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BEARD, ITHAMAR MANSUR
Teacher; b. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 28, 1872; s. Ithamar Warren and Marcy (Foster) Beard; attended Phillps Acad., Andover, Mass., Harvard Coll., A.B., 1895. Instr. St. Paul's Sch .. Concord, N. H. Head ChorIsters' Sch., Grace Ch., N. Y. City; head Cathedral Choir Sch., N. Y. City. Episcopalian. Address: Cathedral Choir Sch., Amsterdam Av. and 111th St., N. Y. City.
BEARD, LINA
Author, illustrator; b. Cincinnati, O .; d. James H. (N. A., distinguished artist), and Mary Caroline (Carter) Beard; ed. Mrs. Collins' private sch., Coving- ton, Ky., Wesleyan Coll .. Cincinnati, O., Dr. Charles West, Brooklyn Heights Sem., Brooklyn, N. Y .; studied drawing at Cooper Unlon, and Art Students' League, N. Y. City. With sister Adella Belle, has written and illustrated 6 books; The American Girls' Handy Book,
What a Girl Can Make and Do, Recreation for Girls, Things Worth Doing, Home Mission Handy Craft, Little Folks Handy Book (all Charles Scribner's Sons); contb'r to magazines and newspapers. Single- taxer; Swedenborgian. Woman Suffragist. Founder and originator of Good Citizenship League (first woman's club, organized in Flushing, L. I.), and was chm'n B'd of Dirs., chm'n Arts Com. several years, and chm'n Political Economy Com .; delegate to Nat. Arbitration and Peace Congress, N. Y. Clty, 1907, from Good Citizenship League of Flushing. Founder and Chief Pioneer of Incorporated Natural Org'n of Girls Pioneers of America (the real sister org'n to the Boy Scouts of America). Address: Flushing, L. I., N. Y.
BEARDSLEY, CHARLES SHEPARD
Lawyer; b. in Cayuga County, N. Y., March 7, 1845; s. Charles S. and Alida Russel (Ten Eyck) Beardsley; ed. by private tutors, Auburn Acad., and at Albany Law Sch., 1866; m. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16, 1870, Ellen Garner Hulbert; children: Ada Hulbert, Hulbert Ten Eyck, Ten Eyck Remsen, and Marian Semple (Mrs. Dr. Aspinwall Judd). Admitted to bar, liochester, June, 1866. Mem. N. Y. State Assembly, 1875; deputy county clerk, County of N. Y., 1881-1882; ass't cor- poration counsel, 1882-1889; retired from active prac- tise of law and engaged In literary work. Address: 31 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y., Dee. 4, 1873; s. Charles S. and Ellen G. (Hulbert) Beardsley; ed. Yonkers Mil. Sch. and Hamilton Coll., class of 1897; m. Jersey City, N. J., April 15, 1903, Elizabeth McAneny; children: Katherine Ten Eyck, b. Dec. 22, 1903; Hulbert Tell Eyck, Jr., b. Feb. 24, 1905. Admitted to bar, June, 1900. Mg'r Southern Surcty Co .: dir. H. T. E. Beards- ley, Inc., Wasson Piston Ring Co. Democrat. Episco- palian. Club: Alpha Delta Phi. Residence: 136 W. 44th St. Address: 31 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BEARDSLEY, SAMUEL A.
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1856: s. Arthur M. and Louise flowland (Adams) Beardsley; ed. . Utlca public schools, Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass., Hamilton Coll. Law 3ch .; m. Sept. 14, 1881, Elizabeth Ann Hopper; children: Thomas Hopper, Louise Adams, Samuel A., Jr. Admitted to bar, 1879, and engaged in practise; special city judge of Utica, 1886-1838: city judge of Utica, 1888-1892; practised law in Utica, 1879-1897; mem. firm Beardsley, Burdick & Beardsley, and later Beardsley & Beardsley; in 1898 opened office N. Y. City, firm Beardsley & Hemmens, now Beardsley, Hemmens & Taylor, counsel for N. Y. Edison Co., and constituent companies. Dir. Utica Gas and Electric Co., Central N. Y. Power Co .. Glens Falls Gas & Elec- tric Light Co., United Gen. Electric Light & Fuel Co. of Sandy Hill & Ft. Edward, N. Y., and Consolidated Light & Power Co. of Whitehall. Democrat. Chm'n State B'd of R. R. Comm'rs, 1892-1896; mem. and sec. Dem. State Com., 1889-1892 from 25th Congressional Dist. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'u, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Oneida Co. Bar Ass'n, Utica Chamber of Commerce, Utica Lodge, F. and A. M. Clubs: Manhat- tan, National, Democratle (N. Y. City), Fort Schuyler, Utica, Maidstone (Easthampton, L. I.). Address: 50 Wall St., N. Y. City.
