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DAY, Benjamin Henry, journalist, was born in West Siu-iiiKlieia. Mass., April 11, 1810. He learneil the printers trade and in 18;$0 removed to New Yt)rk city where he was employed suc- cessively in the composing rooms of the Journal of Commerce, the Evening rout, and the Courier and Enquirer. In 1833 he established a printing office where he prepared the copy, set the type, printed on a hand press, and published the first ?opy of the Sun, the pioneer of one-cent news- papers. Later he established a system of news- paper delivery by boys and in 1835 introduced steam power for printing. In 1838 he sold the Sun to his brother-in-law, Moses Y. Beach, for §40,000, and afterward, in company with James G. "Wilson, established the True Sun, then the Taller, and finally Brother Jonathan, a monthly in which English fiction was reprinted. This was soon changed to a weekly and after!Mr. Wil- son's death Mr. Day brought out semi-annual illustrated editions, making Brother Jonathan the pioneer illustrated journal in America. He died in New York city, Dec. 21, 1889. *

DAY, Fred Holland, amateur photographer, was born in South Dedham, now Norwood, ilass., July 23, 1864; son of Lewis and Anna Rhodes (Smith) Day; grandson of Joseph and Hannah Ellis (Rhodes) Day, and of Lyman and Melinda Anne (Guild) Smith; and of mingled British, Dutch and French anccstrj-. He was educated by private tutors and at private schools and spent the years 1879-83 in travelling in America and Europe. In 1884 he entered the New Eng- land agency of a New York publishing house, and remained there until 1 889. The years 1889- 92 were devoted to travel, and in 1893 the firm of Cojieland & Day, publishers, was established in Boston, Mass., with Mr. Day as a partner, con- tinuing until 1899 when the partnership was dis- solved. From 1886 he devoted all his .spare time to gathering literary and illustrative mate- rial regarding his favorite heroes in literature and art.

DAY, George Edward, educator, was born in Pittsfield, Mass.. Marcli 19, 181-5; son of Gad and Roxanna (Rice) Day, and a descendant of Robert Day who immigrated to America in 1634, and was one of the original .settlers of Hartford, Conn. He was graduated at Yale in arts in 1833 and in theology in 1838, and was assistant instructor in Hebrew there until 1840, when he entered the ministry and for ten years was pas- tor of Congregational churches in Marlboro and Northampton, Ma.ss. He was profes.sor of bil> lical literature at Lane theological .seminary. 1851-66, Holmes profe.s.sor of the Hebrew lan- guage and literature and biblical theology at Yale, 1866-91, and dean of the faculty of the divinity school at Yale, 1888-95. He was made

a member of the Asiatic society of Japan, and received his M.A. degree from Yale in 1836, and the honorar)- degree of D. D. from Marietta col- lege in 1856. In addition to a translation from the Dutch of Van Ooterzee's Xeic Testamint Theology, and a revised translation in 1883 of (Eher's Theology of the Old Testament in German, lie was associated from the first with the Ameri- can Bible revision committee as its secretary, and as a meml)er of the Old Testament company.

DAY, Hannibal, soldier, was born in Mont- pelier, Vt., in 1804; son of Sylvester Day, M.D. assistant surgeon, U.S.A. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1823, and was assigned to the 2d infantry. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, April 4, 1832; captain, July 7, 1838; major, Feb. 23, 1852; lieutenant-colonel, Feb. 25, 1861; colonel, Jan. 7, 1862; and brigadier- general by brevet, March 13, 1865. He was in the Black Hawk expedition of 1832, in the Flor- ida wars of 1838-39 and 1841-42, and in the Mexi- can war, 1846-47. At the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, he commanded the 1st brigade of Ayer's division, in the 5th corps, at the defence of Little Round Top. He commanded. Fort Hamilton. N.Y. harbor, 1863-64, was retired from ac- tive duty after fortj' years' service, Aug. 1, 1863, and served on military commissions and courts-martial, 1864-69, when he retired He died in Morristown. N.J., Marcli 26, 1891.

DAY, Henry Noble, educator, was born in New Preston, Conn., Aug. 4, 1808; son of Noble Day; grandson of the Rev. Jeremiah Day, and nephew of Jeremiah Day, president of Yale col- lege. He was prepared for college chiefly at New Preston academy and the Hartford gram- mar school, and was graduated from Yale in 1828. He was tutor at Yale, 1831-34; spent the year 1834-35 in Europe; and was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church in Water- bury, Conn., Nov. 9, 1836. His ministry there terminated Oct. 1, 1840, on his acceptance of the chair of rhetoric and homiletics in Western Re- serve college, Hudson, Oliio. In 1858 he resigned this charge and was i)resident of the Ohio fe- male college, Cincinnati, 1858-64. He resigned the office in 1864 and removed to New Haven, Conn., where he devoted himself to the prepara- tion of text-books. Iowa state university con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1877. He also received the degree of D.D. from Farmer's college, Cincinnati, and that of LL.D. from Ingham university, N.Y. Besides numerous contributions to the leading period- icals he is the author of: The Art of Elocution (1844; rev. ed.,1860); The Art of Jihetoric (1850). Fundamental Philosophy (1848); lihetorical Brari^ (1860); Tlte Art of Bookkeeping (1861); The Logic of Sir William ILimilton (1863); Elements of