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Bell telephone company. He invented the loose contact telephone transmitter; and the gramophone for which he received the Scott

of that city.

medal from the Franklin institute of Phila-

author, was born Nov. 8, 1837, in Prussia. He is a Lutheran clergyman of Phillipsburg, N.J.; the author of The Success of God's Work; Localities of the Reformation; and History of the German Settlements in North and South Carolina. He died about 1900 in Phillipsburg, N.J. Bemhisel, John M., physician, congressman, was born June 23, 1799, in Cumberland county. Pa. In 1851-63 he was a delegate from Utah to the thirty-second to the thirty-seventh congresses. He died in Utah. Bemon, Gabriel, philanthropist. He was a French Pluguenot, who resided in Providence, R.I. He founded the first three episcopal churches in America in Virginia, in Newport and St. John's church in Providence, R.I. History states that the first English prayer book in America was brought here and owned by Gabriel Bernon. He died in Providence,

delphia, Pa.

Bermudez,

lawyer, jurist. In 1880-93 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Louisiana. He died Aug. 22, 1893, in New Orleans, La. Bernadou, John Baptists, naval officer, author, was born in 1858 in Pennsylvania. He served in the Spanish- American war ; and attained the rank of lieutenant in the United States navy. He is the author of Trip

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Through Northern Korea; Smokeless Powder; and Theory of the Cellulose Molecule. Bernard, Francis, colonial governor, was bora in 1714 in England. He came to America in 1758 as governor of New Jersey, but in 1769 returned to England. He was the author of Select Letters on the Trade and Gov-

ernment of America; and Principles of Law and Polity Applied to the Government of the British Colonies in America. He died 16, 1799, in England. Bernard, Reuben Frank, soldier, was born in Tennessee. He served in the United States army in 1855-96. In 1890 he was made a brigadier-general. Bernard, Simon, army officer, was born in France. In 1816-31 he served in the United States army as assistant engineer with the pay and emoluments of a brigadier-general. He died Nov. 5, 1839. Bernard, Victor Ferdinand, educator, authIn or, was born Nov. 1, 1845, in Lorraine. 1885-93 he was principal in the French department of Amherst college summer school of languages; and since 1892 has been professor of French languages and literature at the Misses Masters' school for young ladies. He is the author of Genre des Noms; and several other works in French. Bernard, WUliam, dramatist, author, was born Nov. 27, 1807, in Boston, Mass. The best known of his dramas are Rip Van Winkle; The Nervous Man and the Man of Nerve;

June

The Man About Town; Marie Ducange; His Last Legs; Dumb Belle; The Boarding School; The Middy Ashore; The Round of Wrong; A Life's Trials; and A Splendid Investment. His last play was The Doge of Venice. He died Aug. 5, 1875, in London, England.

Bemays, Augustus Charles, physician, surauthor, was born Oct. 13, 1854, in Highland, 111. In 1883 he became professor of anatomy in the St. Louis college of physicians and surgeons. He was the author of two embryological Monographs; and also of geon,

a series of surgical papers under the title of Chips

Prom a

Surgeon's Workshop.

He

died in 1907 in St. Louis, Mo. Bernhardt, Wilhelm, educator, author, was bom May 9, 1849, in Halle, Germany. Since 1881 he has been head of the German department in the Central high school of Washington, D.C.; and since 1892 has been director of German instruction in the high schools

German

He is the author of a series of text books for schools and colleges.

Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellman, clergyman,

R.I.

Herman, translator, author, was born Sept. 31, 1876, in Germany.

Bernstein, poet,

He

received a thorough education in Russia; emigrated to the Uni-

ted

States

and has ever

in 1893; since re-

in New 'York City. He is the author of In the Gates of Israel, stories of the

sided

Jews; Contrite Hearts, a novel; and of The Flight of Time, poems.

He

is a contributor to the leading periodicals

of America and newspapers of America, which have been a valu-

American literature. Berri, William, merchant, banker, inventor, was born Sept. 13, 1848, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is the inventor of type-casting machines; and of other mechanical devices.

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Berrian, William, clergyman, author, was born in 1787 in New York City. In 1830-62 he was an episcopal clergyman of Trinity church in New York City. He was the author of Travels in France and Italy; Devotions for the Sick Room; On Communion; Enter Thy Closet; The Sailors' Manual; Recollections of Departed Friends; Family and Private Prayers; and Historical Sketch of Trinity Church. He died Nov. 7, 1863, in

New York

City. Berrien, John, lawyer, jurist, was born in New Jersey. In 1764 he became an associate justice of the state supreme court of New Jersey for a term of seven years. He died in New Jersey. Berry, A. Moore, lawyer, author, was bora Dec. 5, 1849, in Greenville, S.C. He was law reporter of the court of appeals for twelve years in St. Louis, and during his incumbency of that office he prepared and published twenty-eight volumes of Missouri Appeal Reports.