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BAINBRIDGE, Aug. H .:
Lieutenant-colonel, U. S. Army; born New York, Dec. 7, 1836; appointed from the army; actual rank-private, general service and sergeant, Company A, Second Battalion, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, Aug. 11, 1858, to July 30, 1862; second
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lieutenant Fourteenth Infantry, July 14, 1862; accepted, July 30, 1862; first lieu- tenant, June 9, 1864; captain, Aug. 11, 1866; brevet rank-brevet captain, Aug. 18, 1864, for gallant. services during the operations on the Weldon Railroad; ser- vice-in the field with the Army of the Potomac, 1862-65, and in different parts of the country with his regiment from 1865 to 1890; promoted major, Oct. 14, 1892; lieutenant-colonel, April 17, 1897; retired, Aug. 11, 1898. Address, The Vir- ginia, Kansas City, Mo.
BAIRD, Frank B .:
Iron manufacturer; born Marietta, O., about 1857, and after graduating from the high school attended college at Delaware, O .; entered business life early; about nine years ago he came to Buffalo from Columbus, O., as president and general manager of the Buffalo Furnace Company, which built the big furnace at the foot of Hamburg Street, having acquired ex- perience from his father, who was one of the leading iron men in Southern and Central Ohio; recently he built up the Union Iron Works, which is now shipping iron to all parts of the country; he was cliairman of the committee on exhibits, and also a member of the concessions committee, at the Pan-American Exposi- tion, 1901. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
BAIRD, Henry Martyn:
Educator and author; born Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 17, 1832; education in France, Switzerland and United States; graduate N. Y. U., 1850; took special studies at University of Athens and at Rome, subse- quently entering Union Theological Semi- nary, New York City, and Princeton, graduating from latter, 1858; post-gradu- ate course at Princeton till 1859; during entire Princeton course acted as tutor; 1859, given chair of Greek at N. Y. U .; professor emeritus, 1902; dean of Univer- sity College, N. Y. U .; hon. Ph.D. from Princeton, 1867; D.D. from Rutgers, 1877; LL.D. from Princeton College, 1882; L.H .- D. from Princeton University, 1896; con- tributor to ecclesiastical reviews on Greek and Huguenot subjects. Publications: "Modern Greece, a Narrative of a Resi- dence and Travels in the Country" (1856), "Life of Rev. Robert Baird, D.D." (1866), "History of Rise of Huguenots of France" (N. Y., 1879, London, 1880), "The Hugue- nots and Henry of Navarre" (N. Y. and London, 1886), "The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edicts of Nantes" (N. Y., 1898), "Theodore Beza" (N. Y. and London, 1899). Address, 219 Palisade Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
BAKER, Arthur Latham:
Educator, mathematician, author; born Cincinnati, O., May 7, 1853; son of John G. and Mary A. (Latham) B .; descended from Gov. Dudley, Rev. Thomas Wood- bridge. Mary Chilton, Roger Conant, Per- cival Lowell and other New England sett-
lers: educated Morrisania, 1865-8; College Temple, Newnan, Ga., 1868-9; graduate Rens. Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1873 (Ph.D. Lafayette College) ; studied at University of Göttingen, 1876; married, 1878, Eliza- beth Coit Boswell, daughter of Rev. Aaron H. Hand, D. D., Palisades, N. Y .; surveyor, 1869-70; adjunct professor of civil engineering, Lafayette College, 1873- 80; attorney at law, Scranton, Pa., 1880-89; principal of high school, Scranton, Pa., 1882; editor Common Pleas Reporter, and Weekly Digest of Pennsylvania Court De- cisions, 1885-87; prof. of mathematics, Stevens School, Hoboken, N. J., 1889-91; prof. of mathematics, University of Rochester, 1891-1901; head of mathemat- ical department, Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1901; member Phi Beta Kappa, American Mathematical So- ciety, Rensselaer Society of Engineers, sometime fellow A. A. A. S., Rochester Academy of Science (secretary, 1892-9); author of "Annual Digest Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions," 1886-7; "Gra- phic Algebra," "Elliptic Functions," " "Sol- id Geometry," "Comic Sections," also man- uals for class use in Projective Geometry, Quaternions, Complex Functions. Con- tributor to mathematical and pedagogical journals. Address, Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BAKER, Charles Whiting:
Civil Engineer; born Johnson, Vt., Jan. 17, 1865; descended from families who were among the earliest emigrants to New England; boyhood spent on a farm; educated at State Normal School, at Johnson, and at University of Vermont, at Burlington, Vt .; graduated in class of 1886 from engineering course and received degree of civil engineer; furnished contri- butions to scientific and other periodicals while a student; became a member of the editorial staff of "Engineering News" in 1887; in 1895 became managing editor and secretary of Engineerings News Publish- ing Co. Author of "Monopolies and the People," first edition, 1899, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons; third and revised edition published, 1899; married, 1890, Re- bekah Wheeler, of Burlington, Vt .; mem- ber of the American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers and of the American Eco- nomic Association. Address, 20 South Mountain Ave., Montclair, N. J.
