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was married, in 1890, to Baron Julius von Teuffel, physician-in-ordinary to the emperor, who died in 1896. Her published books include: One Simi- mer (1875); One Year Abroad (1877); Aunt Serena (1881); Guenn: a Wave on the Breton Coast (1883); Aulnay Tower (1885); Eiirojjean Sketches; Tony the Maid (1887); The Open Door (1889); A Battle and a Boy; A Fellou'e and his Wife, with William Sharp (1892); No Heroes (1893); Seveii on the Highicay (1897); Dionysius, the Weavei-'s Heart's Dearest (1899); The Garden of Eden (1900). She died in Munich, Oct. 7, 1898. HOWARD, Bronson, dramatist, was born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 7, 1842; son of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth (Vosburgh) Howard; grand- son of Sebre and (Scott) Howard, and a

descendant of Ricliard Howard, an officer under General Wolfe in the capture of Quebec, who settled in Amer- ica and was killed at the battle of Mon- mouth, N.J., where he fought on the American side. Mr. Howard was a de- scendant on his moth- er's side of Annetje Jansen, wife of Dom- inie Bogardus (q.v.)of the Dutch Reformed church. He was edu- /7'V>vr*«^tV cated at Russell's Mil- itary academy, New Haven, Conn., and prepared for Yale under Pro- fessor Bailey and other Yale professors, but did not enter on account of his eyesight, which failed at that time. He entered journalism in 1868, and •was connected with the New York Evening Mail, Tribune and Evening Post, and with the Pall Mall Gazette, London, England. He was tiie first president of the Evening Mail association. He began to write plays while engaged in active newspaper work, and produced liis first play, Saratoga, in 1870. His subsequent works in- clude: Diamonds (1872); Lillian's Last Love (1873), revised under the title of The Banker's Daughter (1878); Hurricanes (1878); Old Love Letters (1878); Green Room Ftin (1879); Wives, a comedy adapted from two comedies of Moliere (1879); Baron Rudolph {1880); Young Mrs. Win- throp (1882); One of Our Girls (1885); Met by Chance {1887}; The Henrietta (1887); Shenandoah (1889); and Aristocracy (1892) . In London throe of his plays were produced under different titles: Brighton for Saratoga (1874); Tlte Old Love and the Neio for The Banker's Daughter (1879); Truth for Hurricanes (1879). Young Mrs. Win- throp and The Henrietta were produced under

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their original titles. In Berlin, Germany, (Sara- toga was adapted by Paul Lindau under the title, Eine Erste und Enizige Liebe (1875). He was married, Oct. 27, 1880, to Alice Maude, daughter of Major R. Culverwell, and sister of Charles Wyndham, the English comedian. He resided a few years in New Rochelle, N.Y., and later became a resident of New York city, living part of the time in London, having a residence there in Elm Tree road, St. John's Wood.

HOWARD, George, governor of Maryland, was born at " Belvedere", Baltimore county, Md., Nov. 21, 1789; son of Gen. John Eager and Peggy Oswald (Chew) Howard. He was educated at home by tutors, and first appeared in public life by his appointment as acting governor of Mary- land, July 11, 1831, on the death of Gov. Daniel Martin. He was elected to the office in 1831 and re-elected in 1832, serving 1831-33, when he was succeeded by James Thomas. He was a Whig presidential elector in 1836 and 1840, voting in both elections for William H. Harrison. He was a slaveholder and supporter of the fugitive slave law. He was married, Dec. 26, 1811, to Prudence Gough, daughter of Gov. Charles C. and Priscilla (Dorsey) Ridgely, and had eight sons and five daughters, born and brought up on the family estate, "Waverly,'' near Woodstock, Howard county, Md. Governor Howard died at " Wav- erly," Md., Aug. 2, 1846.

HOWARD, George Elliott, educator, was born at Saratoga, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1849; son of Isaac and Margaret (Hardin) Howard. He was prepared for college in the Nebraska State Normal school; was graduated from the University of Nebraska, A.B., 1876; A.M., 1879; studied constitutional history and Roman jurisprudence in the univer- sities of Munich and Paris, 1876-78; was profes- sor of history and head of the historical depart- ment, University of Nebraska, 1879-91, and in the latter year accepted the chair of history at Leland Stanford, Jr., university. He was mar- ried, Jan. 1, 1880, to Alice May Frost. As secre- tary of the Nebraska Historical society, 1885-91, he laid the foundation of an excellent library of American history, and collected the material for three volumes relating chiefly to the early history of Nebraska. He was elected a member of the American Historical association, the American Economic association, and the American Acad- emy of Political and Social Science. He received from the University of Nebraska the degree of Pli.D. in 1893. His published works include: An Litroduction to the Local Constitutional His- tory of the United States (2 vols., 1889); The Evolution of the University (1890); Development of the King's Peace and the Local Peace Magis- tracy (1890), and vai'ious historical contributions to the leading American periodicals.