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Brigham, Willard I. Tyler, lawyer, genewas born May 31, 1859, in Montpelier, Vt. For five years he was on the Shakespearian stage, with such stars as alogist,

Booth and Barrett. He is the historian of the Brigham and Tyler Families' associations of the United States. Brigham, WiUiam Tufts, lawyer, naturalist, author, was born May 24, 1841, in Boston, Mass. In 1862 he graduated from Harvard college; and in 1905 received the degree of A.M. and the honory degree of Sc.D.

from

Columbia

uni-

1864-65 he was an explorer of botany in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1867 he was admitted to the practice of law. In 1868-69 he was an

In

versity.

of botany Harvard college. He inaugurated the system of art instruction in the public schools and the Sargent method of anthropometry now in general use in colleges and universities. Since 1888 he has had charge of the museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history in

instructor

in West-Saxon; The Gospel of Saint Matthew in West-Saxon; the Gospel of Saint Mark; and other works.

John

Bright, Jesse D., jurist, state senator, lieutenant, governor, United States senator, was bom Dec. 18, 1812, in Norwich, N.Y. He was circuit judge of Indiana; was a state senator; was marshal of the United States for the district of Indiana; and lieutenant-governor of that state. In 1845-63

he was United States senator from Indiana; and president of the United States senate during several sessions. He subsequently settled in Kentucky; and was elected to the state senate. He died May 20, 1875, in Baltimore, Md. Bright, John Morgan, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1817, in Fayettepublic ville, Tenn. He was educated in the and private schools of Fayetteville, Tenn.;he studied at Brigham school of Hillsboro, N.

in

Honolulu, H.I. He is the author of Volcanic Manifestations in New England; Guatemala, the Land of the Quetzal; Hawaiian Feather Work; Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; and other works. Bright, Albert Jesse, soldier, was bom in Tennessee. In 1898-99 he served as first lieutenant in the first regiment Tennessee volunteer infantry; and served in the Spanish-American war. In 1899-1901 he was first lieutenant in the thirty-seventh United States volunteer infantry; and in 1901 became second lieutenant in the thirteeth regiment; and was subsequently first lieutenant in the second regiment United States infantry. Bright, James Wilson, educator, philologist, author. In 1877 he received the degree of A.B. from Lafayette college; in 1880 received the degree of A.M.; and in 1883 received the degree of

Ph.D from Johns Hopkins

university.

1885-91

he

was

In in-

structor and associate Johns Hopkins uni1891-93 versity; in was associate-professor of English philology; and in 18931905 he was professor of English philology. Since 1886 he has been associate editor of in

Modern Language Notes; and

in

1902 was

president of the modern language association of America. He is the author of The Gospel of Saint Luke in Anglo-Saxon; An Anglo-Saxon Reader; The Gospel of Saint

C;

in 1839

graduated

from Nashville university; in 1841 graduated in law from the

Transylvania university of Lexington, Ky.; and has received the the degree of LL.D. He a distinguished citizen of Lincoln county, Tenn; and as a lawyer attained eminence as one of the most powerful in the state. In 1841-48 he was a representative in the Tennessee state legislature. In 1871-81 he was a representative from Tennessee to the fortysecond, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as a democrat. He still possesses all of his talents and is a, is



resident of Fayetteville, Tenn.

Bright, Jonathan Brown, genealogist, auphilanthropist, was born April 23, 1800, in Waltham, Mass. He made many researches into his family history both here thor,

and

in England, and published h, volume of genealogy, which has been pronounced a model for works of its kind. It is entitled The Brights of Suffolk, England, represented in America by the Descendants of Henry Bright, Jr., who settled at Watertown, Mass., about 1630. He left to Harvard college fifty thousand dollars, the income to be divided between the purchase of books and the support of scholarships, to which Brights lineally descended from Henry Bright, Jr., should have priority of claim. He died Dec. 17, 1879, in Waltham, Mass.

Bright, Marshal Huntington, soldier^ journalist, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 18, 1834, in Hudson, N.Y. In 1854 he became assistant editor of the Albany Argus ; and was a reporter in the New York state senate. He was brevetted major for his services during the civil war. In 1873 he became managing editor of the Christian at Work of New