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to the continental congress. In 1795-1801 he was a member of the United States senate. He died Feb. 7, 1804, in England. Bingham, William, educator, author, was born in 1835 in North Carolina. He succeeded to the management of a classical school at Mebanesville, N. C, which had been conducted with success by his father and grandfather. He is the author of The Grammar of the Grammar of the English Latin Language; Language; and Caesar's Commentaries, with

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Notes and a Vocabulary. Binkley, Christian Kreider, educator, authwas born Aug. 6, 1870, near Millersville, Pa. He graduated from Millersville state noror,

mal school; and from Stanford university.

Binnie, John Fairbairn, surgeon, author, was born April 23, 1863, in Scotland. Since 1889 he has practiced surgery in Kansas City, Mo. He is the author of Manual of Operative Surgery.

Binney, Joseph Getchell, theologian, college president, was born Nov. 4, 1778, in Milford, Mass. In 1822-28 he held the chair of theology in Waterville college; and then became president of the Columbian college. He died Oct. 1, 1845. Binney, William Greene, conchologist, author, was born in 1833, in Boston, Mass. He is a well-known conchologist of Burlington, N.J. Besides completing his father's work on mollusks he has written Bibliogra-

Since 1900 he has been teacher of English literature at Cogswell polytechnic college of San Franscico, Cal. He is the author of Sonnets and Songs for a House of Days; The Poet's Interpretation of Nature; and Na-

of North American Conehology; Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America; and Catalogues of the Terrestrial AirBreathing Mollusks of North America.

ture-Lure.

was born Oct. 4, 1857, in England. In 1901 he was president of the American ceramic

Binney, Amos, physician, author, was born Oct. 18, 1803, in Boston, Mass. He was a once prominent physician and naturalist of Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature; and was instrumental in securing the appointment of the zoological and botanical commissions. He was the author of Terrestrial Air-Breathing MoUusks of the United States. He died Feb. 18, 1847, in Rome, Italy. Binney, Barnabas, physician, surgeon, was born in 1751 in Boston, Mass. In 1776 he became surgeon in the revolution; and remained in the service until the army was disbanded in 1778. He died June 20, 1787; in Frankcounty. Pa. Binney, Charles Channcey, lawyer, government official, author, was born Oct. 20, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1881 he has practiced law in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1893-97 he was assistant-attorney to the department of justice of the United States; and since 1897 has been special attorney in the same department. He is the author of Restrictions Upon Local and Special Legislation in State Constitutions; and Life of Horace Binney. Binney, Horace, lawyer, iurist, congressman, author, was born on Jan. 4, 1780, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1806-07; in 1827 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania; and in 183335 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-third congress. He was the author of Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1799-1814; Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia; and Inquiry Into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Adress. He died Aug. 12, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa. Binney, Horace, lawyer, founder, was born Jan. 21, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the founder of the union league of Philadelphia, Pa.; and was president of the association at the time of his death. A memoir of Mr. Binney has been published. He died Feb. 3, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa. lin

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Binns, Charles Fergus, ceramist, author,

He is the author of Ceramic Technology; and The Story of the Potter. Binns, John, journalist, author, was born Dec. 22, 1772, in Ireland. In 1807-29 he conducted the Democratic Press of Philadelphia. He was for twenty years an alderman of He was the author of RecPhiladelphia, Pa. ollections of the Life of John Binns; Twentynine Years in Europe, and Fifty-three in the United States; and Binns' Magistrate's Mansociety.

ual. He died June 16, 1860, in Philadelphia. Bintliffi James, soldier, lawyer, journalist, Nov. 1, 1824, in England. He was was

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editor and proprietor of the Monroe Sentinel of Wisconsin. He served throughout the civil war; recruited a company of volunteers, of which he was captain; and as colonel of the thirty-eighth regiment Wisconsin vol-

unteer infantry captured Fort Hell at Petersburg, which won for him the star of a brigadier-general. In 1870-78 he published the Janesville Gazette; and from 1878 the Darlington Republican. In 1887-96 he was president of the board of the Wisconsin He died March 16, soldiers' orphans' home. 1901, in Windsor Park, near Chicago, 111. Birch, James H., lawyer, jurist, of Clinton, Mo. In 1849 he was elected associate justice of the state supreme court of Missouri for a term of twelve years. Birch, Thomas, painter, artist, was born in 1779 in London, England. During the war of 1812 he executed a series of historical paintings, representing the naval victories of the United States. He also painted landscapes, particularly snow scenes. The Harrison collection in Philadelphia contains his paintings of the engagement between the United States and the Macedonian; and between the Constitution and the Guerriere. Three of his marine views are in the Claghorn collection. He died Jan. 14, 1851, in Philadelphia. Pa. Birckhead, William H., poet. He is the the author of a volume of poems entitled

Changing Moods.