BAKER, Fisher A .:
Lawyer; born at Dedham, Mass., Feb. 8, 1837; was graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege, 1859; officer of the 18th Mass. Vols. in Army of the Potomac from Aug., 1861, to Aug., 1864; studied at Albany Law School; admitted to the Bar, 1860; began practice in New York City, 1865; married Catherine W. Fisher, 1869; member of law firm Baker & Peabody; member of Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New York and Alpha Delta Phi Club. Residence, Yon- kers. New York; office address, 2 Wall St., New York.
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BAKER, Frank M .:
Railroad commissioner; born Owego, N. Y., 1846; son of John D. Baker; graduate of Ames' Business College, Syracuse, N. Y .; worked at carpenter trade with fa- ther; 1864, clerk in Erie Railroad freight office at Owego; subsequently chief clerk; 1872, station agent of Southern Central (now Lehigh Valley) R. R., at Owego; 1882, superintendent of Addison and Pennsylvania Railroad; also agent and re- ceiver of Bradford, Eldred and Cuba Rail- road; 1894-95, constructed and was gen- eral manager of D. & W. Railroad in Georgia; 1895, member of commission to represent New York at Cotton States Ex- position, Atlanta, Ga .; 1896, appointed by Gov. Morton railroad commissioner of New York State; reappointed by Gov. Black to office of railroad commissioner; member of board of trustees of Owego, 1873-79, and 1880; active in securing or- ganization of New York State Firemen's Association; its secretary, 1874-81; presi- dent, 1884-85. Address, Owego, N. Y.
BAKER, Franklin Thomas:
Educator; born Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 12, 1864; educated in the public schools of Hagerstown, at Dickinson College, and Columbia University; degrees, A. B., Dickinson College, 1885; A. M., Dickin- son, 1889; A. M., Columbia, 1900; profes- sor of English, Teachers' College, Colum- bia University, from 1893 to date; taught in secondary schools, 1885-1893; married Emilie A. Kip, Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 1896; has edited De Quincey's "Revolt of the Tartars," 1896 (Leach, Shewell & Lan- ham); Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar" and "Macbeth," 1898 (American Book Con- cern) ; "The DeCoverley Papers," 1899 (Appleton); Browning's "Shorter Poems," 1899 (Macmillan) ; Tennyson's "The Prin- cess," 1902 ( Appleton) ; Macaulay's Poems, 1904 (Macmillan); has also published "A Course of Study in English," Teachers' College Record, 1900; "The Teaching of English, 1903 (Longman's), and various reviews and essays on educational topics. Address, Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y.
BAKER, George Hall:
Librarian; born Ashfield, Mass., April 23, 1850; graduate Williston Seminary, 1870; graduate Amherst College, 1874, A. M., 1877, remaining to take year's post- graduate course; 1875-7 abroad, studying chiefly at Berlin University; returned to United States and engaged in tutoring, study and writing; 1883 assistant editor on Century Dictionary, New York City; same year assistant librarian of Columbia College library; 1888, acting
librarian; 1889 to 1899, chief librarian; since 1899, librarian emeritus; 1885-9 lec- turer in school of political economy, Co- lumbia College; since 1899, engaged in literary work and research in art history. Address, 294 Manhattan Ave., New York, N. Y.
