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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), Eliot , Samuel , 1821 -1898 (search)
Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898
Historian; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1821; graduated at Harvard College in 1839; professor of History and Political Science in Trinity College in 1856-64.
His publications include Passages from the history of liberty; History of liberty (in five parts, the last of which is entitled the American nation) ; and a Manual of United States history between the years 1792 and 1850.
He died in Beverly, Mass., Sept. 14, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flagg , Wilson 1805 -1884 (search)
Flagg, Wilson 1805-1884
Naturalist; born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 5, 1805; was educated at Phillips Andover Academy; entered Harvard in 1823 and three months later left that college to study medicine, which he never practised.
When a young man he lectured on natural science, and made a pedestrian tour from Tennessee to Virginia and then home.
Later he became interested in political discussions and contributed articles to the Boston Weekly magazine and the Boston Post.
In 1840 he wrote almost exclusively for agricultural journals, and his first book was based on his articles in Hovey's magazine of horticulture.
Later he contributed largely to the Atlantic monthly.
He was employed in the Boston custom-house from 1844 to 1848, and removed to Cambridge, Mass., in 1856.
Among his publications are Studies in the field and forest; Woods and by-ways in New England; and Birds and seasons of New England.
In 1881 these three books were republished, with new material, under the titles o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne , Robert young -1839 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Loring , Charles Greeley 1794 -1868 (search)
Loring, Charles Greeley 1794-1868
Lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., May 2, 1794; graduated at Harvard College in 1812.
He was the author of Neutral relations between the United States and England, and Life of William Sturgis.
He died in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 8, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ober , Frederick Albion 1849 - (search)
Ober, Frederick Albion 1849-
Author; born in Beverly, Mass., Feb. 13, 1849; now connected as ornithologist with the Smithsonian Institution, for which he has travelled extensively.
Among his works are Puerto Rico and its resources; Brief histories of Spain, Mexico, and the West Indies, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver , Henry Kemble 1800 -1885 (search)
Oliver, Henry Kemble 1800-1885
Musician; born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 24, 1800; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1818; taught music for many years; elected mayor of Lawrence, Mass., 1859; State treasurer of Massachusetts, 1861; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1866. Mr. Oliver is best known as organist, director of choirs, and composer.
He wrote Federal Street; Beacon Street, and many other wellknown hymn-tunes, and published a number of church tune-books.
He died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 10, 1885.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbury , Augustus 1825 - (search)
Woodbury, Augustus 1825-
Author; born in Beverly, Mass., in 1825; graduated at the Harvard Divinity School in 1849, and was ordained in the Unitarian Church; became pastor of the Westminster Unitarian Church in Providence, R. I., in 1853; was chairman of the Rhode Island board of inspection for prisons in 1866-77; appointed chaplain of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in 1861, and was chaplain-inchief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1874-75.
In 1883 he became president of the Providence Athenaeum.
His publications include The preservation of the republic; Narrative of the campaign of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the spring and summer of 1861; An Historical sketch of the prisons and jails of Rhode Island; Memorial of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, etc.