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and John Kendry's Idea. Among his The Cat and the Cherub; The Moonlight Blossom; and The Ghetto. staff;

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Fernald, Bert M., state senator, governor, He was 3, 1858, in Poland. educated in the common schools of Poland.

was born April

He

is

prominently

with the

identified

business and public af-

New England; and served as a member of the Maine state senate. While in the fairs of

state senate he served on several important committees; and secured the passage of several important laws. In 1909-11 he was governor of Maine.

Fernald, Charles Henry, educator, naturauthor, was born March 16, 1838, in Mount Desert, Maine. He was professor of natural history in Maine state college in 1871-86; and has been professor of zoology at Massachusetts agricultural college since 1886. He is the author of Tortricidse of North America; Butterflies of Maine; Grasses of Maine; and Sphingidse of New Engalist,

land.

Fernald, James Champlin, clergyman, auwas born Aug. 18, 1838, in Portland, Maine. He was pastor of several churches in Ohio until 1899. He is the author of The Economics of Prohibition; The New Womanhood; Synonyms; Antonyms and Prepositions of the English Language; The Spaniard in History; The Imperial Republic; and Scientific Side Lights. thor,

Fernald, Merritt Caldwell, educator, colwas born May 26, 1838, in South Levant, Maine. In 1861 he graduated lege president,

from Bowdoin college) and received the degrees

of

A.M.,

Ph.D.

and LL.D. from that institution

of

learn-

ing. In 1863-64

he was

principal

Gould's Bethel, Maine; 1864-65 took scientific studies

academy

at

In

of at in

Harvard university. 1865-66 he was

principal of the Houlton schools of Maine; principal at Foxcraft, Maine;

was and in 1868-71 was acting president of the Maine state college. In 1871-79 he was professor of mathematics and physics, in 1879-93 was president, and since 1896 has filled the chair of philosophy in the Maine state college, which since 1907 has been known as the university of Maine at Orono. in 1866-68

After fifty years of teaching he has retired

from active work; and

is

professor emeritus.

In 1868-1908 he was for forty years professor and president of one institution. Fernald, Josiah Eastman, banker, was bom June 16, 1856, in Loudon, N.H. He received his education in the district school and at Pittsfield academy, N.H. Since 1882 he has been cashier of the national state capitol bank of Concord, N.H.; is a trustee of the loan and trust savings bank; and treasurer and director of the Capitol fire insurance company. He received a medal from the Massachusetts humane society for assistance in saving two ladies from drowning at Ogunquet Beach in 1899. Femeyhough, James Goss, educator, veterinarian, was born May 31, 1873, in Charlottesville, Va. He was educated at the Virginia polytechnic institute, graduating in agriculture from that institution with the degree of B.S.; and he received the degree of veterinary science at the United States college of veterinary surgeons at Washington, D.C. He is associate-professor of veterinary science at the Virginia polytechnic Institute of Blacksburg, Va. He is also state veterinarian of Virginia; and resides in Blacksburg, Va. Fernow, Bernard Eduard, professor of forestry, was born Jan. 7, 1851, in Prussia. He was" educated at the gymnasium at Bromberg. In 1876 he came to the United States;

and

engaged

in

thie

metallurgical business. In 1886-98 he was chief of the division of forestry in the United States department of agriculture

has

been

the

New York

director in state

of forestry at Cornell university. He is the author of The White Pine; Economics of Forestry; and in 1886-98 edited Annual Reports and Bulletins for the division of forestry. He is now dean of faculty of forestry in the University of Toronto; editor and publisher of Forestry Quarterly; History of Forestry. college

Fernow, Berthold, was born Nov.

thor,

soldier, journalist, au28, 1837, in Prussian

Poland. In 1862 he was a private in fourth Missouri cavalry; lieutenant in third United States infantry, colored troops in 1863 and became topographical engineer of coast division in the department of the south in 1864. He is the author of Albany, and Its Place in the History of the United States; and Ohio Valley in Colonial Days.

Ferree, Barr, art critic, author, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He was

was

bom

president of the department of architecture in the Brooklyu institute of arts and sciences. He is the author of Pennsylvania, a Primer; American Estates and Gardens ; and other works.