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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Brown, Anson, congressman, was born in York. In 1839-41 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-sixth congress. He-died June 31, 1840, in Ballston, N.Y. Brown, Arthur, lawyer, United States senator, was born March 8, 1843, in Kalamazoo

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county, Mich. Since 1879 he has practiced law in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1895-97 he was United States senator from Utah. He died Dec. 12, 1906, in Washington, D.C. Brown, Arthur Erwin, zoologist, scientist, was born Aug. 14, 1850, in Buck's county, Pa. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He has written various biological and zoological pa-

served many years; and in 1829-41 he was United States senator. He was elected to the state senate and served two terms. He died Dec.

1870, in Caswell county, N.C. soldier, journalist. United States senator, governor, was born May 28, 1826, in Le.ington, Ky. He was a member of the Missouri state legislature in 1852-58; assisted in establishing the Missouri Democrat; and edited that journal in 1854-59. 6,

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Brown, Arthur Judson, clergyman, author, 3, 1856, in Holliston, Mass. In 1880 he graduated with the degree of A.B'. from Wabash college of Indiana; and in 1884 with the degree of A.il. from that in-

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stitution. In 1883 he graduated from Lane theological seminary and in 1891 received the degree of D.D.

from Lake Forest uniIn 1883-88 he filled pastorates in the presbyterian church in versity.

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in 1888-95 in Portland, Ore.

Since 1895 he has been secretary of the prebyterian board of foreign missions for New York; and in 1901-92 traveled around the world. He is the author of The New Era in the Philippines; New Forces in Old China; The Foreign Missionary; The and How of Foreign Missions; and The Nearer and Farther East. Brown, Arthur Lewis, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 28, 1854, in Providence, R.I. Since 1896 he has been United States judge for the district of Rhode Island. Brown, Arthur Newton, educator, librarian, translator, was bom Oct. 20, 1857, in Terre Haute, Ind. He was assistant librarian of the state library at Springfield, Mass.; and is now librarian of the United States naval academy. He has filled a professorship in the United States naval academy. ois;

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Brown, Austin Haymond, journalist, manufacturer, was born March 19, 1828, in Milroy, Ind. He was the proprietor of the State Sentinel of Indianapolis in 1850-55, first as a semi-weekly and then as a daily, assisted in the editorial management by his father, William J. Brown. Since 1861 he has served thirteen consecutive years in the city council; and served nine years as one of the board of school commissioners. He is now connected with the Indianapolis stove company. Brown, Bedford, United States senator, was born in 1795 in Caswell county, N.C. He was elected to the house of commons of North Carolina in 1815, in which capacity he

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behalf of freedom in that state. In 1861 he volunteered and raised regiment, which asa, sisted in the capture of Camp Jackson; and which he commanded during its term of service. In 1863-67 he was United States senator from Missouri. In 1871-73 he was the

seventeenth governor of Missouri. In 1872 he received a complimentary vote for president of the United States. He died Dec. 13,

Mo. Brown, Bedford, physician, founder, was born Jan. 1, 1825, in Caswell county, N.C. When the civil war broke out he entered the army as a surgeon; and during the latter part of the civil war was an inspector of hospitals and camps. He was one of the founders of the Southern surgical and gynaecological association; and has served as president, vice-president and member of its judi1885, in Kirkwood,

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Brown, Benjamin, congressman. He served the Massachusetts state legislature in 1809-12; and in 1815-17 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fourteenth in

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Brown, Buckminster, surgeon, author, was born July 13, 1819, in Boston. Devoting himself to orthopaedic surgery, he attained experience and skill that placed him among the foremost living specialists in that line. He was the author of many technical treatises, including a full account of the instance of

the double-hip displacement. Brown, Calvin Luther, lawyer, jurist, was born April 26, 1854, in Goshen, N.H. For many years he practiced law in Morris, Minn. Since 1899 he has been an associate justice of the state supreme court of Minnesota for terra ending in 1912.

Brown, Calvin Smith, educator, author, was born Feb. 13, 1866, in Obion county, Tenn. He is an instructor in English and comparative literature in the university of Colorado. He is the author of The Later En-

Drama. Brown, Chad, elder in the Baptist church. During his pastorate arose the controversy respecting the laying on of hands, which reglish

sulted in the secession of the five-principle