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 BOLTON.

BOMBERCiER.

bniry. lslt4-"l»^; and w:us maile librarian of the B..sU.n Atl>enii-uni in 1^98. He was vice-pres- i.ifnt an.l president of the Mass;ichusetts library club. lsit4-"5K». ami trt'a.surer of the American li- brary assmiatinii. iyi>G-*97. He wa.s married to Ethel Stan wood (,B. A. Wellesley, 1JS94), authorof • History of the St«nww)d Family." He is the autliorof -The Descendants of William Bolton of Uwidinj;. Ma.ss." (1888); -'The Bohons of Old and New En^Umd" (1889); "A Xigiifs Tragedy at Siin Carlos" ( 1889); " The Gossiping Guide at Harvard"' (189-2); " Saskia. the Wife of Rem- bnmt"" V 1893):" On the Wot)ingof Martha Pitkin" (ISIM): -The Harvard University Library" (1894); "Genealogij-al Research in Libraries" (i89.j); --The Reign of the Poster" (1895); •• What a Small Town May Do for Itself " (1896); ••Brookline: the History of a Famed Town" (1897): " Love Song of Ursula Wolcott " (1899). BOLTON, Henry Carrington, chemist, was born in New York city, Jan. 28, 1843; son of Jackson and Anna (North) Bolton. He was grad- uated from Columbia in 1862; studied one year in lalxjratories in Paris; two years in Ber- lin andGottingen, and took the Ph.D. degree at Georgia Augusta university, Gottingen. He travelled over North America in 1867 and in 1868 opened a laboratorj- in New York city for private research and instruction. He was assist- ant in analytical chemistry at Columbia school of mines in charge of the laboratory of quanti- tative analysis, l872-*77; professor of chemistry in Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., 1877-'87; U.S. a.ss{iy commissioner, 1885; and assisted Henry Morton of the Stevens institute in inves- tigating the fluorescent and absorption spectra of uranium stxlts, publishing the results in 1873. He vva.s elected vice president of the American as.sociation for the advancement of science in 1882. He was a member of the Lyceum of nat- ural hi.story, New York city, from 1867, and was secretary. 1876-"92, and vice-president, 1892-^93, and presi.lent in 1893 of the New York academy of sciences. He was secretary of the chemical section and of the council, general secretary and vice-president of the American association for the advanc4Mnent of science. He was one of the founders of the American folk-lore society in 1887. He returned to New York in 1892, was electeil non-resident professor of the history of ••hemistry in Columbian universit)'. D.C., the same year, and in 1893 delivered a course of nine lectures there. He is the author of "The Book of the Bjtlance ot Wisdom" (1876); "Applica- tion of Organic Acids to the Examination of Minerals" a877-'83); "The Students' Guide on Quantitative Analysis" (1882); " An Account of the Progress of Chemist r>' " (4 vols.. 1883-'89); "The Counting-out Rhymes of Children. A

Study in Folk-Lore ■" (1888); " Contributions of .Vlchemy to Numi.smatics " (1890); "A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1892" (1893); "The Porta Magica, Rome" (1895); "The Smithsonian Institution: Its Origin, Growth and Activities" (1896), and "Bad Features of Periodicals" (1896). He also edited " Scientific Corresjxindence: Ninety-seven letters addressed to Josiah Wedgwood, Sir Joseph Banks, etc." (1892).

BOLTON, Sarah Knowles, author, was born in Farmington, Conn., Sei)t. 15, 1841; daughter of John Segar and Elizabeth Mary (Miller) Knowles, and a descendant of original New England set- tlers as follows: Henry Knowles, W^arwick, R.I., 1635; Thomas Miller, Rowley, Mass., before 1643, and Middleboro, Conn., 1650; Thomas Stanley. Lynn, Mass., 1634, Hartford. Conn., 1636; and William Carpenter, Rehoboth, Mass., 1638. She was graduated at the Female seminary, Hart- ford, in 1860 and was married Oct. 16, 1866, to Charles E. Bolton of Cleveland. Ohio. She was assistant corresponding secretary of the W^C.T.U., 1876- 78; visited Europe 1878 and 1881- '83; was recording secretary of the Cleveland Woman's Christian association and a member of various literary and humane societies She wrote many books, including: " Orlean Lamar and Other Poems" (1864); "The Present Problem" (1874); "How Success is Won" (1884); "Poor Boys Who Became Famous" (1885); "Girls Who Became Famous" (1886); "Stories from Life" (1886); "Social Studies in England" (1886); " Famous American Authors "; joint au- thor of " From Heart and Nature " poems (1877); author of " Famous American Statesmen " (1888); "Some Successful Women" (1888); "Famous Men of Science" (1889); "Famous English Authors of the 19th Century" (1890); "Famous European Artists" (1890); "Famous English Statesmen of Queen Victoria's Reign " (1891); " Famous Types of Womanhood " (1892); " Famous Voyager and Explorers " (1893); " Fa- mous Leaders Among Men" (1894); "Famous Leaders Among Women" (1895); "The Inevita- ble and Other Poems" (1895); "Famous Givers and Their (iifts " (1896); and "A Country Idyl and Other Stories"' (1898); " Every-Day Living " (1900); " Our Devoted Friend the Dog" (1901) and contributions to periodicals.

BOMBERQER, John Henry Augustus, edu- cator, was born in Laiica.ster, Pa., Jan. 13, 1817. He was graduate<l at Marshall college in 1837, and from the Mercersburg seminaiy in 1838, He was pastor at Waynesborough, Pa., 1840-'45:at Easton, Pa.. 1845-.54: and at Philadelphia. 1854- '70. In 1870 he was elected president of Ursinus college, wiiich lie foun<led. He is the author of " Protestant Theological and Ecclesiastical