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HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

Lectures and Biographical Sketches; Miscellanies; and Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers. He died April 27, 1882. Emerson, Ralph, manufacturer, founder, inventor, genealogist, was born May 3, 1831, in Andover, Mass. He was educated at Phillips academy of Andover, Mass. and studied law under private tuition. He is one of the pioneers of the west in the wholesale manufacture of agricultural implements; and also the inventor of certain kinds of seamless He has hosiery now in world-wide use. been proprietor of two republican newspapers; and was the originator and proprietor of the city electric lighting works of Rockford, 111. He was an organizer and oflB.eer of two national banks was president of two insurance companies; and is now president

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director and trustee of numerous manufacturing, benevolent and educational institutions. He is the author of a, genealogy of The. Emerson Family. Emerson, William, clergyman, orator, was bom May 6, 176o; in Concord, Mass. He was the first minister of Harvard, Mass.; was an accomplished writer; and one of the best orators of his day. He died May 12, 1811, in

arsenal, as well as several others.





Boston, Mass.

Emerson, William Ralph, designer, archiwas born in 1833. in Illinois. At an early age he moved to Boston, Mass.; and there studied architecture under Jonathan Preston, the designer of the Boston theater. His work has comprised many school houses, theaters and club buildings in different parts of the United States; and numbers of country houses and elegant private dwellings in Boston, Mass. He was one of the promoters and incorporators of the Boston architectural society; and also of the Boston art club. He is credited with having advanced the cause of beautiful architecture more than any other American architect. Emerson, Willis George, educator, lawyer, mine owner, author, was born March 28, tect,

1856. in Blakesburg, Iowa. He was educated in the public schools of Union county, Iowa; and attended Knox college of Galesburg, 111. He was admitted to the bar; taught school for fovir years; and in 1886 engaged in banking in Kansas. In 1888 he was elected republican presidential elector for the seventh Kansas congressional district; and in 190O was appointed commissioner to the Paris exposition. In 1900 he was vice-chairman of the speakers' bureau in the republican

national committee; and has attained prominence as a noted platform orator. He was commissioned from Wyoming to the St. Louis exposition of 1904. He is now president of the Emerson realty company of Loa Angeles, Cal. He is the author of Winning Winds: Fall of Jason; My Partner and I; Buell Hampton; and The Builders. Emerton, Ephraim, educator, author, was born Feb. 18, 1851, in Salem, Mass. He is professor of history at Harvard university.

the author of Introduction to the Study

is

of Mediaeval History; Synopsis of the History of Continental Europe; The Practical Method in Higher Historical Instruction; Sir William Temple and die Tripleallianz

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Jahre, 1668; and Mediaeval Europe..

Emerton, James H., naturalist, illustrator, artist, author, was born in 1847 in Salem, Mass. He is a student of American Spiders and illustrator for zoological publications.

He

is

the author of The Structure

and Habits of Spiders; and Common Spiders of the United States. Emery, Albert Hamilton, mechanical engineer, inventor, was born June 21, 1834, in Mexico, N.Y. He invented and designed the well-known testing machine at Watertown

Emery, Brainerd P., journalist, author, poet, was born March 25, 1865, in Southport, Conn. He is the author of In Sunshine and Shadow; and In the Haunts of Bloom and Bird. Emery, Charles Edward, civil engineer, was born March 29, 1838, in Aurora, N.Y. In 1879 he was appointed engineer of the New York steam company of New York City; and the entire plant of this company was constructed from his designs. He invented numerous appliances for the use of civil engineers. He died June 2, 1898, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Emery, Ernest Webb, librarian, author, was born Dec. 19, 1872, in Fairfield, Maine. He was educated in the common and high schools of his native state. He is principally engaged in literary work. For fifteen years he was assistant state librarian of Maine; and has been secretary of the Maine library association. He is now state librarian of

Maine.

Emery, George W., governor. He was a citizen

of Tennessee. In 1875-80 governor of the territory of Utah.

he was

Emery, Henry Crosby, educator, author, wasborn Dec. 21, 1872, in Ellsworth, Maine. He IS professor of political economy in Yale university. He is the author of Speculation on the Stock and Produce Exchanges of the United States.

Emery, James D. educator, lawyer, state was born Nov. 25, 1859 in Mercer county. Pa. For several years he taught school; and since 1885 has practiced law m Mercer, Pa. In 1890 he became district attorney; m 1896 he became a representasenator, author,

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the Pennsylvania state legislature; in 1900 became a member of the state senate. He is president of the Mercer county

and

company; and a director of the nationbank. He is the author of A Digest of the Liquor Laws and Decisions of Pennsylvania. trust al

Emory, Jonas Aden,

soldier,

was born

in

Indiana. In 1902 he became a major in the United States army.