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 HERRINOSHAWS MHRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Hall, William Thomas, lawyer, jurist, author. He is a poliee magistrate and justice of the peace oi Chicago, 111. He is the author of several published works. Hall,

William Whitty, physician, author, He was the in 1810, in Paris, Ky.

was born foiinder

of

lbHall's .lournal of Ili-alth. of Health and fJood Living;

was the author

Health and Disease as Affected by ("«in*tipation; Fun Better than Physic; Consuinp tion; Sleep; (Jiiide-Board to Health; Coughs and Colds; Health at Home; How to Live Long; Dyspepsia; Treatise on Cholera; and Bronchitis and Kindred Diseases. He died

May

10, 1S7»1. in

New York

Halleck, Reuben Post, «'ducator. lecturer, war* horn Feb. 8. |.S."»i>. in H«Mrs a clerk in a

New

City.

and suhse(|Ueiitly con-

Hall, Willis, lawyer, lecturer, was born April 1. 1801, in C.ranville, N.Y. He was elected a memlx-r of the New York state assembly in 1837, and again in 1842. In 1838 he was attorney general of the state. He was for some time a lecturer in the lawschool of Saratoga. He died July 14, 1868, in

New

Since

to

.Astor.

.A

bron/e statue was erected in his memory in Central lengtii

full

York City.

ill.

adviser

lident.al

John .lacob

New

I'ark

ol

City,

which

York 1877

in

was unveiled by the

Hall, Winfield Scott, educator, physician, lecturer, aiitlior. was born Jan. ft. 1861, in

Butuvia,

27

New

London, Conn. He l>«'ctures on the .Morning Prayer; l.,«'cttires on Moses; Sovereigns ot .luihili: Sermons; and Annals ot St. James's, lie died Jan. 4. IS77. in .New l.,ondon. Conn.

James' church of was tin- author of

181>5

presidetit

the

aiiiiy,

p«M-ts. I

a vior.

bis

the gem-ral ot and the

caliiiiet.

and Bayard

with

.'Stales,

e<l

he has bt^n pro

fessor of physiology at the Northwestern university medical school, where he devotes his whole time to research and teaching. He has been president of the American academy of meilicine and chairman of the section of path-

the Cnit-

»it

He was

Bryant, Ib)ker, the author ot

.Marco Bo/./ans. which is his niost famous pocMu: Fanny: Alnwick Castle; and Other Poems. Ill- died Nov. 11», 1867, in (Juilford, (

onii.

Halleck, Jan.

born

Henry Wager, 16.

1815,

in

soldier, author,

<dogy and physiology of the .American medi-

was

WesternviUe, N.Y.

He was the sixteenth commander United

the States army. a major-genand was genof

He was

cal ass«XMation. He is a member of several ikther scientific bodiei•»; and is an «'min«'nt lecturer. He is the autlior of Laboratorv fJuide in Physiology Text Book of Physiology; translator of Eclinger's Anatomy of the

eral: era I- in-chief of the I nited States in 1862-

Central Nervous System; Elementary Physiology and Hygiene: and of numerous articles in medical journals.

thor of

Hallam, Mrs. Julia Clark, educator, author, was born Jan. 7, 1860. in Portage. Wis. In ISSl she graduated from the university of Wisconsin. For two years she tauglit in the high schools of >radison and LaCrosse. Wis.; and in 1883 married Joseph W. HalInm of Sioux City, Iowa. In l!»0l-03 she

was

recording secretary of the Towa federation of woman's clubs. She is the author of Relation of tlic Sexes from a Scientific Standpoint; and the Story of a E«ropean

The

Tour. Hallam, Lewis,

actor, was born in 1736 in l^ondon. England. In 1752 he made his first public appearance; and later made his debut in the Merchant of Venice, lie subsequently starred in America. He died Nov. 1. 1808. in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hallam, Robert Alexander, clergyman, author, «lon,

Sept. 30. 1807, in New Lonin 1835-77 he was rector of St.

was horn Conn,

He was

64.

mand 1862.

comin

au-

at

Bitumen. Its

Varieties.

and

in

Corinth

He was the

Properties,

Mining Spain and

I'ses; also

Laws

of

Mexico: Elenu'nts of International Law; International Law; an<l Elements of Military .Vrt and S«'ience. He died Jan. !». 1S72. in Louisville. Ky. Hallett, Benjamin, ship-master, was born Jan. 18. 17ri(t, in Barnstable, Mass. He established the coasting tra<le iM'twi'en Boston and Albany in 17HH: and in 1808 had built the sloop Ten Sisters, which was long the favorite packet sailing l»etween New York and Boston. He died Dec. 31. 1840. in BarnTreatise

on

-lahle, Ma.ss.

HaUett, Benjamin Franklin, journalist, lawyer, statesman, author, was born Dec. 1S!»7. in Barnstable. Mass. He exerted a powerful indueiiee in the democratic party; was a delegate to most of its national conentions. He aided in the nomination of Franklin Pierce, who made him United States 2.