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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. ern California; and since 1903 he has been president of that institution. Bovee, Christian Nestell, author, was born Feb. 32, 1830, in New Yorlc City. He was

an epigrammatic

writer,

some

of

whose

sayings have been much quoted. He was the author of Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies; and Intuitions and Summaries of Thought. He died in 1904 in New York City. Bovee, Marvin Henry, reformer, author, was born Jan. 5, 1827, in Amsterdam, N.Y. In 1852 he was chosen to the Wisconsin state senate, where he introduced and carried to a successful issue the bill to abolish capital punishment. In 1858 he secured the passage of a similar law in Hlinois; and in

the following winter he made a public canvass in its behalf in the state of New York. He was the author of Christ and the Gallows, or Reason for the Abolition of Capital Punishment. He died May 7, 1888, in

Whitewater, Wis. Bovee, Matthias J., congressman, was born in New York. In 1835-37 he was a representative from New York to the twentyfourth congress. He died in New York. Bovin, Ludwig, musician, composer, was born Feb. 17, 1850, in Switzerland. Since 1887 he has been the director of chorus and orchestra at Canisius college of BuflFalo, N.Y. His published works include four masses and other sacred music.

Bowden, George Edwin, lawyer, congressman, was born July 6, 1853, in Williamsburg, Va. He was admitted to the bar but never engaged in the practice. He was collector of customs for port of Norfolk in 1879-85. In 1887-91 he was a representative from Virginia in the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican. He died in 1908 in Norfolk, Va. Bowden, John, clergyman, educator, authIn 1802 or, was born Jan. 7, 1751, in Ireland. he was elected a professor of moral philos-

ophy and

logic in

Columbia

college.

He was

the author of A FuU-Length Portrait of Calvinism; The Essentials of Ordinations; The Apostolic Origin of Episcopacy; and Observations on the Catholic Controversy. He died July 31, 1817, in Ballston Spa, N.Y. Bowden, Lemuel Jackson, lawyer. United States senator, was born Jan. 16, 1815, in Williamsburg, Va. He served three sessions in the Virginia state legislature; was a member of the convention for amending the state constitution in 1849; and was a presidential elector in 1861. In 1863-65 he was United States senator from Virginia. He died Jan. 2, 1864, in Washington, D.C. Bowditch, Charles Pickering, soldier, arch-

was born Sept. 30, 1842, Mass. In 1863-64 he served as lieutenant and captain in the fifth regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He has written pamphlets devoted to the archaeol-

seologist, scientist,

in Boston,

ogy of the central American nations. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science.

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Henry IngersoU, physician, was born Aug. 9, 1808, in Salem, Mass. In 1859-67 he was professor of clinical medicine at Harvard university. He was Bowditch,

-author,

the author of Life of Nathaniel Bowditch for the Young; The Young Stethoscopist and Public Hygiene in America. He died Jan. 14, 1893, in Boston, Mass.

Bowditch, Henry Pickering, soldier, physieducator, was born April 4, 1840, in Boston, Mass. During the civil war he rose gradually until he attained the rank of major in the fifth Massachusetts cavalry, which office he resigned in 1865. In 1871 he became assistant professor of physiology at Harvard medical college; and in 1876 was elected to the full chair. Bowditch, Jonathan IngersoU, merchant, financier, philanthropist, was born Oct. 15, 1806, in Salem, Mass. By will he gave ten thousand dollars for the maintenance of the Bowditch collection in the Boston library and the purchase of works on mathematics and astronomy. He died in Massachusetts. Bowditch, Nathaniel, mathematician, author, was born March 26, 1773, in Salem, Mass. He was president of the American academy of arts and sciences. He was twice elected to the state executive council of Massachusetts cian,

and held many offices of trust and honor. He was a famous mathematician whose translation of La Place's Mgcanique Celeste, with extensive commentary, was his greatest work. The New American Navigator was his original work of note. 16, 1838, in Boston, Mass.

He

died

March

Bowditch, Nathaniel IngersoU, conveyancauthor, was born Jan. 17, 1805, in Salem, Mass. He became noted for accuracy and industry; and it is said that scarcely a transfer of real estate was made in Boston without his examination and approval of the title. He wrote altogether fifty-five folio volumes of land-titles containing over thirty thousand pages, besides plans and maps. He published SuflFolk Surnames which contains curious surnames met with by Mr. Bowditch in his business. He died April 16, 1861, in Brookline, Mass. Bowdoin, James, governor, philanthropist, was born Aug. 8, 1727, in Boston, Mass. In 1756 he was state senator and councilor; in 1769 was removed by the governor from the position of councilor for his opposition to the royal government, and was at once elected representative. In 1785-89 he was governor of Massachusetts. He was the author of a volume of poems. Bowdoin college was named in his honor, but endowed by his son James, who gave it six thousand acres of land. He died Nov. 6, 1790, in Boston, Mass. Bowdoin, William Goodrich, journalist, author, was born Sept. 4, 1860, in South Hadley Falls, Mass. In 1900-03 he was on the editorial staff of the Woman's Home Companion; and since 1903 has been associate editor of the Independent of New er,