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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. tional guard. He is now secretary, treasurer and director of the American oil engine company of New York City; and is a trustee of the public library of Summit, N.J.

Adams, Thomas Sewall, educator, author, was born Dec. 29, 1873, in Baltimore, Md. In

was assistant to the treasurer of Porto Eico. Since 1901 he has been professor of political economy at the university of Wisconsin. He is the author of Taxation in Maryland; and Labor Problems. Adams, Walter Sydney, astronomist, scientist, was born Dec. 30, 1876, in Syria. Since 1904 he has been assistant observer in the solar observatory on Mt. Wilson, C'al. He has made original researches in the determination of radial velocities of stars of the Orion type of spectrum. 1900-01 he

Adams, Washington Irving Lincoln, journbusiness man, banker, author, was born Feb. 22, 1865, in New York City. He graduated from the high school of Montclair, N.J. For over ten years he was editor of the Photographic Times. In 1896-99 he was president of the Scoville and Adams company; and in 1901 was vice-president of the Montclair trust company, becoming its president in 1905. Since 1901 he has been treasurer and then president of Styles and Cash of New York City. He is the author of the Amateur Photographer; Sin, Sunlight and Shadow; In Nature's Image; Woodland and Meadow; and a volume of poems. Adams, Will A., soldier, was born in Tennessee. In 1861 he was second lieutenant in alist,

the twenty-second regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; served throughout the civil war; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services. He died April 4, 1874, in Indiana. Adams, William, clergyman, college president, author, was bom Jan. 15, 1807, in Colchester, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman of prominence in City in 1835-80; and in 1873 ._ ! ,^0^^^ became president of Union theological seminary. He was the author of the Three Gar-

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dens: Eden, Gethsem-

ane and Paradise Conversations of Jesus Christ with Representa t i v e Men In the



World; Not of the World; Thanksgiving, Memories of the Day and Helps to the Habit. He died Oct. 31, 1880, in Orange Mountain, N.J.

Adams, William, clergyman, educator, thewas born July 3, 1813, in

ologian, author, Ireland. He was

an episcopal clergyman who

was one of the founders of the Neshotah theological seminary of Wisconsin; and was professor

of

systematic divinity there in

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1841-97. He was the author of Mercy to Babes; Elements of Christian Science; and New Treatise of Baptismal Regeneration. He died Jan. 2, 1897, in Neshotah, Wis.

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Adams, William Forbes, clergyman, bishwas born Jan. 2, 1833, in Ireland. He was admitted to the Mississippi bar. He afterward removed to Tennessee, and became a candidate for holy orders in 1857. Removing op,

to Mississippi while pursuing his theological course, he was ordained deacon in 1859; priest in 1860; and since 1887 has been a bishop in the protestant episcopal church in the diocese of Easton, Md.

Adams, William Henry, soldier, lawyer, juwas born March 27, 1841, in Lyons, N.Y.

rist,

He

served in the union army during the civil war as lieutenant and captain of the ninetyeighth regiment New York volunteer infantry. In 1903 he was justice of the state supreme court of New York for the seventh district.

He

died in 1903 in

New

York.

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Adams, William Taylor—Oliver Optic educator, author, was born July 30, 1822, in Medway, Mass. He was a prolific and popular writer of books for boys; and was for

many

years a teacher in the Boston public Among his writings are Army and

schools.

Navy

Series; Young America Abroad Series; Series; and Starry Flag Series.

Lake Shore

In 1867 he founded the journal known as Our Boys and Girls. His published works comprise about one hundred volumes. He died March 27, 1897, in Boston, Mass. Adams, Zabdiel Boylston, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 25, 1829, in Boston, Mass. In 1849 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and in 1853 from Harvard medical school. He became a noted physician and surgeon of Framingham, Mass. In 1861 he was appointed an assistant surgeon of the seventh regiment Massachusetts volunteers; and in 1862 was in the siege of Yorktown. The same year he became surgeon of the thirty-second regiment Massachusetts volunteers. In 1864 he became captain of company F, fifty-sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteers; was in the battles of the Wilderness; and was a prisoner at Lynchburg and Libby. prison. He became a major; and in 1865 tooK part in the assault on Petersburg. Adamson, Alfred, naval officer, was born Sept. 19, 1836, in Brownville, N.Y. In 1861 he entered the United States navy as third assistant engineer; and in 1862 was promoted to second asistant engineer. He was at the capture of Hatteras Inlet and Port Royal; and was in numerous actions in Charleston harbor. He assisted in the capture of Fort Strong and other fortifications on Cape Fear river. In 1865 he was promoted to first assistant engineer; and in 1879 became chief engineer; and subsequently rear admiral. Adamson, Charles, lawyer, manufacturer, founder, was born March 17, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1882-90 he practiced law in Philadelphia, Pa.; and in 1889-90 was a