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HALLOCK, Gerard, journalist, was born in Plainfield, Mass., March 18, 1800; son of the Rev. Moses Hallock. He was graduated at Williams, A.B., 1819. A.M.. 1822, and in 1824 established in Boston the Telegraph, which in 1825 was merged into the Recorder He removed to New York city in 1827, to assist in editing the New York Observer, of which he was part owner, and in 1828 became part owner with David Hale in the Journal of Commerce. In 1828 they obtained advance Euro- pean news by intercepting incoming vessels at Sandy Hook, and in 1833 secured advance in- formation from congress by an express coach between Philadelphia and New York, with eight relays of horses, and this relay was subsequently extended to "Washington and finally resulted in the Halifax express. Although a pro-slavery Democrat, he was a friend of the slaves, believing in emancipation through compensation to own- ers, and he personally purchased the freedom of upwards of one hundred slaves, wliom he trans- ported to Liberia. He contributed $119,000 to erect and maintain a church in New Haven, Conn., and founded the Southern Aid society when the American home mission society with- drew its support from the churches maintained by slave-holders. W^hen the government in 1861 denied the vise of the mails to the Journal of Com- merce, Mr. Hallock retired from journalism and from all participation in public affairs. He died in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4, 1866.

HALLOCK, Joseph Newton, author and pub- lisher, was born in Franklinville, L.I., N.Y.. July 4, 1834; son of Ezra and Lydia Emily Hallock, and grandson of Daniel Hallock, a Revolutionary soldier, who .served as aide-de camp to General Putnam. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1857, A.M., 1860, and studied theology there, 1857-60. He was ordained a Congregational clergyman; preached for a short time at Bridgewater, Conn., and declined a call as regular pastor, having de- cided to devote his life to literary pursuits. He became connected with the Christian at Work, as part owner and editorial assistant to the Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor, and in 1880 on the resignation of Dr. Taylor he became sole proprietor and edi- tor-in-chief of the Christian at Work. He also became an incorporator, director and one of the trustees of the State trust company, a director of the Metropolitian realty company and a director and active worker in the Society for the preven- tion of crime. In 1897 he declined the presi dency of Westminster university, Denver, Col., at a salary of 810,000 per annum. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Ursmus col- lege. Pa., in 1896. He took the first prize of fifty dollars offered by the Brooklyn Eagle for an arti- cle on "The Gold Standard" in a competition with three hundred writers. He prepared an

edition of Tacitus ( 1860) ; and is the author of : A History of Southampton (1870; ; First Ivipressions in Europe (1878); Iwice Across the Continent (1880); llie Christian Life {1S90) ; Family Worship (1893), and numerous printed sermons and pamphlets.

HALLOCK, William, educator, was born in Milton, Ulster county, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1857; son of Isaac Sherman and Phebe (Hull) Hallock; grandson of Edward Hallock, and of Ed%vard Hull; and a descendant of Peter Hallock, who settled on Long Island in 1640. and of Edward Hull and John Gilford, who came to New Eng- land early in the seventeenth century. He was graduated from Colimibia college in 1879, and was a fellow in science at Columbia, 1879-82. He received the degree of Ph D. from the University of Wlirzburg, Bavaria, in 1881, and was an assist- ant in the physical laboratory there, 1881-82. He was in the employ of the U.S. geological survey as physicist, 1882-91 ; was professor of phjsics at the Corcoran scientific school, Washington, 1884- 86 ; professor of chemistry and toxicology in the National college of pharmacy at Washington, 1889-92; assistant in charge of the Astro-physical observatorj' of the Smithsonian institution, 1891- 92, and became adjunct professor of phj^sics at Columbia university in 1892. He received the honorary degree of D.Phar. from the National college of pharmacy in 1892. He was elected a member of the Philosophical society of Washing- ton, .->, fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, and of the New York academy of science, and a member of the Ameri- can physical society. He is author of numerous scientific papers.

HALLOCK, William Allen, editor, was born in Plainfield, Mass., June 2, 1794; son of the Rev. Moses Hallock, educator (born 1760, died 1837), a graduate of Yale, 1788 ; a soldier in the war of the American Revolution ; pastor of the church at Plainfield, and conductor of a celebrated school where William Cullen Bryant and John Brown tlie abolitionist were pupils. His uncle, the Rev. Jeremiah Hallock (1758-1826) was pas- tor of t!ie Congregational church at West Sims- bury, Mass., 1785-1826, and received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1788. "William Allen was graduated at Williams, A.B., 1819, A.M.. 1822, and at Andover theological seminary in 1822. He was agent of the New England tract society, 1822-25. and corresponding secretary of the American tract society, 1825-70. He was respon- sible for every book, tract and paper published by the society, as every manuscript passed through his hands and was accepted by him before printed. He was editor of The American Mess- enger, 1830-70. and of The Child's Paper, 1845-70. He received the degree of D.D. from Rutgers