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Avenue Congregational church, Minneapolis, Mian., 1883-87; of the Park Street Congrega- tional church, Bridgeport, Conn., 1887-90; and of the First Presbyterian churcli, Newburyport, Mass., after 1893. He received the degree of D.D. in 1883. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Geological society of America, of the National Geographic society, of the Societe de Speleologie, Paris, France, and of the Inter- national geological congress. He is the author of: contributions to the Proceedings of the foregoing bodies and to the Encyclopgedia Britannica, and also of: Celebrated American Caverns (1882); Guide-Book to Mammoth Cave (1884); History of the Park Street Congregational Church, Bridgeport (1888); The Vibratory Law of Progress (1888); On the Banks of the Qiiinnipiac, a poem (1889); Origin and Annals of the First Presbyterian Church at Neivburyport, Mass. (1896); Mammoth Cave Illustrated (1897); Life and Work of James Hall, LL.D. (1899); Biographical Sketch of Ed- mund O. Honey, D.D. (1899); Memoir of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich (1900), and numerous sermons and addresses.

HOVEY, Richard, poet, was born in Normal, 111., May 4, 1864; son of Gen. Charles Edward (q.v.) and Harriette Farnham (Spofford) Hovey; grandson of Alfred and Abigail (Howard) Hovey, and of Farnham and Lydia (Coggeshall) Spofford, and a descendant on his mother's side from John Coggeshall, first governor of Provi- dence Plantations, and from Peter Fol- ger, grandfather of Benjamin Franklin. He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1885 with honors in English language and literature. While an undergraduate he was editor of the Dartmouth, 1881-84, and managing edi- tor of the ^gis in 1885, and took prizes for dramatic speaking in 1884 and 1885. He stud- ied drawing and painting in the Art Stu- dents' League in Washington, D.C., 1885-86; studied Hebrew at Professor Harper's Summer School of Hebrew at Newton Centre, Mass., 1886; and entered the junior class of the General Theo- logical Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church. New York city, in 1886. leaving the fol- lowing year to pursue his studies privately under the bishop's directions. During Iiis attendance at the seminary he was an assistant of Father Brown

at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York city. In 1887 he entered journalism, and made his first appearance on the stage as a super in the production of "Julius Caesar" by Booth and Barrett. He attended lectures at the Columbian university, Washington, D.C., in the winter of 1887-88, and in 1889 lectured at the Farmington, Conn., summer school of philosophy. In the spring of 1890 he went on the stage, primarily to complete his education as a playwright, and played Counsellor Fabricius in "A Drop of Poison." He went to Europe in 1891, and spent a year in England and France. He was married in Boston, Jan. 17, 1894, to Mrs. Henriette Russell, a pupil and assistant of the younger Delsarte in Paris, and the leading representative of the Del- sarte philosophy and art teaching in America. Mr. and Mrs. HoVey spent the years 1894-96 in Europe, and on their return Mr. Hovey engaged in literary work in New York city and Washing- ton. In 1898 he was appointed lecturer on Eng- lish literature at Columbia university, and pro- fessor of the same at Barnard college, New York city. He received the degree of Litt.D. from Dartmouth in 1899. His published works are as follows: The Laurel (1889); Launcelot and Ouen- evere (1891); Seaward, an Elegy (1893); Songs from Vagabondia (with Bliss Carman, 1894); The Marriage of Guenevere (1895); Maeterlinck's Plays (translated, 2 vols., 1895); 3Iore Songs from Vagabondia (with Bliss Carman, 1896); The Quest of Merlin (1898); The Birth of Galahad (1898); Along the Trail (1898); Taliesin (1899). He died in New York city, Feb. 24, 1900.

HOW, Samuel Blanchard, educator, was born in Burlington, N.J., Oct. 14, 1790. He was grad- uated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1811, and received his master's degree in 1815. He was a tutor in the university, 1812; a student at Princeton Theological seminary, 1812-13; was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1815; was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Salisbury, Pa., 1815-16; of the First church, Trenton, N.J., 1816-21; of the First church, New Bruns- wick, N.J., 1821-23; of the Independent church. Savannah, Ga., 1823-27; of the church on Bowery and Ninth streets. New York city, 1827-28: presi- dent of Dickinson college, 1830-32; minister of the Reformed Dutch churcli. New Brunswick, N.J., 1832-61, and trustee of Rutgers college, 1833-68. He was married to Mary, daughter of Isaac Snowden. He received the degree of D.D. from Union college in 1830. Among his pub- lished works are: Slaveholding Not Sinful (1855); and sermons, TJie Gospel Ministry (1838); trib- ute on the death of Mrs. Jane Kirkpatrick (1851), Tlie Rev. Dr. Jacob J. Janeway (1858), and Littleton Kirkpatrick (1859). He died in New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 29, 1868.