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Cogswell, James Kelsey, naval officer, was born Sept. 27, 1847, in Milwaukee, Wis. In 1869 he entered the United States navy; and has served on the flagship Pensacola and on the battleship Oregon. He was retired in 1904 with the rank of rear-admiral. He died Aug. 14, 1908, in Jacksonville, Fla. Cogswell, Jonathan, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1783, in Rowley, Mass. He was a noted congregational clergyman of New England and New Jersey. He was the author of The Necessity of Capital Punishment; Discourses; Hebrew Theocracy; Calvary and Sinai; Godliness a Great Mystery; and The Appropriate Work of the Holy Spirit. He died Aug. 1, 1864, in New Bruns-

Tamily Religion; Christian Philanthropist;

wick, N.J. Cogswell, Joseph Green, educator, bibliographer, author, was born Sept. 27, 1786, in Ipswich, Mass. He, with the historian Bancroft, founded the celebrated Round Hill school at Northampton, Mass. He died Nov. 26, 1871, in Cambridge, Mass. Cogswell, Mason Fitch,, physician, was born Sept. 28, 1761, in Canterbury, Conn. He was chiefly instrumental in founding the asylum for the deaf and dumb; was a friend and supporter of the Retreat for the insane at Hartford; and was ten years president of the state medical society. He died Dec. 10, 1830, in Hartford, Conn. Cogswell, Mason Fitch, physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 10, 1807, in Hartford, Conn. He served as surgeon in the volunteer army of the United States (Juring the civil war. He died Jan. 21, 1865, in Albany, N.Y. Cogswell, Milt|On, soldier, was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Noblesville, Ind. After his retirement with the rank of brevet colonel in the regular army, he became deputy governor of the Soldiers' home in Washington. He died Nov. 20, 1882, in Washington, D.C. Cogswell, Nathaniel, soldier, was bom Jan. 19, 1773, in Haverhill, Mass. He offered his services to the patriot army in Mexico; and died holding a general's commission. He died near Red River, La. Cogswell, Thomas, soldier, farmer, jurist, was born Aug. 4, 1746, in Haverhill, Mass. He was captain of a company in Colonel Gerrish's regiment at Bunker Hill; became major of Vose's regiment; and lieutenant-colonel of the fifteeenth Massachusetts regiment. He served as a judge in the court of common pleas in 1784-1810. He died Sept. 3, 1810, in Gilmanton, N.H. Cogswell, William, surgeon, founder, was born July 11, 1760, in Haverhill, Mass. He was one of the founders of the New Hampshire medical society; and gave the land on which Atkinson academy was built. He died Jan. 1, 1831, in Atkinson, N.H. Cogswell, William, clergyman, author, was bom June 5, 1787, in Atkinson, N.H. In 1844 he became president, and held the chair of christian theology in Gilmanton, N.H. theological seminary. He was the author of Manual of Theology and Devotion Assistant to

congresses as a republican. 1895, in Washington, D.C.



Theological Class Book; Harbinger of the Millennium; and Letters to Young Men Preparing for the Ministry. He died April 18, 1850, in Gilmanton, N.H. Cogswell, William, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1838, in Bradford, Mass. He was mayor of the city of Salem in 1867-69 and 1873-74. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1870-71 and 1881-83; and a of the state senate in 1885-86. He served in the union army in 1861-65; and was made brigadier-general by brevet. In 1887-95 he was a representative to the fif-

member

tieth, fifty-first, fifty-second

and

He

fifty-third

died

May

22,

Cogswell, William Brown, civil engineer,

manufacturer, was born Sept. 22, 1834, in Oswego, N.Y. At the opening of the civil war he was appointed mechanical engineeer in the United States navy. In 1887 he discovered rock salt in Syracuse, N.Y.; and became president of the Solvay process company, manufacturers of soda. He is a fellow of the American association for the advance-

ment

of science.

Cohan, George M., comedian-, author, was born July 4, 1878, in Providence, R.I. He appeared in Daniel Boone in Haverstraw, N.Y., when nine years of age. He has starred in Little Johnny Jones and George Washing-

Among his plays are The Wise Guy The Governor's Son and Forty-five Minutes from Broadway. Cohen, Abraham, educator, author, was bom Sept. 11, 1870, in Baltimore, Md. Since ton, Jr.



1898 he has been associate professor of mathematics in the Johns Hopkins university; and since 1899 he has been co-editor of the American Journal of Mathematics. He is the author of Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations.

Cohen, Alfred

was born

May

J.,

journalist, critic, author,

14, 1861, in

England.

He

is

the author of Familiar Chats With Queens of the Stage; His Own Image; Jonathan's Home; Miss Innocence; An Old Maid Kindled; A Moral Busybody; and Conscience on Ice.

Cohen, David Solis, lawyer, author, was born in 1852 in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1895 he has engaged in the practice of law in Portland, Ore. He is the author of Daisy Shortcut Papers; The Magic Kiss; The Wishing Chair; Prince Sweetpeas; and Godlieb, the Hunchback. He is the author of the plays Doves and Pigeons; and Blinks.

Cohen, Jacob

Da

Silva Solis, physician, lec-

turer, author, was born Feb. 21, 1838, in York City. He is a Philadelphia physician; and a medical lecturer of prominence.

New

is the author of Treatise on Inhalations Diseases of the Throat; Croup in Its Rela-

He

tions to Tracheotomy; the Voice.

and The Throat and