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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. court. He sei'ved on the bench twenty-four years. He died May 30, 1893, in Fort Madison. Iowa. Beck, Leonora, educator, author, poet, was born in Georgia. For five years she was the president of the Capitol female college of Atlanta, Ga.; and now fills the chair of latin and Greek in the Gardner institute of New York City. She is the author of a work of prose and verse.

Beck, Lewis Caleb, chemist, author, was born on Oct. 4, 1798, in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1830 he was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history in Rutger's college; and at the time of his death was professor of chemistry in the Albany medical college. He published Account of the Salt Springs at Salina; On Adulterations; Botany of the United States and of the United States North of Virginia; Mineralogy of New York; Illinois and Missouri Gazetteer; and Chemistry. He died April 20, 1853, in Albany, N.Y. Beck, Marcus W., lawyer, jurist. He is an associate-justice of the state supreme court of Georgia. Beck, Otto Walter, lecturer, artist, author, was born March 11, 1864, in Dayton, Ohio. He was the winner of the national competition in designs for mural decoration of the vestibule of the city hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of Art Principles in Portrait Photography. Beck, Paul, merchant, philanthropist, was born in 1760 in Philadelphia, Pa. He acquired a large fortune in the wine trade; and for several years filled the office of port warden of Philadelphia. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia academy of fine arts; a, benefactor of the deaf and dumb institution of that city; president of the American Sunday school union; and a contributor to various other charitable and religious undertakings. He died Dee. 22, 1844, in Philadelphia. Beck, Robert McCandlass, lieutenant of cavalry. United States army, was born May 9, 1879, in Westminster, Md. He was educated in the public schools of his native state ; and graduated from the United States military academy of West Point N.Y. As an army officer he has filled all grades to first lieutenant in the United States cavalry; and has participated in various battles and skirmishes. Since 1901 he has held the rank of first lieutenant of cavalry in the United

States army. Beck, Samuel, educator, clergyman, was born Nov. 3, 1832, near Richmond, Ind. For ten years he was engaged in educational

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1840-54; and collected statistics on deaf-mutes, which influenced the legislature to pass laws for the education of that class. He was the author of Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, with J. B. Beck, his brother. He died Nov. 19, 1855, in Utica, N.Y. Beck, William Henry, army officer, was born June 39, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. In college in

enlisted in the civil war as corporcompany B, tenth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry. In 1901 he was honorably

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discharged from the volunteer service ; and in 1903 was transferred to the eighth cavalry. In 1905 he was brevetted brigadier-general United States army; and was retired at his

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Becker, George Ferdinand, geologist, author, was born Jan. 5, 1847, in New York City. In 1879 he became connected with the United States geological survey; and later was placed in charge of the California division of geology. In 1899 he was on General MacArthur's staff in campaign in the Philippine Islands. He is the author of Geology of the

Comstock Lode; Atomic Weight Determinations; Geometrical Form of Volcanic Cones; New Law of Thermo-Chemistry; Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope; Memoirs on the Gold Fields of Alas-

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ka; and other works. Beckel, James Cox, musician, composer, was born Dec. 20, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has occupied several positions as organist in Philadelphia, Pa.; the last being the Clinton street church in 1875-91. He is now a music publisher of Philadelphia, Pa.; and managing editor of the Musical Clipper. Becker, Max Joseph, designer, civil engineer, was born June 20, 1828, in Germany. In 1863 he had charge of the extension of the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. For nearly thirty years he was chief engineer of the Stubenville and Indiana 'railroad. He died Aug. 23, 1896, in Pittsburg, Pa. Becker, Thomas Albert, clergyman, bishop, was born in 1832 in Pittsburg, Pa. He was created bishop of the new diocese of Wilmington, Del. He contributed largely to reviews and periodicals; especially a series of articles in the American Catholic Quarterly on the idea of a true university attracted wide attention. He died July 29, 1899, in Washington, Ga. Becker, Tracy Chatfield, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 14, 1855, in Cohoes, N.Y. Since 1877 he has practiced law in Buffalo, N.Y. and in 1881-85 was assistant district attorney of Erie county, N.Y. In 1894 he was a president of the New York association; and has been president of the lower lakes reciprocity league. He is lecturer on criminal law and medical jurisprudence at the law department of the university of Buffalo. He is the co-author of Witthaus and Beck-

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Beck, Theodric Romeyn, educator, author, was born April 11, 1791, in Schenectady N. Y. He was a professor In the Albany medical

and Toxicology. Becker, Washington, lawyer, banker, founder, was bom Feb. 22, 1847, in South Wor-

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