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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Blake, Mrs.

Mary

Elizabeth, author, poet,

was born in 1840 in Iowa. She was the author of Poems; Youth in Twelve Centuries; and Verses by the Way. Her prose works include: On the Wing, sketches of American Travel;

A Summer

Holiday, travel experien-

Europe; Mexico: Picturesque, and Political and Progressive. She died in 1907 in Boston, Mass. -Blake, Mary Katharine Evans, litterateur, author, was born Aug. 31, 1859, in Rockport, Ind. She is the author of Hearts' Haven. ces in

Blake,

Thatcher,

pioneer,

explorer,

was

born March 16, 1809, in Turner, Maine. He was an explorer of the Rock river valley; -and in 1834 started a colony on the site of the present city of Rockford, HI. In 1857 he became engaged in the real estate business; and continued in that work until his death. He died in Rockford, 111. Blake, Thomas Holdsworth, soldier, congressman, was born June, 1792, in Calvert county, Md. He served at the battle of Bladensburg in 1814. For many years he was a member of the Indiana state legislature. In 1827-29 he was a representative from Indiana to the twentieth congress. Under President Tyler's administration he was commissioner of the general land office; and upon his resignation Avas appointed president of the Wabash and Erie canal company. He died Nov. 38, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Blake, WiUiam Phipps, geologist, was born June 1, 1826, in New York City. He is professor of geology in the university of Arizona; and actively engaged in exploring the mineral resources of the Pacific states and territories. He is the author of Silver Ores and Silver Mines California Minerals Production of the Precious Metals Iron and Steel; Ceramic Art and Glass; History of Hamden, Conn.; Life of Captain Jonathan Mix;





and many contributions to journals of

sci-

ence.

Blake, William Rufus, actor, dramatist, author, was born in 1805 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was, at different times, stage manager of the Tremont theater of Boston; joint manager of the Walnut street theater of Philadelphia, and stage manager of the Broadway theater of New York City. He was the author of the plays: Nero; The Turned Head; and The Buggs. He died April 22, 1863, in Boston, Mass. Blakeley, Archibald, soldier, lawyer, was born July 16, 1827, in Butler county. Pa. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar; and served three years as district attorney of his native county. He served as a union soldier during the civil war as colonel in the seventy-eighth regiment Pennsylvania infantry. He was president of the general court-martial and military commissioner in the capitol at Nashville in 1863. He was in the battles of Stone River, Dug Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout

Mountain and Missionary Ridge; and commanded the brigade on Lookout Mountain during the winter of 1863-64. Since the close of the civil war he has practiced law in

Pittsburg, Pa.

He

of Utah, tendered

declined the governorship

by President Johnson and

the office of adjutant-general of Pennsylvania, tendered by Governor Geary. He was president of the Pennsylvania commission for the construction of monuments in Chickamauga-Chattanooga national military park. Blakeley, Johnston, naval officer, was born in October, 1781, in Ireland. In 1807 he M'as made lieutenant; and in 1813 was appointed a master commandant and placed in command of the Wasp. In 1814 he was a captain, but never enjoyed the promotion, as the Wasp was not heard of after Oct. 9, 1814. Blakelock, Ralph Albert, artist, was born Oct. 15, 1847, in New York City. He has painted landscapes, Indian figures and moonlight scenes. One of his pictures represents the Ta-vo-kok-i, or circle-dance of the Kavavite Indians. Some of his others works are: Moonlight; The Indian Fisherman; A Landscape; and Cumuli. declined

Blakely, Charles Franklin, printer, foundwas born July 8, 1845, in Danielsville, Conn. In 1860 he acquired an interest in the old Chicago Post; and in 1871 established the house of C. F. Blakely. In 1874 this business became known as Blakely and Brown; subsequently Blakely, Brown and Marsh; and in 1885 was incorporated as the Blakely printing company, of which he was vice-president until about 1902. er,

Blakeney, Albert Alexander, manufacturer, congressman, was born Sept. 38, 1850, in Sherwood, Md. He established the large cot-

now located at Franklinville, a director in the Bel Air and Havre de Grace railroad company; and in the automobile and manufacturing company of Baltiore, Md. In 1901-03 he was a representative from Maryland to the fifty-seventh congress as a republican. ti,.i-duck mills

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Blakeslee, Albert Francis, educator, botanauthor, was bornNov. 9, 1874 in Geneseo, N.Y. In 1896 he graduated with the degree of A.B. f rora Weslej'an university of Connecticut; ist, scientist,

and subsequently

re-

ceived the degrees of

A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard university. He has been an instructor in botany in Harvard university and college; Radclifle since 1907 has been professor of botany at Harvard university. In 1904-06 he was an investigator in Europe for the Carnegie institution. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and has made valuable investigations of sex in plant life. He is the author of Sexual Reproduction in he MuccrinEE; and several other medical in

and

works.