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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbott , John Stevens Cabot , 1805 -1877 (search)
Abbott, John Stevens Cabot, 1805-1877
Historian; born in Brunswick, Me., Sept. 18, 1805; brother of Jacob; was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825, and at Andover Seminary; was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1830.
and held several pastorates in Massachusetts till 1844, after which he applied himself wholly to literature.
Among his notable works are The French Revolution of 1789; The history of Napoleon Bonaparte; Napoleon at St. Helena; The history of Napoleon III.; The history of the Civil War in America; A romance of Spanish history: and The history of Frederick II., called Frederick the Great.
He died in Fair Haven, Conn., June 17. 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Louis John Rudolph , 1807 -1873 (search)
Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, 1807-1873
Naturalist; born in Motier parish, near Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 28. 1807.
He was of Huguenot descent, was thoroughly educated at Heidelberg and Munich, and received the honorary degree of Ph.D. He prosecuted his studies in natural history in Paris, where Cuvier offered him his collection for the purpose.
The liberality of Humboldt enabled him to publish his great work (1834-44) on Fossil fishes, in 5 volumes, with an atlas.
He arrived in Boston in 1846, and lectured there
Louis Agassiz. on the Animal Kingdom and on Glaciers.
In the summer of 1847 the superintendent of the Coast Survey tendered him the facilities of that service for a continuance of his scientific investigations.
Professor Agassiz settled in Cambridge, and was made Professor of Zoology and Geology of the Lawrence Scientific School at its foundation in 1848.
That year he made.
with some of his pupils, a scientific exploration of the shores of Lake Superior.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural implements . (search)
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Henry Clay, Whig candidate for President in 1844, had a fair prospect for election when his letter to a friend in Alabama, on the annexation of Texas, appeared in the North Alabamian, on Aug. 16.
It was represented by his adversaries as a complete change of policy on his part.
The Whig campaign became defensive from this time, and resulted in defeat.
See Clay, Henry.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Elisha Benjamin , 1844 - (search)
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-
Educator: born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10,) 1844; graduated at Brown University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute in 1874; was president of Brown University in 1889-98; superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools in 1898-1900; and in the last year became chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
He is author of History of the United States; An honest dollar, a plea for bimetallism, etc.
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-
Educator: born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10,) 1844; graduated at Brown University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute in 1874; was president of Brown University in 1889-98; superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools in 1898-1900; and in the last year became chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
He is author of History of the United States; An honest dollar, a plea for bimetallism, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arista , Mariano , 1802 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Babbitt , Isaac , 1799 -1862 (search)
Babbitt, Isaac, 1799-1862
Inventor; born in Taunton, Mass., July 26, 1799.
About 1831 he made, in Taunton, the first Britannia-ware manufactured in the United States, and in 1839 he invented the anti-friction metal which bears his name.
Congress gave him $20,000 for his invention; and he took out patents in England (1844) and Russia (1847). He died in Somerville, Mass., May 26, 1862.