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erhood; and is now preparing a series of books on metaphysical subjects. Davis, Moses Franklin, educator, clergyman, statesman, was born in 1815 in FarmIngton, N.H. He was a successful school teacher; and later in life attained prominence as a preacher. In 1850 he served as a member of the Maine house of representatives. He die* in 1874 in Stetson, Maine. His son, Daniel Franklin Davis, was governor of Maine. Davis, Nathan Smith, physician, author, was born Jan. 9, 1817, in Chenango, N.Y. He was dean of the Northwestern university of Chicago, 111. He ^a as the author of Lectures on Various Important Diseases; Principles and Practice of Medicine; Verdict of Science Concerning the Effects of Alcohol on Man; and Medical Education and Reform. He died in 1904 in Chicago, 111. Davis, Nathan Smith, physician, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 5, 1858, in Chicago, Since 18S3 he has practiced his profes111. sion in Chicago, 111. Since 1886 he has been professor of principles and practices of medicine and of clinical medicine at the Chicago medical college. He is the author of Consumption; and other works. Davis, Nathaniel French, educator, scientist, was born June 11, 1847, in Lake Village, X.H. Since 1890 he has been professor of pure mathematics at Brown university. In 1898-99 he was a member of the committee to investigate the public school system of Providence, R.T. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. Davis, Nelson Henry, soldier, was born Sept. 20, 1831, in Oxford, Mass. He served in the war with Mexico; and received the brevet of brigadier-general for his services in the civil war; and retired in 1885! He died May 15, 1890, in New York City.

Davis, Noah Knowles, educator, author, was born May 15, 1830, in Philadelphia, Pa. For twenty-seven years he was president of

Bethel

college

Kentucky; and professor

of

is

of

now

moral

philosophy in the university of Virginia at Charlottesville.

He

is

The TheThought; The

the author of

ory of Elements of Inductive Logic;

The Elements

Deductive Logic; and Elements of Psychology; Elements of Ethics; Synopsis of the Life of Jesus; and Juda's Jewels, a study of

Hebrew Lyrics. Davis, Noah, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1818, in Haverhill, N.H. He was a justice of the supreme court of New York state in 1857-68. In 1869-71 he was a representative from New York to the forty-flrst congress; and resigned to become in the

United States attorney for the district of New York. In 1873 he was again elected judge of the supreme court. He died March 20, 1902, in

New York

City.

Davis, Norah, journalist, author, was bom Oct. 20, 1878, in Huntsville, Ala. She was deputy clerk of the United States district court for the northern district of Alabama. She is the author of The Northerner; and

The World's Warrant. Davis, Oscar King, journalist, author, was born Jan. 13, 1866, in Baldwinsville, N.Y. He is a. noted war correspondent on the staff of the New York Sun. He is the author of Our Conquests in the Pacific. Davis, Ozora Sterns, educator, clergyman, author, was born July 30, 1866, in Wheeloek, Vt. He was educated at the St. Johnsbury

academy

in

Vermont;

received the degree of

A.B. from Dartmouth college and from the

Hartford theological seminary; and the degree of A.M. and Ph.D.

from the university of Leipzig. In 1889-91 he was principal of the high school at White River Junction, Vt. In 1896-99 he was pastor of the congregational church at Springfield, Vt.; and in 1899-1904 pastor of the Central congregational church at Newtonville, Mass.; and since 1904 has been pastor of the south congregational church at New Britain, Conn. He is the author of Dartmouth Lyrics; A Vocabulary of New Testament Words; John Robinson; the Pilgrim Pastor; and other works. Davis, Mrs. Paulina, lecturer, reformer, was born Aug. 7, 1813, in Bloomfleld, N.Y. For thirty-five years she labored zealously to promote the rights of women; established The Una, the first woman-suffrage paper; wrote a history of woman-suffrage reform; and gave lectures in the principal cities of the United States. She died Aug. 24, 1876, in Providence, R.I. Davis, Perry, manufacturer, clergyman, was born July 7, 1891, in Dartmouth, Mass. In 1838 he discovered a compound which was named pain killer; and three years later he built a factory in Falls River, Mass., where this compound was made. He was a licensed preacher; and in 1852 he built a baptist church in Providence. He died May 2, 1862, in Providence, R.I. Davis, Peter Seifert, clergyman, author,

was born March 21, 1828, in Washington county, Md. He is a clergyman of the German reformed church; and in 1854 became pastor of the First reformed church of Chambersburg, Pa. He is the author of The Young Parson. Davis,

was

Raymond

bom

Cazallis,

librarian,

au-

June 1836, in Gushing, Maine. In 1849-51 he made a voyage around thor,

in