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nal of Commerce; editor of Vox Humana; musical editor of the Boston Post; and editor of the world's work department in the Century Magazine. He is the author of The

Tone Masters; The Soprano; My Ten Kod Farm; Farming by Inches; A Simple Flower Garden; The Strawberry Garden; Legilda Romanoff; Knights of To-day; Co-operation

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as a Business; Dead Town, a Romance of the Old Country; Talks About the Weather; and Talks About the Soil. Barnard, Charles F., clergyman, philanthropist, was born April 7, 1808, in Boston, Mass. In 1834 he was ordained to the ministry. His interest was centered in children; and with the support of prominent citizens he erected a chapel in Boston, Mass. Eventuai!y five hundred of its pupils entered the federal army. He died Nov. 8, 1884, in Som-

Mass. Barnard, Daniel Dewey, lawyer, diplomat, congressman, author, was born July 16, 1797, in Shetlield, Mass. In 1826 he was elected the district attorney of Monroe county, N.Y. and in 1827-29 and 1839-45 he was a reperville,

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seventh and twentyeighth congresses. In 1850-53 he was United States minister resident in Prussia. He was the author of numerovis speeches and redied April 24, 1861, in Albany.

Edward Emerson, astronomer, was born Dec. 16, 1857, in

scientist, author,

Nashville, Tenn. Since 1883 he has had charge of the astronomical observatory; and is also assistant in practical astronomy at Vanderbilt university. He is the author of astronomical contributions to the Sidereal Messenger, Observatory, Science Observer, a.nd other technical Journals. He has discovered seventeen comets; and in 1893 he received the Arago gold medal for the discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter. Barnard, Francis, colonial governor. In 1758-60 he was colonial governor of New Jersey. Barnard, Frederick, pioneer, law printer, was born Oct. 3, 1836, in Somersetshire, England. In. 1847 he began his career as a newsboy, carrying the Chicago Journal and learned the printing trade in the old Journal office. In 1857 he became a master printer; and, has made a specialty of law printing. He is the oldest boss printer and the oldest newsboy in Chicago. He has been president of the typothetfe; and is a member of the

Chicago historical society. Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, college president, author, was born May 5, 1809. in SheiBeld, Mass. He was president of Columbia college in 1864-89. He was the auth-

or of History of the United States Coast Survey; Imaginary Metrological System of the Great Pyramid; The Undulatory Theory of Light; and Letters on College Government. He died April 27, 1889, in New York City.

Barnard, George Grey, sculptor, was born 24, 1863, in Bellefonte, Pa. His works include Brotherly Love; Norway^ Two Natures, in the Metropolitan Museum of New York City; and The God Pan, in Central

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Barnard, Henry, educator, statesman, author, was born Jan. 24, 1811, in Hartford, Conn. In 1837 he was elected a member of the legislature of Connecticut, and was twice re-elected to that office, during which time he effected a reorganization of the state common school system. He was superintendent of public schools in Rhode Island in 1843-49; state superintendent of school architecture in' 1850-54; and began the American Journal of Education in 1855. He became president of the American association for the advancement of education. He is the author of Story of Education in Connecticut; Educational Biography; and other educational works. He died about 1900, in Hartford, Conn. Barnard, Henry Clay, lawyer, business president, was born Dec. 21, 1844, in New York City. In 1869 he was admitted to the Illinois bar. In 1870-81 he was associated with the grocery business of Franklin MacVeagh ; and in 1885-96 was general manager and vice-

president of the N.K, Fairbank company of Cliicago, 111. Since 1899 he has been president and treasurer of the United breweries

company. Barnard, Isaac D., soldier, lawyer. United States senator, was born July 18, 1791, in Aston, Pa. He was distinguished at Lyons Creek and at the capture of Fort George in 1813; and left the army in 1815. He was admitted to the bar in 1816; and was soon made deputy attorney general. He was chosen state senator of Pennsylvania in 1820, and was secretary of state in 1836. In 182731 he was United States senator from Pennsylvania. He died Feb. 28, 1834, in Westchester, Pa. Barnard, Job, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 8, 1844, in Porter county, Ind. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in company K, seventy-third regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; and served through the civil war, attaining the rank of first sergeant. He is now associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia.

Barnard, John, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 6, 1681, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational minister of Boston; and

was among the earliest New England dissenters from Calvinism. He was the author of Version of the Psalms Sermons and The



Strange Adventures of Philip Ashton. He died Jan. 24, 1770, in Boston, Mass. Barnard, John Gross, soldier, author, was born May 19, 1815, in Shefiield, Mass. He