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Hornblower, Josiah – Horsford, Eben Norton

Hornblower, Josiah

civil engineer, jurist, was born Feb. 23, 1729, in England. He was several years in the state legislature, serving as speaker. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1785 to 1786; was justice of the peace for a long period and in 1798 was appointed judge of Essex county court, which position he held until his death.

He died Jan. 31, 1809, in Newark, N. J.

Hornby, John

railroad president, was born in 1838 in Jamaica, N. Y. Since 1889 he has been president of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande railroad.

HORNE, A. R., educator, journalist, was born March 24, 1834, in Pleasant Valley, Pa. For forty years he was engaged in educational work, and became president of the East Texas university. He is the editor and founder of The National Educator of Allentown, Pa.

Horner, Frederick

surgeon, journalist, lecturer, author, was born June 26, 1828, in Berry's Ferry, Va. He has been a surgeon in the United States navy in squadrons on the coast of Brazil and Gulf of Mexico; at the hospital at Norfolk, Va., and other places. He is the author of Autographs of the University of Virginia; History of the Blair, Braxton and Banister Families, and a Biography of the Physicians and Surgeons of Virginia.

Horner, John Scott

governor, was born Dec. 5, 1802, in Warrenton, Va.

In 1835 he was appointed secretary and acting governor of the territory of Michigan, inclusive of the territories of Wisconsin and Iowa. He died Feb. 2, 1883, in Ripon, Wis.

Horner, William Edmunds

physician, educator, author, was born June 3, 1793, in Warrenton, Va. He was a physician of Philadelphia, professor of anatomy in the university of Pennsylvania in 1819-53, and the author of Special Anatomy and Histology; United States Dissector; Anatomical Atlas; and Pathological Anatomy. He died March 13, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Horr, Roswell G

lawyer, miner, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1839, in Waitfield, Vt. In 1872 he removed to East Saginaw, Mich.; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.

Horrocks, James

college president.

He was the sixth president of Mary and William college. He died March 20, 1772.

Horry, Peter

soldier, author, was born in South Carolina. He distinguished himself in the revolutionary war, and was made a brigadier-general. In conjunction with Rev. Mason L. Weems, he published a Life of Marion, which has passed through many editions.

Horsey, Outerbridge

lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1777 in Somerset county, Del. He was for many years attorney-general of the state; and was a senator in congress from Delaware from 1810 to 1821. He died June 9, 1842, in Needwood, Md.

Horsfield, Thomas

naturalist, author, was born in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a naturalist and traveler who was a native of Philadelphia, but was in the employ of the East India company, and lived in England after 1820. He is the author of Lepidopterous Insects; and Zoölogical Researches in Java. He died in 1859 in London, England.

Horsford, Eben Norton

educator, author, was born July 27, 1818, in Moscow, N. Y. He was a chemist of Cambridge who was Rumford professor at Harvard university in 1847-63. He was the discoverer of acid phosphate, and one of the founders of the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard. He was the author of Theory and Art of Breadmaking; The Army Ration; and Discovery of America by Northmen. He died in 1893.