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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbott , Charles Conrad 1843 - (search)
Abbott, Charles Conrad, 1843-
Naturalist; born in Trenton, N. J., June 4, 1843.
He was graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1865; spent several years in making a valuable collection of archaeological specimens, which he presented to the Peabody Museum at Cambridge, Mass.; and was an assistant in that institution in 1876-89.
Among his publications are The Stone age in New Jersey; A naturalist's Rambles about home; several volumes on bird life, and a number of novels.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Cyrus Cornelius 1849 - (search)
Adams, Cyrus Cornelius, 1849-
Geographer; born in Naperville, Ill., Jan. 7, 1849; was educated at the University of Chicago, in 1876.
On the founding of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, was chosen president of its department of geography.
He is widely known as a writer and lecturer on geographical topics; has travelled extensively; and was a delegate to the International Geographical Congress, in London, England, in 1895, and a speaker at the African Congress, in Atlanta, Ga., the same year.
He has made a special study of the geography of Africa, and has collected for the Brooklyn Institute over 2,500 specimens of appliances used in the ten principal countries of the world in geographical education.
Adams, Henry, 1838-
Historian; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 16, 1838; third son of Charles Francis, st; was graduated at Harvard College in 1858; acted as private secretary to his father while the latter was American minister to Great Britain, in 1861-68; was Associate Professor of History at Harvard in 1870-77; and editor of the North American review in 1870-76.
His principal works are, Historical essays; Documents relating to New England Federalism; History of the United States from 1801 to 1817 (9 volumes).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Herbert Baxter 1850 - (search)
Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-
Historian and editor; born in Shutesbury, Mass., April 16, 1850; was graduated at Amherst College in 1872 and at Heidelberg University in 1876: and in 1878-81 was successively Associate Professor and Professor of History in Johns Hopkins University; also in 1878-81 lecturer in Smith College, Northampton, Mass. He had been for many years secretary of the American Historical Association and editor of its Reports, editor of the Johns Hopkins studies in Historical and political Science, and editor of Contributions to American educational history, published by the United States Bureau of Education.
His other publications include a large number of educational and historical monographs.
Adler, Felix, 1851-
Educator; born in Alzey, Germany, Aug. 13, 1851; was graduated at Columbia University in 1870 and then studied in Germany.
In 1874-76 he was Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature at Cornell University; and in 1876 he founded the New York Society of Ethical Culture, before which he has since lectured on Sundays.
On May 5, 1901, at its twenty-fifth anniversary, in recognition of Dr. Adler's services, the society presented him with $10.000 as a nucleus of a larger 1876 he founded the New York Society of Ethical Culture, before which he has since lectured on Sundays.
On May 5, 1901, at its twenty-fifth anniversary, in recognition of Dr. Adler's services, the society presented him with $10.000 as a nucleus of a larger fund the income of which is to be employed in developing the natural gifts of worthy young men and women.
Dr. Adler is a member of the editorial board of the International journal of Ethics.
His publications include Creed and deed; The moral instruction of children, etc.
Agrarian party,
A political organization in Germany inspired in 1869.
and practically founded in 1876.
The members in recent years have become widely noted for their opposition to German commercial relations with the United States, especially in the matters of all kinds of food-stuffs.
In 1898 and 1899 this opposition assumed a phase that was exceedingly annoying to the German government, and the defeat of many Agrarians for the Reichstag was attributed to the direct influence of high German officials, who feared a disturbance of commercial relations with the United States.
agreement of the people
America's cup,
The popular name of a yachting trophy originally called the Queen's Cup, which was offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron of England in a
America's cup. competition open to the yachts of all nations in 1851.
The cup was won by the Boston-built schooner-yacht America.
Since then there were challenge contests in 1870, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1893, 1895, and 1899, and in each instance the cup was defended by American yachts, with success.
In 1895 Lord Dunraven's yacht, Valkyrie, after having been defeated in one race, won the second, but was deprived of the victory because of a foul.
The Englishman claimed that he had been cheated, and refused to race again.
He charged the American yachtsmen with unsportsmanlike conduct, and visited this country to press his charges.
His complaints were dismissed and he was dropped from the list of members of the New York Yacht Club, under whose auspices the races had been held.
One of the most notable of the several
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barentz , Willem 1594 - (search)
Barentz, Willem, 1594-
Navigator; born in Holland; commanded exploring expeditions to Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen in 1594-97.
His first expedition was an attempt to find a passage through the Arctic Ocean to China, in which he reached lat. 78° N. On his third and last expedition, in 1596-97, he reached lat. 80° 11′ N., and discovered Spitzbergen.
He died near Nova Zembla, June 20, 1597. Captain Carlsen, after a lapse of 274 years, found Barentz's winter quarters undisturbed in 1871; and some of the navigator's journals were recovered in 1876
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartholdi Frederic Auguste