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BILLINGS, John Haskell, M. D .:
Physician: horn Aug. 20. 1856, in Bridgeport, Conn .; prepared at Hopkins Grammar School; attended Yale Medical School and was graduated at College of Physicians and Surgeons. N. Y. City; post-graduate studies in Vienna Hospital, making a special study of diseases of the throat; officially connected with Metro- politan Throat Hospital three years, and one year as specialist for the Board of Health: Fellow of Academy of Medicine, and member County Medical Society; Mason: married in 1880. Louise Clark. Address, 85 Madison Ave., N. Y. City. BIT.LINGS, John Shaw:
Physician: son of James and Abbie (Shaw) Billings, grandson of Jesse Bill- ings: born in Switzerland County. Indiana. April 12. 1838. Degrees, A R. 1857. A. M. 1860. Miami University: M. D. 1860. Med- ical College of Ohio; LL. D. Edinburgh 1884. and Harvard University 1886; M. D. Munich 1889; D. C. L. Oxon, 1889; R. C. P. I. and R. C. S. I. 1892: M. D., Dublin, 1892; D. D. Budapest. 1896; LL.D. Yale, 1901: LL.D. Johns Hopkins. 1902. Res- ident physician. St. John's Hospital, Cin- cinnati. Ohio. 1858-59: resident physician. Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati. 1859- 60: demonstrator of anatomy. Medical College of Ohio. 1860-61. Appointed Act- ing Assistant Surgeon. U. S. Army, No- vember. 1861: commissioned Assistant Surgeon. April 16, 1862; March 13. 1865. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. U. S Army; July 28. 1866, Captain and Assistant Sur- geon, U. S. Army; Dec. 2, 1876, Major
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and Surgeon; promoted, June 16, 1894, to |papers; Bibliography of Cholera, (Svo., Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon 1875); Medical Libraries in the U. S., (Svo., 1876); Introduction to A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health; Principles of Ventilation and Heating, (8vo .. 1884); second edition (1893); Mortality and Vital Statistics of the U. S. (1885); Index cata- logue of the Library of the Surgeon Gen- eral's Office, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., (1880-94). Address, 40 Lafayette Pl., N. Y. City. General, U. S. Army; served from Nov., 1861, until 1863, in charge of hospitals in Washington, D. C., and West Philadel- phia; then with the Army of the Poto- mac, being with the Fifth Corps at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettys- burg; from October, 1863, to Feb., 1864, served on hospital duty on David's and Bedloe's Islands in the vicinity of N. Y. City. Sent on special mission to West BILLINGS, Luther G .: Indies. Also acted on a board of enroll- ment, after which, became medical in- spector to the Army of the Potomac, and in December, 1864, was ordered to the Surgeon General's office, Washington, where he had charge of the organization of the Veteran Reserve Corps until 1875; also of the library of the surgeon gener- al's office until his appointment. Dec. 28, 1883, as curator of the Army Medical Museum and Library; was in charge of division of Vital Statistics, Eleventh Cen- sus, and medical advisor of the board of trustees, Johns Hopkins; 1895, was re- tired at his own request; engaged in the reorganization of the U. S. Marine Hos- pital Service in 1870; 1879-82, vice-pres- ident of the National Board of Health; he was professor of hygiene, University
of Pennsylvania. 1891; director of the Laboratory of Hygiene; resigned to ac- cept position of Director of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; is a member of a number of scientific societies, among which are, 1882. Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia; 1871, Phuosophical Society of Washington, and ex-president; 1880, American Medical Association; 1882, Am- erican Social Science Association; 1883, American Academy of Medicine; 1883. American Association for the Advance- ment of Science; 1883, National Academy of Sciences. and treasurer; 1884, Am- crican Statistical Association, and vice- president, 1889; 1886, American Surgi- cal Association; 1888, Congress Am- merican Physicians and Surgeons, and ex-president; 1890, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Phila- delphia; 1893, International Statistical In- stitute; 1893, Committee of Fifty to in- vestigate Liquor Problem: 1899-1900, pres- ident N. Y. Library Club; 1901-02, pres- ident American Library Association: 1902, a Director Carnegie Institution and chairman; he is also an honorary member of many societies; publications, besides various professional reports and
