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Burrell, J. M – Burrus, John Houston

Burrell, J. M

jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed a judge of the United States court for the territory of Kansas.

Burrill, James

statesman, was born April 25, 1772, in Providence, R. I. He was attorney-general of Rhode Island from 1797 till 1813. He was a member of the legislature in 1813, speaker in 1814, and chief justice of the state supreme He was chosen United court in 1816.

States senator in 1817; but died before the expiration of his term. He died Dec. 25, 1820, in Washington, D. C.

Burrill, Thomas Jonathan

naturalist, was born April 25, 1839, in Pittsfield, Mass. From 1877 till 1884 he was dean of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and in 1885-86 president of the American Society of Microscopists. He edited the biennial reports of the university of Illinois during the years 1874 to 1886, and has written many papers and pamphlets, among which are The Bacteria; and the Uredineæ, or Parasitic Fungi of Illinois.

Burritt, James

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born April 25, 1772, in Providence, R. I. He was attorney-general of the state of Rhode Island from 1797 to 1813; was a member and speaker of the assembly in 1814; was chief justice of the state in 1816 and was elected to the United States senate in 1816. He died Dec. 25, 1820, in Washington, D. C.

Burroughs, John

author, poet, was born April 3, 1837, in Roxbury, N. Y.

He is a noted essayist of New York, whose keen, sympathetic studies of nature have been very popular both in America and England.

He is the author of Wake-Robin; in; Winter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; and Wild Honey; Pepacton; Fresh Fields; Signs and Seasons; In- Study. door Studies; Riverby; Whitman: A

Burroughs, Silas M

state legislator, congressman, was born in New York.

He served four years in the legislature of that state; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He died June 3, 1860, in Medina, N.

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Burrowes, George

clergyman, au- Trenton, N. J. He is a presbyterian clerthor, poet, was born April 3, 1811, in gyman of San Francisco, and professor of Hebrew in the Presbyterian seminary there. He is the author of Commentary on the Song of Solomon; Octorara, a Poem, and Occasional Pieces; and Advanced Growth in Grace.

Burrows, Daniel

congressman, was born in Groton, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1821 to 1823.

Burrows, Joseph H

state legislator, congressman, was born May 15, 1810, in England. He was a representative in the state legislature from 1870 to 1874, and from 1878 to 1880. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortyseventh congress.

Burrows, Lansing

clergyman, journalist, was born April 10, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is editor of the American Baptist Year Book; is one of the leading pulpit orators of the country; and has won repute as a powerful minister in the best churches of the north and south.

Burrows, Lorenzo

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 to 1853; and in 1855 was elected comptroller of New York.

Burrus, John Houston

educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 22, 1849, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. He received his education in private schools and at the Fisk university. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Nashville, Tenn. During 1877-79 he was an instructor in the Fisk university and during 1883-93 was president of the Ahorn A. and M. college of Rodney, Miss.