BAKER, Moses Nelson:
Editor, author and consulting engineer; born Enosburgh, Vt., Jan. 26, 1864; son of Benj. Nelson and Sarah Marretta (Wright) B .; married Ella Sophia Bab- bit, a college classmate; graduated from University of Vermont (Ph.B. in 1886; received C. E. in 1899); member Phi Delta Theta fraternity and elected to Phi Beta Kappa; with Bridge and Building Department Union Pacific Railroad in Idaho, 1886-7; on editorial staff of Engi- neering News, 1887 to date; editor "Man- ual of American Water Works," "Muni- cipal Year Book," and "Engineering Literature Supplement" to "Engineering News." Author "Sewage Purification in America," "Sewerage and Sewage Puri- fication, "Potable Water," and "Muni- cipal Engineering and Sanitation;" joint author "Sewage Disposal in the United States," and " "Municipal Monopolies;" also author of many articles, reports and papers on municipal engineering, sanita- tion and economics. Member Board of Health, Montclair, N. J., American Eco- nomic Association, American Water Works Association, New England Water Works Association, and many committees on uniform municipal accounts and sta- tistics; chief recreation, gardening. Ad- dress, 220 Broadway, N. Y .; residence, Upper Montclair, N. J.
BAKER, Ray Stannard:
Author; born Lansing, Mich., April 17, 1870; graduated from Michigan Agricul- tural College, with B. S. degree, in 1889; studied law and literature at University of Michigan; has traveled much abroad; is associate editor on McClure's Maga- zine. Author of "Boys' Books of Inven- tions" (1899) ; "Boys' Second Books of In- ventions" (Dec., 1903) ; "Our New Pros- perity," "Seen in Germany," besides stor- ies in American and English magazines. has written a series of articles on the modern problems of labor and capital, now being published in McClure's Maga- zine ;; member of the National Geographi- cal Society; married to Jessie I. Beal, Jan. 2, 1896. Address, care of S. S. Mc- Clure Company, 141-155 East 25th St., New York.
BAKER, Robert:
Congressman; born England; 1862; Dem- ocratic Congressman 6th New York dis- trict, 1903-5, being the only single tax Democrat in the 58th Congress; secretary Albany Single Tax Club, 1888; president Brooklyn Single Tax Club, 1890; secre- tary Brooklyn Ballot Reform League; sec- retary New York Tax Reform Associa- tion four years and Brooklyn Revenue Reform Club six years, conducting cam- paign for home rule in taxation; secretary National Committee Single Tax League of the United States for six years; organ- izer and chairman Ex. Com. of Citizens' Union of Brooklyn, 1893; candidate for Assembly, 1894; spoke for Bryan and Sew- all; in charge nominating petitions for
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Henry George for Mayor, 1897; stumped New York State for Bryan and Stevenson, 1900; organized and was secretary of Citi- zens' Union of Brooklyn, 1901; also Radi- cal Democracy of Brooklyn, 1902; elected to Congress, 1902. Address, 544 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BAKER, Wm. B .:
Lieutenant U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from New York second lieu- tenant of Eighteenth Infantry, Dec. 1, 1899; accepted, Jan. 23, 1900; first lieuten- ant, July 26, 1901; previous service, pri- vate, corporal, sergeant, Astor Battery, May 28, 1898, to Feb. 2, 1899; served with battery in Phillippines. Address, Manila, P. I.
