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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. university of Arkansas since its organization; and practiced his profession in Little

Rook, Ark.

Henry W., orator, lawyer, financongressman, was born Sept. 30, 1838, in DeRuyter, N.Y. He studied in Yates PolyBentley,

cier,

technic

institute.

For

a number of years he

taught school in

York and

Illinois;

New and

1861 opened a law office in Boonville, N. Y. In 1891-93 he was a representative from in

New

Y'ork to the fifcongress;

ty-second

and was a prominent advocate for a ship canal from the great lakes to the Hudson. In 1894 he was appointed surrogate of Oneida county. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention at Chicago in 1896; and was most pronounced in opposition to the free silver platform. He has been four times elected president of Boonville; and in vice-president of the First national hank of that city. Bentley, Richard Clark, soldier, was born New York. In 1861 he entered the United States army from New York; and in 1865 was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Deo. 1, 1871.

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Bentley, Wilson Alwyn, musician, meteorologist, lecturer, scientist, author, was born Feb. 9, 1865, in Jericho, Vt. In 1885-86 he was an instructor of music; and since 1883 has been a student and photographer of snow crystals; and has pursued other meteorological studies. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of Studies of Frost and lee Crystals; and various Monographs relating to these studies. Bentley, William Burdelle, educator, scienwas born Aug. 8, 1866, in Maple Valley, N.Y. In 1883-85 he attended the Phillips tist,

academy

of Andover, Mass.; in 1889 graduated with the degree of A.B. from Harvard college;

quently

and subsereceived the of AM.', and

degrees Ph.D. In 1894-1900 he

was

associate professor of chemistry and physics at the univercity of Arkansas; and since 1900 has been professor of chemistry in the Ohio university at Athens. In 1895-99 he was secretary and treasurer of the Fayetteville telephone company. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; is a member of the society of chemical industry; and an honorary fellow of the society of biological chemistry of

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He is the author of valuable Monographs on scientific subjects. Bently, Robert Henry, soldier, was bom in New York. He entered the United States army in 1861 as sergeant in the first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, lie died Nov. 24, 1900. Benton, Allen Richardson, educator, college president, was born Oct. 1, 1823, in Cayuga county, N.Y. In 1861-68 he was president of the Western christian university of Indianapolis, Ind. In 1869-71 he was president of the Alliance college of Ohio. In 1871 he organized the state university of Nebraska; and became its first chancellor. In 1886-91 he was president of Butler university. He has been a professoT for nearly fifty years. Benton, Angelo Ames, clergyman, author, was born in 1837 in Crete. In 1887-94 he was professor of dogmatic theology at the university of the south. He is the author of The Church Cyclopedia; and The Tome of St. Leo. Benton, Charles S., congressman, was born in Maine. In 1843-47 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth congresses. Benton, Charles William, educator, linguist, editor, author, was born in 1853 in Tolland, Conn. Since 1880 he has been professor of modern languages at the university

London, England.

He speaks six languages and reads and writes fifteen languages. He is the author of Golden Ages of Literature. Benton, Frank, agriculturist, inventor, author, was born July 5, 1852, in G'oldwater, Mich. He spent eleven years in investigating the honey-bees of Europe, Africa and Asia. He is the inventor of a transport cage for sending queen bees long distance by mail. He is the author of The Honey Bee; and Bee Keeping. Benton, George Alden, lawyer, jurist, was born May 7, 1848, in Tolland, Conn. Since 1874 he lias practiced law in Rochester; N.Y. He is justice of the New York supreme court for the terra of 1907-18. Benton, Guy Potter, clergyman, lecturer, educator, college president, was bom May 26, 1865, in Kenton, Ohio. He was educated in the Ohio normal unof Minnesota.

iversity,

Ohio Wesle-

yan university. Baker university, and the university of Wooster, Ohio. In 1890-05 he was superintendent of schools in Fort Scott, Kan.; in 1895-96 was assistant state superintendent of public instruction in Kansas and in 1896-99 was professor of history and sociology in Baker university. In 1899 he was a member of the state board of education. In 1899-1902 he was president of the upper Iowa university; and since 1902 has