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logical seininaiy, 1860-79, and of Ne\v Testament literature and exegesis, 1879-91. The College of New Jersey conferred upon liini the degree of D.D. in 1865 and that of LL.D. in 1891. He died in Princeton. N.J.. Sept. 27, 1891.

HODGE, Charles, theologian, was born in Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 28. 1797 ; son of Dr. Hugh and Mary (Blanchard) Hodge, and grandson of Andrew and Jane (McCuUoch) Hodge. He was prepared for college at the Somerville, N.J., academy ; was grad- " uated from the Col-

lege of New Jersey tA.B., 1815; A.M.. -,^ ,^ 1818. and from Prince-

ton Theological semi- nary in 1819, and studied at the univer- sities of Paris, Halle and Berlin, 1826-28. He was assistant pro- fessor of the original languages of Scrip- tifl-e at Princeton Theological semi- nary, 1820-22; pro- fessor of oriental and Biblical literature, 1822-40 ; of didactic and exegetical theology, 1840-52, and of polemic theologj', 1852-76. He was moderator of tlie general assembly of the Presbyterian church, 1846. and one of the committee on revision of the "Book of Discipline."' He founded the Biblical Repository in 1825, changed its name to Biblical Repository and Princeton Review in 1837, and continued to edit it till 1873, when its title was changed to Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Revieic. On the occasion of the semi-centennial anniversary of his professorship, celebrated April 24, 1872. the graduates endowed the " Charles Hodge Professorship" with $50,000. He was married to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Andrew (q.v.) and Mary (Stockton) Hunter. He received the degree of D.D. from Rutger's college in 1834, and that of LL.D. from Washington college in 1864. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1850-78. Besides review articles and ed- itorials he is the author of : Epistle to the Romans (1835; new ed., 1864); Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (2 vols., 1839-40); The Way of Life (1841); Ephe- sians (1856); First Corinthians (1857); Second Corinthians (1860); Mliat is Darwinism (1874); Systematic Theology (3 vols., 1871-72). See Life, by his son. Archibald A. Hodge (1880). He died in Princeton. N.J.. June 19, 1878.

HODGE, Clifton Tremont, educator, was born in Janesville, Wis., Oct. 16, 1859 ; son of Nelson Wellington and Mary Elizabeth (Merrill) Hodge

and a descendant of John Hodge, who was sent out from England by George III. as governor of the island of Anguilla, W.I. Clifton Tremont Hodge was graduated from Ripon college, A.B., 1882; A.M., 1886. He was a fellow in psychol- ogy, and assistant in neurology at Clark univer- sity, 1889-91 ; instructor in biology at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, 1891-92, and was appointed assistant professor of physiology and neurology at Clark university in 1892. He was elected a member of the American Physiological society in 1889, the Society of American Naturalists in 1890, the Boston Society of Medical Science in 1897, the Massachusetts Forestry association in 1899, the American Forestry association in 1900. and the American Ornithologists union in 1900. The hon- orary degi'ee of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Johns Hopkins university in 1889. He was mar- ried, Sept. 25, 1888, to Thekla Johanna Eversz, of Wesel, Germany. He published articles in scien- tific journals on Fatigue of Xerve Cells, Physiol- ogy of Alcohol, Method of Homing Pigeons, the vivisection question and other related subjects, and a series of nature stud}'' leaflets, including Biology of the Common Toad (1898); Biology of our Common Birds (1899).

HODGE, Frederick Webb, ethnologist, was born in Plymouth, England, Oct. 28, 1864. He immigrated to America with his parents in 1871, ■was educated in Washington, D.C.. and in Au- gust, 1884. was appointed to the U.S. geological survey, continuing his studies at the Corcoran scientific .school, Columbian university. In De- cember, 1886, he resigned his official duties to act as field secretarj' to the Hemenway southwestern archaeological expedition, and he made detailed surveys and maps of the prehistoric ruins in Salado valley, southern Arizona, and in Zuni vallej'. New Mexico. He returned to Washing- ton in July, 1889, and was appointed to the bureau of ethnology, Smith.sonian Institution, as assistant in the preparation of a " Cjxdopedia and Synonymy of Indian Tribes," which work was subsequently placed entirely in his charge. He was later entrusted with the editorial work of the bureau as well as with its rapidh- increas- ing library. He again visited the Pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico in 1895, and in 1897 scaled the " Enchanted IMesa," discovering evi- dences of former habitation and thus verifying a popular Indian tradition. In 1891 he was made curator of the Anthi-opological society of Wash- ington and a member of the editorial committee of the American Anthropologist, and in 1899 be- came managing editor of the new series of that journal. His jirevious work among the Pueblo Indians was supplemented b}' a trip among them in 1899. He is the author of numerous ethnologic papers, which appear mainly in scientific journals.