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the medical college of Georgia; now the medical department of the state university. He died in 1905 in Augusta, Ga. Douglas, Albert, lawyer, congressman, was born April 25, 1853, in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was educated in Kenyon college and in the Harvard law school. In 1876-80 he was prosecuting attorney of Ross county, Ohio. In 1907-11 he was a representative from Ohio to the sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican.

Douglas, Alice May, author, poet, was bom 28, 1865, in Bath, Maine. She is a writer of Poetry and juvenile tales of Bath, Me.

June

Her

fine

Phlox;

poems include

May

Flowers;

Gems

and

Without

Polish. Jewel Gatherers ; The Peacemaker; Olive Leaves; and Peace Bells are among her tales for young readers. She is also the author of Self-

Exiled from Russia the Little Cous-

How ins

Formed a Muse-

um; a Friend Indeed; and The Jewel Gatherers. Douglas,

Amanda

Minnie, novelist, author,

New

was born July She

is

14, 1837, in York City. a novelist of Newark, N.J. ; and is

the

author of thirty

works

of

fiction.

among them

And

In Trust; Stephen Dane; Claudia; With Fate Against Him Sherliuvne House; In Wild are



Rose Time; The Seven Daughters Larry

Hope

Mills



Drifted

Asunder; and Modern Adam and Eve; From

Hand of the

House; Girl in

to Mouth; Out Wreck; Bradley

A Woman's Inheritance; also Little Old New York; and Little Girl in

Old Boston. Douglas, Benjamin, manufacturer, inventor, governor, was bom April 3, 1816, in Northford, Conn. He was mayor of Middletown for several years; a republican presidential elector in 1860; and lieutenant-gOTernor of the state in 1861-63. He died Aug. 13, 1895, in Middletown, Conn. Douglas, Beverly B., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was bom Deo. 21, 1832, in Providence Forge, Va. In 1850 he was a member of the state constitutional convention; and was a member of the state senate until 1865. In 1861 he entered the confederate service as first lieutenant in Lee's mounted rangers, of which he was made captain; major of the fifth Virginia cavalry army of northern Virginia; and resigned in 1863 to resume his legislative duties. In 1875-79 he was a representative from Virginia to the

forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. He died Dec. 23, 1878, in Virginia. Douglas, Charles Henry, journalist, author, was born June 10, 1861, in Liberty, N.Y. Since 1896 he has been editor in charge of publications for D. C. Heath and company of Boston, Mass. He is the author of History

and Government. Douglas, David, botanist, was born in 1798 in Scotland. He was employed in the botanic gardens of the university of Glasgow; and was appointed as botanical collector In the United States to the Horticultural society of London. In this capacity he traveled extensively in America, extending his researches in 1824 as far as Oregon and California, exploring Columbia river and parts of California, and in 1827 traversing the continent

from Fort Vancouver to Hudson bay, where he met Sir John Franklin, and returned with him to England, having many valuable acfor the English flower-gardens. his agency over two hundred new species of plants were introduced into England, and he collected eight hundred speci-

quisitions

Through

A

mens of the California flora. gigantic species of pine, which he discovered in California, is named Pinus Douglassii. He died July 13, 1834, in Hawaiian Islands. Douglas,

Edward Morehouse, topographic

engineer, was born Sept. 6, 1855, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was educated at Cambridge college and New York; and is a civil and topographic engineer by profession. He has been assistant engineer to the Erie railroad topographer; and in 1882-97 was on the United States geological survey. Since 1897 he has been geographer and chief of the United States geological survey.

Douglas,

Ernest,

organist,

author,

was

born April 10, 1864, in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1897-1903 he was organist and director of music in St. John's theological school at Cambridge, Mass. He is the author of Method of Organ Playing; Exercises for Training the Boy's Voice; and other works. Douglas, George William, journalist, author, was bom April 8, 1863, in Liberty, N. Y. Since 1903 he has been associate editor of Youth's Companion. He is the author of The

Many

Sided Roosevelt. Douglas, Henry Kyd, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was bom Sept. 28, 1840 in Shepherdstown, W.Va. He served from private to brigadier general in the confederate army. In 1888 he was a candidate for congress from Maryland. He became judge of the fifth judicial circuit court of Maryland. He died in 1903 in Hagerstown, Md. Douglas, Henry Thompson, soldier. In 1899 he served in the Spanish-American war; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral United States volunteers. Douglas, J. Walter, lawyer, was bom Oct. 5, 1859 in Philadelphia. In 1876 he studied law; and was attorney of several large corporate interests in Philadelphia and else-