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482 didate for liculi-imiit governor of hia but refuHt'd, ISIKMDO.'J Ik- was a lii

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aniliiia

and

lifty-sixtli

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as a d»MUo<"rat. In IJMMthe Vmtvd States di.d Fcl). :J, 1!H»S, in Hvllon, S.C. William Langson, painter, art-

Hi'MMitli coiign-HM's

09 he wan a s.'inHf.

II.'

iiuMiibiT of

Latbrop, was born March 2K

i-t.

1S5"J,

in

Warren,

III. Me is a nienil>er of the national aoadeniy of design. He has received prizes from (he Philadelphia art club; and from the Carnegie institution of IMttsburg. I'a. Latimer, Charles, civil engineer, inventor, iiuthor. was Iwrn Sept. 7, 1827, in Washington, D.C. He invented a system of naval signals by lights. In 1H8(S he was ••ngineer of the (.)hio railroad company. He was the author of Roadnjaster's .ssistants;

The Divining

HotI

and Hattle



of Standanls.

He died .March 25. 1888, in Cleveland. Ohio. Latimer, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wonneley, author, was liorn in IS'2'2 in Kngland. She was the author of Familiar Talks on Shakespeare's Come<lies; France in the Nineteenth Century, 18:{(l tK); Russia and Turkey in the Nineteenth Century; Europe and Africa in (he Xinctwuth Century; Kngland in the Nineteenth Century; Italy in the Nineteenth Century; .My Serap-Hook. and hulia. Sludii'd in HioV in Baltimore. Md. Latimer, George, stati-Huian, was born in IT.'tO in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a d<-leg.iti' to (lie Pennsylvania eonventitui that ratified the eonstittition of the l'nilr«| States in 17S7; si meini»er of the lower liouso of Hie legislature in 1 7!>2 «.•!»; and its speaker fiir

live

He

vears.

di«'d

.June 12.

182r>,

He designed (he Rank of Pennsylvania, the old academy of Art, the bank of the United states, and was the lirst to supply Philadelplua with water, pumped by steam fmni (he .Schuylkill in 180U. He' died .Sept. 3, IS2(». in New Orleans, Im. Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, civil engineer, was iMun Dec. I!», 18U7. lie entered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio ruilroatl <-ompany and finally beciime its chief engineer, building tin- road from Harper's Ferry, across the Allcghanies to Win-cling. He was also consulting engineer of the H. .M. 11UI2. in BaKiinore. M<1.

Latrobe, Ferdinand Claiborne, lawyer, built across

legislator,

was

1

Inirn Oct.

He

more. .Md.

14, 18:{:{. in Baltireceived a lilH>ral edin*ation in the public sclnxds. and at .St. .lames' college of W:i siting, (on county, .Md. He was elet'ted to the Maryland state legis ~ lature in 18G7, and

a W

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was

and in Kdinburgli, Scotland, and served as a surgion in the revolutionary army. He was a memlM>r »)f (he Delaware state legislature; and in 17!Mhe was a representative from Delaware to (he third congress. In 171>.>18(H he was a member of the I nited S(ates senate. He .lied Dec. UK 18lt». in Philadelphia. Pa.

James IS2t;.

in

Elijah,

was

eilucator,

Hartford.

(

onn.

.After

holding

several pastorates he was chosen professor of historic theology in the (heological sc1mm>| of Roston university; and in 1874 he became dean and professor of systematic tlM>olog)-. He died Nov. 2(i. I8S4, in .uburrnlale. Mass.

Latimer, William Kay, naval onicer. was horn Sept. I. I7!M. in .Annapolis. .|.

speaker

1870-72.

eine in Philadelphia. Pa.;

IS7M. in

Raltinuirc. Md.

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, designer, architect, was iKirn May I. I7r.4, in Kngland.

civil

Balti-

in

them the .Arequipa viaduct, and the Agua Xi-rreiigas bridge. This structure was

in

Latimer, Henry, phyMician. congressman, Cniti'd States senator, was born .pril 24, 17.'r2. in Newport. Del. He studie«l nu'di

Latimer,

IS.JJ,

2.).

de

Philadelphia. Pa.

iHirn Oct. 7.

D»-c.

most remarkable works Peru, alM)Ut a uozcn in all; among His

.Md. In

during be judge

18(50

was appointed advocate assisti>oet. was iMirn Mav 4. 18(1.1. in Philadelnhia. Pa. He was a lawyer of Baltimore; and the inventor of (ho l^itrolM' stove, of which in 1878 thirty thousanil were used in Baltimore ahme. He was the author of llis(ory of Mason and Dixon's Line: Three Creat Ra(tleH: .lustices' Prac(ice unok of verse;

Liberia. n)ore.

He

Poin( Odds and Knds. and History of .Maryland

died Sept.

11.

I8SM, in

a in

Haiti

Md.

Latta, Alexander Bonner, manufacturer, inventor, was born June II. 1821. in Ross county, (Hiio. He constructed for the Lit-