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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Kendall 1835 - (search)
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-
Educator and historian; born in Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835; was graduated at the University of Michigan.
and continued his studies in Germany, France, and Italy.
In 1867-85 he was Professor of History in the University of Michigan; in 1885-92 was president of Cornell University; in 1892 became president of the University of Wisconsin; and from that year till 1895 was editor-in-chief of the revised edition of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.
He has published mmany, France, and Italy.
In 1867-85 he was Professor of History in the University of Michigan; in 1885-92 was president of Cornell University; in 1892 became president of the University of Wisconsin; and from that year till 1895 was editor-in-chief of the revised edition of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.
He has published many monographs and papers in reviews, and Democracy and monarchy in France; Manual of Historical Literature; British orations; Christopher Columbus, his life and work, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Alexander 1835 - (search)
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-
Naturalist; born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Dec. 17, 1835: son of Prof. Louis Agassiz; came to the United States in 1849; and was graduated at Harvard College in 1855, and at Lawrence Scientific School in 1857.
He was curator of the Natural History Museum, in Cambridge, in 1874-85: has since been engaged in important zoological investigations; and became widely known by his connection with the famous Calumet and Hecla copper-mines.
The University of St. Andrews conferred the honorary degree of Ll.D. upon him, April 2, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alger , Russell Alexander 1836 - (search)
Alger, Russell Alexander, 1836-
Secretary of War: born in Lafayette, O., Feb. 27, 1836; worked on a farm for years earning
Russell A. Alger. money to defray the expenses of his education.
He was admitted to the bar in 1859, but was forced by ill health to give up practice.
When the Civil War broke out he entered the Union army as a captain, and rose to brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the war he entered the lumber business, in which he acquired a large fortune.
He was governor of Michigan in 1885-87; was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1888; was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1889-90; and became Secretary of War under President McKinley in 1897.
During almost all of the American-Spanish War in 1898 he was subjected to much public censure on account of alleged shortcomings in the various bureaus of the War Department.
He resigned his office in 1899, and wrote a history of the war with Spain.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Charles Herbert 1848 - (search)
Allen, Charles Herbert, 1848-
Administrator; born in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; was graduated at Amherst College in 1869; and became a lumber merchant at Lowell.
He served in both Houses of the Massachusetts legislature; was a Republican member of Congress in 1885-89; defeated as Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1891; became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May, 1898, and in April, 1900, was appointed the first American governor of Porto Rico.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Joel Asaph 1838 - (search)
Allen, Joel Asaph, 1838-
Zoologist; born in Springfield, Mass., July 19, 1838; studied zoology at the Lawrence Scientific School.
In 1865-71 he was a member of scientific expeditions to Brazil, the Rocky Mountains, and Florida: in 1870-85 was assistant in ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge.
He was president of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883-90, and since 1885, has been curator of the department of vertebrate zoology in the American Museum of Natural untains, and Florida: in 1870-85 was assistant in ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge.
He was president of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883-90, and since 1885, has been curator of the department of vertebrate zoology in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Professor Allen edited the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, and was author of Monographs of North American Rodents (with Elliott Coues); History of North American Pinnipeds, etc.
America's cup,
The popular name of a yachting trophy originally called the Queen's Cup, which was offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron of England in a
America's cup. competition open to the yachts of all nations in 1851.
The cup was won by the Boston-built schooner-yacht America.
Since then there were challenge contests in 1870, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1893, 1895, and 1899, and in each instance the cup was defended by American yachts, with success.
In 1895 Lord Dunraven's yacht, Valkyrie, after having been defeated in one race, won the second, but was deprived of the victory because of a foul.
The Englishman claimed that he had been cheated, and refused to race again.
He charged the American yachtsmen with unsportsmanlike conduct, and visited this country to press his charges.
His complaints were dismissed and he was dropped from the list of members of the New York Yacht Club, under whose auspices the races had been held.
One of the most notable of the several
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Rasmus Bjorn 1846 - (search)
Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn, 1846-
Author and diplomatist; born in Albion, Wis., of Norwegian parentage, Jan. 12, 1846; was graduated at the Norwegian Lutheran College in Decorah, Ia., in 1866: was Professor of Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin in 1875-84, and United States minister to Denmark in 1885-89.
He is author of Norse mythology; Viking tales of the North: America not discovered by Columbus; The younger Edda; First chapter of Norwegian immigration; several works in Norwegian: and also many translations of Norse writings.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Christopher Columbus 1829 - (search)
Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-
Lawyer and diplomatist; born in Hillsboro, N. H., Oct. 27, 1829; was educated at the Harvard Law School; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1850, and later settled in St. Cloud, Minn. In the Civil War he rose from the ranks to brevet major-general in the Union army.
In 1869-77 he was United States minister to Norway and Sweden, and in 1882-85 consul-general to Rio de Janeiro.
He has published a History of the campaign of Mobile; Brazil. Its conditions and prospects; Administrative reform, etc.