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Brown, William Rufus, soldier, was born New York. In 1861 he was captain in the

fourth

regiment

West Virginia

infantry;

and

in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. * He died Oct. 18, 1878.

Brown, William Thurston, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 20, 1861, in Medusa, N. Y. He is pastor of the Plymouth church at Rochester, N.Y. He is the author of The Real Religion of To-day.

Brown, William Wallace, soldier,- lawyer, congressman, was born April 22, 1836, in Summer Hill, N.Y. He enlisted in the union army for- a three-years' term; and served with gallantry until the close of the civil war. He was elected district attorney in 1866. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1872-76; and in 1883-87 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican. In 1897-99 he was auditor of the war department; and in 1899 became auditor of the navy department. He died in 1900 in Bradford, Pa. Browne, Arthur Wesley, educator, scientist, was born Nov. 24, 1877, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1906 he has been assistant professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry at Cornell university. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science.

Browne, Causten, lawyer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1828, in the District of ColumHe is a lawyer of Boston, Mass. He bia. is the author of Treatise on the Construction of the Statute of Frauds. Browne, Francis Fisher, journalist, author, poet, was born Dec. 1, 1843, in Windham county, Va., and is a son of William Goldsmith Browne, the author of the popular poem, A Hundred Years to Come, and the proprietor of the Journal of Chicopee, Mass. He served throughout the civil war in the fortysixth regiment Massavolunteers. chusetts He studied law; edit-

ed The Lakeside Monthly of Chicago during 1869-74; was after-

literary editor of The Alliance; and in 1880 founded The Dial, of which he is still editor and chief owner. His principal works

ward

Poems by British and American The Golden Treasury of Poetry

are Golden

Authors;

and Prose; Bugle Echoes, a collection of the Poetry of the Civil War; the Laurel-Crowned Series of Standard Poetry; and a volume of his own poems entitled Volunteer Grain. The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln, from his pen, is a valuable acquisition to historical literature.

Browne, Charles Farrar, better known as

Artemus Ward, humorist, author, was bom April 26, 1834, in Waterford, Maine. While

a printer in the office of the Plaindealer of Cleveland, he began publishing his series of letters

from Artemus Ward, Showman. La-

ter he became known as a popular humorous lecturer; and was lecturing in England with success at the time of his death. He was the author of Artemus Ward, His Book; Ar-

temus Ward Among the Mormons; Artemus Ward in London; Artemus Ward, His Travels; and Artemus Ward's Lecture at Egyp-

He

tian Hall.

died

March

6,

1867, in South-

ampton, England. Browne, George Huntington, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1818 in Gloucester, R. I. He was elected to both the charter and suifrage legislatures of Rhode Island; and served in 1842-52. In 1852-61 he was United States attorney for Rhode Island. In 186163 he was a representative from Rhode Island to the thirty-seventh congress. He died ill Gloucester, R.I. Browne, George Waldo, lecturer, author, poet, was born Oct. 8, 1851, in Deerfield, N. Daughter of MaryH. He is the author of land; Civil and Political History of Manchester; Sent to Siberia; Lights and Shades of Russian Life; Captain of Honor; Legends and Folklore of the Land of the Granite Hills a volume of poems entitled Plain Poems of Heart and Home; Woodranger Tales; and other works. Browne, Irving, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 14, 1835, in Marshall, N.Y. In 1879 he removed to Albany, N.Y., and became editor of the Albany Law Journal and the American Reports. He was the author of Humorous Phases of the Law; Short Studies of Great Lawyers Judicial Interpretation of Common

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Iconoclasm and Whitewash The Character of the Nurse's Deceased Husband in Romeo and Juliet ; Our Best Society, a comedy; and The Elements of Criminal Law. He died Feb. 7, 1899 in Buffalo, N.Y.

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Browne, Jefferson Beale, lawyer, statesman, was born June 6, 1857, in Key West,

He

one of the foremost lawyers of the Fla.; has been county surveyor, city attorney and postmaster; and in 1888 was a delegate to the democratic national convention. He has been president of the Florida state senate; was ex-officio lieutenant-governor of Florida in 1891; and in 1893-97 was collector of the port of Key West. Browne, John Mills, naval surgeon, was born May 10, 1831, in Hinsdale, N.H. He entered the United States navy as an assistant surgeon in 1853. In 1855-56 he participated in the Indian war on Puget sound; and later took part in the survey of the northwest boundary. He subsequently became medical inspector; then fleet surgeon; and was made surgeon-general of the navy. He died Dec.

Fla.

is

south at

Key West,

1894, in Washington, D.C. Browne, John Ross, traveler, author, was bom in 1817 in Ireland. He was a writer of amusing travels, illustrated by original draw7,