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Barnard, Edward Emerson

astronomer, author, was born Dec. 16, 1857, in Nashville, Tenn. Since 1883 he has had charge of the astronomical observatory, and he is also assistant in practical astronomy at Vanderbilt university. His publications consist of astronomical contributions to the Sidereal Messenger, Observatory, Science Observer, Astronomische Nachrichten, and other technical journals.

BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER, college president, author, was born May 5, 1809, in Sheffield, Mass. He was an educational writer, and was president of Columbia college in 1864-89. He was the author of History of the United States Coast Survey; Imaginary Metrological System of the Great Pyramid; The Undulatory Theory of Light; and Letters on College Government. He died April 27, 1889, in New York.