¿ BEARDSLEY, TEN EYCK REMSEN
Lawyer; b. In Auburn, Cayuga County, N. Y., May 2, 1876; s. Charles S. and Ellen Garner (Hulbert) Beardsley; ed. Yonkers public schs., Yonkers Mil. Sch., N. Y. Prep. Sch., and by private tutors. Admitted to bar, N. Y., 1904. Trust officer and att'y of Windsor Trust Co., N. Y. City, 1909-1912; practising law ex- clusivelv since Sept., 1912. Asso. editor Constitutional- ist, 1912. Democrat; Episcopalian. Clubs: Lawyers. Plainfield Democratic, Bernard. Address: 31 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BEATTY, A. CHESTER
Consulting eng'r; b. N. Y. City, 1876; s. John Cum- ing and Hetty (Bull) Beatty; grad. Columbia Sch. of Mincs, E. M., 1898; m. 1st, Denver, 1900, Grace Madelin Rickard; children: Ninette, b. 1902; Alfred Chester. Jr., b. 1907; m. 2d, London, 1913, Edith Dunn Stone. Engaged in general eng'ring work since graduation throughout western part of U. S., Mexico, Alaska and Siberia; now consulting eng'r Utah Copper Co., dir. and mem. Exec. Com. Ray Consolidated Copper Co., Chino Copper Co., mom. Ami. Inst. Mining Eng'rs. Soc. Colonial Wars, S. A. R. Clubs: Metropolitan, Univer- sity. Engineers, City Midday (N. Y. City), Denver ((Denver), Alta (Salt Lake City), Devonshire, Royal Automohile. Stoke Poges Country (London). Resl- dence: 16 E. 73d St., N. Y. City: Baroda House, 24, Kensington Palace Gardens. London, W., England. Address: 71 Broadway. V. V. City and 1, London Wall Buildings, London, I. C., England.
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BEATTY, ROBERT CHETWOOD
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 18, 1872; s. John Cuming and Hetty (Bull) Beatty; grad. Columbla Univ. Schs. of Law and Polit. Science, LL.B., 1894, LL.M., 1895. Junior ass't to corp'n counsel, 1897; sp'l counsel to city in charge grade damage claims, 1898-1903; inem. bar courts of N. Y. State, U. S. Supreme Court, Federal Courts; Master in Chancery, U. S. Dist. Court for Southern Dist, of N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Zeta Psi, Phi Delta Phl fraternities, Columbia Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Lawyers. Address: 68 William St., N. Y. City.
BEAUCHAMP, WILLIAM MARTIN
Clergyman; b. Coldenham, N. Y., March 25, 1830; s. William M. and Mary (Jay) Beauchamp; ed. Skaneate- les Aead. and DeLancey Divinity Sch .; S.T.D., Ho- bart Coll., 1886; m. Ravenna, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1857, Sarah Carter; children: Virginia, Ellen, Howard, Grace. Or- dained by Bishop DeLancey Sept. 21, 1862; rector Grace Ch., Baldwinsville, N. Y., 1865-1900; examining chap- lain, diocese of Central N. Y., since 1884. Still active as a preacher. Archæologist N. Y. State Museum, 1896-1906; author of series of museum ibulletins, in- cluding a history of the Six Nations. Author: Iroquois Trail; Indian Names in New York; Land and Fresh- Water Shells of Onondaga County, and many magazine articles; also author of 16 chapters in Onondaga's Centennial, 1896, and various addresses on hist. socs .; editor of new history of Onondaga County, 1908. De- votes spare time to natural science, archæology and art. In archæol, research about 14,000 original draw- ings of New York Indian articles have been made, besides notes on folk lore obtained from Onondagas during 30 years' work. Many papers and addresses were on N. Y. colonial life. Address at Gettysburg, July 3, 1888, at dedication of monument of Pettit's Battery. Resident in Onondaga Co. since April, 1831. Republican; Episcopalian. Dir. Onondaga Hist. Ass'n, 1889-1910, and v .- D. 1909-1910; pres. Onondaga Acad. of Science, 1901-1902, v .- p. 1910; 2d recipient of Corn- planter medal for Iroquois research, 1906. Adopted by Onondaga Indians, 1904. Club: Syracuse Clerical (pres. since 1905). Address: 121 Mark Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
V BECK, JAMES M.
