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Blake, William Phipps

was born June 1, 1826, in New York city. He is a mineralogist of prominence and professor of geology in the University of Arizona. He is the author of Silver Ores and Silver Mines; California Minerals; Production of the Precious Metals; Iron and Steel; Ceramic Art and Glass; History of Hamden, Conn.; and Life of Captain Jonathan Mix. BLAKE, WILLIAM RUFUS, actor, was born in 1805 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. he was, at different times, stage manager of the Tremont theater, Boston; joint manager of the Walnut street theater, Philadelphia, and stage manager of the Broadway theater, New York. He was the author of the plays Nero; The Turned Head, and The Buggs. He died April 22, 1863, in Boston, Mass.