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Fine, Henry Burchard, educator, author, was born Sept. 14, 1858, in Chambersburg, Pa. He is professor of mathematics and

dean of the faculty at Princeton. He is the author of The Number System of Algebra. Fine, John, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born on Aug. 26, 1784, in New York City. He was a judge of St. Lawrence county for eighteen years in 1821-39, and again in 1844. He was county treasurer in 1821-33; and a state senator in In 1839-41 he was a representative 1848. to the twenty-sixth congress. He published a volume of law lectures. He died Jan. 4, 1867, in Ogdensburg, N.Y. Finerty, John Frederick, journalist,

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was bom Sept. was field correthe Chicago Times in four In-

turer, congressman, author, He 10, 1846, in Ireland.

spondent of dian wars, including the campaign against Sitting Bull in 1876, and the famous SibIn ley scout in the Big Horn mountains. 1883-85 he was a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth congress. He was also a noted lecturer on historical subHe is the author of Warpath and jects. Bivouac. He died in 1908 in Chicago, 111. Fink, Albert,

Fink, William E., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1822, in Somerset, Ohio. He was elected to the state senate of Ohio; and in 1852 was a, member nominated of the national convention which General Scott for the presidency. In 1861 he was again elected a state senator. In 1863-67 and 1873-75 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth

Fink,

Bruce,

Finke, William F., educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 8, 1859, in He is a methodist St. Croix county. Wis. episcopal clergyman; and has taught latin and Greek. In 1889 he became professor of English history and pedagogy at St. Paul's college of St. Paul, Minn. In 190003 he was president of that institution of learning; and since 1903 he has been dean of the faculty of Charles City college of Iowa. Benjamin Franklin, educator, Finkel, mathematician, author, was born July 5, 1865, in Fairfield county, Ohio. In 1888 he graduated with the degree of B.S. from the Ohio northern university. In 1895-96 he college president,

was

educator,

botanist,

author,

Kane

'county. 111. professor of botany

Since 1905 he has been Miami university at Oxford, Ohio. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and in 1903 was head president of the Iowa academy. He is the author of many papers on Ecology and Taxonomy of Lichens; and on other botanical subjects.

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Fink, Frederick, painter, artist, was born He Dec. 18, 1817, in Little Falls, N.Y. painted many excellent genre pictures, the most notable of which are The Artist's Studio; The Shipwrecked Mariner; and The Negro Wood-Sawyer. He died in 1849. Fink, Henry, railroad president, was born In 1851 he Nov. 29, 1831, in Germany. entered the railway service; and has held numerous positions on various railroads. In 1896 he became president of the Norfolk and

western railroad. Fink, Louis Maria, clergyman, bishop, was born in 1834 in Bavaria. He established a convent and built a church in Covington, Ky.; and then became pastor of St. Joseph's church of Chicago, 111. In 1871 he became Boman catholic bishop of Kansas. He died March 17, 1904, in Kansas City, Kan.

a

mathematical

scholar in the univerin sity of Chicago;

civil engineer,

22, 1862, in

died Jan.

26, 1901, in Ohio.

designer, architect, was born Oct. 27, 1827, in Frankfort-on-the-Main. He designed and supervised the building of the first important iron bridges in this country, that over the Monongahela river and the viaduct over Trey Run. He died in 1897 in Pennsylvania.

was born Dec.

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and forty-third congresses.

1903-04 was a special fellow in mathematics in the university of

Pennsylvania, taking the degree of M.A.; and in 1905-06 w.a 8

Harrison

fellow in

mathematics at the university of Pennsylreceiving the degree of Ph.D. He taught in the public schools for four years; in 1889 was professor of mathematics in Fostoria academy of Ohio; and in 1888-90 was principal of the academy at Gibson, Tenn. In 1890-92 he was superintendent of schools at North Lewisburg, Ohio; in 1882-95 was professor of mathematics at the Kidder institute of Missouri; and since 1895 has been professor of mathematics at the Drury college of Springfield, Mo. In 1894 he was a founder of the American Mathematical Monthly, of which he has since been editor. Since 1891 he has been a member of the American mathematical society; is a member of the London mathematical society; and is a, member of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of Mathematical Solution Book; and A History of American Mathematical Journals. Finkelnburg, Gustavus A., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 6, 1837, in Prussia. He served one year in the volunteer army during the civil war. He wa« elected to the Missouri state legislature in 1864; and re-elected, and acted as speaker pro tem. In 1869-73 he was a representavania,