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Lanman, Charles James

lawyer, jurist, was born June 5, 1795, in Norwich, Conn. He settled in Monroe, Mich.; and was judge of probate and inspector of customs. He was a founder of Tecumseh, Mich.; and the surveyor, and once the sole owner of the land where the city of Grand Rapids now stands. In 1835 he returned to his native city, and three years later was made its mayor. In 1862 he moved to New London, Conn., where he died July 25, 1870.

LANMAN, CHARLES ROCKWELL, orientalist, educator, author, was born July 8, 1850, in Norwich, Conn. Since 1880 he has filled the chair of Sanskrit in the Harvard university. He is the author of a Sanskrit Grammar, and several works on oriental subjects.