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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harris, William Torrey 1835- (search)
Harris, William Torrey 1835- Educator; born in North Killingly, Conn., Sept. 10, 1835; studied in Yale University, but did not graduate. During 1857-67 he was principal and assistant superintendent in the St. Louis public schools; in the latter year was appointed superintendent, but in 1880 was forced by ill health to resign. In 1880 he was a delegate from the United States bureau of education to the international congress of educators in Brussels. On Sept. 13, 1889, he became United States commissioner of education. Dr. Harris founded in St. Louis the Journal of speculative Philosophy in 1867, and in 1901 was still conducting it. He was chief editor of Appleton's series of School readers, and editor of Appleton's Educational series. His other publications include: Introduction to the study of Philosophy; Hegel's logic; Critical expositions; and Psychologic foundations of education. See education, elementary.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
nsferred to 33d Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Unassigned, May 3, 1869. Honorably discharged at his own request, Nov. 30, 1870. White, Jonathan Ames. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 7, 1863. Mustered out, Nov. 22, 1865. Died, Mar. 30, 1885. Whiting, Charles Jarvis. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1835. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 10, 1835. Resigned, May 31, 1836. Captain, 2d U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855. Transferred to 5th U. S. Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861. Major, 2d U. S. Cavalry, July 17, 1862. Dismissed, Nov. 5, 1863. Reinstated, Aug. 2, 1866, as Major, 3d U. S. Cavalry, to rank from July 17, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 6th U. S. Cavalry, May 6, 1869. Transferred to the list of supernumeraries, Dec. 15, 1870. Mustered out of service, Jan. 1, 1871. Died at Castine, Me., Jan. 8, 1890. Whitman, Edmund Burke. Born in Mas