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the university of Cilaagow. In 18*80-89 he wnn engageil in teach '"g*. ft»d bi'came honorabh> curator of the

division of hintorical the arohaeol«»gy at United States national niuseuni of WashSince ington. D.C. 1883 he has Iwen prot(s>»ir of tilt" Sciiiitii' languages in the .lohns of lialtiniore. M«i. He Hopkins uiiiv«'rt<it introduced the I'riticipie of the neo-graniniarians into Semitic phih)logy. and discovered the Sumerian dialect in 1880. He is the author of Tlic Sumerian Family I^ws;

Akkadian and .'^iimerian Cuneiform Texts in British Mus<Mim; The Babylonian Nimrod Kpic; The Book of Kcclesiastes and other

works. Haveland, Laura Smith, pliilniithropist. was born Dec. 20. 1808. in Canada. .She was instrumental in founding philanthropic institutes and asylums; and during the civil war was a minister of aid and comfort to the sufTering in hospitals and camps. She died in Adrian. Mich.

Havemeyer, Frederick C, manufacturer, 1807. in New was born Feb. York City. He was for fourteen years as8o<'iate.

he entered the sugar business and established the lirm of Town.send and company. «»ne of the largest sugar relinerv hous<'s in the world. He died .Inly 28. nu'Ver.

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Havemeyer, Henry, railroad pn'.si<lent. was June 2.'». I8.{8, in New York City. He at one time presidi-nt •)f the Long Island railway; and built the inm pier at Rockaway. He «lie<l .Tune 2. 1886. near born

was

Babylon. N.Y.

Havemeyer, Henry Osborne, sugar

refiner,

philanthropist, wan born Oct. 18. 1847. in New York City. In 1801 he organized and became presiflent of the .American sugar relining company, with a capital of seventyfive million dollars. He presented a public school-house, costing two hundred and fifty thousantl dollars, to Creenwood. Conn. He died in 1007 in (ireenwood. Conn.

Havemeyer, William Frederick,

capitalist,

banker. wa« born March .'U, 1S.")0. Since 1007 he has bwn president of the National bank of North America. He is a trustee of the North river savings bank; and a director of the Eastern railway conipany and other corporations. Haven, Mrs. Alice, author, was l>orn Sept. She is the author 1.3. 1828, in Hutlson, N.Y. of No Such Word as Fail: Contentment Better than Wealth; and Patient Waiting No

Mamaro-

Loss. She died Aug. 23, 1863, in neck, N.Y.

Haven, Erastus author, was born Mass. He was a cellor of Syracuse »iO

clergyman, bishop, Nov. 1, 1820, in Boston, metho<list bishop; chanOtis,

university; and in 1863-


 * iresident of the university of

Michigan.

He was the author of Pillars of Truth; Yimng Man Advised; Rhetoric and American Progress. He died Aug. 2. 1881, in Salem. <

)re.

soldier, banker. In 1862the civil war: and was aidestatr of Major-lJeneral McDowell. In 18H8-70 he was assistant treasurer at Boston, Mass. Since 1884 he ha« been president of the Merchants national bank; and president of the Boston clearing

Haven, Franklin,

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he served

in

de-camp on the

house asstx-iation. Haven, George Griswold, banker. businesB president. He is president and director of the .Metropolitan opera and real estate company; and presiclent of the Worcester. Nashua and Rochester railroad company. He is a director of the bank of America, and of several other corporations. Haven, Gilbert, clergyman, bishop, author, was born .Sept. 10. 1821, in Maiden. .Masn. He was a metliodist bishop whose ofTicial residence was in .tlanta. He was the author of National Sermons; The Pilgrim's Wallet; Our Next-Door Neighbor, or Slexico of ToDav; Life of Father Tavlor. the Sailor

Preacher; and Cliristiis Consolator.

1880. in Mahlen. Mass. Haven, Joseph, clergyman,

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Dennis. Mass.

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a congregational rlergyma!i: an<l a professor in the Cliicago theoUtgical seminary in 18."i87fK He was the author of Mental Philosophy; .Moral Philosophy: History of Ancient iind Modern Philosophy; .Studies in Philosophy and Therdogy; and Systematic The1874." in Chicago, III. He died May Haven, Nathaniel A., congressman, w-a» born in 1762 in New Hampshire. In 180!)11 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the eleventh congress. He died in March, IH.'U, in New Hampshire. Haven, Nathaniel Appelton, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 14. 1700. in Portsmouth, N.H. In 1821 he e<lited the Portsmouth Journal. He also wrote several poems and contributed to the North American Review. A volume of his writings was published, with a memoir, by (leorge Ticknor. He died

ology.

June 3. 1826. in Portsmouth. NJI. Haven, Samtiel, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1727, in Framingham. Mass. In 17.V2-1806 he was pastor of the First congregational church of Portsmouth. N.IT. -Among his printed sermons are on the Death of fJeorge II; on the Restoration of Peace; The Dudleian I^ecture. He died March 3. 1806, in Ni'W Hampshire. Haven, Samuel Foster, librarian, archaeologist, author. WHS born May 28, 1806. in Dedham, Mass. He was librarian of the