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508 of the law

and

settled at Jacksonville, Fla.;

1863 was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of

and

in

He

died in Jacksonville, Fla. Persifor, naval officer, geologist, author, was bom July 34, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated at the university of Pennsylvania; Florida. Frazer,

by profession a geologist and chemist. and

is

During the

civil

war

he was ensign in the United States navy;

and was assistant geologist in the United States geological surand the second geological survey o f Pennsylvania. He was vice-president of the International geological congresses of London in 1888, and St. Petersburg in 1897. He is professor of chemistry in the horticultural society of Pennsylvania; and manager of the Franklin inHe is now vice-president of the stitute. American institute of mining engineers; and resides in Philadelphia, Pa. Frazier, Charles Harrison, surgeon, scientist, was born April 19, 1870, in Germantown, Pa. Since 1900 he has been professor of clinical surgery, and since 1903 dean in the department of surgery in the medical department of the university of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science.

vey

James

lawyer, governor, Unitbom Oct. 8, 1858, in Pikeville, Tenn. He was educated in the common schools; and graduated from the university of Tennessee. He began the practice of law at Chattanooga, Tenn. In 190305 he was governor of Tennessee. In 190511 he was a member of the United States Frazier,

B.,

er States senator,

senate. Frazier,

was

Samuel Robinson, educator,

cler-

lecturer, was born Feb. 23, 1846, in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He went into the service of the Christian commission. In Japan

gyman,

he became acting secretary and interpreter in the American legation; and taught in the

Osaka school and Imperial university at Since 1883 he has been pastor of Tokio. the First united presbyterian church of Youngstown, Ohio. In 1896 he was a delegate to the pan-presbyterian council, which met at Glasgow, Scotland; and subsequently made his second tour of the world. Frazier, William C, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1776 in Lancaster, Pa. He was appointed an associate justice of the territory of Wisconsin. He died Oct. 18, 1838, in Milwaukee, Wis. Frear, Walter Francis, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Oct. 29, 1863, in Grass Valley, Cal. In 1885 he graduated from Yale university; and in 1890 from the Yale law school. He soon acquired success in the

In 1893 practice of law. of the first circuit court three months later became of the supreme court for

he became judge

of Hawaii; and associate justice the territory of Hawaii. In 1898 he was a member of the commission to recommend to congress legislation concerning Hawaii; and in 1903-05 of the Hawaiian code comIn 1893 he became an associate justice; and in 1900 chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Hawaii. In 1907-11 he was governor of Hawaii. Frear, William, chemist, scientist, was bom March 24, 1860, in Reading, Pa. Since 1855 he has been professor of agricultural chemistry at the Pennsylvania state college. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science.

was chairman mission.

Frear, William Henry, merchant, was born 39, 1841, in Troy, N.Y. His store is the largest in Troy, N.Y.; has fifty-five departments; and is known as Frear's Troy cash bazaar. Frechette, Mrs. Annie Howells, author, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. She was for a time literary editor of the Chicago InterOcean. She is the author of On Grandfather's Farm; The Farm's Little People;

March

and Popular Sayings from Old

Iberia.

Frederic, Harold, journalist, author, was born Aug. 19, 1856, in Utica, N.Y. He was London correspondent of the New York Times since 1884. He was the author of Marsena, and Other Stories; The Copperhead; The Lawton Girl; In the Valley; Seth's 'Brother's Wife; The Damnation of

Theron Ware; March Hares; and The Market Place. He died Oct. 19, 1898, in London, England. Frederick, Benjamin Todd, manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1835, in Fredericktown, Ohio. In 1885-87 he was a representative from Iowa to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat. Frederick, Calvin Harlowe, soldier, was born in New York. In 1861 he was lieutenant-colonel in the fifty-ninth regiment Illinois infantry; and in 1865 attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 10, 1903. Frederick George Aloysius, architect, was born Dec. 16, 1842, in Baltimore, Md., in which city he was educated. He was architect of the state house of Maryland, and the Maryland state house of correction; the Baltimore City college; St. James Roman catholic church; St. Pius' Roman catholic church; St. Joseph hospital; United States Marine hospital, First National bank of Baltimore; the various architectural embellishments of Druid Hill and other city parks and a score of public and other noted buildings of Baltimore.

Fredet, Peter, clergyman, author, was born in 1801 in France. He was professor in St. Mary's seminary at Baltimore in 1831-56. He was the author of Ancient