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Harris, W. John – Harrison, Gabriel

Harris, W. John

physician, author, was born June 17, 1852, in England. He has conducted a large practice in St.

Louis, and is also surgeon of the Good Samaritan hospital. He is the author of Alcohol, its Rational Use: The Use of Anæsthetics; and The Hygiene of Consumption.

Harris, Wiley P

soldier, congressman, was born in Mississippi. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855. He took part in the rebellion.

Harris, William

educator, clergyman, college president, was born April 29, 1765, in Springfield, Mass. He established several classical schools in Massachusetts and New York; and in 1811 became president of Columbia university. He died Oct. 18, 1829, in New York city. now a

Harris, William Anderson

educator, college president, was born July 16, 1827, in Augusta county, Va. In 1866 he became president of the Wesleyan Female college of Staunton, Va.

Harris, William D

banker, legislator, was born March 7, 1863, in Wilton, Iowa. He is president of the Bank of Sharon Springs, Kan., and in 1892 was elected a member of the Kansas state legislature.

Harris, William Logan

educator, bishop, author, was born Nov. 4, 1817, near Mansfield, Ohio. He was a methodist bishop of prominence as educator and missionary, and the author of The Powers of the General Conference; Ecclesiastical Law; and Relation of Episcopacy to the General Conference. He died Sept. 2, 1887, in New York city.

Harris, William Thaddeus

lawyer, journalist, was born Jan. 25, 1826, in Milton, Mass. He edited, for the Massachusetts Historical society, Hubbard's History of New England, with new and important notes; the third volume of the Historical and Genealogical Register; and published Epitaphs from the Old Burying- Ground at Cambridge. He died Oct. 19, 1854, in Cambridge, Mass.

Harrison, Albert G

lawyer, congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a lawyer by profession; and was a member of congress from Missouri from 1835 to 1839. He died Sept. 7, 1839, in Fulton, Mo.

Harrison, Anna Symmes

president's wife, was born July 25, 1775, in Morristown, N. H. She was generous and benevolent, an extensive reader, and during all her life took a deep interest in public affairs. She died Feb. 25, 1864. a

Harrison, Carter B

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1793 to 1799.

Harrison, Caskie

educator, physician, author, was born Oct. 24, 1848, in Richmond, Va. In 1883 he established the Brooklyn Latin school. He is the author of Odes of Horace, in English verse, which was much praised by Longfellow; and his Notes on the New Edition of Goodwin's Greek Moods and Tenses has attracted considerable attention in the educational world.

Harrison, Gabriel

educator, dramatist, author, was born March 25, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Brooklyn dramatist and instructor in elocution, and the author of Life of John Howard Payne; The Stratford Bust, a Critical Inquiry as to its Authenticity; Melanthia; and Dartmore, are among his writings.