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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Giant, Struck Oil, and Nazareth; and is also author of the operas entitled Blue Beard, The Little Trooper, The Wandering Min-

and fifty other plays. Greene, Colton, soldier, was born in 1893. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general in the confederate service. He died Sept. 30, 1900, in Memphis, strel,

Tenn. Greene, Daniel Crosby, missionary, author, was born Feb. 11, 1843, in Roxbury, Mass. Since 1869 he has been a congregational missionary in Japan. He is the author of Chinese New Testament, prepared for Japanese readers. Greene, Dascom, educator, librarian, au-

was born June 15, 1825, in Richmond, N.Y. In 1855 he became professor of mathematics and astronomy in the Rensselaer polytechnic institute; and since 1864 has been its librarian. He is the author of a work entitled Spherical Practical Astronomy.' Greene, David, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 17, 1791, in Stoneham, Mass. He thor,

became assistant secretary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and during his first year of service made a tour extending over nearly six thousand miles, and lasting eight months, during which he visited nearly thirty missions to the Indian tribes. In 1833 he was chosen corresponding secretary, and was ordained as a congregational minister in 1833. He continued his connection with the board until 1848; and his duties consisted largely in editing the Missionary Herald, and in correspondence with the Indian missions. He prepared twelve of the special reports of the society, many of which were of great value. He was also associated with Lowell Mason in the compilation of the hymn-book called Church Psalmody. He died April 7, 1866, in

Westborough, Mass. Greene, E. T., lawyer, jurist. In 1889-96 he was district judge of the United States circuit court; and in 1896-97 he was district judge of the United States court of appeals for the third district. Greene, Edward Lee,

author, ton, R.I.

was born Aug.

educator, botanist,

30, 1843, in

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In 1866 he graduated with the degree of Ph.B. from Albion college of Wisconsin; and in 1895 received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the noted university of Notre Dame, Ind. In 1871-85 he was an

episcopal clergyman and since then a Roman catholic layman. In 1885-95 he was professor of botany in the university of California; in 1895-1904 he filled the same chair in the Catholic uijiversity; and since 1904

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has been an associate in botany under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution of Washington, D.C. In 1893 he was president of the international congress of botanists; and is a member of various educational and scientific associations. He is the author of Manuel of Botany for the Region of San Francisco Bay; West American Oaks; Pittonia, in five volumes; Leaflets of Botanical Observation; Landmarks of Botanical History; and numerous Monographs and articles in scientific publications.

Greene, Elias M., soldier, was born in 1830. He was a noted union soldier; and during the civil war attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Deo. 8, 1899, in New York City. Greene, Evarts Boutell, educator, author, was bom July 8, 1870, in Japan. Since 1897 he has been professor of history in the university of Illinois. He is the author of The Provincial Governor in the English Colonies of North America. Greene, Mrs. Frances Harriet, litterateur, author, was bom Sept. 4, 1805, in Smithfield, R.I. In 1843 she conducted The Wampanoag, a journal designed for the elevation of the laboring classes. In 1848 she became editor of the Young Ladies' Journal of Science, Literature and Art, a monthly magazine published in New York City. She was the author of The Original; Memoir of Eleanor Eldridge, a Colored Woman; The Mechanic; Might and Right, a History of the Dorr Rebellion; Primary Class-Book of Botany; Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; The Dwarf Boy, and Minor Poems. She died June 10, 1875, in California. Greene, Frances Nimmo, educator, author, She has been in Tuscaloosa, Ala. a teacher in the Montgomery public schools She organized the library diof Alabama. vision of the Alabama state department of archives and history. She is the author of King Arthur and His Court.

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Greene,

Francis Vinton,

soldier,

author,

was born June 27, 1850, in Providence, R.I. He was a captain in the United States army; and resigned in 1 1886. During the war

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Feb, 38, 1899. He is the author of Tlie Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-78; Sketches of Army Life in Turkey; The Mississippi Can.paign; and Life of General Nathaniel Greene.