Pay Director U. S. Navy; born Rem- sen, N. Y., of New England parentage; son of Hon. Andrew Billings; at break- ing out of the Civil War, entered the U. S. Navy as acting assistant paymaster in volunteer service; served throughout the war with marked distinction; June, 1864, while attached to the U. S. steamer Water Witch, in Georgia waters, wounded and captured in rebel attack, during which showed much gallantry, and taken to the hospital at Savannah, Ga .; later transferred to stockade at Macon, where, with others, attempted to escape; while being transferred to Charleston. S. C., es- caped, but was recaptured and removed to Libby Prison. at Richmond, Va .; at length exchanged on the James River, and on March 3, 1865. promoted to As- sistant Paymaster; subsequently promot- ed fifteen numbers in his grade for "ex- traordinary heroism" on Water Witch; May 4, 1866, promoted to grade of Pay- master: 1866, was attached to Wateree on the Pacific coast, destroyed by tidal wave during earthquake; 1889, made cruise to west coast of Africa, and completed a three years' cruise as Fleet Paymaster of the North Atlantic Squadron, on board the flag-ships Baltimore and Philadelphia; Jan., 1893, was appointed purchasing and disbursing officer at New York, and on Jan. 9, 1895, received his final promotion to the grade of Pay-director; retired, March, 1898. Address, 396 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BILLINGS, William Edward:
Lawyer; was graduated from Yale, 1891; married; member of Union League. Residence, 34 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City; office, 18 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BINGHAM, Judson D .:
Brigadier General U. S. Army; born Massena, N. Y., May 16, 1831; in 1850 appointed cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., from the Tenth Congressional District of Indiana
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on the recommendation of Hon. A. J. master Department of the Lakes, at Detroit, Mich., from Jan. S, 1867, to March
Harlan, Representative in Congress from that district; served as cadet at the
31, 1870; served as Assistant in the office Military Academy from July 1st, 1850, to of the Quartermaster General at War h- June 30, 1854; promoted to Second Lieu- ington, D. C., from April 4, 1870, to Oct., 1579. and in charge of the Bureau from Oct. 25, 1873, to Jan. 19, 1874, and from Jan. 28 to Feb. 20, 1875; served as Com- inissioner to audit Kansas War Accounts, under Act of Congress approved Feb. 2, 1571, from March S to April 5, 1871; served as Chief Quartermaster Depart- ment of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., from Oct., 1879, to Nov., 1883; served as Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Pacific and Department of Cali- fornia, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., from Nov., 1853, to about May 30, 1886; served as Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Missouri, Chicago, Iil., June 4, 1586, to Dec., 1894; promoted to Quar- termaster with the rank of Major, July 29. 1866; to Deputy Quartermaster Gen- eral, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, March 3, 1875; to Assistant Quartermas- ter General with the rank of Colonel, July 2. 1583; brevets, Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Culonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war; Brigadier General, April 9, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services in the field during the war; retired from active service. May 16, 1895; member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac; of the Army of the Cumberland; of the Army of the Tennessee; Commander of the Society of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States since its organiza- tlon, April 22, 1896; Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and as ex-Senior Vice-Commander of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, a member of the Commandery-in-Chief; member of Man- hattan Club of New York; of Union League of Philadelphia, and Osceola Club of Pensacola, Fla .; also member of Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Member of National Geographic Society, Army and