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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Louis John Rudolph 1807 -1873 (search)
Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, 1807-1873
Naturalist; born in Motier parish, near Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 28. 1807.
He was of Huguenot descent, was thoroughly educated at Heidelberg and Munich, and received the honorary degree of Ph.D. He prosecuted his studies in natural history in Paris, where Cuvier offered him his collection for the purpose.
The liberality of Humboldt enabled him to publish his great work (1834-44) on Fossil fishes, in 5 volumes, with an atlas.
He arrived in Boston in 1846, and lectured there
Louis Agassiz. on the Animal Kingdom and on Glaciers.
In the summer of 1847 the superintendent of the Coast Survey tendered him the facilities of that service for a continuance of his scientific investigations.
Professor Agassiz settled in Cambridge, and was made Professor of Zoology and Geology of the Lawrence Scientific School at its foundation in 1848.
That year he made.
with some of his pupils, a scientific exploration of the shores of Lake Superior.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall , Granville Stanley 1845 - (search)
Hall, Granville Stanley 1845-
Educator; born in Ashfield, Mass., May 5, 1845; graduated at Williams College in 1867.
He served as professor of psychology in Antioch College, Ohio, in 1872-76.
Later he studied in Bonn, Leipsic, Heidelberg, and Berlin.
Returning, he lectured on psychology in Harvard University and Williams College in 1880-81.
In 1881 he became Professor of Psychology in Johns Hopkins University, and remained there till 1888, when he accepted the presidency, with the chair of psychology, of Clark University.
He is author of Aspects of German culture; Hints toward a select and descriptive bibliography of education (with John M. Mansfield), etc. In 1900 he was editor of The American journal of psychology and The Pedagogical Seminary.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoist , Hermann Eduard von 1841 - (search)
Hoist, Hermann Eduard von 1841-
Historian; born in Fellin, Livonia, June 19, 1841; was educated in the universities of Dorpat and Heidelberg; came to the United States in 1866, and settled in New York.
In 1869 he became assistant editor of a German-American dictionary, and was a frequent contributor to American journals.
In 1872 he became Professor of History in Strasburg University, and in 1877 in Freiburg University.
In 1892 he accepted the position of head professor of history in the University of Chicago.
His most important work is The constitutional and political history of the United States.
He is also author of The constitutional law of the United States of America; and the Life of John C. Calhoun (in the American statesmen series).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Keeler , James Edward 1857 - (search)
Keeler, James Edward 1857-
Astronomer; born in La Salle, Ill., Sept. 10, 1857; graduated at Johns Hopkins University in 1881; and in the same year accompanied Professor Langley on the Mount Whitney expedition for the study of solar physics.
He then went abroad and studied for two years with Quincke, in Heidelberg, and with Von Helmholz, in Berlin.
He was appointed assistant astronomer of the Lick Observatory in 1886, and when the observatory was transferred to the State (June, 1888), he was made full astronomer.
He was director of the Allegheny Observatory in 1889-98, and on June 1, 1898, was made director of the Lick Observatory.
Professor Keeler was a member of many American and foreign scientific societies, among them the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, and in 1898 was awarded the Rumford medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He wrote extensively for The Astrophysical journal and other technical periodicals.
He died on Mount Hamilton, Cal., Aug.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lane , Alfred Church 1863 - (search)
Lane, Alfred Church 1863-
Geologist; born in Boston, Jan. 29, 1863; graduated at Harvard University in 1883, and took an advanced course at Heidelberg, Germany.
Returning to the United States he was appointed an instructor of mathematics in Harvard University, and later of petrography in the Michigan College of Mines.
Afterwards he was made assistant State Geologist of Michigan.
He is author of part II.
of vol.
v., and part i. of vol.
VI. of Reports of the Geological survey of Michigan.
He has also written articles for The outlook; The popular Science monthly, and technical periodicals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leland , Charles Godfrey 1824 - (search)
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 15, 1824; graduated at Princeton in 1845; took advanced courses at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Paris; and, returning to the United States, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Philadelphia till 1853.
He then entered journalism, and was at different times an editor on the New York Times; Philadelphia Evening bulletin; Vanity fair; Philadelphia Press; Knickerbocker magazine; and Continental magazine.
During 1869-80 he lived in London.
Returning to the United States, he was the first to establish industrial education, based on the minor arts, as a branch of public school teaching.
Later his system spread to England, Austria-Hungary, and other countries.
He discovered the Shelta language, which was spoken by the Celtic tinkers, and was the famous lost language of the Irish bards, and his discovery was verified by Kuno Meyer, from manuscripts 1,000 years old. His publications include Hans B
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stein , Conrad 1701 -1762 (search)
Stein, Conrad 1701-1762
Historian; born in Heidelberg in 1701; Professor of History in the University of Breslau for many years; and published The Atlantis and its connection with America; History of the discoveries of the Scandinavian sailors from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth centuries; History of the American colonies in North America; Spanish Discoverers—Cortez, Pizarro, and Almagro; Historical notices of the discovery of Venezuela; Short description of America; and The Indian race or Redskins, its history with the German race.
He died in Breslau, Germany, in 176
Winsor, Justin 1831-
Historian; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1831; educated at Cambridge, Paris, and Heidelberg; was superintendent of the Boston Public Library in 1868-77; librarian of Harvard from 1877 till his death, in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22, 1897.
He contributed to the Knickerbocker magazine and other periodicals; and wrote Reader's Handy-book of the American Revolution; Memorial history of Boston; Narrative and critical history of America; The Mississippi Basin; The struggle in America between England and France, etc.
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 6