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 HBRRINGSHA-W'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. He was a member of the democrat national committee for the term of 1904-08. Ferguson, Henry, educator, clergyman, aufession.

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was born

in

1844 in Stamford, Conn.

Since 1883 he has been professor of history and political economy at Trinity college of Hartford, Conn. He is the author of Four Periods in the Life of the Church; and Essays on American History.

Ferguson, Henry A., painter, artist, was born in Glens Falls, N.Y. He was educated at Trinity college. He is an associate of the national academy of design.

Ferguson, James, civil engineer, astronomer, was born Aug. 31, 1797, in Scotland. He was a valued contributor to discoveries in astronomy; and an assistant in determining the boundary of the United States. In 1847-67 he was assistant astronomer of He the United States naval observatory. died Sept. 26, 1867. Ferguson, John Calvin, educator, college president, translator, was born March 1, 1866, in Canada. In 1886 he graduated from the Boston university, with the degree of A.B.; and subsequently received the degree of Ph.D. from that institution of learning. In 1888-97 he was president of Nanking university; and in 1897-1902 was president of Nanyang college at Shanghai, China. In 1902-03 he was secretary of the Chinese ministry of commerce; and in 1903-06 was chief secretary of the imperial Chinese railway administration. Since 1899 he has been foreign advisor of the viceroys of Nanking

and Wuchang. In 1902-04 he was a member of the commission for treaty revision: in 1901 was sent on a special mission by the Chinese government to investigate the higher commercial schools of Europe and America; and in 1904 was again sent on a special mission by the Chinese government to America in connection with the Canton Hankow railway. He is a member of several learned societies; and has translated several books into Chinese. Ferguson, John P., physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 28, 1865, in Jonesboro, Tenn. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native state; then attended Milligan college and Washington college; and then entered the Central university of Kentucky, from which institution he received the degree of A. M. In 1892 he graduated with the degree of M.D. from the Jefferson medical college of Philadelphia, Pa. He has attained success in the practice of his profession in Louisville, Ky.; and has been instructor in the hospital college of medicine. He is a member of the American medical and the Mississippi valley medical associations; and a member of the Kentucky state medical society. He is medical examiner of the Ancient order of united

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prominently identified with

the business and public affairs of his city.

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Ferguson, Robert Gracey, clergyman, colwas born Feb. 16, 1842, in Dry Run, Pa. He received an academic course in Chambersburg and Tuscarora academies; and in 1862 graduated from Jefferson college. In 1868-74 he was pastor at Mercersburg and Cove, Pa.; and in 1874-84 was pastor at Butler, Pa. Since 1884 he has been president of Westminster college of Pennsylvania. lege president,

Samuel David, missionary, was born Jan. 1, 1842, in Charleston, S.C. In 1885 he was consecrated in Grace church, New York City. Soon afterward reFerguson,

bishop,

turned to Cape Palmas, Liberia, and entered upon the duties of his office as protestant episcopal bishop.

Ferguson, Thomas Barker, soldier, diplomat, was born Aug. 8, 1841, in The Barrows, S.C. In 1863 he enlisted in the civil war. In 1893-97 he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway. Ferguson, Thompson B., governor, was born in 1857 in Des Moines, Iowa. In 18971900 he was postmastei- of Watonga, Okla. In 1900-02 he was chairman of the republiIn 1901-05 he can territorial committee. was territorial governor of Oklahoma territory.

Fergusson, Arthur Walsh, lawyer, author,

was born Dec.

4,

1859, in Benieia, Oal. Since

1897 he has been chief translator of the

bureau of American republics at Washington, D.C. He is the author of Handbook of Mexico. Fergusson, Harvey B., lawyer, congress-

man, was born Sept. 9, 1848, in Alabama. In 1873 he graduated from the Washington and Lee university in Lexington, Va. and in 1874 graduated from the law department of that university. He belongs to a family that settled in the south in colonial days,

members

several

of

which

distinguished

themselves in the civil and military offices of the colonies and later in the service of the

His father was an officer confederate army and did excellent service under General Lee until the close of the struggle. Until 1883 he practiced law in Wheeling, W.Va.; and since 1884 he has been engaged in the practice of his profesIn 1897-99 he sion in Albuquerque, N.M. was a representative from New Mexico to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. Since 1896 he has been a member of the national democrat committee. Femald, Chester Bailey, dramatist, author, was born March 18, 1899, in Boston, Mass. For four years he was an assistant draughtsman in the navy department in connection with building war vessels in San Francisco. In 1893-94 he was a correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle. He has traveled in Alaska, China and Japan; living abroad in 1898-1904. He is the author of The Cat and the • Cherub, and Other Stories Chinatown Stories Under the Jack-

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