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Hoffmann, August William

musician, composer, was born July 26, 1866, in Germany. He is a successful teacher of harmony and composition in the Beethoven Conservatory of Music of St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of several piano pieces; and of a number of dances played by Gilmore's band and other orchestras.

HOFFMAN, BEEKMAN VERPLANCK, naval officer, was born Nov. 40, 1789, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1805, and reached the grade of captain in 1829. He died Dec. 10, 1834, in Jamaica, L. I.