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graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1838. He began practice in Rochester in 1840, and was professor of surgery in the medical schools at Woodstock, Vt., and Berkshire, Mass.; at the Starling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, and at the Buffalo Medical college, 1854-83. He was president of the Medical Society of the State of New York; a founder of the Surgical Asso- ciation of the United States, succeeding Dr. Gross as its president, and was the first president of the state board of health until 1886, when he resigned. He was a delegate to the inter- national congress of pliysicians at Coi>enhagen, Denmark, 1884. His more imiK)rtant researches are those on the action of the heart. Ho lectured on surgery at the Buffalo Medical college for twenty-nine years, and at the medical scliool at Woodstock, Vt., for eleven years. He was elected a trustee of the University of Rochester in 1872, and was second vice-president of the board, 1886- 93, and in 1893 was elected president of the board. He developed the park system of Roches- ter, and was president of the board of manage- ment in 1903. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Rochester in 1870.

MOORE, Eliakim Hastings, educator, was born in Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1862; son of David Hastings and Julia Sophia (Carpenter) Moore. He attended the Woodward higli school at Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1883, Ph.D., 1885. He was instructor in matliematics in the preparatory school of Northwestern university, 1886-87; tutor in math- ematics at Yale, 1887-89; assistant professor of mathematics at Northwestern university, 1889- 91; associate professor, 1891-92; professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, 1892- 96, and in 1896 became head of the department. He was married, June 21, 1892, to Martha Morris, daughter of Col. William Henry Young of Colum- bus, Ohio. He was elected vice-president of the American Mathematical society and co-editor of its transactions in 1899; a member of the American Mathematical society, the London Mathematical society, the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, and the Circolo Matematico di Palermo. He be- came a contributor to leading mathematical jour- nals of Europe and America.

MOORE, Frank, editor, was born in Concord, N.H., Dec. 17, 1828; son of Jacob Bailey and Mary Adams (Hill) Moore, and grandson of Dr. Jacob Bailey and Mary (Eaton) Moore. His parents removed to New York city in 1839, and he attended the public schools there and engaged in editorial work. In 1869 he was ap- pointed assistant secretary of legation at Paris. He returned to New York in 1872, conducted the Record of the Year, a monthly publication, 1876- VIL — 28

77, and thereafter devoted himself to literary work. He is the editor of: Songs and Ballads of tJve American Revolution (1856); Cyclopedia of American Eloquence (1857); Diary of the Amer- ican Revolution (2 vols., 1860); Materials for History (1861); The Rebellion Record (\2 vols., 1861-65); Lyrics of Ijoyalty (1864); Rebel Rhymes and Rhapsodies (1864); Personal and Political J5a//ads(1864); Speeches of Andrew Johnson, icith a Biograpldcal Introduction (1805); Life and Speeclies of John Bright (ISfJH); Women of the War, lSOl-66 (1866); Songs and Ballads of the Southern People, 1861-65 (1887).

MOORE, Qabriel, .senator, was born in Stokes county, N.C., about 1785. He practised law in Huntsville, Mississippi Territory, served in the territorial legislature for several years and was a member and speaker of the only territorial leg- islature in Alabama in 1817. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Alabama in 1819, was the first state senator from Madison county in 1820, and was elected a repre- sentative in the 17th congress in place of William Kelly,elected to the U.S. senate, and was re-elected to the 18th, 19th and 20th congresses, serving 1823-29, defeating Clement Comer Clay for the 20th congress. He was elected governor of Alabama without opposition in 1828, serving 1829-31, and resigned in 1831 to take his seat in the U.S. senate, where he served, 1831-37. He in- curred unpopularity by voting against the confir- mation of Martin Van Buren as U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1832, and was requested by the legislature to resign from the senate in 1833, which he refused to do. He was defeated for representative in the 25th congress in 1836 and in 1843 removed to Caddo, Texas, where he died, June 9, 1844.

MOORE, George Foot, educator, was born in West Cliester, Pa., Oct. 15, 1851; son of the Rev. William Eves and Harriet (Foot) Moore, and grandson of Dr. Jacob and Sarah (Paris) Moore and of the Rev. George and Ann (Fish) Foot. He attended West Chester academy and Wyers' school at West Chester, and was graduated from Yale in 1872, and from the Union Theological seminary, N.Y., in 1877. He was married, April 25, 1878, to Mary T. Hanford. He was pastor of the Putnam Presbyterian church, Zanesville, Ohio, 1878-83, and was elected professor of He- brew language and literature in Andover Theo- logical seminary in 1883. He was made a mem- ber of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1883; of the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft in 1885, and of the American Oriental society in 1887. The degree of A.M. was conferred on him by Yale, 1883; the honorary degree of D.D. by Marietta, 1885, and by Yale, 1897. He is the author of: Critical Exegetical Commentary on