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, July 9, 1861; ed. in Phila- delphia schs., Moravian Coll., Bethlehem, Pa., A.B., 1880; LL.D., 1894 (LL.D., Muhlenberg Co., 1892, Univ. of Pa., 1910); m. 1890, Lilla, d. James Mitchell, of Philadelphia. Admitted to bar at Philadelphia, 1884; partner William F. Harrity, 1885-1898; ass't U. S. att'y, Eastern Dist. of Pa., 1888-1892 and 1896-1900; ass't att'y-gen., U. S., 1900-1903. Prosecutor many important criminal cases, convicting Cuban filibusters, the Lan- caster counterfeiters, and derelict officials of Chestnut St. Bank; argued before U. S. Supreme Court, Necly case, Lottery cases, Paper Trust, Federal press censor- ship, Consolidated Gas, Danbury Hatters and many other important cases, and argued the Northern Securi- ties case Circuit judges; as master, appt'd by U. S. Court, sold, in April, 1902, Philadelphia Record for $3,- 000,000, highest price ever obtained for an Am. news- paper at publie sale; in 1903 entered law firm of Sher- man & Stirling of N. Y. City, removing there. Delivered Fourth of July oration in Independence Sq., 1892; oration on Pennsylvania Day at World's Columbian Exp'n, orations at unveiling of statues of Stephen Girard and Benjamin Franklin In Philadelphia, and spoke in response to toast; The American Bar, at din- ner given in London by Bench and Bar of England to Am. Bar. Ex-pres. N. E. Soc. of Pa., and Pa. Soc. of N. Y .; gen. counsel Am. Sugar Refining Co., trustee Moravian Coll., Bethlehem, and of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Clubs: Art, Franklin Inn (Philadelphia), Metropolitan, Lotos (N. Y. City). Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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V BECK, OTTO WALTER
Artist; b. Dayton, Ohio, March 11, 1864; s. Charles and Louise (Schnicke) Beck; ed. in Ohio schs. and pursued art studies at Royal Acad. of Fine Arts, Munich; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 3, 1895, Caroline Peabody Perkins. Professionally engaged as artist with studio at Cincinnati for several years, and at same time was Instructor at the Cincinnati Acad. of Fine Arts, and at the Rockwood Pottery, Cincinnati; won In a na- tlonal competition for the designs for mural decoration of the vestlbules of the City Hall of Cincinnati in 1897; iemoved to N. Y. City, 1900. Painter of religious pictures and portraits. Has 20 pictures representing life of Christ, at Museum of Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, 2 at Nat. Gallery, Wash., D. C., 1 at Newark (N. J.), Museum, and 1 at Montclair Museum; 20 portraits (groups) of 5th N. Y. Vol. Inf. Duryee
Zouaves, at 69th Armory, N. Y. City. Instr. in art at Pratt Inst., Brooklyn. Mein. Architectural League of N. Y. Author: Art Principles in Photographie Por- tralture (Baker & Taylor Co.). Club: Nat. Arts (N. Y. City). Address: 109 Washington Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BECKER, ALFRED LE ROY