BALDWIN, Christopher C .:
Commission merchant; born in Arun- del County, Maryland; educated in local schools; afterwards entered a mercantile house in Baltimore, where he edvanced rapidly; on outbreak of the Civil War sent by firm of Woodward, Baldwin & Co., in which his brother was a partner, into seceding States to collect debts due the firm; at his suggestion this firm, near the end of the war, opened branch in New York, which still continues under the name of Woodward, Baldwin & Co .; became partner in this firm, and for many years was its senior part- ner; 1880, elected president of the Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad Company, and under his presidency the road made rapid progress; resigned presidency in 1884; since then has been connected with other railroad enterprises and large finan- cial undertakings; is an officer in numer- ous banks, insurance companies, trust companies, and other corporations; among them the New York Life Insurance Com- pany, the Manhattan Trust Company, and the New York Security and Trust Com- pany; January, 1884, he-was appointed by Governor Cleveland commissioner in charge of the construction of the new Croton Aqueduct; took active part in cam- paign of General Hancock for the Pres- idency, and after Hancock's defeat called meeting at the Brunswick Hotel, at which a committee of one hundred was ap- pointed and the County Democracy or- ganized; although he has voted with Tam- many Hall, he has opposed its methods; has shown no ambition for political po- sition, and has several times refused nominations for city offices and for Con- gress; married Miss Roman, of Hagers- town, Maryland, who died early; is vice- president of the Manhattan Club and con- nected with other social and political in- stitutions of the city. Address, 43 Worth St., New York.
BALDWIN, Henry de Forest :
Lawyer; born Nov. 7, 1862; son of Sim- eon and Mary S. (Marion) Baldwin; was graduated from Yale, 1885, and Columbia Law School, 1887; married in 1890 to Jessie Pinney. Address, 49 Wall St., New York, N. Y.
BALDWIN, James:
Author and educator; born in Hamilton County, Indiana, Dec. 15, 1841; had few school advantages, but was chiefly self- taught through observation and reading; began teaching at 21, and served an ad .. vantageous apprenticeship in the country schools of his native county; for eighteen years served as superintendent of graded school systems in four Indiana cities; in 1887 accepted position with Harper & Brothers, New York, as editor of school books in their educational department; from 1890 to 1893 was assistant editor of Harper's periodicals; in 1894 became con- nected with the editorial department of the American Book Company, where he still remains. In 1882 he wrote "An Intro- duction to the Study of English Litera- ture" (2 vols.), in recognition of which he received the degree of Ph.D. from De Pauw University, Indiana; he has since written many books, among which the following may be mentioned: "The Story of Siegfried," "The Story of Roland," "The Book Lover," "A Story of the Gold- en Age," "The Horse Fair," "Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopedia Britannica," "Old Greek Stories," "Fairy Stories and Fables," "Fifty Famous Sto- ries," "Old Stories of the East," "Four Great Americans," "Barnes's Elementary History of the United States," "Dis-
covery of the Old Northwest," "Conquest of the Old Northwest," "Harper's Read- ers" (5 vols.), "Harper's School Speak- ers" (3 vols.), "Baldwin's Readers" (8 vols.), "The New McGuffey Readers" (5 vols.); "Industrial Primary Arithmetic"; "Six Centuries of English Poetry," "'I'he Book of Elegies," "The Wonder Book of True Life" (in press). Address, 100 Washington Square, New York.
BALDWIN, Jared G., M. D .:
Born July, 1827, at Montrose, Pa .; grad- uated New York University, 1853; member American Institute of Homeopathy, State Society of New York and Homeopathy Society of New York; Censor of New York Homeopathic College. Address, 18 E. 41st St., New York City.
BALDWIN, Leroy W .:
President and director of Empire State Trust Company, Rutland and Woodstock R. R. Co., New York Mail and Newspaper Transportation Co .; director of Interna- tional Mercantile Agency, Manhattan In- troduction Co .; treasurer, general man- ager and director of the National Auto- matic Weighing Machine Co .; managing director of American Automatic weighing Machine Co. (limited), of England; direc- tor of Corporate Securities Co., Florida Palmetto Co., Hall Signal Co., New Am- sterdam Casualty Co., N. J. & Staten Island Junction R. R., Oppenheimer Insti- tute, Phenix National bank, U. S. Title Guarantee and Indemnity Co., and Ver- mont and Whitehall R. R. Co. Address, 88 Wall St., New York.
