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woolen manufacturer, removed his family to the United States in 1809 and settled in Hingham. The son was graduated from the Rensselaer Poh'- technic institute, Troy, N.Y., in 1832; was assist- ant professor of chemistry and natural sciences there, 1832-54; professor of geology. 1854-76, and l^rofessor emeritus, 1876-98. In 1836 the geological survey of the state of New York was organized and Professor Hall was appointed as- sistant to Ebenezer Emmons, geologist of the second district. In 1837 he was ap- pointed by Governor Marcy state geologist for the fourth ge- ological district, and ^ ^y. in 1843 was given

^i^ty^^^t^  charge of the paleon- tological work, retain- ing the title of state geologist. He was married in 1838 to Sarah Amelia Maris, daughter of John Aikin of Duchess county, N. Y. In 1855 he accepted from Sir William E. Logan, government geologist of Canada, the charge of the paleontological sur- vey of tliat dominion, but he was induced by Agassiz, Dewey, Dana and other eminent scien- tists to remain in Albany. He was appointed state geologist of Iowa by Governor Grimes, serv- ing, 1855-57; was elected state geologist of Wis- consin in 1857, was a commissioner on the geological survey of the state, 1857-60; and prin- cipal of the geological commission in 1860. On the re -organization of the New York state mu- seimi in 1866 he was appointed director. He was elected one of the fifty foreign members of the Geological society of London in 1848, and corre- spondent of the academy of sciences of Paris in 1884 ; a charter member of the National academy of sciences, organized in 1863; founder and presi- dent of the International congress of geologists held in Philadelphia in 1876; vice-president rep- resenting the United States at its session in Pans in 1878, in Bologna in 1881, and in Berlin in 1885, and president in Washington in 1891, and in St. Petersburg in 1897. He was a founder of the American association of geologists organized in Philadelphia in 1840, out of which grew the American association for the advancement of science of which he was president in 1856. He was president of the Albany institute in 1878; the first president of the Geological society of America, 1888. and a member of the American society of naturalists. He received from the king of Italy the title and decoration of Commander

of the Ordes des Santi Maurizio i Lazzaro in 1882 ; received the quinquennial Walker grand prize of §1000 from the Boston natural history society in 1884 ; the Hay den Memorial medal from the Acad- emy of natural sciences in 1888, and the Wollas- ton medal from the Geological society of London in 1858. He received the degrees of A.M. from Union in 184^, M.D. from the University of Mary- land in 1846, and LL.D. from Hamilton in 1863, from McGill in 1884 and from Harvard in 1886. His published writings include: Geology of Xeic York, Part IV. (1843); Xatural History of Xew York: Paleontology, Vols. I. to XIII. (1847-94), prepared by the state at a cost of over 6100,000; Expedition to the Great Salt Liike (1852) ; United States and Mexico Boundary Survey (1857) ; Geologi- cal Survey of Iowa (1858-59); Graptolites of the Quebec Group (1865) ; and Volume IV. of the U.S. Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel (1877). He died at Bethlehem, N.H., Aug. 7, 1898.

HALL, James Frederick, soldier, was born in New York citj* in February, 1824; son of Gen. William Edward Hall, music publisher, com- mander of the 8th N. Y. militia regiment ; of the 1st New York brigade, and a state senator, 1848- 49 and 1856-57. James Frederick was a clerk and partner with his father in the music store and in 1861 assisted Commissary -General Welch of the ordnance department in equipping the state troops, fitting out twenty-eight regiments for duty in the field. He organized the Parrott bat- tery which was joined to the 1st regiment of en- gineers, and was made its major. He served at Port Royal, S.C, Tybee Island, Ga., and assisted in the investment and capture of Fort Pulaski, for which service he was specially commended by superior oflicers. He was promoted lieutenant- colonel and colonel. Se was a participant in the battles of Pocotaligo, S.C, and Olustee, Fla. ; at the capture of Morris Island, and the attacks on Fort Wagner. He was brevetted brigadier-gen- eral of volunteers in 1864 for distinguished ser- vices. He was of the army of occupation when Charleston was evacuated by the Confederates and was with General Grant at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was provost marshal- general of the department of the South, 1865-66; was inspector of customs and subsequently as- sistant appraiser of the port of New York and a member of the staff of Governor Fenton, 1866-68. He died in Tarrytown, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1884.

HALL, Jeremiah, educator, was born in Swan- zey, N.H., May 21, 1805. He attended the acade- mies at Ashfield, Mass., and at Brattleborough, Vt., and was graduated from the Newton theo logical institution in 1830. He afterward pursued a regular college course without assistance and in 1847 was given the degree of A.M. by Madison university. He preached at Bennington, Vt.