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university, 1S90-93; a member of the Pan-Angli- cau conference, London, 1878; a founder of the Episcopal hospital, Philadelphia, and corporate trustee of the Pliiladelphia Divinity school. He celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of his ordi- nation at Christ cathedral, Reading, Pa., Jan. 15, 1882. He received from Brown the degree of D.D. in 1849 and from the Universit}' of Pennsyl- vania that of LL.D. in 1S76. He was married, Oct. 16, 1833, to Julia Bowcn Amory, who died in February, 1841, leaving two daughters, Louisa and Mary. He was twice married: first, June 17, 1843, to Elizabeth Smith Marshall, of Bristol, R.I.; and secondly, June 9, 1857, to Eliza Whit- uey, wIkj survived him, as did seven sons and one daughter. His' daugliter Mary was married in October, ISGl, to the Rev. William Hobart Hare, afterward Bishop of South Dakota. His son, the Rev. Reginald Heber (q.v.), was in 1900 rector of the Churcli of Our Saviour, Longwood, Brookline, Mass., and Frank Perley (A.B., Brown, 1872; E. M., Lehigh, 1878) and Arthur Whitney (A.B., Brown, 1880) became manufacturers of iron and steel in Pliiladelphia, Pa. Bishop Howe's pub- lished works include: Sevieiv of the Report of the Boston Public Schools (1845); Introductory Es- says to Butler's Bishop Heher's Poems (1857); Loyalty in the American Republic {\QQ^); Mem- oirs of the Life and Services of Bishop Alonzo Potter (1871); Charge to Clergy, &c. (1886). He died at Bristol, R.I., July 31, 1895.

HOWE, Reginald Heber, clergyman, was born in Roxbury, Mass., April 9, 1846; son of the Rt. Rev. Mark A. De Wolfe and Elizabeth Smith (Mar- shall) Howe. He was graduated at Brown uni- versity, A. B., 1866, A.M., 1869, and at the Divinity school of the Protestant Episcopal church, Phila- delphia, Pa., B.D., 1869. He was ordained deacon in 1869 and priest in 1870, and %vas assistant rector of Grace church. Providence, R.I., 1869-71; rector of Trinity church, Milford, Mass., 1871-73; of Christ church, Quincy, Mass., 1872-77, and in 1877 was made rector of the Ciiurch of Our Sav- iour, Longwood, Brookline, Mass. He was made secretary of the Massachusetts Diocesan Board of Missions in 1885, president of the Massachu- setts branch of the Free Church association in 1894; and served as examining chaplain to Bishops Paddock, Brooks, and Lawrence, of Mas- sachusetts. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Brown university in 1894. He is the author of: The Creed and the Year; The Call to Confirmation; Quadragesima, and contributions to pcri'Mlicals.

HOWE, Reginald Heber, ornithologist, was born in t^uincy. .Mass., April 10, 1875; son of the Rev. Reginald Heber and Susjin (Adams) Howe, He attended Noble's school, Boston, Mass., and engaged as a clerk in a commission house iu

Boston, 1893-96. In 1897 he entered Lawrence Scientilic school. Harvard, and while an under- graduate was editor of the Harvard Advocate. He was elected a member of the American Or- nitiiologists' union, of the Nuttall Ornithological club, and chairman of the ornithological section of the Harvard Natural History society. His pul)lislied works include: Every Bird (1895); On the Birds' Highway (1899); The Birds of Rhode Island (with Edward Sturtevant, 1899); ^'otes on Rhode Island Ornithology (edited), and many scientific papers in The Auk, the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, and other scientific magazines.

HOWE, Robert, soldier, was born in Bruns- wick county, N.C., in 1732, of English ancestr.v. He visited England, 1764-66, and on his return was commissioned captain of Fort Johnson, N.C., by Governor Tryon. He was a member of the Colonial assembly, 1772-73, and a delegate to tiie Colonial congress. New Berne, N.C., 1774, the assembling of which Governor Martin opposed. Howe replied to the governor's address and his remarks caused the governor to issue a proclama- tion from aboard the British ship Cmiser, Aug. 8, 1775, denouncing Howe for taking the title of colonel and for calling out and training the militia. On August 21 Howe was appointed, by the Colonial congress which met at Hillsborough, colonel of the 2d North Carolina regiment, and in December, 1775, was ordered to proceed with his regiment to Virginia, where he joined Gen. William Woodford at Norfolk, and drove Lord Dunmore out of that part of the state. He was given a vote of thanks by the Virginia conven- tion and by congress, and was promoted briga- dier-general. In March, 1776, he joined Gen. Henry Lee and marched his regiment tlirough North Carolina, en route for Charleston, S.C. The people of his state received him with public honors, and on reaching Charleston he was given command of the North Carolina troops and soon after succeeded Gen. James Moore in the com- mand of tiie entire Southern department. He was made major-general in October, 1777, and in the spring of 1779 led an unsuccessful expedition against Florida and was obliged to fall back to Savannah, Ga., which city he undertook to defend with his decimated force, aided by the militia, against the British forces of General Prevost. He was surprised by Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell and forced to evacuate the place. This disaster led to a court-martial which honorably acquitted him from blame. Gen. Christopher Gadsden, of Charleston, criticised his conduct in a public letter, which resulted in a duel in which neither was hurt, and tiie incident was the sub- ject of a humorous poem l)v JIajor John Andre. Howe's conduct had so displeased the people of