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 HERRINGSIIAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOORAPHV. was born Muy

21, 1842, in Eliol, .Miiim-.

In

m

UJ he served llie vulunteor army. In lbi6 be was appoinied iiuni .MuA^aLiiusetU an assistant navul eon^tiueiur in Uk* United states uavy; and in ISSS was pro moted to uavai constructur. In 1UU4 he wa« retired with the rank of rear admiral. Hanselman^Josepa Francis, educator, tiergymuu, college president, was born Oct. 28, In ib^HH lio i»5U. in Brooklyn, ^.V. tought latin, Greek and English in St. Peter's college of Jersey City, S.J. In 18U2 ordained to the priesthood. in he 1901-Utt he was president of the college of and the Holy Cross of WOrct ;-icr, iMu^s. since IVUU has been the provinc.al uf Uie Maiyland-New York province of Jesuits. Hansen, Niels Ebbersen, liortiLuItiu i.st, aiithor, was born Aug. 15, 18(M, iu Denmark. In 1495 he began the practice of law in New York ("ity. In 1805 he was appointed lir^t lieutenant in the hrst >iew iork corps ot c ngiui^ers. He is the author of The Anierleuu Law; and America. Hansen, George, landscape architect, author, was bom April 15, IMS, in Germany. lbU;i

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architect to park e sious, municipalities and cemetery associations. He ia the author of Where the Big I

ad%'isory

Ih

rvvs

Grow; The Orchid B^brids; and

other

works.

Hanaea, NieU Sbbenoi, horticulturiat^au* was born Jan. 4. 18GG, in I>i-ninark.

thor,

li)OG he made a six months' cxploru tion a round the world for the I iiited Mates a]u'ri(uliurul department, lie is the autlior

in

Handbook of Fruit Culture and Treeplanting; and other works. Hanson, Alexander Contee, lawyer, jurist, wua bora Utl. 22, 1749. He was the Ur^t judge of the general court of Maryland under tile cotistitinioii (if 177«»; and prepared a compilation of the laws of the slate. He died in 1806 in Anaapolia, Md. ol

.

Hanson, Alexander Contee, lawyer, journalist, congressman, United btates senator, was bom Feb. 27, 1786, in Maryland. He was a presidential elector in 17H!> and 1793; and at one time edited a political newspaper called the Federal Republic. He afterward settled in Biiltinifin : and in ISI.'J 17 he was a representative to the thirteenth

and fourteenth congresses; and in 181519 he was Tniteil Slates senator from Maryland.

He

died Aiuii 23,

IHIO. in iJelnion't,

Md. Hanson, Edgar Filmore, litterateur, author, was born in 1S.'»:} in Lincoln, Maine. He was the author oi >einonology or Spirituali'in. Ancient and -M'xlern. ]

Hanson, Mrs. Eliza Rice, litterateur, auwae bora April 11, 1825, in Norridgewock, Maine. She was the author of Wont en Wurkers, a popular book. She died

thor,

Blue Island, 111. Hanson, James Christian Meinich,

Sept. 16, 1865. in

ian, bibliographer,

was bom

in Norway. In 1893-97 he

librar-

Jiiarch 13, 1865,

was

chief of the

catalogue department of the univeraity uf Wisconsin; and since ibU? has been chief of the catalogue division of the library of congress.

Hanson, James H., educator, auiaur, uuo born uune xu, in cnuia, Maine, in iaij In look enarge ol me >vaierviae aeaueiuj, luaking il a preparatory acuoui tu UMoy univei-aity. lie y^wt um autnor o( u l.ititi {Hose inK>k una other lextoooKs j

u^cvi exieuaivciy in ><>iiege«.

He

died

preparaiuij sciiouis ana tbv* an Waten'iue,

m

.Elaine.

Hanson, John, congieabiuan, wua born iu 1715 in diaries uouuty, Md. in l/8i-tf«t ne was a delfgaie Irom Jlarylaud to the e>jii tiueuLal congress; and iu 1781-tj2 Jie v^as presidt^nt ol thai body, and a signer ut Uie articles of coiitederation. lit died JSov. IJ,

George county, Aid. Hanaon, John F., railroad president, was Mov. 25, ltt4U, in Monroe county, (in. Jiu is president of the (Jeuiral of Ueurgia railroad; is president of the ocean steam.sii.p )rn;i.tiiy; and president of the- Bibb Li 6^, in I'rince

l»orn

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company of .Macon, Ca. Hanson, John Wesley, clergyman, author, wa.s born Alay 12, 1S23, in iioston, Mass.

maiiulaciui ing

During the civil war he was chaplain of the sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteer iulaniry. Kor many years he has been editor of the 2«iew Covenant of Chicago* ill. He ut the author of about thirty rolumes, the most notable of which are: lli.sturits uf Daner-», Korridgewock, and Gardiner* in Maine; Bible Threatenings Explained; Cloud ot U'itnesscs, a compilation; Aion Aionos; Bible Proofs ol Universal Salvation; bermons on the Lord's Prayer; The Leaven at Uork; and Tlu- Niw Luvenantt a translation of tho New Testament. Hanson, Roger Weigh tman, soldier, was born Aug. 27, lb27, in Clark county, Ky. He was a member of the general assembly in lbt>o; and iu 1857 was candidate of what was known as the know nothing party for congress. TIe"wa.s colonel in the eonfeilcrale service; ui.d ill 1802 wa* promoted to brigadii r gi neral. He was killed in battle, Jan. 2,

lSij.5,

near Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Hanus, Paul Henry, educator, author, was born March 14, 1859, in Pniaeia. In 1S1!I

I'c

becntiH- ;i~-.istaiit ]>rof<'sor of education in that institution. He i.s the author of Elements I

if

Dctcrminaiit.s; (Jeonictry in the

"^chiMd; V'aliif'i;

Grammar

Kducational AUn^ and Educational atid nth'T works.

Hapgood, Hutchins, journalist, author,wa8 May 21, 186», in Chicago, III. He was assistant in Knglisli at Harvard university. He is the author of Paul Jones; The Spirit of the Ghetto; and The Autobiography of a Thi«f. horn

Hapgood, Isabel Florence, author, bora Nov. 21, 1857, in Boaton, Maaa.

was She

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