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graduated in 1851. He was married, April 16, 1852, to Mary Crooke, tlaugliter of Peter Zabris- kie and Maria La Grange (Van Vechten) Elnien- dorf. He was ordained a priest in 1858 and en- gaged in missionary work in Elizabetliport, N.J. He was rector of Grace churcli, Elizabeth, N.J., 18o3-G3; of St. Mary's clivirch, Burlington, N.J., 1863-04; of Grace church, Brooklyn Heiglits, N.Y.. 1864-69; and of St. Mark's church, Fhila- delphia, Pa., 1869-79. While in New Jersej^ he built Christ church and rectory, Elizabeth; St. Stephen's church, Milburn, and Trinity church, Woodbridge. He was elected dean of the Gen- eral Theological .seminary, New York city, in 1879, to succeed Dean G. F. Sej'mour, elected bishop of Springfield, 111. In connection with his fatlier he endowed the chair of pastoral the- ology with 880,000, and on the death of his father in 1880 his mother contributed $125,000 for the building of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd bs a memorial to her husband. Dr. Hoffman erected the deanery of the seminary at his own expense and presented it to the corporation. Among liis other benefactions may be mentioned $20,000 given to St. Luke's hospital. New York city, in

1895, and $50,000 given to the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., in 1896. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the de- gree of D.D. frona Rutgers in 1864; from Racine (Wis.) in 1822; from the General Theological seminary in 1885; from Columbia in 1886; froin Trinity in 1893, and from Oxford university in 1895; that of D.C.L. from King's college (N.S.) in 1890, and that of LL.D. from the University of the South (Tenn.) in 1891. He is the author of: Free Churches (1858); The Encharistic TFee/L- (1859); Tlie Legal Use of Church Bells, and various pub- lislied sermons and magazine articles. He died near Plattsburg. N.Y.. June 17, VJ02.

HOFFflAN, Frank Sargent, educator, was born at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Feb. 9, 1852; son of Wendel and Mary Currier (Sargent) Hoffman; grandson of Frederick and Johanna Hoffman and of Moses and Hannah Sargent, and a de- scendant of Richard Sargent, who came from England to America with the earlj' settlers, landing at Agawam (now Ipswich), Mass. He was graduated from Amherst college, Mass., in 1876, and from Yale Divinity school in 1880, and was a Hooker fellow at Yale, 1880-82. He stud- ied in Germany, 1882-83; was an instructor in philosophy at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., 1883-85, and became professor of mental and moral philosophy at Union college, Schenec- tady, N.Y., in 1885. He received from Amherst the degree of A.M. in 1884, and that of Ph.D. in

1896. He was elected a luember of many learned societies. He is the author of: The Sphere of the

State (1834; 3d and rev. ed., 1897); The Sphere of Science (1898), and contributions to literary periodicals.

HOFFflAN, Henry William, representative, was born in Cumberland, Md., Nov. 17, 1825; son of John G. and Mary (Bovard) Hoffman. He was graduated at Jefferson college in 1846; practised law in Cumberland, 1846-55 and 1868- 83; was a representative in the 34th congress, 1855-57; treasurer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company, 1857-58; sergeant-at-arms of the U.S. house of representatives, 1859-60; collector of the port of Baltimore, 1861-65; attorney of the board of county commissioners. Cumberland , Md., 1868-72; and judge of the 4th judicial circuit, 1883-95. He was married to Rachel, daugliter of William Osborn. He received the degree of A.M. from Washington and Jefferson college in 1867. He died in Cumberland, Md.. July 27, 1895.

HOFFflAN, Horace Addison, educator, was born at Auburn, Iiid., July 30, 1855; son of Joshua Josiah and Caroline Catherine (Imlioff) Hoff- man. He attended the country schools, sum- mer normal schools at Waterloo and Auburn, and the Auburn high school; taught school, 1872- 77; and was graduated from Indiana univer- sity in 1881. He was a graduate student in clas- sical philology at Harvard, 1883-85, was elected professor of Greek in Indiana vmiversity in 1885, and dean of the departments of liberal arts in 1894. He was married, June 13, 1888, to Anna Harriet Bowman, of Monticello, Ind. He was elected a member of the American Philological society in 1886. Thedegi'ee of A.M. was conferred on him by Harvard university in 1884. He travelled and studied in Greece in 1890, and prepared with David Starr Jordan a catalogue of the fishes of Greece, with notes on the names now in use and those employed by classical authors, which was published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1892).

HOFFMAN, John Thompson, governor of New York, was born in Sing Sing, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1828; son of Dr. Adrian Kissam and Jane Ann (Thompson) Hoffman; grandson of Philip Living- ston and Helena (Kissam) Hoffman and of the Hon. Dr. John and Mary (Lyell) Thompson, of Saratoga county, N.Y.; great-grandson of Mar- tinus and Alida (Livingston) Hoffman: great-- grandson of Nicolaes and Jannetje (Crispell) Hoffman, and greats-grandson of 3Iartin and Em- merentje (de Witt) Hoffman. Martin came to America from Holland in 1657 and settled in Ulster county, N.Y. John Tliompson Hoffman entered the sophomore class at L'nion college and was graduated with honors in 1846. In 1848 he was made a member of the Democratic state central committee, and did good service as a campaign speaker for Gen. Lewis Cass. He was