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riet Knowles, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Knowles) Swinburne of Newport, R.I. He was joint editor of the Cornell University Studies in Classical rkilology and later became joint editor of the Studies in Classical Philulogy of the Uni- versity of Chicago, and during the term of his professorship at Cornell university associate edi- tor of the Classical Il/'vie-ir. He was president of the American philological association, J892-93; chairman of the managing committee of the American school of classical studies at Rome, 1894-99, and director of the school, 1895-96. He received the degree of LL.D. from Union in 1895 and from the College of Xew Jersey in 1896.

HALL, Abraham Oakey, journalist and law yer, was horn in Albany, X.Y., July 26, 1826; son of Morgan James and Elsie Lansing (Oakey) Hall. His mother at the time of his birth was at the home of her father, a descendant of the Dutch family of Oakeys, early settlers of the Hudson River valley, who had married a French lady. His father a resident of New York cit}^ and a descendant from the Halls of Hampshire, Eng- land, died in 1829 and Oakey was left to the care of his mother. He was graduated from the University of the city of New York, A.B., 1844, A.M., 1847, and was a journalist in Boston, New York and New Orleans, 1845-49, during which time he also studied law. He attended one year at Harvard law school and was admitted to the New York bar in 1848, wliere he was a member of the firm of Brown, Hall & Vanderpool, 1853-79. He was assistant district attorney of New York city, 1850-53; district attorney, 1854-57 and 1861- 68; mayor of New York city, 1869-72, and was in Paris, 1873-77. He returned to New York in 1877 and was placed on trial for participation in theTweed Ring conspiracy', but was exonerated by the courts. He appeared on the Park theatre stage in his play "The Crucibles," in 1878; was city editor of the New York World, 1879-82; represented the New York Herald in London, England, 1883-88, and was London correspondent of the New York Journal, 1890-91. While in London he was admitted to the bar and practised in the EnglLsh courts. He returned to New York city in 1891 and resumed the practice of law. He was a director of the Manhattan club. 1868-71 ; presiflent of the Lotus club, 1870-73; a life member of the New York press club and of the Mercantile library association; tiiistee of Astor library and of the Sailors' Snug Harbor trust, 1869-72; and member of the council of the L'ni- versity of the city of New York, 1864-73. He was also a member of the New York historical eociety and a fellow of the Royal literary society of London. He was married, Nov. 1, 1849, to Katharine Loui.sa. daughter of Joseph N. Barnes, oy whom he had six children; and secondly, in

1896, to the widow of Capt. John J. Clifton of Scranton, Pa. Mr. Hall was brought up in the Presbyterian faith, but changed to the Sweden- borgian belief, and in 1898 with his wife was received into the Roman Catholic church. In politics he was first a Whig, then a delegate to the national convention of 1855 which formed the Republican party; then supported the Know Nothing party, and in 1860 became a Democrat. He is the author of: Sketches of Travel (1859) ; Old Whiley's Christmas (1851); Manhattaner in Xew Orleans (1851); Grand Juror's Guide (1862); Hor- ace Greeley decently Dissected (1863) ; The Conrjress- man's Christmas Dream (1870); Ballads by Hans Yorke (1880), and History of the Tweed Ring (MS. 1898). He died in New York city, Oct. 7, 1898.

HALL, Alexander Wilford, evangelist, was born in Bath, N.Y., Aug. 18. 1819. He was a student for several years and then entered the Christian ministry as an evangelist. His knowl- edge of the Bible and ability as a debater brought him into prominence as a controversialist espe- cially through his attack on Universalism and the theory of evolution. He established and became editor of The Microcosm in 1881. He was elected fellow of the Victoria institute and philosopliical society of London in 1891, and was president of the Society for philo.sophical research in New York in 1893. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Lebanon Valley college, Pa., in 1882. and that of LL D. from tlie Florida state univer- sity in 1885. He is the author of Universalism Against Itself (1843) ; Problem of Human Life (1878) ; Immortality of the Soul, and Hygienic Secret of Health.

HALL, Arethusa, author, was born in Nor- wicli, Mass., Oct. 13, 1802; daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Richardson) Hall; granddaughter of Zach- eus and Mary (Jenison) Hall and of Capt. John and Rebecca (Moore) Ricliardson; great -grand- daugliter of Percival and Jane (Willis) Hall; and great^ granddaughter of John Hall, who came to Massachusetts from England about 1652 and finally settled in Medford, Mass. She fitted herself for teaching and in 1826 had charge of an acad- emy at Greenland, N.H., and subsequently taught in Haverhill, Mass, where John Greenleaf Whit tier was her pupil. Slie taught in the female academy, Brooklyn, N.Y. (afterward Packer institute), 1849-51, and was associate principal of the Brooklyn Heights seminary, 1851-60. She is the author of: Thoughts of Blaise Pascal (1846) ; A Manual of Morals ^1849) ; The Literary Header (1850); Life of the Rev. Sylvextn- Judd (1854) and MemorahiUa of Sylvester Jvdd. ,SV. (1882). She died in Northampton, Mass., May -?A, 1S!)1

HALL, Arthur Crawshay Alliston, third bishop of Vermont and 173d in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Binfield, Eng.