Navy Club, N. Y. City; mar- ried Margaret Gonzales, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 20, 1856. Address, Army and Navy Club, N. Y. City. tenant, Second U. S. Artillery, July 1st, 1854; promoted to First Lieutenant, Sec- ond Artillery, March 12, 1856; on expedi- tion to Harper's Ferry, Va., to suppress John Brown's raid, 1859; on frontier duty at Fort Ridgely, Minn., from May, 1860, to April, 1861, and on expedition to the Yellow Medicine, Minn., in summer of 1860; appointed Captain and Assistant Q. M., U. S. Army, May 13, 1861; served as Chief Quartermaster of the Seventeenth Army Corps (Lieutenant Colonel, ex-of- ficio) from Jan. 1, 1863, to April 23, 1863, when General Grant appointed him Chief Quartermaster of the Department and Army at Tennessee; he continued on duty, in the field, as Chief Quartermaster of that Army from that date during the time it was commanded by Generals Grant, Sherman and McPherson, up to the date the latter was killed in battle, and subsequently by Generals Logan and Howard, to the end of the siege of At- lanta, Ga., Aug. 25, 1864; was present as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Tennessee at the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., from April 23, to July 4, 1863; was present at the surrender of the city and during its occupation from July 4 to October, 1863; joined General Sherman at Cairo, Ill., Jan. 1, 1864, and under his direction arranged for transporting troops 1865, to Jan., 1867, was on duty with from Memphis to Vicksburg for the ex- pedition to Meridian, Miss .; as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Ten- nessee accompanied General Sherman on the march with the Sixteenth and Sev- enteenth Army Corps from Vicksburg to Meridian and return, Feb. and March, 1864; was present as Chief Quartermas- ter at headquarters Army of the Tennes- see, Huntsville, Alabama, March to June, 1864; and in the invasion of Georgia, in- cluding siege of Atlanta, June to Aug. 25, 1864; was appointed Inspector of the Quartermaster's Department (Colonel, ex- officio), Aug. 2, 1864, and served as such from Aug. 25, 1864, to Dec. 31, 1866; on duty in the Quartermaster General's of- BINGHAM, Theodore Alfred: fice, Washington, D. C., at various times Brigadier General, U. S. Army; born Andover, Conn., May 14, 1858; graduate of Yale, 1876; married Lucille Ruther- ford, of St. Louis, Mo., 1881; appointed to U. S. Military Academy, graduating from Sept .. 1864, to Dec., 1865; from Dec., General Sherman at St. Louis, Mo., as Inspector of the Quartermaster's Depart- ment; was on duty as Chief Quarter-
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1879; second lieutenant of engineers; June, 1881, first lieutenant; July, 1889, captain; July, 1898, major of engineer corps; Brig .- Gen. U. S. Army July 12, 1904; retired in 1904; 1890-92, was mili- tary attaché to United States Legation, Berlin, and 1892-94, at Rome; on duty in charge Tennessee river improvement, 1895 ; received M. A. from Yale, 1896; member Metropolitan of Washington, also Chester Yacht Club (Chester, N. S.). Address, Princeton Inn, Princeton, N. J.
BINGHAM, Wells A .:
Paper merchant; born Aug. 7, 1846, East Haddon, Conn .; graduate of Kim- ball Union Academy, Menden, N. H., and Dartmouth College. Married. Presi- dent and treasurer W. A. Bingham & Co. Member of New England Society, Dartmouth College Allumni Association and Lafayette Post No. 140, G. A. R. Residence, Bloomfield, N. J .; office, 335 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BINNS, Charles Fergus:
Director N. Y. State School of Clay- working and Ceramics since 1900; born Worcester, England, Oct. 4, 1857; son Richard William and Elizabeth Frances (Ferrar) Binns; married, 1882, Lambeg, Ireland, Mary Howard, daughter of Rev. William Hugh and Elizabeth (Banks) Ferrar; educated Worcester Cathedral, King's School, King's Scholar; entered Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, 1872; chemist in charge of laboratory, 1878; su- perintended sucessively departments of decoration, London sales, clay-working; removed to U. S. Oct., 1897; principal of Technical and Art School, Trenton, N. J., 1898-1900; assisted several Trenton manu- factories meanwhile. Author: The Story of the Potter; Ceramic Technology; and numerous magazine articles. Address, Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y.