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., March 22, 1878; s. Tracy Chatfield and Minnie A. (Le Roy) Becker; grad. Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1900; Univ. of Buffalo, LL.B., 1902; n. N. Y. City, Dec. 22, 1910, Eulabee Dix; one son, Philip Dix, b. June 4, 1912. Engaged in practise of law since 1902 at Buffalo, N. Y. Lecturer at Univ. of Buffalo Law Sch., since 1903; author of numerous ar- ticles on medico-legal and historical topics. Sp'l ass't to att'y-gen. N. Y., 1905-1906. Republican. Mem. Erie County, and N. Y. State Bar Ass'ns, Phi Delta Phl legal fraternity. Mason. Mem. Buffalo list. Soc. Clubs: University (Buffalo), Harvard (N. Y.). Ad- dress: 77 W. Eagle St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BECKER, EDWARD WATERBURY
Physician; b. Nassau, N. Y., April 20, 1876; s. Henry C. and Emeline (Waterbury) Becker; ed. public schs. of Watervliet, N. Y .; Troy Acad., Troy, grad. 1892; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., and Albany Med. Coll., 1897; m. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1907, Ethel C. Stone. Visiting physician to Samaritan Hosp., Maternity Hosp., and Troy Orphan Asylum. Major Med. Corps, 2d Inf., N.G.N.Y. Mem. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, Med. Ass'n of Rensselaer County, Med. Ass'n State of N. Y., Anı. Med. Ass'n. Club: Troy. Address: 6 St. Paul's Pl., Troy, N. Y.
BECKER, EMIL ARTHUR
Auditor; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1878; s. Emil A. (deceased), formerly pres. Crocker Fertilizer & Chem. Co., and Sarah A. (Burr) Becker; attended Cornell Univ .; m. Oct., 1903, Elizabeth T. Coalley; one d., Elizabeth T., b. 1904. Gen. Auditor of Larkin Co. Served in Cuba with 202d N. Y. Vol. Reg't during war with Spain. Clubs: Saturn (Buffalo), Wanakah Coun- try (dir.). Residence (summer): Lake View, N. Y .; (winter), 55 Saybrook Pl. Address: Care Larkin Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
V BECKER, NEAL DOW
Lawyer, mfr; b. Cherry Creek, N. Y., Feb. 13, 18S3; s. William E. and Eva (Kenyon) Becker; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., LL.B .; m. Olean, N. Y., June 14, 1909, Ivah E. Smith; one d., Jane, b. 1910. In practice of law, N. Y. City, since 1907; men. firm Kelley & Becker. Pres. and dir. Hammond Typewriter Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Chi fraternity, Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Golf, foreign travel. Clubs: Cornell Univ., Dunwoodie Country. Residence: S38 West End Av. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BECKINGTON, ALICE
Artist; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 30, 1S68; d. Charles and Adeline (Cheney) Beckington; ed. Art Students' League, N. Y. City; Académie Julien and Charles Lazar, Paris. Specialty is miniature painting, for which work received bronze medal from World's Fair at St. Louis. 1904, and honorable mention from Pan-Am. Exp'n at Buffalo; exhibited at Paris Exp'n, 1900, at Paris Salons, and at exbn's of Nat. Acad. Design and Soc. Am. Ar- tists. Mem. and founder Am. Soc. Minlature Painters (v .- p.); mem. Pa. Soc. Minlature' Painters; instr. in miniature painting, Ait Students' League, N. Y. City. Residence (summer) : Scituate, Mass. Address: 157 Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.
BECKLEY, JOHN N.
