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Billings, John Shaw

surgeon, author, was born in 1838 in Indiana In 1894 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general of the United States army. Upon the consolidation of the New York city libraries, he was made chief librarian. His chief work is a voluminous Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. Others are Hygienics of the United States Army Barracks; Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States Army.

Billings, William

composer, was born Oct. 7, 1746, in Boston, Mass. He was a zealous patriot, and during the revolution produced a number of patriotic pieces, including Lamentation Over Boston; Retrospect; Independence; and Columbia, as well as verses set to the air of Chester, which were popular in the camps of the revolutionary army. He died Sept. 26, 1800, in Boston, Mass.

Billow, Garrett A

professor of dental pathology, was born Aug. 29, 1864, in Shelby, Ohio. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and is a graduate of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. Since 1892 he has been professor of dental pathology, materia medica and therapeutics in the Ohio medical university of Columbus; and is prominent in various dental societies and contributes extensively to current literature on pathological subjects.

Bines, Thomas

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1814 to 1815, and again from 1819 to 1820.

Bingham, Jennie M

author, was born March 16, 1859, in Fulton, N. Y. She is the author of two books entitled Annals of the Round Table; and All Glorious Within.

Bingham, Joel Foote

educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 11, 1827, in Andover, Conn. In 1867 he was pastor of the First parish church at Augusta, Maine; in 1871 had charge as rector of St.

John's church of Portsmouth, N. H., and St. James church of New London, Conn.

He is the author of Mediæval Myth, Melody and Mirth; and Historic Cameos of Gaul, Celt and Saracen.

Bingham, John A

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1815 in Pennsylvania. In 1854 he was elected a representative from Ohio in the thirty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, fortyfirst and forty-second congresses. was

Bingham, William

educator, thor, was born in 1835 in North Carolina.

In 1856 he graduated from the university of North Carolina and succeeded to the management of a classical school at Mebanesville, N. C., which had been conducted with success by his father and grandfather. He has published A Grammar of the Latin Language; A Grammar of the English Language; and Cæsar's Commentaries, with Notes and a Vocabulary. au-

Bingham, William

United States senator, was born in 1751 in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated at the college of Philadelphia in 1768; was agent for this country at Martinique during the revolution; and in 1786 was a delegate to the continental congress from Pennsylvania. He was elected a senator in congress in 1795.

He died Feb. 7, 1804, in England.

Binkley, Lillie

educator, poet, was born Dec. 9, 1869, in Atchison county, Kan. She is a successful educator of Atchison, Kan.; and has contributed poems to Texas Siftings, and the periodical press generally.

Binmann, Adolph

farmer, soldier, public official, was born Nov. 19, 1842, in Norway. He was collector of internal revenue for the district of Minnesota during 1885-90; and is now state auditor of Minnesota. He served three years as a soldier during the civil war; was democratic nominee for congress in 1882 and in 1884; and for governor of Minnesota in 1883.