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Avery, Elroy Mckendree

Ph. D., LL. D., soldier, journalist, legislator, author, was born July 14, 1844, in Erie, Mich. He served with distinction through the civil war; enlisted in the first company that went from Monroe to the front, and was promoted to sergeantmajor. During his military service he also acted as correspondent of the Detroit Daily Tribune. In 1871 he graduated from the university of Michigan; and during his collegiate course was engaged in journalistic work. Early in life he taught school, and in 1871 became superintendent of public schools of East Cleveland, Ohio; then principal of the East High school, and subsequently of the Normal school. In 1893 he was elected a member of the Ohio state legislature, and received the re-election in 1895. He is the author of Avery's Elements of Physics; Avery's Elements of Natural Philosophy; School Physics; Elementary Physics; and First Lessons in Physical Science. For the past ten years he has given most of his time to the preparation of a Popular History of the United States, soon to be published in eight octavo volumes, with maps and illustrations.