The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... March 1773 ; d . Boston , 16 March 1838. The son of a cooper he went to school till 10 years of age , when he entered his father's shop . Later he was appren- ticed to the ship chandlery business , which he followed till he went to sea ...
... March 1773 ; d . Boston , 16 March 1838. The son of a cooper he went to school till 10 years of age , when he entered his father's shop . Later he was appren- ticed to the ship chandlery business , which he followed till he went to sea ...
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... March 1866. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was editor of a Democratic paper in Mount Carmel , Ill . After the battle of Bull Run he raised a company for the 48th Illinois Infantry , but declined its captaincy on account of the ...
... March 1866. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was editor of a Democratic paper in Mount Carmel , Ill . After the battle of Bull Run he raised a company for the 48th Illinois Infantry , but declined its captaincy on account of the ...
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... March 1892. He was for some time surgeon to King's College Hospital , Lon- don , and professor of physiology and anatomy in King's College , and was especially distin- guished as an ophthalmic surgeon . He gained the Royal Society's ...
... March 1892. He was for some time surgeon to King's College Hospital , Lon- don , and professor of physiology and anatomy in King's College , and was especially distin- guished as an ophthalmic surgeon . He gained the Royal Society's ...
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... March 1757 ; d . Paris , 25 Nov. 1833. Although in his younger years he had to struggle against poverty and disease , he attended the lectures of Louis and Desault , and after a brilliant career as a student obtained the degree of ...
... March 1757 ; d . Paris , 25 Nov. 1833. Although in his younger years he had to struggle against poverty and disease , he attended the lectures of Louis and Desault , and after a brilliant career as a student obtained the degree of ...
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... March 1903. He He was assistant master at Rugby College of Marlborough master Oxford , and took orders in the Anglican Church . 1846-58 ; 1858-70 ; master of University College 1870-81 . In the last named year he became canon of Wor ...
... March 1903. He He was assistant master at Rugby College of Marlborough master Oxford , and took orders in the Anglican Church . 1846-58 ; 1858-70 ; master of University College 1870-81 . In the last named year he became canon of Wor ...
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