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Holmes, George Frederick

educator, college president, author, born in 1820, in British Guiana. In 1846 he was president of the university of Mississippi; and in 1847 professor of history, political economy, and international law in William and Mary college. In 1857 he was chosen professor of history and literature in the university of Virginia. He is the author of a series of text-books .

HOLMES, MRS. GEORGIANA KLIN- GLE, artist, poet, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. She is the author of two collections of poems entitled Make Tny Way and Mine; and In the Name of the King, published under the pen name of George Klingle. She is also an artist of merit. She founded Arthur's Home for Destitute Boys, at Summit, N. J., in memory of a son who died at the age of nine years at Summit, N. J. a