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under Farragut; and was present in the two engagements described in his famous battle poems entitled The Bay Fight and The River Fight, which rank among the finest verses of their kind. He was the author of Poems; People's Book of Ancient and Modern History; Discoverers of North and South Amer-

a Day; and War Lyrics. He died Oct. 31, 1872, in East Hartford,* Conn. Brownell, Thomas Church, clergyman bishop, author, was born Oct. 19, 1779, in Westport, Mass. He was educated in the public schools and theological seminaries of Massaica; Lyrics of

chusetts. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of Connecticut. He was the author of Family Pra-

yer

Book



Comment-

on the Prayer Book; Youthful Christian's Guide; Consolaary

tion for the Afflicted; Christian's Walk and

Consolation;

Religion

Heart and Life; and numerous other religious works. He died Jan. 13, 1865, in Hartof

ford, Conn.

Brownell, William Crary, journalist, auwas born in 1851 in New York City. He

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New York

journalist

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the author of Newport; French Art; Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture; and French Traits, an essay in Comparative Criticism.

Brownell, William H., soldier. He attained the rank of brigadier-general during the civil war. He died Nov. 14, 1888, in Brooklyn. Browning, Eliza Gordon, librarian, author, was born Sept. 23, 1856, in Fortville, Ind. In 1880 she entered the public library of Indianapolis; in 1883 became the librarian's first assistant; and in 1892 became librarian. I;i 1893 she was elected president of the Indiana association of librarians. She is state historian of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is part author of Lineage Book of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Indiana. Browning, John Hull, merchant, railroad president, was bom Dec. 25, 1841, in Orange, N.J. He was in the wholesale clothing business in New York City for about twenty years as member of W. C. Browning and company. Since 1887 he has been president of the Northern railroad of New Jersey.

Browning, Orville Hickman, soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1810 in Harrison county, Ky. He served through the Black Hawk war in 1832; in 1836 was elected to the Illinois state senate; in 186163 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. In 1866 he was secretary of the interior; and in 1869 was a member of the state constitutional convention. He died Aug. 10, 1881, in Quincy, 111. Browning, Philip Embury, educator, chemist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1866, in Rhine-

beck, N.Y. Since 1898 he has been assistant professor of chemistry at Yale university. He is the author of An Introduction to the Rarer Elements. He is a fellow of the American association for advancement of science, science.

Browning, William, physician, neurologist, author, was bom July 7, 1855, in New London county. Conn. Since 1901 he has been professor of diseases of the mind and nervous system at the Long Island college hospital. He is the author of The Veins of the Brain and its Envelopes; and The Epileptic Intervals.

Browning, William Charles, merchant, was born Nov. 13, 1833, in New York City. In 1868 with partners he established the firm of Browning, King and company, to represent the manufacturing and retail interests of their clothing trade, their wholesale business being carried on in Chicago under the of Henry W. King and company. They are the largest manufacturers of clothing in the world; and have retail branches in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Omaha, New York, Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Boston, Lincoln, Providence, Cleveland and various other cities. Brownlee, W-illiam Craig, clergyman, author, was born in 1784 in Scotland. In 1826 he was installed as one of the ministers of the Collegiate reformed Dutch church in New York City. He edited the Dutch Church Magazine through four consecutive volumes. He was the author of Inquiry into the Principles of the Quakers; The Roman Catholic Controversy; Treatise on Popery; Lights and Shadows of Christian Life; The Christian Youths' Book; Christian Father at Home; Deity of Christ; History of the Western Apostolic

name

Church; The Converted Murderer; and The of Scotland, a romance. He died Feb.

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10, 1860, in

New York

Brownlow, James

City.

was born in was captain in the

P., soldier,

Tennessee. In 1862 he

regiment of Tennessee cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He resigned in 1868. He died April first

26, 1879.

Brownlow, Walter Preston, journalist, concongressman, was bom March 27, 1851, in Abingdon, Va. Since 1876 he has been editor and proprietor of the Herald and Tribune of Jonesboro, Tenn. He was appointed postmaster of Jonesboro in 1881. He was a delegate from the state at large to the republican national convention of 1884; and favored the

nomination of James G. Blaine. In 1897-1911 he was a representative from Tennessee to the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican.