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Edward Angus, was born April

botanist, educator, 9, 1859, in Athens, Pa. In 1885-91 he was professor of botany and natural science in the New York state normal at Albany. Since 1895 he has been professor of botany at Middlebury college. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and a member of the Botanical society of America. Burt, Francis, government official, gover-

Burt,

scientist,

in 1809 in Pendleton, S.C. He was appointed third auditor of the treasury by President Pierce; and in 1854 was governor of the territory of Nebraska. He died Oct. 18„ 1854, in Bellevue, Neb. Burt, Grinnell, railroad president, was born Nov. 7, 1822, in Bellvale, N.Y. He has been identified with many projects for bridging the Hudson; and for over forty years was president of the Lehigh and Hudson river nor,

was born

He was president of the Middleton homoeopathic state hospital for the insane; and prominent in the public affairs of Warwick, N.Y. He died Aug. 3, 1901, in Warwick, N.Y. railway.

Burt, Horace Greeley, railroad president. He was chief engineer of the Chicago and northwestern railway at Chicago, HI.; and later became general manager of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri valley and the Sioux City and pacific railroads. He is now president of the Union paciiie railway. Burt, Mary Elizabeth, educator, author,

Burt, William A., surveyor, legislator, jurinventor, was born June 13, 1792, in Worcester, Mass. He became United States deputy surveyor; and in 1840-47 surveyed northern Michigan. He originated the idea of the solar compass; and also introduced important improvements in geological surveying. He was a judge of the Michigan circuit court and member of the legislature for several terras; and was the chief mover in the construction of the Sault Ste. Marie canal. He died Aug. 18, 1858, in Michigan. ist,

Burtis,

June

Arthur, naval

Hours Among the Gospels; The Far East; and The Land and Its Story, the Sacred Geography of Palestine. He died March 4, 1874, in Rome, Italy. Burt, Reynolds Johnston, soldier, was born in Nebraska. In 1896 he graduated from United States military academy; was made second lieutenant in the tenth regiment United States infantry; and the following year was transferred to the twenty-fifth infantry. In 1899 he attained the rank of first lieutenant; and since 1901 has been a captain in the ninth regiment United States infantry. Burt, Stephen Smith, physician, author, was born Nov. 1, 1850, in Oneida, N.Y. He is professor of medicine and physical diagnosis at the New York post-graduate medical school. He is the author of the Exploration of the Chest in Health and Disease.

was born

officer,

New York

In 1862 he entered the United States army as assistant paymaster; and was promoted to all grades to pay director with rank of captain in 1899. In 1902 he was retired with the rank of rear admiral United States navy. He died in 1908 in Buffalo, N. Y. 29, 1841, in

City.

Burton, Asa, clergyman, author, was born 25, 1752, in Stonington, Conn. For fifty years he was a congregational clergyman of Thetford, Vt. He was the author of Essays on Some of the First Principles of Metaphysics, Ethics and Theology. He died May 1, 1836, in Thetford, Va.

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Burton, Charles German, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was bom April 4, 1846, in Cleveland, Ohio. He enlisted as a private

jurist,

in "1

Company

C,

nine-

teenth regiment Ohio infantry; and was a corporal

in

company

hundred and seventy-first Ohio national guards during the one hundred days' campaign of 1864. In 1871 he moved to Nevada, Mo. He has been circuit attorney and judge of the twentyfifth circuit and was a A,

was born in Lake Geneva, Wis. She was a member of the board of education of Chicago for three years. She is the author of Literary Landmarks; and Stories from Plato and other Classic Writers. Burt, Nathaniel Clark, clergyman, college president, author, was bom April 23, 1835, in Fairton, N.J. In 1860-65 he was pastor of the seventh presbyterian church at Cincinnati; and was president of the Ohio female college in 1868-70. He was the author of

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delegate to the national republican convention at Chicago in 1884. In 1895-97 he was a representative from Missouri to the fiftyfourth congress as a republican. In 1893 he was department commander of the Missouri grand army of the republic. In 1900 he was one of the delegates-at-large from Missouri to the republican national convention. In 1907 he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the western district of Missouri. In 1907-08 he was commander-in-chief of the grand army of the republic.

Burton, Clarence Monroe, lawyer, historian, author, was born Nov. 18, 1853, in California. He devoted his spare time to the stu-

dy of history of Detroit and the northwest; and to the collection of one of the largest libraries of America in the west, including about eleven thousand volumes, also twenty thousand pamphlets and one hundred thousand unpublished documents and copies of the archives in France, Canada and United States.

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