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in 1881, and in the same j'ear accompanied the Mt. Whitney California expedition for the study of solar physics. He was an assistant at AUe- glieny observatory, 1882-86; studied in Heidel- berg and Berlin, and was astronomical assistant to the Lick trustees, 1886-88; astronomer at the Lick observatory, 1888-91; director of Allegheny

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observatory, Pennsylvania, 1891-98, and professor of astrophysics in Western University of Penn- sylvania. He became director of the Lick ob- servatory at Mt. Hamilton, Cal., in June, 1898. Among his notable discoveries was his proof of the meteoric constitution of Saturn's rings. He re- ceived the degree of Sc.D. from the University of California in 1893, and was made a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow and foreign associate of the Royal Asti-onomical society of London. He died in San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 13, 1900.

KEELY, Patrick C, architect, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, Aug. 9, 1816. He received a good education, served an apprenticeship as an architect under his father, and assisted him in designing and building several churches in Ire- land. He immigrated to the United States in 1841, and settled as an architect in Brooklyn, N.Y. He designed and built the Catheilral of the Holy Name, Chicago, 111., Catiiedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, R.I., Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, JIass., and St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hartford, and every Roman Catholic cathedral in the state of New York, with the ex- ception of St. Patrick's. He built most of the Roman Catholic cathedrals in New England, several in Canada, and several Protestant Ejjisco- pal churches, including the Church of the Re- deemer and the Church of St. Joim the Baptist, with the seminary and college buildings attaciied, in Brooklyn, N.Y. St. Francis Xavier's ciiurch, 16th street. New York city, which he designed, is reputed to be the purest type of Roman ecclesi- astical architecture in the United States. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1896.

KEEN, Gregory Bernard, librarian, was born in Philadelpliia, I'a.. March 3, 1844; son of Joseph Swift and Lucy Ann (Hutton) Keen; grandson of John and Mildred (Cuoke) Keen and of John and Anna Maria (Melin) Hutton, and a lialf brother of Morris Longstreth Keen. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1861, and from the Divinity School of the Prot- estant Episcopal church in Philadelphia in 1866. He was ordained a deacon and served in that church until 1868, when he became a Roman Cath- olic. He travelled and studied in Europe, 1869- 70, and was a student in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1870-71. He was pi'ofessor of mathematics at the Theological seminary of St. Charles Borromeo at Overbrook, Pa., 1871-72; a student of Greek literature. 1873- 76; corresponding secretary of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1880-98, meanwliiie editing the Petinsylvaiiia Mugazine of History and Biogr(tp]nj to whicii he contributed numer- ous original articles and Dutch and Swedish translations, 1883-84; was librarian of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1887-97; and in 1S98 be- came librarian of the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania. He was a delegate to the Columbian Catholic congress in 1893. He was elected a member of the American Catholic Historical society, the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution; the General Society of the War of 1812. the Society of Colonial Wars, and the American Philosophical society. He is the author of: Catalogue of the Chess Collection of the late George Allen, Esq., LL.D. (1878); The Descend- ants of Joran Kyn, the Founder of Upland (1878- 83); and also wrote the chapters on New Sweden and A'c^j Albion in Justin Winsor's " Narrative and Critical History of America" (1884).

KEEN, Morris Longstreth, in%^entor, was born in West Pliiladelpliia, Pa.. May 24. 1820: son of Joseph Swift and Ann (Longstreth) Keen; a grandson of John and Mildred (Cooke) Keen, and of BeTijamin and Sarah (Fussell) Longstreth; great-grandson of Mattiiias Keen, and a descend- ant of Joran Kjm, who came from Sweden in 1642. Morris was educated at private schools and learned the machinist's trade. In companj' with his brother Joseph, he went into the manufactur- ing business in his native place, making flat-irons after his own invention. This was followed in 18.")4by his discovery of a process whereby wood coidd i)e utilized in making pa])or, wiiich grf atly reduced its cost. He engaged in manufactiu'ing wood pulp paper at Rogers Ford, Pa., and formed a company protecting the rights of this process in the United States and abroad, in 1863, under the name of the American Wood-Paper company. He made numerous inventions in machinery, including a self-feeding boiler, after-