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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbot , Henry Larcom 1831 - (search)
Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831-
Military engineer; born in Beverly, Mass., Aug. 13, 1831.
He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1854.
entered the Corps of Engineers, in which he reached the rank of colonel, and was retired in 1895.
In the Civil War he commanded the siege artillery of the armies operating against Richmond, designed the systems of submarine mine defences and of mortar batteries for the government, and was brevetted major-general of volunteers and brigadier-general U. S. A. After his retirement he designed the new harbor at Manitowoc, Wis., and was a member of the Technical Committee of the New Panama Canal Co.
His publications include Siege artillery in the campaign against Richmond; Experiments to develop a system of submarine mines; and Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi, the last in co-operation with General Humphreys.
He received the degree of Ll.D. from Harvard, and became a member of many scientific societies.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Academy of design ,
Academy of design, National.
An art institution founded in New York City in 1826; originally occupying a building on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, which was sold in 1895, and a new structure was begun on Amsterdam Avenue and One Hundred and Ninth Street. The academy conducts schools in various branches of the fine arts, and holds semi-annual exhibitions at which a number of valuable prizes are awarded.
The members consist of academicians and associates, each of whom must be an artist of recognized merit.
The associates, who are entitled to use the letters A. N.A. after their names, are chosen from the general body of the artists, and the academicians, who may use N. A., are elected from the associates.
Approved laymen may become fellows on payment of a fee. The schools are open to both sexes, are free, and open from the first Monday in October in each year till the 1st of June following.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Francis , 2nd 1835 - (search)
Adams, Charles Francis, 2nd 1835-
Lawyer and historian; born in Boston, Mass., May 27, 1835; second son of Charles Francis, 1st; was graduated at Harvard College in 1856, and admitted to the bar two years afterwards.
During the Civil War he served in the Union army, attaining the rank of brevet brigadier-general.
He was appointed a member of the Board of Railway Commissioners of Massachusetts in 1869; and was president of the Union Pacific Railway Company in 1884-91.
In 1895 he was elected president of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
His publications include, Railroads, their origin and problems; Massachusetts, its historians and its history; Three episodes of Massachusetts history; Life of Charles Francis Adams; Richard Henry Dana, a biography, etc.
The double anniversary, 1776 and 1863.
On July 4. 1869, he delivered the following historical address at Quincy, Mass.:
Six years ago, on this anniversary, we — and not only we who stood upon the scarred and fur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Kendall 1835 - (search)
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-
Educator and historian; born in Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835; was graduated at the University of Michigan.
and continued his studies in Germany, France, and Italy.
In 1867-85 he was Professor of History in the University of Michigan; in 1885-92 was president of Cornell University; in 1892 became president of the University of Wisconsin; and from that year till 1895 was editor-in-chief of the revised edition of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.
He has published many monographs and papers in reviews, and Democracy and monarchy in France; Manual of Historical Literature; British orations; Christopher Columbus, his life and work, etc.
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 C.
Born in Davenport, Ia., 1861.
Graduated from Iowa College, 1874. Professor of Political Economy in the University of Michigan since 1887. Director of the division of transportation of the eleventh census; statistician to Interstate Commerce Commission since 1887; president American Economic Association from 1895-97.
He has written Lectures on political Economy ; State in relation to industrial action; Public debts; The Science of finance.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , John Newman 1838 - (search)
Andrews, John Newman, 1838-
Military officer; born in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 16, 1838; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1860; promoted first lieutenant in 1861; colonel, in 1895; and was retired April 1, 1899.
From June 3, 1898, to Feb. 24, 1899, be was a brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the Civil War he served in a number of Indian campaigns, and in 1898 through the war with Spain.