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Nourse, James Duncan

journalist, author, was born Sept. 26, 1817, in Bardstown, Ky. He was a journalist of St. Louis, and the author of The Forest Knight, a novel; Leavenworth, a story of the Mississippi; and God in History. He died June 1, 1854, in St. Louis, Mo.

Nourse, Joseph

soldier, public official, was born July 16, 1754, in England. He entered the revolutionary army in 1776, as secretary to General Charles Lee; was clerk and auditor of the board of war from 1777 until appointed assistant auditor-general in 1781; and was register of the United States treasury from 1789 to 1829. He was a vice-president of the American Bible society. He died Sept. 1, 1841, in Georgetown, D. C.

Nourse, Joseph Everett

educator, author, was born April 17, 1819, in Washington, D. C. He was a professor in the naval academy in 1850-81; and the author of Astronomical and Meteorological Observations; and American Explorations in the Ice Zones.

Novell, Winslow A

journalist, manufacturer, public official, was born Jan. 31, 1840, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was an alderman of Milwaukee, Wis., in 1872; commissioner of public works in 1873-76; and postmaster of Milwaukee during 1889-93. For many years he has been chief clerk of the assembly of the Wisconsin state legislature.

Novy, Frederick George

educator, author, was born Dec. 9, 1864, in Chicago, Ill. He fills the chair of hygiene and physiological chemistry in the university of Michigan. He is the author of works on bacteriology, physiological chemistry, and has contributed valuable papers to American and foreign journals.

Noyes, Arthur Ames

educator, author, was born in 1865 in Massachusetts. He is a professor of chemistry in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has published a treatise on Qualitative Chemical Analysis.

Noyes, Charles Henry

lawyer, author, poet, was born in 1849 in Michigan. He is a lawyer and poet of Warren, Pa., who has published Studies in Verse.

Noyes, Crosby Stuart

journalist, was born Feb. 16, 1825, in Minot, Maine. In 1867 he became editor-in-chief of the Washington Star, wnich position he still fills.

Noyes, George Rapall

clergyman, author, was born March 6, 1798, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman, eminent as a biblical scholar, and professor of Hebrew in Harvard university since 1840. He published translations with notes of the Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, the Prophets, and Proverbs; and a translation of the New Testament. He died June 3, 1868, in Cambridge, Mass.

Noyes, Henry Drury

ophthalmologist, author, was born in 1832 in New York. He is an ophthalmologist of New York city; and the author of Treatise on Diseases of the Eye; and Text Book on Diseases of the Eye.

Noyes, James

clergyman, author, was born in 1608, in England. He was a puritan clergyman of Newbury, Mass., pastor of the church there in 1635-56, and the author of The Temple Measured; and Moses and Aaron, or the Rights of Church and State. He died Oct. 22, 1656, in Newbury, Mass.

Noyes, James Oscar

physician, journalist, author, was born June 14, 1829, in Niles, N. Y. He was a physician and journalist of New Orleans, and the author of Roumania; and The Gypsies: their History, Origin, and Manner of Life. He died Sept. 11, 1872, in New Orleans, La.