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major of the 2d U.S. infantry in 1791 and was under Gen. Arthur St. Clair in the Miami expe- dition. He commanded the regulars in the battle of Nov. 4, 1791, and covered the retreat of St. Clair's army. In obeying an order to charge with the bayonet in order that the rest of the army might escape he lost nearly all his command and was himself among the slain. He married Abi- gail Riley, who after her husband's death married the Rev. Cyprian Strong of Chatham, Conn. He published The Native Inhabitants of the Western C Oil ntnj and The Ancient Works of Art in the Trans- actions of the American academy of arts and sciences, Vol. HI. His letters to Maj. William Judd of Farmington, some thirty in number, describing the climate, soil and \alue of lands in Ohio, are preserved in the family in New Britain, Conn. He died on the battle-field at the head waters of t lie Jliami river, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1791.

HART, Samuel, educator, was born in Say- brook, Conn., June 4, 1845; son of Henry and Mary A. (Witter) Hart; grandson of Samuel and Mercy (Pratt) Hart,and of Asa and Betsey (Clark) Witter, and a descendant of Stephen Hart, one of the first settlers of Cambridge, Mass. , and of Hartford and Farm ington. Conn., of Maj. -Gen. Robert

Sedgwick (1613-

165C), of Gov. John Leverett (161(5-1679), of Lieut. William Pratt (1622-1678), and of John Clark (1608-1713). He was graduated at Trinity college at the head of his class, A.B., 1866; A.M., 1869; and was admitted to the ministr}^ of the P.E. church in 1869. He was tutor at Trinity, 1868-70; adjunct profes.sor of mathematics, 1870-73; professor, 1873-82; Seabury professor of mathematics and astronomy, 1882-83; and professor of the Latin language and literature, 1883-99. He was chosen registrar of the diocese of Connecticut in 1 874; custodian of the Standard Prayer Book in 1 886; was secretary of American philological association, 1873-78, and its president, 1891-92; was elected secretarj' of the house of bishops in 1892, and historiographer of the American church in 1898. He declined the bishopric of Vermont, to which he was elected in 1893; and in 1899 he accepted the position of vice-dean of Berkeley divinity school. He became a member of the American historical association and of the American association for the advance- ment of science. He received from Trinitv the

honorary degree of S.T.D. in 1885 and that of D.C.L. in 1899. He published editions of Juve- nal (1873), of Persius (1875), and of Bishop Sea- bury's Communion Office (1874-1883); Historical Address at the Quadri-millennial of Saybrook, Conn. (1885), and of Guilford, Conn. (1889); Historical Sertnons Concerning Bishop Seabury (1883, 1886, 1896); Memorial of Bishop Williams (1899); 3Ion- ographs on the .350th Anniversary of the Prayer Book (1899).

HART, William, painter, was born at Paisley, Scotland, March 31, 1823. When he was a child he was taken by his parents to Albany, N.Y., wliere in 1831 he was apprenticed to a carriage manufacturer and learned to decorate carriages. He later painted pictvires of landscapes and cattle and in 1848 exhibited in the National academy of design. He was self-taught, except for three years of study in Scotland, 1849-52. He removed to New York city in 1853, was elected an associate National academician in 1855 and an academician in 1858. He was elected president of the Brooklj^n academy of design in 1865 and was president of tiie American society of water colorists, 1870-73. Among his paintings are: Autumn in the Woods of Maine (1867); Scene on the Peabody Paver (1868); TuHlight on the Brook (1869); A Brook Study (1870); Easter Sky at Sunset (ISll); The Golden Hour (1872); Morning in the Clouds (1874); Keene Valley (1875); Cattle Scenes (1876); The Ford (1878); Scene on Napanock Creek (1884); A Modern Cinderella (1885); and After a Shoicer (1886). He died at Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Jime 17, 1894.

HARTDEGEN, Adolf, musician, was born at Cassel, German3^ Nov. 17, 1849. He studied the violoncello at the Royal con.servatory of Brussels, 1861-67, receiving in the latter year the first prize for violoncello and for "Lecture Musicale." He then made a concert tour through Germany, and in the fall of 1868 came to Amei-ica, where Mr. Theodore Thomas engaged him at once as solo violoncellist. In 1871 he made a concert tour in California and South America, returning to Europe in 1873. He was associated with the Boston Pliilharmonic club, 1874-78, giving con- certs in the principal cities of the United States. In 1878 Theodore Thomas invited him to join the College of music in Cincinnati as professor of the 'cello and first 'cellist in the orchestra. He was also 'cellist of the string quartet, with E. S. Jacobsohn, Theodore Tliomas and C. Baeteus as the other members. Wlien Mr. Thomas resigned the directorship of the Cincinnati college of music in 1882 Mr. Hartdegen also severed his connection with the college and removed to New York city. " He subsequently became a member of the Beethoven string quailet of New York, the other members of the organization being Gustav Dannreuther, Otto K. Schill and Ern.st Tliiele.