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the Pedagogical Seminary, in 1893. He was mar ried first, in 1880, to Cornelia M. Fisher of Cincin- nati, who died in 1890 ; and secondly, in 1899, to Florence E. Smith of Newton, Mass. His son, Robert Granville, was born in 1881. Dr. Hall was elected a member of the American academy of arts and sciences, of the American historical society, of the American antiquarian society, and first president of the American psychological association, organized at his house. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Michigan in 1887 and from Williams in 1888. He is the author of : Rosenkranz's Hegel as the Xa- tional Philosopher of Germany (translated, 1874) ; Aspects of German Culture (1881); Methods of Teaching History (1883) ; Hints toward a Select and Descriptive Bibliography of Education (with John M. Mansfield, 1886) ; How to Teach Beading and \Miat to Read (1890) ; The Psychology of Adoles- cence (1903) ; and many pamphlets, addresses and contributions to periodical literature.

HALL, Henry, author, was born in Auburn, N.Y., Dec. 0, 1845; son of Judge Benjamin F. and Abigail (Farnan) (Hagaraon) Hall; grandson of Asbury and Nancy (Foster) Hall, and of John I. and Sarah (Fry) Hagamon, and a descendant of Francis Hall (New Haven. 1639) and of Hu- guenot ancestors (Brooklyn and New York) on his mother's side, and of several men who took an active part in Indian wars, the American Revolution and the war of 1813. He was edu- cated at Auburn, N.Y. He first entered the newspaper field in 1869 as city editor and edi- torial writer on the Auburn Xeics and was later employed on the Auburn Advertiser. He was an editor of the Daily Bulletin at Norwich, Conn.. 1873-75, was employed in the editorial depart- ment of the New York Tribune, 1875-81, and became business manager of the New York Trib- une in 1882. His services were appreciated and won for him a place on the board of directors of the Tribune association. In 1881-82 he took the first census of the ship-buildtng indus- try m the United States for the United States census. The effort to collect similar statistics for the census of 1890 failed through the census bureau disregarding Mr. Hall's specific advice as to how those figures could be obtained. He was a contributor for several years to the London Times, the Boston Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Koelnische Zeitung, and other papers, on indus- trial and social topics. He was made a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Revolution, the Patriots and Founders, and the Union League, Republican and New York Athletic clubs. He is the author of: History of Auburn (1868) ; Cayuga in the Field (with his brother James, 1873); and America's Successful 2len (1895).

HALL, Hiland, governor of Vermont, was born in Bennington, Vt., July 20, 1795; son of Deacon Nathaniel and Abigail (Hubbard) Hall: grandson of Thomas and Phebe (Blachley) Hall; great-grandson of Hiland and Rachel (Bishop) Hall; and a descendant in the seventh genera- tion of John Hall, who came from Kent, England, to Boston, Mass., in 1633 and settled in Middle- town, Conn., in 1650. Hiland Hall was reared on his father's farm, attended the district schools with one finishing term at an academy at Gran- ville, N.Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and settled

to practice at Ben- ^^^^ ^a/^ nington. He repre- sented that town in the state legislature in 1827, was clerk of the supreme and county court for Bennington county in 1828; was state's attorney for Bennington county, 1828-31 ; a Whig repre- sentative in the 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th congresses, 1833-43; bank commissioner of Ver- mont, 1843^6; judge of the supreme court of Vermont, 1846-50, and second comptroller of the U.S. treasurj-, 1850-51. In 1851 he was appoint-ed by President Fillmore a land commissioner for California to settle disputed titles between citi- zens of the United States and Mexico. He returned to Vermont in 1854 and resumed his law practice; was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia in 1856, and was governor of Vermont, 1858-59. He was chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Peace congress at Washington, D.C., in February, 1861. He was married in 1818 to Dolly Tuttle, daughter of Henry and Mary (Tuttle) Davis of Rocking- ham, Vt. He was president of the Vermont his- torical society, a life member and vice-president for Vermont of the New England historic, genea- logical society, a member of the Long Island historical society, and either corresponding or honorary member of many similar societies. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Vermont in 1859. He contributed to historical magazines and is the author of ITie History of Vermont from its Discovery to its Admis- sion into the Union in 1791 (1868) ; and of various addresses, letters, reports, opinions, papers and biographical sketches published in pamphlet form. He died in Springfield, Mass., at the home of his son with whom he was spending the winter, Dec. 18, 1885.