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Holden, William Woods

journalist, governor, was born Nov. 24, 1818, in Orange county, N. C. He was provisional governor of the state in 1865; was elected governor in 1869, but was impeached for malfeasance in office, and in 1872 was removed from the governorship by a twothirds vote of the senate of North Carolina, sitting as a court of impeachment. HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK, naturalist, author, was born Aug. 5, 1851, in Lynn, Mass. He is a naturalist of New York city, and a popular writer upon natural history topics. He is the author of Elements of Zoology; Marvels of Animal Life; The Ivory King; Living Lights; Wonder Wings; A Strange Company; A Frozen Dragon, and Other Tales; All About Pasadena; Along the Florida Reef; Life of Agassiz; and Young Folks' Story Book of Natural History.