Capitalist; b. Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y., Dee. 30, 1848; ed. Genesee Coll .; m. June 23, 1875, Belle G. Corwin, of Brighton, N. Y. Teacher; admitted to Bar 1875; praetised law at Batavia, N. Y., 1875-1877. Removed to Rochester, N. Y., 1877; City Att'y of Rochester, 1883-1887; in practice of law, Rochester, since 1878. Pres. Rochester R'y Co., 1893-1901; pres. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo R'y Co., 1893-1901; chm'n B'd Gen. R'y Signal ' Co. since 1904: see'y Rochester Hotel Corp'n; Pres. Ohio Petroleum Corp'n. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., Syraeuse Univ. Alumni Ass'n. v .- p. Rochester Orphan Asylum. Clubs: Genesee Valley ( Rochester), City Transporta- tion, Engineers (N. Y.). Residence: Rochester, .N. Y. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
BECKWITH, ISBON THADDEUS
Clergyman, theologian; b. Old Lyme, Conn., 1843; S. William and Caroline (Champion) Beckwith: grad. Yale, A.B., 1868, Ph.D., 1872; grad. work at Leipzig and Gottingen, 1872-1874; D.D., Trinity Coll. (Hart- ford), 1898. Instr. Greek, Univ. of Tenn., 1868-1870: Yale, 1870-1872 and 1874-1879; prof. Greek Trinity Coll., (Hartford), 1879-189S; prof. New Testament in-
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terpretation, Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1898-1906. Ordered deacon, 1875, ordained priest, 1876, in Epis- copal Ch .; since 1907 leeturer in Biblical studies, Trin- ity Coll., Hartford. Mem. Biblieal and Exegetical Soe., Am. Philol. Soc., Am. Arch. Soe. Address: Hart- ford, Conn,
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BEDDALL, EDWARD F.
Insurance pres .; b. in County of Essex, England, May 1, 1839. Insp. ageneies for London braneh, Royal Ins. Co., 1863, becoming mg'r Canadian branch, July, 1871, and of N. Y. branel 1873-1893; since 1893 U. S. att'y for same company. Pres. Queen Ins. Co. of Amer- ica since 1893. Pres. Tariff Ass'n of N. Y., 1895; pres. N. Y. B'd Fire Underwriters, 1896. Episcopalian; warden Ch. of the Epiphany; mem. B'd Management, St. Luke's Hosp .; ex-pres. St. George's Soc. Residence: Larchmont Manor, N. Y. Address: 84 William St., N. Y. City.
BEDELL, FREDERICK
Physicist, electrician; b. Brooklyn, April 12, 1868; s. Edwin F. and Caroline (Cunningham) Bedell; ed. Montclair (N. J.) High Seh., Yale Univ., A.B., 1890; Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1892; m. July 1, 1896, Mary L. Crehore, of Cleveland, O .; children: Eleanor Crehore, Caroline Cunningham. Ass't prof. physics, 1893; prof. applied electricity since 1904, Cornell Univ .; asso. editor Physical Review, 1894, mn'g editor, 1913; past gen. sec. A.A.A.S .; mem. various socs. and contb'r to their proceedings and to' scientific journals. Mem. Jury of Awards, Dept. of Electricity, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; mem. Internat. Electrotechnical Comm'n, 1913. Author: Principles of the Transformer; Direet and Alternating Current Manual. Joint author: Al- ternating Currents; Laboratory Manual of Physics. Best known for his investigations into alternating electrie currents. Address: Ithaea, N. Y.
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BEDFORD, EDWARD THOMAS
Captitalist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1849; s. Fred- erick T. and Mary Ann Elizabeth ( Paee) Bedford; ed. public schs., Maplegrove Aead., Westport, Conn .; m. N. Y., Dec. 1871, Mary A. Dingee; children: Charles E., Frederick R., Mary E., Emily H., Gracia M. Pres. and dir. Corn Products Refining Co., Bedford Petroleum Co., of Paris, France; Colonial Oil Co., N. J .; Self- Winding Clock Co .; trustee Title Guarantec & Trust Co .; dir. Thompson-Starrett Co. Clubs: Riding and Driving, Parkway Driving, Bridgeport Yacht, Blaek Rock Harbor, Hokanum Golf. Address: 17 Battery PI., N. Y. City.
BEEBE, CHARLES WILLIAM
Ornithologist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 29, 1877; s. Charles and Henrietta Marle (Younglove) Bcebe; ed. High Sch., E. Orange, N. J., and Columbia Univ., 1896- 1899; m. "The Oaks," Clarkton, Va., Aug 6, 1902, Mary Blair Rice. Curator of ornithology, N. Y. Zool. Park since 1899. Made seientific expd'ns to Nova Scotia, Va., Fla., Mexico and Venezuela, British Guiana, Indla, Borneo, China and Japan. Fellow Am. Ornithologists' Union, N. Y. Linnæan Soe .; fellow N. Y. Zool. Soc .; fellow N. Y. Acad. Science, A.A.A.S .; corr. mem. Lon- don Zool Soc. Author: Two Bird-Lovers in Mexico (Houghton, Mifflin); The Bird (Henry Holt); The Log of the Sun (Henry Holt); Our Search for a Wilder- ness (Henry Holt). Contb'r to various magazines and scientific publications. Address: N. Y. Zool. Park, N. Y. Clty.
