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Lewis, William David – Lieber, Oscar Montgomery
Lewis, William David
translator, was born Dec. 22, 1792, in Christiana, Del.
He translated and published the Bokesarian Fountain, by Alexander Pushkin, and other poems by various Russian authors.
He died April 1, 1881, near Florence, N. J.
Lewis, William David
soldier, was born in 1828 in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the civil war, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.
He died Jan. 19, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Lewis, William J
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1817 to 1819.
Lewis, Winslow
physician, surgeon, author, was born July 8, 1799, in Boston, Mass. He translated from the French, Gall on the Structure and Functions of the Brain; edited Paxon's Anatomy; and the Journal of the Boston Gynecological Society, one volume of which was published. He died Aug. 3, 1875, in Grantville, Mass.
Lewis, Zachariah
educator, journalist, was born Jan. 1, 1773, in Wilton, Conn. In 1803 he became editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and of the New York Spectator. He died Nov. 14, 1840, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lexow, Clarence
lawyer, state senator, was born Sept. 16, 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1890 he was a representative in congress; and in 1893 was elected to the New York state senate.
Leypoldt, Frederick
bibliographer, author, was born Nov. 17, 1835, in Germany. He published an American Catalogue for 1869, and in 1876 he began work on the American catalogue proper, which was completed in 1880. His Publishers' Uniform Trade-List Annual was begun in 1873; the Literary News in 1875; the Library Journal in 1876, and the Index Medicus, a monthly medical bibliography, in 1880. He died March 31, 1884, in New York city.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 30, 1734, in Stronghold, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the continental congress from 1779 to 1783, and again in 1787 and 1788. He died Sept. 28, 1811, in Stronghold, N. Y.
Libbey, Harry
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1843 in Wakefield, N. H. He settled in Elizabeth City county; and in 1869 was appointed one of the presiding justices of the county. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses.
Libbey, Laura Jean
author. Her greatest work is Miss Middleton's Lover, which is a classic comparable with the finest production of any foreign or domestic pen.
Libby, James Albert
clergyman, poet, was born July 3, 1832, in Poland, Maine. He is an advent clergyman of West Poland, Maine. He is the author of a number of poems.
Lieber, Oscar Montgomery
soldier, geologist, author, was born Sept. 8, 1830, in Boston, Mass. He was a soldier in the federal army during the civil war; and the author of The Assayer's Guide; The Analytical Chemist's Assistant; and The Geology of Mississippi. He died June 27, 1862, in Richmond, Va.