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and chancellor of the Sandwich islands; and was the Hawaiian minister at Washington for a number of years. He died suddenly while attending the president's reception, Jan. 1, 1883, in Washington, D.C. Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth Akers, author, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1832, in Strong, Maine. In 1855 she became assistant editor of the Portland Transcript; and wrote the celebrated poem entitled Rock Me to Sleep, Mother. She is the author of a volume of poetry entitled Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine; and a second volume of verse entitled Poems by Florence Percy. She is also the author of The Silver Bridge; The Triangular Society; The High Top Sweeting; The Proud Lady of Stavoren; and other works. Allen, Ethan, an officer of the revolutionary war, was Ijorn Jan. 10, 1737, in Litchfield, Conn. He was leader of the famous Green mountain boys of Vermont; and the hero of the capture of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point on May 10, 1775. He attacked the English at Montreal, was taken prisoner, and sent to England in irons. In 1778 he received the brevet rank of colonel in the continental army in reward of his fortitude, firmness and zeal in the cause of his country, manifested during his long and cruel captivity, as well as on former occasions. He was the author of Narrative of the Capture of Ticonderoga; Reason the Only Oracle of Man; and A Vindication of the Inhabitants of Vermont. He died Feb. 13, 1789, near Burlington, Vt. Allen, Ethan, lawyer, author, was born May 13, 1833, in Manasquau, N.J. He is a noted lawyer of New York City; and in 189698 was president of the Cuban league of the United States. He is the author of Drama of the Revolution, Allen, Eugene Thomas, educator, chemist, geologist, scientist, was born April 3, 1864, in Athol, Mass. In 1887 he graduated from Amherst colege; in 1893 graduated with the degree of Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins university; and in 1893-95 was a student at Harvard university. In 1893-93 he was acting professor of chemistry in the university of Colorado; and in 1895-1901 was professor of chemistry in the school of mines of the university of Missouri. Since 1903 he has been engaged in the study of rock magmos in the Carnegie geophysical laboratory at Washington, D.C. He has published Researches, chiefly in organic and mineral chemistry. Allen, F. Sturges, lawyer, lexicographer, was bom Oct. 1, 1861, in Norwalk, Conn. In 1884-90 he was an editor on Webster's International Dictionary. In 1893-1903 he practiced law in New York City. In 1893-98 he edited or abridged the various smaller Webster's dictionaries; and was chief editor of the

supplement of Webster's International Dictionary, published in 1900. Allen, Francis Olcott, historian, author, was born March 14, 1840, in Hartford, Conn. In 1866 he moved to Philadelphia, Pa.; and

was manager and president of a insurance business. He then retired and entered the work on historical lines of various kinds. He is the author of History of Enfield; and other works. Allen, Fred Hovey, clergyman, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 1, 1845, in Lyme, N.H. He graduated from the Hartford theological studied at seminary the Boston university; and in the universities until 1893 fire



of Berlin, Vienna and Paris. He has filled pastorates in the congregational church in

Boston, Abington and Rockland, Mass. He was one of the founders of the Eagle of Lawrence, Mass.; and editor and propriof the Suffolk County Journal of Boston, Mass. He is a noted lecturer on art topics. He is the author of Glimpses of Parisian Art; Masterpieces of

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also edited Life of Columbus; Life of Cortez; Life of Pizarro; and other works. Allen, Frederic, lawyer, author, was born in 1780. In 1805-65 he practiced law in Gardiner, Maine. He was the author of The

Early Lawyers of Lincoln and Kennebec Counties, Maine. He died in 1865 in Gardiner, Maine. Allen, Frederick De Forest, educator, authwas born in 1844 in Ohio. He was a professor of classical philology at Harvard university in 1880-97. He was the author of Remnants of Early Latin; and Greek Versification in Inscriptions. He died in 1897 in Cambridge, Mass. Allen, Frederick Hobbes, lawyer, diplomat, was born May 30, 1858, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is a son of the late Hon. Elisha Hunt Alor,

the eminent diplomat and congressman. studied in Germany and Switzerland and under private tutors. In 1880 he graduated with the degree of A.B. from Harvard university; and in 1883 graduated with the degrees of A.M. and LL.B. from that institution of learning. In 1883 he was secretary to the Hawaiian legation and in 1883 was charge de affairs of the Hawaiian legation. He resigned; and in 1884 wah admitted to the bar. He has been corporation counsel of the village of Pelham Manor; and also served as president of the village. He is the chairman of the democratic county committee, of Westchester county, N.Y.; and is the senior member of the law firm of Allen and Camman of New len,

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City. Allen, Frederick Innes, lawyer, lecturer, was born Jan. 19, 1859, in Auburn, N.Y. In 1883-1901 he practiced patent law in Aub-