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berger, and of the Rev. Frederick and Mary (Brown) Walk ; and a descenilant of Allan Brown, who emigrated from Maj^herafelt. Ireland, prior to 17.")."). was quartermaster in the British army in the French anil Indian war. and afterward fought in the Revolutionary war on the American side; also a descendant of Christian Harsh- berger, born near Koblenz. Germany, who came to America and settled in Pennsylvania in 1735. He was graduated from the Philadelphia high school in 1888 and from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1890. He was a special student at Harvard in 1890. and made a special studj' of bot- any m Euroi)e, Mexico. California and the eastern part of the United States. He was an assistant instructor in botany at the University of Penn- sylvania, 1890-98, and instructor from 1893. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He was made a mem- l>er of the Pennsylvania forestry association, the Philadelphia botanical club; treasurer of the Botanical society of Pennsylvania and a lecturer for the Society for the extension of universal teachings in 1896. He became a constant con- tributor to the scientific journals and is the author of: Maize, a Botanical and Economic Study (1893), translated into Spanish (Mexico, 1894) ; and The Jiotanists of Philadelphia and Their Work (1899) ; and was made botanical editor of Worcester's Ri'i-ispd Xi-tr Enijii^h Dictionary.

HART, Albert Bushnell, educator, was born at Clarksville, Pa., July 1. 18.54; son of Albert Gaillard and Mary (Hornell) Hart; grandson of Ambrose Hart and of George Hornell, and a descendant of Stephen Hart, one of the founders of Connecticut. He was graduated from Harvard in 1880 and from the university at Frei- burg, Germany, with the de.gree of Ph.D. in 1883. He was in- structor in American history at Harvard, 1883-86 ; instructor in history, 1886-87; assistant professor of history, 1887-97, and became professor

of history in 1897. He was elected a member of the Amer- ican historical as- sociation. He pub- lished: Coercive Powers of the United Slates Government (188.5); Introduction to the Study of Federal (rovernment (1890) ; Epoch Maps Illustrating American History (1890); Formation of the Union (1892) ; Practical Essays on American Government (1894) ; Studies in American Education (189.5) ;

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(ruide to the Sttidy of American History (1897) ; American History Told by Contemporaries(liid7~9S) ; A Source Book of American History (1898) ; Salmon Portland Chase (ISdd). He also edited Epochs oj American History, and American Citizen series, and was joint editor of the American Historical Review and the Harvard Graduates' Magazine.

HART, Charles Henry, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 4, 1847; son of Samuel and Julia (Lumleyj Hart; and grandson of Abra- ham and Sarah (Storck) Hart, who came from Holland and settled in Philadelphia toward the close of tlie eigiiteenth century, and whose eldest son, Abraham Hart, was the successor of Matthew Carey in the publishing firm of Carey & Hart. He attended classical and scientific schools and after a practical course in the law office of the Hon. Samuel H. Perkins, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and was graduated LL.B. from the Universit}- of Pennsylvania. He opened an office in Philadelphia and engaged in active practice, at the same time paying mucli attention to litera- ture, historical investigations and art subjects. Upon the last he became a recognized authority and acquired an international reputation as an expert in historical portraiture. He was elected a member of various historical and scientific asso- ciations, corresponding secretary of the Numis- matic and Antiquarian society, Philadelphia, in 1865, and historiograplier of the .same in 1868. He was chairman of the commission on Retro- spective American art for the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893; and director of th& Pennsylvania academy of fine arts, Philadelphia. He is the author of: Historical Sketch of Xational Medals (1866) ; Memoir of William Hickling Prescott (1868) ; Bibliographia Lincolniana (1870) ; memoirs of Gillian C. Verplunck (1870), George Ticknor (1871), Robert Morris (1877), John Xixon (1877), Mary White— Mrs. Robert Morris (1878), Samuel S. Haldeman (1881), William Beach Lawrence (1881), Leiois H. Morgan (1883), and George Shars- wood (1884) ; Turner, the Dream Painter (1879) ; Hints on Portraits (1898); Browere' s Life Masks of Great Americans (1899); Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Portraits of Washington (1900); Abraham Lincoln's Place in History (1900) ; Gilbert Stuart's Masterpieces (19<i0) ; and TJie Foundations of American Foreign Policg (VM^). He also wrote for the Eacjiclopa^dia Brifanuica (Vol. XVII. Edinburgh, 1885) the article on Philadelphia, which he revised for the supplement (1900).

HART, Edward, chemist, was born in Doyles- town. Pa., Nov. 18, 1854; sonof George and Martha (Longstretli) Hart, and a descendant of Samuel Hart, who is believed to have come from Belfast, Ireland, to Bucks county. Pa., and two of whose .sons were colonels in the Revolutionary army. Edward Hart received his preparatory education