Page:Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography - volume 3.pdf/538

 ukrkingshaws library of American 15M)l-(»3

in

dex; and

Vii8

of

t>«litor

tli«>

Kviiiiatoii

In-

wan tri-asuri-r of Evansthe author of Imperial AmerCreek and Harb; and The

diograimiv.

in llUH-o:{

He

523

In lS7f> he graduated from Yale uni-

Mansfield, Conn.

in

mouth, N.H. Ik'sides annotated editions of Juvenal and other classics, he prepared a much-valued I^-xicon of the Latin Language.

versity; and has rethe di'gree of from the dohns Hopkins university. In lSHS-!»:} he was professor of history at the .Massachusetts institute of technology and in 1S!>.3-1>U he wa^ principal of .Ad(d]dii academv of Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 18!)0 *he has been president of He the .lelpl1i cidlege of Br«K»klyii, N.Y. the author of The Republic of New is Haven Syllabus of I^vtures C|)on Political The Acadi'iny .Song History Since IHl")

He

Bot»k;

ton, ica;

III.

is

'Twixt

Kvaiist»)n

I'oets, a

play.

Leverett, Frank, educator, geolo^^ist, auwan born March Hi. I8.'»!>, in Denmark, lown. lie is a i;e»doiiist in the I'nited States geological survey. His lines of investigation are on glacial geology and watthor,

resources.

er

He

is

the autlior of

Water

Resources of Illinois; Water Resources of Indiana and Ohio; The Illinois (Macial LoIk-; and other governnu-ntal publications. Leverett, Frederick Percival, ducat(»r, auv:is borti Sept. 11. ISIKJ, in I'orts«

tiior,

died Oct. 6, IH.'iU, in Boston, Muss. Leverett, John, colonial governor, was born in Kilti in Kngland. He was one of the governor's council in ir»U.*>-71, maj«tr-general in

10»».'}-7.'J



deputy governor of Massachu-

setts in HS71-7;{; and in

lt>7:{-7'.»

was

colonial

goernor. lie dided March 1(1, 1U7U, in Boston. Mass. Leverett, John, lawyer, college president, jurist, was born Aug. '!'>. W>2, in Boston, ?d "HS. He was a judge, speaker of the Colonial Irgislatnrc. and nn nibi-r of the coun-

and president of Harvard

c<'ived

IMi.D.





and

the

illustrated

1KH2-H3 In he was a nn-mlH-r «»f the California state h'g-

don.

in

many humorous

iMioks.

Leveridge, John, sohlier. lawyer, was born Sfpt. ir>. 17!»2. ill New York city. During the war of 1SI2 he served as a private. He wns a founder of the St. Nicholas club, and of tin- old Public school society; and was said to Im* tin- oldest active member of He died Fi'b. 17, 1886, thi* American bar. in

New York

city.

Levering, Eugene, merchant. bankiT, was 12, 184.'», in Baltimore. M«I. He sticcessfii] merchiiiit in his native city; is president of the natioiuil bank of commerce; president of the board of tra«le; president association for improvement of the ciindition of the poor; and a trustee of .loliiis Hopkins university. Levering, Joshua, merchant, prohibitionist, was born Sept. 12. 1H4."», in Baltimore, Md. In ISJiO he entered into the colFcc importing busin«'ss of his father in Baltimore, M<I.; at lirst as an employee, but later as a member *»f the firm, conducting the business with his brother Kugeiie after the death of his father in IH70. He has been president of the young men's christian association of Baltimore, Md.. and in 1K!)(1 was presidential nominee of tin* prohibition party. Levermore, Charles Herbert, educattir. collego president, author, was born Oct. I"),

born Sept. Il ls been a

Song

and (ierinany; and in 1S.V2 was an attorney and stdicitor in Lon-

He has been

islature.

professor of political e<>oinmiy ami of legislative science; and in

been connected with the .Minneapolis Times, Chicago Tribune and New York .Xnn-rican.

He has

Acatlemy

Leverson, Montague Richard, lawyer, physician, legislator, author, was born March H«' received 2. ls;iO. in London, Kngland. a thorough acatlemic education in I^ndou

1707-24. He died May A. 172L in Boston. .Mass. illustrator, Levering, Albert, ardiitect. was born in lS<5ti in Hop*-. Ind. For eight years he practiced arcliitecture. He has

cil:

.britlged

B.iok.

took part

IHKti

in

the

HcMiy Ccorge mayoralty campaign in "New York city.

uated

medicine from

in

ami

c«dleg.';

ical

He grad-

Baltimore med-

tin*

practi<'es his {inifession in

Brooklyn. N.Y. He is secretary of the antivaccination society of America. He is a writi-r on Icgislativ*- s<'i«'iice and law reform. Le Vert, Mrs. Octavia Walton, author, was born about ISIO in Bellevue, (la. She was a once prominent sju-ial leader of Mobile. She was tin* author of .Souvenirs of Travel.

.She died

March

13, 1877, in

Augus-

ta. <ia.

David Maurice, educator, musician, composer, was born .Ian. I, 1844, in N»'w York citv. He studied music in New York, (Jcrniany and France; and in 1871 gratliiated .jd^Hj^^ from the Levett,

^^^^

^^^^^^^

i

^

^1 1^

conservatory of LeipHe has taught in the conservatories of N<-w Bruns/ig. <iermaiiy.

wick.

N..I.,

and and in

ville. III.,

city.

was

In a

.lackson-

Chicago,

New York

1888-08 professor

ho

of college of music: held a pro-

the

New York

fessorship in Berlin, Ccrmaiiy and in liXKI returne<l to the New York college of music.