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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), Alger , Russell Alexander 1836 - (search)
Alger, Russell Alexander, 1836-
Secretary of War: born in Lafayette, O., Feb. 27, 1836; worked on a farm for years earning
Russell A. Alger. money to defray the expenses of his education.
He was admitted to the bar in 1859, but was forced by ill health to give up practice.
When the Civil War broke out he entered the Union army as a captain, and rose to brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the war he entered the lumber business, in which he acquired a large fortune.
He was governor of Michigan in 1885-87; was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1888; was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1889-90; and became Secretary of War under President McKinley in 1897.
During almost all of the American-Spanish War in 1898 he was subjected to much public censure on account of alleged shortcomings in the various bureaus of the War Department.
He resigned his office in 1899, and wrote a history of the war with Spain.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Charles Herbert 1848 - (search)
Allen, Charles Herbert, 1848-
Administrator; born in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; was graduated at Amherst College in 1869; and became a lumber merchant at Lowell.
He served in both Houses of the Massachusetts legislature; was a Republican member of Congress in 1885-89; defeated as Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1891; became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May, 1898, and in April, 1900, was appointed the first American governor of Porto Rico.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Martin Brewer 1815 - (search)
Anderson, Martin Brewer, 1815-
Educator; born in Brunswick, Me., Feb. 12, 1815; was of Scotch descent on his father's side; was graduated at Waterville (now Colby) College in 1840; and in 1850 became editor and part proprietor of the New York Recorder, a Baptist publication.
A university having been established at Rochester by the Baptists, he was called to the presidency of it in 1853.
and held the office till 1889.
In 1868 he was offered the presidency of Brown University, but declined it. He was one of the most efficient incorporators and earlier trustees of Vassar College.
He died Feb. 26, 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Rasmus Bjorn 1846 - (search)
Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn, 1846-
Author and diplomatist; born in Albion, Wis., of Norwegian parentage, Jan. 12, 1846; was graduated at the Norwegian Lutheran College in Decorah, Ia., in 1866: was Professor of Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin in 1875-84, and United States minister to Denmark in 1885-89.
He is author of Norse mythology; Viking tales of the North: America not discovered by Columbus; The younger Edda; First chapter of Norwegian immigration; several works in Norwegian: and also many translations of Norse writings.
Andrade, Jose,
Diplomatist; born in Merida, Venezuela, in 1838; studied law in Columbia College; was successively treasurer, secretary, and governor of the state of Zulia in 1880-84; representative for the same state in the National House of Representatives in 1884-88; and was appointed plenipotentiary to settle the claims of France against Venezuela in 1888.
In 1889-90 he represented Venezuela in Washington, D. C., as a member of the Venezuelan and Marine Commissions; was also a delegate to the International Maritime Conference, and to the Pan-American Congress; in 1893 served in the National Assembly which framed the new constitution of Venezuela and in the same year was appointed minister to the United States.
In 1895 he was a member of the United States and Venezuela Claims Commission in Washington.
On Feb. 2, 1897, he signed the treaty of arbitration between Venezuela and England to arrange the boundary dispute: the same year was a delegate to the Universal Postal Congress
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Charles McLean 1863 - (search)
Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-
Historian; born at Wethersfield, Conn., Feb. 22, 1863; was graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1884; and was called to the Chair of History in Bryn Mawr College in 1889.
His publications include The River towns of Connecticut; The old English Manor; The Historical development of modern Europe; and articles in reviews and historical periodicals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Elisha Benjamin 1844 - (search)
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-
Educator: born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10,) 1844; graduated at Brown University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute in 1874; was president of Brown University in 1889-98; superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools in 1898-1900; and in the last year became chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
He is author of History of the United States; An honest dollar, a plea for bimetallism, etc.