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 HBI'.RINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHy. thor of Sanitary Conditions at Camp Thomas During 1898; Nome Nuggets; Seward's Land of Gold; and several medical Monographs. French, Lillie Hamilton, journalist, litterateur, author, was born in 1854 in Washington, D.C. She is a journalist of New York City. She is the author of Hezekial's

Wives;

and American Homes and Their

Decorations. French, Mansfield,

clergyman,

educator,

was born Feb. 21, 1810, Manchester, Vt. He was the founder

college president,

in of

Marietta college, Granville female seminary; and principal of Circleville female college,

He was president of the Xenia female college and agent for Wesleyan uni-

Ohio.

versity.

He

died

March

15, 1876, in Pear-

N.Y. French, Nathaniel Stowers, educator, author, was born in 1854 in Prospect, Maine. Since 1875 he has been a teacher in the Roxbury high school of Boston, Mass. He is the author of Animal Activities. French, Owen Bert, civil engineer, geodesist, author, was born Dec. 7, 1865, near Cleveland, Ohio. Since 1889 he has been assistant in the United States coast and geodetic survey. He is part author of Gillespie's Higher Surveying. French, Pinckney, surgeon, educator, was bom May 10, 1853, in Audrain county, Mo. He was for several years surgeon for the Chicago and Alton railroad and the Wabash railroad. In 1882-83 he was professor of surgical anatomy in the college of physicians and surgeons of Chicago, 111. French, Richard, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Kentucky. He became a prominent judge in that state; and the town of Frenchburg was named for him. He was a member of the legislature from Clark county in 1830 and 1823; a presidential In 1835-37, elector for Jackson in 1839. 1843-45 and 1847-49 he was a representative to the twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth and thirtieth congresses. He died in Kentucky. French, Robert Carver, educator, college president, was born Dec. 10, 1863, in BerkeHe was educated at the Bristol ley, Mass. sails,

academy the

ty-five battles.

French, Robert, lawyer, jurist.

at

Bridgewat-

and received the degree of B.S. from the er;

Occidental college Los Angeles, Cal.

o

f

He

has been principal of the South Dartmouth

high school; was teacher of English in

the Chauncy

Hall

school of Boston; and was superintendent of schools at Orange, Mass. He filled a chair in the department of pedagogy and training California normal

In 1701

he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. French, Thomas, educator, electrician, scientist, was bom Jan. 15, 1848, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. In 1899 he was associate editor of the Journal of Terrestrial Magnetism. French, W. H., typefoimder, was bom May 14, 1850, in Griggsville, 111. For eleven years he was agent and assistant general manager of the associated press in Chicago, and New York City. For twenty-two years he has been secretary and director of the Bamhart brothers and Spindler, typefoundHe is president of the ers at Chicago, 111. Printers' supply company of St. Louis; is an officer and director in a dozen other companies; and a trustee of Cornell university at Ithaca, N.Y. French, Willard, soldier, lecturer, author, was born June 1, 1854, in Boston, Mass. He served in the British army; and was comHe has lecmissioned lieutenant-colonel. tured on art in all parts of the United States; and has been engaged in journalism. He is the author of several books. French, William A., lumber merchant, manufacturer, statesman, was born March Dur3, 1849, in Pelham, Ontario, Canada. ing 1883-83 he served as a member of the

Michigan state legislature. He has attained success as a lumber merchant and manufacturer a t Dundee,

from

state normal

school

school at Chico; and filled the same chair in Oregon normal school at Monmouth. He is now president of the eastern Oregon state normal school; and resides in Weston, Ore. French, Samuel Gibbs, soldier, planter, was born Nov. 23, 1818, in Gloucester county, N.J. In 1843 he graduated from the United States military academy; and was a lieutenant in the third regiment of the United States artillery in the war with Mexico; became a captain in the general staff in 1848; resigned in 1856; and then became a planter near Greenville, Miss. He was a major-general in the confederate army during the civil war; and served in thir-

of Massachu-

setts; graduated

515

Mich. He was state land commissioner for four terms in 1894-99; ^^r and is the only state oiEcer that ever held ^ji^^^^M a third and fourth term. He is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Dundee, Mich. French, William Henry, soldier, author, was born Jan. 13, 1815, in Baltimore, Md. He served in the army of the United States during the Mexican, Seminole, and civil He was the author of Instruction wars.

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