order, Delta Psi fraternity; trustee Central Presby'n Ch. Clubs: Rochester Automobile, Oak Hill Country, University. Address: 110 Powers Bld'g, Rochester, N. Y.
HAMLIN, ALFRED DWIGHT FOSTER
Architect, prof. architecture; b. Bebek, near Con- stantinople, Turkey, Sept., 1855; s. Cyrus (D.D., LLD.) and llarrlet Martha (Lovell) Hamlin; ed. Robert Coil., Constantinople (prep. course) ; Amherst, B.A., 1875, M.A., 1885; Mass. Inst. Technology, 1876-1877; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1878-1881; L.F.D., St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., 1912; m. Hartford, Conn., June 4, 1885, Minnie Florence Marston; children: Marston Lovell, b. 1887; Talbot Faulkner, b. 1889; Clara Louise, b. 1893; Genevieve Karr, b. 1896. Since 1883 engaged in teaching and practice of architecture, and conduct of many important competitions for public buildings; consulting expert to Brooklyn Public Library and other bodics; mnem. of Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, 1904 (Section Architecture) ; Columbia Univ. as speclal ass't, 1883; ass't, 1887-1889; ass't prof., 1889- 1891; adjunct prof., 1891-1904, and since 1904 prof. his- tory of architecture, and 1904-1912 head of Sch. of Architecture. Author: A History of Architecture, 1896; Europcan and Japanese Gardens (in collabora- tion with others), 1902; Cyrus Ilamlin, Missionary, 1903; also numerous articles in magazines and en- cyclopedias, technical and gen. Independent Repub . lican; Congregationallst. Mem. N. Y. Chapter Am. Inst. Architects, mem. Am. Inst. Architects, hon. mein. Soc. Columbia Univ. Architects, Alpha Delta Phl (Amn. herst chapter). Club: Century. Address: 105 Morn- Ingside Av .. N. Y. City.
HAMLIN, ARTHUR S.
Manufacturer, lawyer; b. Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1876; s. Frank Il. and Elizabeth (Wright) Hamlin;
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grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1899; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1901; m. Morristown, N. J., June 5, 1912, Cornelia E. Thomas; one son, David, b. May 30, 1913. Tutor in N. Y. Law Sch., 1901-1904; practised law, N. Y. City, 1901-1913; deputy att'y-gen., Albany, 1910; became associated with Seth Thomas Clock Co., April, 1913, as gen. counsel and dir. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Yale (N. Y.), Canoe Brook. Residence: 43 Franklin Pl., Summit, N. J. Address: 15 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
HAMLIN, B. NASON
Retired banker and broker, farmer; b. Shanghai. China, Sept. 25, 1870; s. Capt. Joseph and Jane (Hailet) Hamlin; ed. Waltham Sch .; m. Milton. Mass., 1907, Rosamond Peabody; one son, Francis Peabody, b. 1908. Financial writer for Boston Transcript, 1890-1897; mem. Boston Stock Exchange since 1897; head of firm Hamlin, Nickerson & Co., mems. N. Y. Stock Exchange since 1907; retired 1913. Chm'n Finance Com. Mexican Telephone & Telegraph Co. Has played polo on Ded- ham team since 1899; Saratoga Nat. championships, 1901; hunted with Norfolk hounds, Mass., since its inception, 1897; makes frequent trips for grouse shoot- ing in Scotland. Republican. Recreations: Polo, hunt- ing, shooting, golf, sailing, raising horses and farm- ing. Clubs Somerset, Dedham Country and Polo, Norfolk Hunt, Tennis and Racquet, Santee Shooting (sec. and mn'g dir.), and various minor golf clubs. Residence: "Stonebridge," Dedham, Mass. Address: 59 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
1 HAMLIN, ELBERT B.
Lawyer; b. Troy, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1874; s. Rev. Teunis S. and Frances (Bacon) Hamlin; grad. Cincinnati and Washington schs., 1891; Westminster Acad., Simsbury, Conn., 1892; Yale Univ., A.B., 1896; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1898; m. Dec., 1908 Elizabeth R. Shields. Ad- mitted to the N. Y. Bar, 1898; to bar Supreme Court of U. S., 1893; formed partnership in 1906 with Lewis R. Conklin, treas. West 66th St. Realty Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Lecturer on commercial law at the Y. M. C. A. inst'ns in N. Y. City. Recreations: Automobiling, golf. Clubs: Quill, Yale, City Repub- lican, Automobile. Residences: Litchfield, Conn., and 320 Central Park West. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HAMLIN, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Physician; b. Dover, N. H., Sept. 21, 1862; s. Wol- cott and Susan (Westman) Hamlin; grad. Natchaug High Sch., Willimantic, Conn., 1878; Amherst (Mass.) High Sch., 1879; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1883 (Phi Beta Kappa, first drawing); N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1888; m. Nov. 9. 1893, Gertrude Sherman, youngest d. late Elijah T. Sherman. Practising phy- sician in N. Y. City since 1888. Mem. N. Y. State Homo. Medical Soc., N. Y. County Home. Soc., Am. Inst. Homeopathy. Obstetrician to Hahnemann Hosp. Republican; Presby'n. Recreations: Golf, billiards. Mem. Amherst Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Club: West Side Republican. Address: 129 W. 73d St., N. Y. City.
