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Hosmer, James Kendall

educator, author, was born Jan. 29, 1834, in Northfield, Mass. He was a professor in Washington university of St. Louis in 1874-92, and since the latter date public librarian of Minneapolis. He is the author of Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom; The Story of the Jews; Life of Sir Henry Vane; Life of Samuel Adams; Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; The Color Guard, a narrative of personal experience; The Thinking Bayonet, a novel; A Short History of German Literature; and How Thankful Was Bewitched.