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UHL, Edwin Fuller, diplomatist, was born in Rusli. N.Y., Au«. 14, lb41. He removed with his parents to Ypsilanti, Mich,, in 1844: was grad- uated from the University of Mirhigun, A.B., 1SG2, A.M., IbGo; was admitted to the bar, 1864, anil began practice in Grand Rapids, Mich. He was prosecuting attorney of Washtenaw county, 1871-73; removed to Grand Rapids, 1876; was mayor of the city. 1891-92; a delegate to several Democratic national conventions; and was ap- I>.)inted assistant secretary of state in October, 1893. Owing to the illness of Secretary Gresham he was for a time de facto secretary of state. He conducted the arbitration of the boundary be- tween Brazil and the Argentine Republic. He was also in charge of the AUionca affair in March, 1895, wlien he promptly demanded from Spain non-interference with American merchant vessels in the Caribbean sea, and Spain apologized for the act. His efficient service on that occasion was recognized by the President and Secretary Gresh- am. He was appointed U.S. ambassador to Germany in February, 1896, as successor to Theo- dore Runyon, deceased, which position he retained until succeeded by Andrew D. "Wiiite. in 1897. He resumed the practice of his profession in Grand Rapids, and was elected president of the National Bank of Grand Rapids in January, 1898. He died in Grand Rapids, Mich., May 17, 1901.

UHLER, Philip Reese, naturalist, was born in Baltimore, M.I., June 3, 1835; son of George Washington and Anna Maria (Reese) Uiiler; grandson of Philip and Mary (Botner) Uhler and of Capt. John and Mary (Zachariah) Reese; great-grandson of Capt. Frederick Reese, an of- ficer in the early part of the Revolution, and great--grandson of Diedrich Uhler who came from England to America with AVilliam Penn in 1699. His grandfathers both participated in the battle of North Point, Sept. 13, 1814, Capt. John Reese being wounded. He was educated at Dan- iel Jones's Latin school, Baltimore, Md., and under private tutors, and attended Harvard col- lege. He was assistant librarian of the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, 18G2-63; assistant to Pro- fessor Louis Agassiz in the Museum of Compar- ative Zoology at Harvard, and also librarian, 1861-67; returned to the Peabody Institute in the latter year as librarian, devising the new methods adopted in its great catalogue, and in 1891 be- came provost of tht,' Institute, a jMjsition he still held in 1903. Professor Ulder was married, first, Dec. 5, 1867, to Sojjhia, daughter of John and Emelia (Ratien) Werdebaugh of Baltimore, Md., who died in 18^3; and secondly, April 39, 1886, to Pearl Berry, daughter of William Berry and Julia Ann (Dutton) Daniels of Baltimore, Md.

He was appointed an associate in natural sciences in Johns Hopkins university in 1876; received the honorary degree of LL.D. from New York uni- versity in 1900; was president of tiie Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1873-75, 1883-1903; and a member of the University club. He translated and edited, with a glossary, Dr. H. A. Hazen's "Synopsis of Neuroptera of North America" (Smithsonian Institution, 1861), and is the author of numerous papers on geology, entomology, arcliEeology and libraries, contributed to the Transact iona of various scientific societies.

ULLMANN, Daniel, soldier, was born in Wil- mington, Del., April 38, 1810; son of John James and Jean F. (Le Franc) Ullmann. His father first visited the United States about 1774; sub- sequently returned, and settled permanently in Wilmington. Daniel was graduated from Y'ale in 1839; studied law under Henry R. Storrs of Nyack, N.\"., and began practice in 1831; was master in the court of chancery, 1839-44; the Whig candidate for attorney-general of New Y^ork, 1851, and candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) party for governor of New York in 1854. In 18G1 he raised and equipped the 78tli regiment, New Y'ork volunteers, of which he was colonel, and participated in the battle of Harper's Ferry, April 19, 18G3, and in the Shenan- doah and Piedmont campaigns. After the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1863, he was cap- tured and sent to Libby prison and exchanged in October, 1863. He was promoted brigadier-gen- eral, Jan. 13, 1863, and by order of President Lincoln went to New Orleans, La., where he selected white officers for a brigade of Negro soldiers made up of five regiments, afterward in- creasing to 17,000 men. The following April he raised and equipped in New Orleans the Corps d'Afrique, which took part in the siege of Port Hudson, La., July, 1863, and in the Red River campaign. He commanded Port Hudson, and also the West Mississippi district, 1864, was ordered to Cairo in March, 1865, and subsequently to New Y'ork citj', where lie was promoted major- general and mustered out of service. He retired to Grand View, N.Y^., where he devoted his time to scientific and literary pursuits, going fre- quently' abroad. He married a daughter of the Rev. William Berrian, rector of Trinity church, New Y''ork. She died in Brunnen, Switzerland, April 31, 1890. General Ullmann's work on the Philosnplnj of Histoiv/ as Dct'cloped by the Amer- ican ReheUion was brought to a close by an al- most entire loss of sight. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Colgate university in 1861. He died in Nyack, N.Y"., Sept. 30, 1893. ".