HAMLIN, JOHN SEARS
Banker; b. E. Bloomfield, N. Y., 1842; s. Henry W. and Sibyll (Sears) Hamlin; ed. acad. at E. Bloomfield; m. 1st, E. Bloomfield, N. Y., Sept. 13. 1865, Elizabeth Holcomb; 2d, Hammondsport, Oct. 5, 1881, Minnie Howell; children: William H., Fred H., Marion H., Sarah H. Pres. and supt. E. Bloomfield Cemetery Ass'n; pres. Paper Machine Co .; v .- p. Hamlin Nat. Bank. Republican. Address: E. Bloomfield, and Hol- comb, N. Y.
HAMMER, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Consulting elec. eng'r; b. Cressona, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Feb. 26, 1858; s. William Alexander and Martha A. (Beck) Hammer; ed. public and high schs., Newark, N. J .; attended lectures in foreign univs .; m. Cleve- land, O., Jan. 3, 1894, Alice Maude White; one child. Ass't to Edward Weston in Weston Malleable Nickel Co., Newark, N. J., 1878; ass't in laboratory, Thomas A. Edison, 1879-1881; chief eng'r of English and Ger- man Edison Cos., 1881-1884; established in London, Feb. 12, 1882, 1st Central Station in the World for Incandescent Electric Lighting; had charge of Mr. Edison's and other Edison interests at Franklin Inst. Elec. Exp'n, 1884, and the Int. Elec. Exp'n at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, near London, 1882; personal repre- sentative of Thomas A. Edison at Paris Exp'n, 1889; ass't to pres. of the parent Edison Co., 1884; incor- porator, sec. and trustee Sprague Elec. R. R. & Motor Co., 1884-1885; chief insp. central stations for the Edison Elec. Light Co. 1885-1886; mg'r and chief eng'r Boston Edison Elec. Illuminating Co., 1886-1887, and Installed many important plants; consulting eng'r to Cincinnati Centennial Exp'n, 1888; since 1890, in prac-
lise as consulting elec. eng'r. Received Elliott Cresson medal for hist. collection of incandescent lamps; Jobs Scott legacy medal and premium from Franklin Inst for original experiments in telephone relaying and duplexing; grand prize La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904, for hist. collection of incandescent electric lamps; chm'a Jury on Telephony, Telegraphy and Wireless, and mem, Departmental Jury at the exp'n. Deicgate Inter. nat. Elec. Congress, Paris, 1900; one of organizers Internat. Elec. Congress, St. Louis, 1901; fellow. life mem. and past v .- p. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, past v .- p. N. Y. Elec. Soc., mem. Illuminating Eng'ring Soc., Am Electrochem Soc .; pres. Nat. Conf. on Standard Elec Rules, 1896-1906; pres. Franklin Experimental Ciub, 1885-1886; v .- p. Aeronautical Soc .; sec, and expert aeronautics com., the Hudson-Fulton comm'n. Chm'a Jamestown Exp'n Aeronautical Congress; mem. Phys. ical Soc., Franklin Inst .; fellow A.A.A.S .; Am. Inst Elec. Eng'rs. Republican; Episcopalian. Author: Radium and Other Radioactive Substances, 1904; aiso many papers on scientific and eng'ring subjects. Ad- dress: 153 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR
Theatrical mg'r and operatic impresario; b. Berlin, Germany, 1847; came to U. S., 1863, and worked as cigarmaker, inventing and patenting many labor- saving devices in that industry. In 1868 wrote three 1-act comedies, which were successfully produced at one of the German theatres in N. Y. City; in 1870 began as a theatrical manager; in 1880 built the Harlem Opera House, one of the most beautiful theatres in the world; later built the Columbus Theatre in Harlem, the Manhattan Opera House, which afterward became Koster & Bial's Music Hall, and the Olympic, now the New York Music Hall, which was taken from him by the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. on a mortgage for $900,000; since then he built the Victoria, which he now man- ages; the Belasco Theatre, and the new opera house, the Manhattan Opera House, which in the seasons of 1906-1907, 1907-1908 and 1909-1910 gave grand opera of the highest quality. Address: 571 Lexington Av. N. Y. City.
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