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BALDWIN, Willlam Delavan:
Member of Otis Elevator Company; was born Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, Sept. 5, 1856; son of Lovewell H. Bald- win, and a descendant of John Baldwin, of Dedham, Mass .; received education in public schools of native place until the age of fifteen, when entered establish- ment of D. M. Osborn & Co .; at the age of twenty-one sent to Europe to take charge of European branch of their bus- iness; at the end of five years resigned his position and came to New York, where he entered the elevator-building firm of Otis Brother & Co. as stockholder and treasurer; at present one of the largest stockholders of firm; in conse- quence of acceptance of this position re- moved, in 1887, to Yonkers, N. Y., where the works of the Otis Elevator Company are situated; has also entered into other business relations; has been made vice- president of the First National Bank of Yonkers, and is director in several finan- cial and other concerns; married, in 1881, to Miss Helen R. Sullivan, daughter of Nahum Sullivan, of New York; member of the Union League, the Racquet, the Lawyers, and other clubs of New York City. Address, Yonkers, N. Y.
BALDWIN, William Henry, Jr .:
Railroad president; was born in Boston, Feb. 5, 1863; his father is William Henry Baldwin, well known for thirty-five years past as president of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union; after a prepara- tory course in the Boston public schools and the Roxbury Latin School, he entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1885; he spent one year at Harvard Law School and in 1886 went West beginning his career in practical railroading as a clerk in the Union Pa- cific Railroad office at Omaha, Neb .; prior to June 1, 1888, he was division freight agent of the Union Pacific Railway at Butte, Mont .; from June 1, 1888, to Feb., 1889, he was assistant general freight agent of the same road at Omaha, Neb .; in Feb., 1889, he became manager of the Leavenworth division of the Union Pa- cific at Leavenworth, Kan .; he then filled the office of general manager of the Mon- tana Union Railway and was also for a short time its president; for about a year, until June, 1891, he was assistant vice- president of the Union Pacific Railway at Omaha, Neb .; from 1891 to 1894 he was general manager of the Flint & Pere Mar- quette Railroad; of the Southern Railway he was third vice-president from 1894 to 1895, becoming its second vice-president in 1896; on Oct. 1, 1896, he was elected president of the Long Island Railroad Company, an office which he still holds; he is connected with the following com- panies: as director of the Long Island Railroad Company and its associated lines, the New York Subway Company, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the Interurban Street Railway Company, the Metropolitan Securities Company,
Corn Exchange Bank, American Surety Company, the Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad Company, and trustee and member of the Finance Com- mittee of the Equitable Life; his clubs are the University, Harvard, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Lawyers' Club, and Mid-day Club; he is a trustee of Smith College, and is interested in Southern ed- ucational institutions, being a trustee of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In- stitute, and the Southern Education Board, and chairman of the General Edu- cation Board; Mr. Baldwin married at Springfield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1889, Miss Ruth Standish Bowles, daughter of the late Samuel Bowles, editor of the "Springfield Republican." Address, 112 Willow St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BALL, A. Brayton, M. D .:
Born New York, Feb. 10, 1840; A.B., Yale, 1860; M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., 1863; house staff, New York Hospital, 1863-65; lecturer at College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1870- 76; visiting physician, Bellevue Hospital, 1885-88; attending physician, New York Hospital, 1888 to present; consulting phy- sician to St. Luke's and General Memori- al Hospitals; professor of clinical medi- cine at Columbia; member Academy of Medicine, County Medical Society and Medical and Surgical Society; honorary member of Association of American Phy- sicians. Address, 42 W. 36th St., New York City.
