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Anthony, George T

statesman.

He was governor of Kansas from 1877 to 1879.

Anthony, John Gould

naturalist, author, was born May 17, 1804, in Providence, R. I. He accompanied Agassiz on the Thayer expedition to Brazil in 1865.

He was recognized as an authority on the American land and fresh water mollusca.

He died Oct. 16, 1877, in Cambridge, Mass.

Anthony, Joseph B

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1838. He died Jan. 17, 1851, in Williamsport, Pa.

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Anthony, William Arnold

educator, lecturer, electrical engineer, was born Nov. 17, 1835, in Coventry, R. I.

For fifteen years during 1872-87 he was professor of physics at Cornell university, where he planned and equipped the physical laboratory building, and organized and had charge of the department of electrical engineering. He is now a consulting electrical engineer of New York city; and part author of a Text-Book of Physics; and numerous papers presented before technical societies and in scientific periodicals.

Anthony, William Henry

lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 2, 1827, in New York city. He was admitted to the bar in 1848, and soon became distinguished in its practice. In 1851 he served as member of the state legislature, and during the civil war he was judgeadvocate-general on Gov. E. D. Morgan's staff. He died Nov. 7, 1875, in New York city.

Apes, William

author, was born about 1800. He was an Indian preacher of the Pequot tribe; and published A Son of the Forest; Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequot Tribe; Indian Nullification; and a Eulogy on King Philip.

Aplin, Charles Benjamin

physician, was born June 17, 1869, in New Plymouth, Ohio. He attended the Columbus Medical college, Ohio, and graduated therefrom in 1892. He is one of Kansas' foremost physicians at Lamar.

Appel, Daniel Mitchell

physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 28, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa. He attended the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia. He was appointed assistant surgeon to the United States army in 1876, and promoted to surgeon in 1895, with the rank of major.

Appel, Theodore

clergyman, author, was born April 30, 1823, in Eastman, Pa. From 1877 to 1886 he was general superintendent of home missions for the eastern part of the reformed church; and traveled on business connected with that office through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. From 1881 to 1886 he edited the Reformed Missionary Herald. He has published Recollections of College Life.

Apple, Joseph Henry

JR., educator, college president, was born Aug. 4, 1865, in Rimersburg, Pa. This successful educator has filled the chair of mathematics in several large institutions; and since 1893 has been president of the Woman's college of Frederick, Md.

Applebury, Elizabeth M

educator, poet, was born Oct. 21, 1834, in Palmyra, Mo. She graduated from the Female seminary of her native town, and soon afterward began educational work.

She has contributed extensively to periodical literature, and her poems have been given a place in several standard works.

Applegarth, Rufus W

lawyer, legislator, was born in 1845 in Baltimore, Md. He was called to the bar in 1867, and has been counsel in most of the leading cases that have been tried in the court of appeals; has also appeared in the appellate and United States and local courts of Louisiana, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. He was elected to the general assembly of Maryland in the fall of 1895.