BEEBE, FRANK
Physician; b. Fonda, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Aug. 4, 1854; s. Thomas N. and Elizabeth (Jones) Beebe; grad. Albany Med. Coll., M.D., 1881; m. Ephratah, Fulton Co., N. Y., 1878, Laura M. Smith; children: Jennie E. (now Mrs. Cady), b. 1879; George Warren Beebe, M.D., b. 1882. Sinee 1881 engaged in gen. practice as physician and surgeon at Johnstown, N. Y. Mayor City of Johns- town, 1908-1909. Democrat. Mem. Med. Soe. State of N. Y., Fulton Co. Med. Soc. Club: Lotos (Johnstown, N. Y.). Address: Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y.
N BEEKMAN, CHARLES K.
Lawyer; b. Milburn, N. J., 1868; s. William B. and Alice Beekman; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1889, LL.B., 1892; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1891; mem. firm Beekman, Menken & Griscom. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Manhattan, Union, University, Racquet and Tennis, St. Anthony, Knickerbocker. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
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Pres. Chestnut Ridge White Brick Co .: b. Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 16, 1849; s. Levi and Eliza (Gage) Beemer; ed. Hamilton Grammar and High Sch .; m. Detroit, Mich., Margaret L. Barelay. Former pres, Chestnut Ridge R'y Co .; pres. Hand-in-HJand Supply Co .; for 15 years pres. Industrial Christian Alliance (N. Y.
City); stoekholder in various corp'ns. Independent in politics. Presby'n. Mem. Sons of Revolution; pres. B'd of Trustees Y. W. C. A., Yonkers; life incm. Am. Bible Soc., N. Y. State Hist. Soc .; trustee Y. M. C. A., Yonkers; former mem. Yonkers B'd of Ed'n and St. John's Riverside Hosp .; Internat, Peace Forum. Club: Economie. Residenec: Ridgemont, Yonkers, N. Y. .Address: 121 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
BEER, GEORGE LOUIS
Historical writer; b. S. I., N. Y., July 26, 1872; s. Julius and Sophia Beer; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1893; lecturer in history, Columbia Univ., 1894-1897; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 11, 1896, Edith Ceeella Hellman; one d., Eleanor Franees, b. Oct. 4, 1902. In wholesale business, importing tobaceo from Cuba. 1893-1903; engaged in research work in London on English colonial policy, 1903-1905 and 1909. Occa- sional contributor to Polit. Science Quarterly, The Critic, Putnam's, ete. Author: Commercial Policy of England Toward the American Colonies, 1893 (Colum- bia Univ.); Cromwell's Policy in its Economie Aspects, 1902; British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765, 1907 (Mae- millan); Origins of British Colonial System, 1578- 1660, 1908 (Maemillan) ; The Old Colonial System, 1660- 1754 (Part 1 in 2 vols.), 1912 (Macmillan). The last four volumes were awarded in 1913 first Loubat Prize of $1,000 as the best work written in the English language during the preceding five years on the his- tory, geography, arehæology and ethnology of North America. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Econ. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science, Acad. Polit. Seience, Virginia Hist. Soe., Polit. Science Ass'n. Trustee
Jewish Protectory and Aid Soe. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Faculty (Columbia Univ.), Century Country, American Universities (London, England), Royal So- cietles (London, England). Address: 329 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
BEERS, CLIFFORD WHITTINGHAM
Social worker; b. New Haven, Conn., March 30, 1876; s. Robert Anthony and Ida (Cooke) Beers; grad. Sheffield Scientifie Sch., Yale Univ., Ph. B., 1897; m. Clara Louise Jepson of New Haven. In commercial business in N. Y. 1898-1900, 1904-1905. Organizer and sec. Nat. Com. for Mental Hygiene (founded 1909); organizer and excc. sec. Conn. Soc. for Mental Hy- gicne, the first agency of its kind established. Au- thor: A Mind That Found Itself (autobiography), the publication which led to founding the above men-
tioned socs. Writer on topies relating to mental hy- glene and eare and treatment of insane, including The Value of Social Service as an Agency in the Preven- tion of Nervous and Mental Disorders; A Society for Mental Hygiene as an Agency for Social Service and Education; Opportunities for Nurses in the Field of Mental Hygienc; The Necessity for Organized Work in the Conservation of Mental Health; The Need and Value of Recreation, Play and Diversional Occupation Among the Insane; What a Society for Mental Ily- giene Can Do for the Individual and the Community. Clubs: Graduates (New Haven), Yale (New York), 50 Berzelius Society (Yale University). Address: Union Sq., N. Y. City.