BIRD, Abraham Calvin:
Railway official; born Pittsfield, Ill., 1843; served through Civil War in 22nd Illinois Infantry and 4th U. S. Cavalry; connected with St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Ry., 1865-72; St. L., K. C. & N. Ry., 1872-79; Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry., 1879-82; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1882-1903; since Mar., 1903, traffic director Gould system. Address, 519 Western Union Building, Chicago, Ill. BIRD, Harrison K .:
Governor's Military Secretary, born City of N. Y., December 20, 1874. Mr. Bird was graduated from the Cutler School and en- tered the School of Mines of Columbia University and received the degree of
Electrical Engineer. He then took a post graduate course in political science and literature. At the same time he was in- terested in various business enterprises. While in Columbia University Mr. Bird was associate editor of "The Columbian," and a member of the Engineering Socie- ty. At the outbreak of the Spanish-Am- erican War, Mr. Bird associated himself with Captain Waldron and raised a com- pany of infantry which was mustered into the One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, from which regiment he was detailed to accompany Lieut .- Col. Allen C. Blakewell, A. A. G., to Porto Rico, where Colonel Blakewell distributed U. S. flags to all parts of the island. In 1900, when General Francis Vinton Greene was elected Chairman of the New York Coun- ty Committee, he appointed Mr. Bird his confidential secretary, who served with him until the close of the scond McKin- ley campaign. Mr. Bird was tendered the appointment of Military Secretary to the Governor by Governor Odell, and then left the Seventy-first Regiment, where he was serving as lieutenant in Company I, to accept this appoinment. Major Bird was reappointed by Governor Odell Janu- ary 1, 1903. Address, Albany, N. Y.
BIRD, Herbert S .:
Chemist; born 1866, Boston, Mass .; edu- cated in Boston schools, at Medway High School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is chemist for the Royal Baking Powder Co. Married, September S, 1891, Ellen M. Jones, of Rockville, Mass. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Society of N. Y., and American Chemical Society. Resi- dence, 486 East Eighth St., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, care of Royal Baking Powder Co., Kent Ave. and Morton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BIRD, Joseph:
Banker; born 1838, N. Y. City; educat- ed in College of City of N. Y. Mar- ried, June 12, 1861, Veronica C. Ackerman. Entered Manhattan Savings Institution in 1854, and has been president since 1894. Residence, Larchmont, N. Y .; office, 644 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BIRD, J. Warren:
Lawyer; educated at Princeton Col- lege; member of University, Athletic, and Ardsley Clubs. Residence, 63 West 46th St .; office, 34 Pine St., N. Y. City. BIRDSALL, George N .:
Banker; born Nov. 17, 1836, Brooklyn, Ohio; educated in public schools and academies in N. Y. State. Married.
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Treasurer and Trustee, Union Dime Sav- ings Institution. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, N. Y. Residence, 688 Macon St. Brooklyn; office, 54 West 32d St., N. Y. City.
BIRDSALL, George W .:
Engineer; born 1836, N. Y. City; educat- ed at College of N. Y. (1853). Assistant engineer Department of Public Works. 1871-79; chief engineer of the same, 1879- 1898; chief engineer Department of Wa- ter Supply since 189S. Member City Col- lege Club and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Residence, 56 West 38th St., N. Y. City; office, 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.
BIRDSEYE, Clarence F .:
Lawyer; author; born Brooklyn, June 6, 1854; son of Hon. Lucien (formerly judge of New York Supreme Court, Sec- ond District) and Catherine M. (Baker) Birdseye; fitted at Brooklyn Polytech- nie and Collegiate Institute; was grad- uated from Amherst College in 1574, and from Columbia Law School in 1877; ad- mitted to Bar February 15, 1577; married at Tolland, Conn., March 27, 1877, Ada J. Underwood; member of firm of Birds- eye, Cloyd & Bayliss from January 1, 1878 to 1893; subsequently in practice with his father under the firm name of Birds- eye & Birdseye; after 1896 alone: in 1879 commenced preparation to complete com- pilation of the Revised Statutes, codes, and general laws of New York State, of which there had heen no complete revision since 1830; in connection with this work prepared other books, some of which were subsequently published in whole or in
part. Author of the following works: Birdseye's Revised Statutes. Codes and General Laws of the State of New York. three editions in 18S9, 1896 and 1901, and supplement in 1897; Chronological Table of the Statutes of the State of New York, 1887; Supplement in 1894; Greater New York Charter, 1897; Analytical Index of New York Code of Civil Procedure, 1899; Abbott's Clerks' and Conveyancers' As- sistant, 1899, and other works. Address, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BIRKINS, Ernest R .:
Physician; principal of Public School No. 10, St. Nicholas Ave. and 117th St .; born at Germantown, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1856; educated in the public schools, the Col- lege of the City of N. Y., and the Medi- cal Department of the University of the City of N. Y .; married; member of the New York County Medical Society; the New York Society of Pedagogy; Quid Music Club; principals Association;
Teachers Association. Residence, 40
Morningside Ave., N. Y. City.
