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 HERRINOSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Clark, Jefferson Vanbrook, merchant, banker, was born Feb. 28, 1856, in Daingerfleld, Texas. He received his education in the common and high school of Daingerfield and Jefferson, Texas. He has attained success as a merchant of Italy, Texas; and is president of the First national bank of that city. Clark, Jeremiah, farmer, legislator, was born in 1730, in Bedford, N.Y. He was a member of the first, second and fourth provincial congresses of

New York

from Orange

county; and was a member of the New York state assembly for ten years. He died May 30, 1808, in Cornwall, N.Y. Clark, John, educator, clergyman, was bom Nov. 29, 1758, in Scotland. After various adventures he taught a backwoods school in South Carolina; and then in Georgia, where he was also appointed a class-leader among the methbdists; became an itinerant methodist preacher in Georgia. He died Oct. 11, 1833, in St. Louis,

Mo.

Clark, John, soldier, governor, was bom in 1766 in North Carolina. He served in the revolutionary war; and rose to the rank of major-general in the war of 1812. He was the thirteenth governor of Georgia in 181923. He died Oct. 15, 1832, in Georgia. Clark, John Alonzo, clergyman, author, was bom May 6, 1801, in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1835-43 he was rector of St. Andrew's church in Philadelphia until his death. He was the author of The Young Disciple; The Pastor's Testimony; A Walk about Zion; Gathered Fragments; Awake, Thou Sleeper; and Glimpses of the Old World. He died Nov. 27, 18^3, in Philadelphia, Pa. Clark,

John Bates, educator, author, was

born Jan. 26, 1847, in Providence, R.I. He attended Brown university for two years; E ^^M^gn^^a^^M in 1872 he graduated from Amherst college; studied at the universities

Heidelberg

of

and Zurich; and has received of Ph.D.

the

and

degrees LiL.D.

He

has been professor of political

economy

in

Carleton college, Smith college,

in

Amherst

and also in Columbia university and has lectured in Johns Hopkins university; and in other universities. He has been professor of political economy in Columbia university since 1895. For two years he was president of the American economic association. He is the author of The Philosophy of Wealth; The Control of Trusts; The Problem of Monopoly; The Distribution of Wealth; Essentials of Economic Theory; and about eighty Monographs and articles on economic subjects. Clark, John Bullock, soldier, congressman. United States senator, was born April 17, college

629

Madison county, Ky. In 1832 he of mounted militia during the Black Hawk war; and was made 1802, in

commanded a regiment

major-general of militia in 1848. In 1849-51 he was United States senator. He was a member of the Missouri state legislature in 1850-51. In 1857-61 he was a representative to the thirty-iifth

and thirty-sixth congress-

He took

part in the civil war of 1861 aa a colonel, having been expelled from the house. He died Oct. 29, 1885, in Fayettees.

ville.

Mo.

John Bullock, soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Fayette, Mo. He entered the confederate army; served as a lieutenant; and was promoted successively to be captain, major, colonel, and brigadiergeneral. In 1873-83 he was a representative from Missouri to the forty-third, fortyClark,

fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.

He now

resides in

Washington, D.C.

Clark, John Edward, physician, surgeon, was born Jan. 13, 1850, in Suffolk, England. He attended the university of Michigan; and has attained successs as a noted physician and surgeon of Detroit, Mich. He has been professor of chemistry and physics in the Detroit college of medicine; professor toxicology and chemistry in the Detroit pharmacy; and dean of the same institution. He has been president of the Detroit science association; president of the Detroit board of education; president United States pension examining board; and is surgeon-general of the Michigan national guard. Clark,

John

Emory,

soldier,

educator,

mathematician, was born Aug. 8, 1832, in Northampton, N.Y. In 1856 he graduated from the university of Michigan; and received the degree of A.M. from that institu-

and also studied in the universities of Heidelberg, Munich and Berlin. He was deputy surveyor in Dakota and later in Colorado. In 1863-65, during the civil war, he was captain and major in the fifth regiment Michigan infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted lieutenant-colonel United States volunteers. In 1866-72 he was professor of mathtion;

ematics and "astronomy in Antioch college; and in 1872 was assistant astronomer for the Northern boundary commission. In 18731901 was professor of mathematics in Sheffield scientific school of Yale university; and since 1901 has ben professor emeritus. Clark, John Howe, surgeon, naval officer, was born April 16, 1837, in Greenland, N. H. In 1861 he entered the United States navy as assistant surgeon; in 1867 was promoted surgeon; in 1885 was promoted medical inspector; and in 1899 retired with the rank of rear-admiral. Clark, John S., soldier, was bom in New York. He was colonel in the nineteenth regiment New York volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of vol-

unteers.