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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, historian, publishauthor, was born May 5, 1832, in Granville, Ohio. Early in life he moved to San Francisco, Cal. there opened the first book store on the Pacific coast and subsequently added a publishing establishment. He has impressed himself upon the literature of the nineteenth century by a colossal

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work entitled History of the Pacific States of North America, including Central America Mexico, California, Oregon and British Columbia, in thirty-nine volumes. He is also the author of The Native Races of the PaciStates, in five volumes; The Early AmeriChroniclers; Popular History of the Mexican People; Literary Industries, an autobiography; The Book of the Fair; and Wealth of Nations. fio

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Bancroft, Wilder Dwight, educator, chemauthor, was born Oct. 1, 1867, in Middletown, R.I. In 1888 he graduated from Harvard; and took post-graduate studies in Strassburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Amsterdam. In 1895-1903 he was assistant professor of physical chemistry at Cornell university of Ithaca, N.Y.; and since 1903 has filled the same chair as professor. Since 1896 he has been editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. He is the author of The Phase Rule. Bancroft, William Amos, athlete, soldier, lawyer, mayor, street railway president, was born April 26. 1855, in Groton, Mass. In 1867-72 he was educated at Lawrence academy of Groton, Mass; in 1873-74 he attended Phillips Exeter academy; in 1878 graduatist,

ed from Harvard university; and in college was stroke and captain of the victorious Harvard crew of 1877, 78-79; in 1879-81 studied in the Harvard law school; and then in 1881 was admitted to the bar. In 1882 he was a member of the Cambridge common council; and in 1883-85 was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1891-92 he was an alderman of Cambridge, Mass.; and in 1893-96 was mayor of that city. In 1893-95 was an overseer of Harvard university. Since 1875 he has been a member of the Massachusetts volunteer militia and has served from private to major-general.

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brigadier-general of United States volunteers during the SpanishAmerican war. Since 1899 he has been president of the Boston elevated railway company; president of the Boston Commercial club and is a director in the Boston chamber of commerce, the United States trust company, the Puritan trust company, the Chelsea trust company; and a trustee or member of various educational institutions military and social clubs. Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, archseologist, author, was born Aug. 6, 1840, in Berne, Switzerland. His principal work has been performed under the direction of the Archaeological institute of America. He is the author of The Art of War and Mode of Warfare; Tenure of Land and Inheritances of the Ancient Mexicans, Historical Introduction to Studies among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Archaeological Tour in Mexico in 1881; and The Delight Makers, a novel of Pueblo Indian life. Bandholtz, Harry H., army officer, governor, was born Dec. 18, 1864, in Constantine, Mich. He graduated from the United States military academy at West Point, N.Y. He soon attained the rank of captain and quartermaster in the second United States infantry; and was major of the thirty-fifth regiment Michigan volunteer infantry. He has been governor of Tayabas province, P.I. and colonel and assistant chief of the Phillippine constabulary, commanding the first district. Since 1903 he has held the rank of colonel in the United States army. Bandini, Juan, soldier, public official, was born 1800 in Peru. In 1834 he was connected with a famous and disastrous Mexican scheme for a new colony in California; and in 1836-38 was the leader of the southern opposition to Alvarado. He continued to hold various minor offices; and early espoused the cause of the Americans in 1846. He died in 1859 in Los Angeles, Cal. Banes, Charles H., soldier, author, was born Oct. 24, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served through the civil war; and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1864. He is the author of a volume entitled History of the Philadelphia Brigade. Bangs, Francis C, actor, was born in October, 1837, in Alexandria, Va. His first appearance on the stage was in 1852 in the Old National theater at Washington, D.C. In 1884 he appeared in the role of Willie Denver in the Silver King. Bangs, Francis Nehemiah, lawyer, founder, was born Feb. 23, 1828, in New York City. He was one of the original members of the bar association of New York; and was its president in 1882-83. He was one of the originators of the Union league club of New

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Bangs, Isaac Sparrow, soldier, was bom 17, 1831, in Canaan, Maine. He served throughout the civil war; and in 1865 was

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