BEERS, LUCIUS HART
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1881, LL.B., 1883. Mem. law firm Lord, Day & Lord. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Century, University, Columbia University, Columbia Alumni, Down Town. Residence: 120 E. 39th St. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BELASCO, DAVID
Manager, playwright; b. San Francisco, Calif., July 25, 1859; s. Humphrey and Rena (Martin) Belasco, both natives of England; early ed'n under Catholic priest at Vancouver, B.C .; grad. Lincoln Coll., Calif .. 1875. Early showed a predilection for the stage; stage mg'r Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, 1878, and later stage ing'r Grand Opera House and Metropolitan Theatre, San Francisco; during this time also drama- tizing novels, adapting foreign plays, and doing orig- inal work; came East, 1880, and took elarge of pro- ductions of Mallory Bros. at Madison Square Theatre: went with Frohman, 1887; was mg'r Mrs. Carter in his own version of Barton & Simon's Zaza; mg'r and prop'r Republic Theatre from 1902; mg'r and prop'r Belasco Theatre, 1908. Author of plays: May Blos- som, La Belle Russe, Valerie, Hearts of Oak, Heart of Maryland, Lord Chumley, The Highest Bidder, Zaza, Naughty Anthony, Madame Butterfly, Madame Du Barry, The Girl of the Golden West, The Return of Peter Grimm: and co-author of The Darling of the Gods, Sweet Kitty Bellaires, Adrea, The Charity Ball, The Wife, Men and Women, and The Girl I Left Behind Me, and other plays recently produced: The Fighting Hope, The Woman, The Governor's Lady,
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The Concert, Years of Discretion, A Temperamental Journey, a revival of The Auctioneer, and The Man Inside. Address: Belasco Theatre, N. Y. City.
BELCHER, ROBERT WALDO
Sec. Nat. Civil Service Reform League and Civil Service Reform Ass'n; b. Newark Valley, N. Y., March 14, 1883; s. J. Waldo and Mary A. (Ryan) Belcher; attended Phillips-Exeter Acad., 1900-1902; Harvard Univ., A.B., 1905; m. N. Weymouth, Mass., June 18, 1913, E. Marie Rodebaugh. Instr. in history and civil gov't, Newton High Sch., Newtonville, Mass., 1905- 1907; E. Orange High Sch., 1907-1908; Horace Mann Sch., N. Y. City, 1908-1910; ass't sec. Civil Service Re- form Ass'n, and Nat. Civil Service Reform League, 1910-1912; sec. since Sept. 1912. Residence: 469 East- ern Parkway, Brooklyn. Address: 79 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BELDEN, BAUMAN LOWE
Director Am. Numismatic Soc .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1862; s. Robert Howell and Cornelia Eliza- beth (Lowe) Belden ;. ed. New Brunswick, N. J .; m. Feb. 24, 1897, Corinne Crittenden; one d. Corinne Crit- tenden, b. Feb. 16, 1898. Mt'r of leather, Newark, N. J., 1880-1885; U. S. Custom House, N. Y., 1886-1908; librarian of Am. Numismatic Soe., 1892-1896; sec., 1896- 1902, and since 1905; dir. since Jan. 1, 1909. Demo- crat; Christian Scientist. Mem. S. A. R. (N. J. Soc.). Residence: 847 Jersey Av., Elizabeth, N. J. Address: 156th St., W. of B'way, N. Y. City.
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