BIRKMIRE, William H .:
Architect and engineer; born Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, June 25, 1860; studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, Philadelphia, Pa., and several other prom- inent architects of the country; connect- ed with Pencoyd Steel Works and Roll- ing Mills, Philadelphia; 1885, in charge of construction department of Jackson Arch- itectural Iron Works, N. Y .; 1892, in charge of the J. B. and J. M. Cornell Iron Works; made practical steel de- tails for large commercial buildings and the Astor Hotels; in 1894 and 1898 he was architect and engineer for John T. Wil- liams, in Silk Exchange, Lord's Court Building and other buildings for Mr. Wil- liams; author of The Planning and Con- struction of High Office Buildings, Arch- itectural Iron and Steel, The Planning and Construction of American Theatres, and other such work. Address, 396 Broad- wav, N. Y. City.
BIRMINGHAM, Ernest F .:
Editor and publisher; born 1860 at New Haven, Conn .; educated in N. Y. Uni- versity (79); editor and publisher of Fourth Estate, and News Letter; member of Hardware, Psi Upsilon, N. Y. Press, Richmond County, and Staten Island Cricket Clubs, and N. Y. University Al- umni Association. Residence, 217 West ssth St .; office, 21 Park Row, N. Y. City. BIRMINGHAM, Henry P .:
Major, U. S. Army; born New York; ap- pointed from Minnesota civil life; actual rank, assistant surgeon, Feb. IS, IS81; ac- cepted March 8. 18SI; captain and assist- anr surgeon, Feb. 18, 1886; served in Spanish-American War; major surgeon Dec. 15, 1898. Address, San Antonio, Tex. BIRNEY, William Verplanck:
Artist; born Cincinnati, 1858; son of Gen. William Birney: grandson of James G. Birney; Free-Soil candidate for Presi- dent. 1840, 1844; studied at Massachu- setts Normal Art School, Philadelphia Academy. and Royal Academy, Munich, under Julius Benzur and Wilhelm Lin- denschmidt; instructor. Cooper Institute; Lronze medal, Buffalo Exposition, 1901; bronze medal, St. Louis Exposition: dele- gate to Fine Arts Federation; associate National Academy; member N. Y. Water Color Club, Salmagundi Club and Artists' Fund; life member Lotos Club. Address, 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
BIRNIE, Rogers:
Major, U. S. Army; born Carroll Co.,
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Md., April 5, 1851; son of Rogers and Amelia Knode (Harry) Birnie; educated at private school; U. S. Military Acad- emy; 1872, commissioned 2d lieutenant 13th U. S. infantry; 1st lieutenant, 1874; 1st lieutenant Ordnance Department, 1878; captain, 1886; major, 1901; in engineer service with U. S. Geographical Survey, 1874-79; lieutenant-colonel and chief ord- nance officer U. S. Vols., 1898; in Spanish war, serving in 7th army corps and in Ha- vana; married, Springfield, Mass., Dec. 30, 1879, Helen Gunn; member of ordnance board U. S. A., member board of engineers, U. S. A .; attended maneuvers of 9th Corps d'Armèe in France, 1880; member Philosophical So- ciety of Washington, Washington Acad- emy Sciences, Chevalier Legion d'Hon- neur, France; clubs: Century, Cosmos (Washington). Author of treatise on gun construction. Address, N. Y. Arsenal, Governor's Island, N. Y. City.
BIRRELL, Henry :
Publisher; born Nov. 27, 1856, Scot- land; was educated at New York public school No. 35; presidential elector from Twelfth Congressional District,
1896; connected with the American Book Co .; member N. Y. Athletic, and Republican Clubs, and Alumni Association. Resi- dence, 48 E. 26th St., N. Y. City; office, University Building, Washington Square, N. Y. City.
