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Edward

Fuller, scientist, educatauthor, was born Jan. 14, 1860, in Colchester, Conn. He was educated at Yale university ; and at various laboratories. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the editor of the department of nature and science of the St. Nicholas Magazine; and is a lecturer on nature

Bigelow,

or, lecturer,

pedagogy taken from the standpoint of the Child. He is the author of Bigelow's Descriptive Plant Analysis; How Nature Study Should be Taught; Walking, a Fine Art; and Our School Out of Doors. Bigelow, Erastus Brigham, manufacturer, was born April 3, 1814, in West Boylston, Mass. He was a noted New England inventor of carpet looms; and was one of the original incorporators of the Massachusetts institute of technology. He was the author of The Tariff Question considered in regard to the Policy of England and the Interest of the United States and The Tariff Policy of England and the United States Contrasted. He died Dee. 6, 1879, in Boston, Mass.

Bigelow, Frank Barna, litterateur, librarwas born Feb. 7, 1869 in Amherst, Mass. He received a thorough education; and in 1891 graduated from Amherst college with the degree of A.B. In 1892-96 he was assistant librarian of Columbia university; and since 1895 has been librarian of the New York society library. In 1902-03 he was president of the New York library club; and has held various other positions. He is a life member of the American library association; and has contributed extensively to ian,

bibliographical literature.

Bigelow, Frank Hagar, clergyman, scientauthor, was born Aug. 28, 1851, in Concord, Mass. For some years he was assistant astronomer in the Argentine national observatory in Cordoba; and was afterward a professor of mathema-

ist,

in Racine college Wisconsin. Since 1891 he has been pro-

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fessor of meteorology in the United States weather bureau in Washington, D.C. and since 1890 has also been assistant rector of St. .Johns church of that city. His name is ospecinlly associated with an instrument for the photographic record of the transit of stars and with some novel studies by which the solar corona, the aurora and terrestrial magnetism are sho^vn to be associated. He is



the author of Internal Cloud Report; and Barometry of the United States. Bigelow, George Tyler, lawyer, jurist. In 1850-60 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts; and in 1860-68 he was chief justice. He died in 1878 in Massachusetts. Bigelow, Henry Jacob, physician, surgeon, was born March 11, 1818, in Boston, Mass. He was professor of surgery in the medical school of Harvard university in 1849-84. In 1846-86 he was surgeon to the Massachusetts general hospital. He died Oct. 30, 1890, in Newton Creek, Mass. Bigelow, Hobert B., manufacturer, govern-

was born May 16, 1834, in New Haven, He was a manufacturer of machinery in New Haven, Conn. In 1875 he became a member of the general assembly; and in 1879-81 was mayor. In 1881-83 he was the or,

Conn.

thirty-second governor of Connecticut. In 1882 he became president of the merchants national bank of New Haven, Conn. Bigelow, Jacob, physician, author, was born Feb. 27, 1787, in Sudbury, Mass. He was a famous physician of Boston; and established Mount Auburn cemetery. He was the auBrief thor of History of Mount Auburn; Exposition of Rational Medicine; Modern In-

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Remarks on Classical and Utilitarian Studies; American Medical Botany; and Nature in Disease. He died Jan. 10, 1879, in Boston, Mass. Bigelow, John, journalist, author, was born Nov. 25, 1817; in Maiden, N.Y. He was United States minister to France; and in 1875 quiries;

wa's elected secretary of the state of New York. He is the author of Life of Benjamin Franklin; Life of William CuUen Bryant; Life of Samuel Tildeu; Jamaica in 1850; Les

Etats Unis d'Amerique en 1863 Some Recollections of Antoine Pierre Berryer; France and Hereditary Monarchy; Wit and Wisdom of the Haytiens; Molinos the Quietist; France and the Confederate Navy An International Episode; The Mystery of Sleep; and edited complete editions of the works of Franklin and Tilden. Bigelow, John, soldier, author, was born May 12, 1854, in New York; and is a son of John Bigelow. He is a captain in the tenth United States cavalry; and took part in the assault on San Juan in 1898, and was severely wounded. He is the author of The Prin;



Strategy, illustrated chiefly from American campaigns; and Reminiscences of the Santiago Campaign. Bigelow, Lafayette Jotham, lawyer, authciples of

or, was born in 1835 in New York. He was a lawyer and journalist of Watertown, N.Y. He was the author of Bench and Bar. He died in 1870 in New York. Bigelow, Lewis, congressman, author, was born 1783 in Petersham, Mass. In 1821-23 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the seventeenth congress. He was the author of the Digest of the First Twelve Volumes of Massachusetts Reports. He died Get, 3,

1838, in Peoria,

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