BALL, Garrison:
(Lieutenant U. S. Army). Born New York; appointed from N. Y. a 2d Lieut. of Art. Corps, May 8, 1901; accepted, Aug. 9, 1901; 1st Lieut., July 22, 1902; volun- teer service, 1st Sgt. Co. 1, 201st New York Infantry, July 16, 1898, to Oct. 31, 1898; 2d Lieut. 201st New York Infantry, Nov. 1, 1898; honorably mustered out, April 3, 1899; 2d Lieut. 26th U. S. Volun- teer Infantry, July 5, 1899; mustered out honorably, May 13, 1901. Present ad- dress, Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
BALL, George Harvey:
President Keuka College; born Sher- brooke, P. Q., Canada, Dec. 7, 1819; he is of old New England ancestry; edu- cation received at Farmington Academy and Grand River Institute, Ohio; ecclesi- astical education at Cobb Divinity School, Lewiston, Me .; 1848-50, in charge of Geauga Seminary, Ohio; 1850-55, pastor of Hudson Street Baptist Church, Buffalo; 1855-57 of Roger Williams Church, Provi- dence, R. I .; 1857-71 pastor at Buffalo; 1871-77, edited Baptist Union, New York City; 1892, founded Keuka College, and has since been president; the present status of the college is about as follows: Over fifty dwelling houses have been erected; a fine college settlement formed; an electric railway from Penn Yan to Branchport, a distance of eight miles, running through the college settlement,
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built; a telephone company organized; a steamboat dock constructed; a system of water works planted; a money order post office established; an endowment of over $150,000 raised; an excellent library and good supply of apparatus gathered; a most excellent college faculty engaged; and, best of all, hundreds of young peo- ple educated and sent forth; president of the Ball International University. Au- thor of "Guide to the Lord's Supper," "The Story of Jesus,' "Christian Bap- tism," "Bible Syllabus." Address, Keuka Park, N. Y.
BALL, Howard J .:
General eastern passenger agent for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R .; office at Buffalo, N. Y .; born May 23, 1852, at Philadelphia; entered railway service, 1863, as office boy with Cattawis- sa Railroad, since which he has been consecutively, 1873 to 1886, traveling pas- senger agent for New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad at Philadelphia; 1886 to 1887, division passenger agent same road at Elmira, N. Y .; 1887 to 1889, gen- eral western passenger agent for Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, at Buffalo, N. Y .; Aug. 1, 1889, to date, general eastern passenger agent same road at New York. Office address, 429 Broadway, . New York, N. Y.
BALL, Walter:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in and appointed from New York; naval cadet, Sept. 6, 1888; second lieutenant Marine Corps, July 1, 1894; transferred to Engi- neer Corps and commissioned as assistant engineer, Feb. 25; 1895; passed assistant engineer, Oct. 12, 1898; rank changed to lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1900; Baltimore, 1892; Marine Barracks, 1894; New York, 1895- 98; Navy Yard, New York, 1898; Marietta, Monterey and Wilmington, 1899 to 1902; inspection duty (Bureau of Steam Engi- neering), Oct., 1902-03. Address, Fore River Ship and Engine Building Co., Quincy, Mass.
BALLARD, Addison:
Clergyman and educator; born Framing- ham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1822; prepared at Framingham and Bennington, Vt .; grad- uated Williams, 1842; subsequently taught at Hadley, Mass., at Williams and at Grand Rapids, Mich .; became Congrega- tional minister, being pastor in Grand River Valley, Mich .; 1847-54, instructor of Latin and mathematics, Ohio Univer- sity; 1854, professor of rhetoric and belles- lettres, Williams; 1855, professor mathe- matics, natural philosophy and astron- omy, Marietta College; 1857, pastor First Congregational Church, Williamstown, Mass .; 1866, pastor First Congregational Church, Detroit, Mich .; 1874, chair of Christian Greek and Latin, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa .; 1876, chair of moral philosophy and rhetoric of same; also instructor of political economy, "Butler's
Analogy," evidences of Christianity and U. S. Constitution. Author of "Arrows; or The True Method in Teaching and Study" (1890), "Introduction to Dr. March's Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History." Honorary member of London Society of Science, Letters and Art. Address, New York University, New York.
BALLOU, William Hosea:
Author and journalist; born Hannibal, Oswego County, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1857; son of Ransom R. and Mary Abigail (Green) Ballou; grand nephew of Hosea Ballou, first principal founder of the Universalist Church; studied at Mexico
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