BISBEE, Eldon :
Lawyer; born Aug. 26, 1866, in Jack- sonville, Fla .; was graduated from Har- vard, 1887; he is a member of Harvard and University Clubs, and Association of N. Y. Bar. Residence, 304 West 82d St .; office, 40 Wall St., N. Y. City. BISCHOFF, Henry, Jr .:
Jurist; born New York, 1852; graduate of Columbia College Law School, 1871; admitted to Bar 1813; judge court of Com- mon Pleas, N. Y., 1890-95; justice of Supreme Court since 1896; member of Manhattan, Lotos and other clubs. Ad- dress, County Court House, N. Y. City. BISHOP, Charles F .:
Merchant; born Oct. 14. 1844, Williams- ville, N. Y .; married, Aug. 6, 1865, Kate Moran; wholesale dealer in tea, coffee, and spices since 1869; mayor of Buffalo, 1889-94. Address, Buffalo, N. Y. BISHOP, Cortlandt Field:
Lawyer; born Nov. 24, 1870, N. Y. City was graduated from Columbia Uni- versity, A. B., 1891, Ph. D., 1893, and Col- umbia Law School, 1894; married; mem- ber of Metropolitan, City, Grolier, Collec-
tors, and Knickerbocker clubs, Associa- tion of N. Y. Bar, American Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Design, Society of Colonial Wars, and Columbia University Alumni Association, Automobile Club of America, Automobile Club of France. Residence, 15 East 67th St., N. Y. City; office, 52 William St., N. Y. City.
BISHOP, Irving Prescott:
Educator; born Burlington Flats, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1849; educated at New Berlin, N. Y., Academy and Cornell University (S. M., Alfred University, 1901); mar- ried, Nov. 24, 1875, Miss Julia W. Allen; principal New Berlin, N. Y., Academy, 1875-76; Perry, N. Y., Union School, 1878- 85; Chatham, N. Y., Free Academy, 1885- 88; teacher of science, Round Lake Sum- mer Schools, 1886-87; Principal Teachers' Retreat, Silver Lake Assembly, 1891-92; teacher of science, Erie (Pa.) Summer School, 1893, and in charge of science work State Summer Institute, Chautau- qua, N. Y., since 1896; teacher of science, State Normal School, Buffalo, since 1888; president N. Y. State Science Teachers' Association, 1903; lecturer at teachers' in- stitutes; has published: Salt Fields of Western New York; Geology of Erie County, New York; Petroleum and Nat- ural Gas in Western New York; Red Book of Niagara; Methods and Outlines for Teaching Physiology; Economic Geol- ogy of Western New York. Has contribu- teu to the N. Y. State Geographical Map. Address, 109 Norwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. BISHOP, Joseph Bucklin:
Journalist; born East Providence, R. I., Sept. 5, 1847; was graduated from Brown University with A. B. in 1870; went in the fall of that year into the service of the New York Tribune, begin- ning as a reporter and becoming a few months later a member of the editorial staff, holding that position till the sum- mer of 1883. when he became an edi- torial writer on the staff of the New York Evening Post, remaining there till the end of 1900; since 1900 he has been chief of the editorial staff of the New York Globe; published in 1892 a volume called Cheap Money Experiments (Cen- tury Company), and in 1904, a vol- ume entitled Our Political Dream, or Campaigns, Conventions and Candidates (Scott-Thaw Co.); is a frequent contrib- utor to magazines and reviews; married in 1872 Harriet Hartwell, Providence, R. I .. and has two sons and a daughter; member of University and Round Table
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Clubs. Address, 7 Dey St., N. Y. City. BISHOP, Louis Fangeres, M. D .:
Physician; born New Brunswick, N. J., March 14, 1864; attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; was graduated from Rutgers College 1855, and College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons (Columbia Univer- sity), 1989; resident physician St. Luke's Hospital, 1889-92; is now corresponding secretary N. Y. Academy of Medicine; visiting physician to the Lincoln Hospi- tal; author of numerous papers on clin- ical medicine: Early Circulatory Indica- tions of Chronic Bright's Disease; The Care of Chronic Cardiac Disease, etc .; chiefly occupied in general family and consulting practice. Address, 54 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
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