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Nolen, James Theodore

educator, college president, was born April 22, 1863, in Franklin, N. C. He attended the Emory and Henry college, Virginia, and the Vanderbilt university of Nashville, Tenn. This successful educator has been principal of the Williston academy, Tennessee, and is now president of the Florida Conference college of Leesburg, Fla.

Noon, Alonzo Arthur

railroad president, was born June 28, 1837, in England. He has been president of the Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad company since its organization.

Noonan, George H

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New Jersey. He practiced law in Texas until elected judge of the district court in 1862, and has held the office of judge continuously from that 'time to the present. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Nordheimer, Isaac

educator, author, was born in 1809 in Germany. He was an educator of New York city, and instructor in sacred literature at Union Theological seminary in 1838-42. He was the author of Hebrew Grammar; and Grammatical Analysis of Select Portions of Scripture. He died Nov. 3, 1842, in New York city.

Nordhoff, Charles

journalist, author, was born Aug. 31, 1830, in Prussia. He is a journalist of New York city, and the author of Man-of-War Life; The Merchant Vessel; Whaling and Fishing; Manof-War Yarns; Cape Cod and All Along Shore; Peninsular California; Northern California; Secession Is Rebellion; Communistic Societies of the United States; Politics for Young Americans; and God and the Future Life.

Norman, Benjamin Moore

author, was born Dec. 22, 1809, in Hudson, N. Y. He was a bookseller of New Orleans, and the author of Rambles in Yucatan; New Orleans and Its Environs; and Rambles by Land and Water. He died Feb. 1, 1860, near Summit, Miss.

Norman, Henry

journalist, author, was born in 1858 in Massachusetts. He is a journalist of prominence, and the author of The Peoples and Politics of the Far East; and The Real Japan.

Norris, Alexander Wilson

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. In 1881 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate.

Norris, Basil

soldier, surgeon, was born March 9, 1828, in Montgomery county, Md. He was physician to the executive mansion during the terms of office of Andrew Johnson and General Grant, and was medical officer in charge of all the sick of the regular army in Washington, D. C., during 1863-84. He is the author of papers on Dislocation of the Astragalus; Extirpation of the Entire Tongue; Personal Experience with Mad Dogs; and other surgical papers of value.

Norris, Benjamin W

congressman, was born in 1819 in Kennebeck county, Maine. He was appointed a paymaster.

He was elected a representative from Alabama to the fortieth congress as a republican. He died Jan. 27, 1873, in Montgomery. NORRIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, physician, author, was born Nov. 6, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician, and the author of Contributions to Practical Surgery; and Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia. He died March 4, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Norris, Isaac

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born July 21, 1671, in England. He was in the assembly for many years; speaker of the house in 1712, and justice for Philadelphia for many years.

He died June 4, 1735, in Philadelphia.

Norris, Isaac

statesman, was born Oct. 2, 1701, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1851 he was elected speaker of the assembly, and held that office for fifteen years. In the first year of his administration the old state house bell was ordered from England, and he proposed the inscription:

Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. He died June 13, 1766, near Philadelphia, Pa.