Higginson, Francis John – Hill, Benjamin Dionysius
Higginson, Francis John
naval officer, was born July 19, 1843, in Boston, Mass. He became a lieutenant in 1862, lieutenant-commander in 1866, and commander in 1876, and in 1887 was in charge of the torpedo station at Newport, R. I.
Higginson, John
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 6, 1616, in England. He was a congregational clergyman of Salem, from 1659 till his death in charge of the church founded by his father, and widely popular in New England. He was the author of The Cause of God and His People in New England; and Attestation to Cotton Mather's Magnalia. He died Dec. 9, 1708, in Salem, Mass.
Higginson, Mrs. Mary Potter
[THACHER], author, was born in 1844 in Maine. She is the author of Seashore and Prairie, stories and sketches.
Higginson, Mrs. Sarah Jane
[HATFIELD], author, was born in 1840 in Pennsylvania. She is a writer of New York city; and the author of A Princess of Java, a tale of the Far East; Java: the Pearl of the East; and The Bedouin Girl.
Higginson, Stephen
congressman.
He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783.
Higginson, Stephen
merchant, author, was born Nov. 28, 1743, in Salem, Mass. He was a merchant of Boston of note in his day as a political writer; and the author of Essays by Laco, reprinted as Ten Chapters in the Life of John Hancock; and Defense of Jay's Treaty.
He died Nov. 22, 1828, in Boston, Mass.
Higginson, Stephen
merchant, philanthropist, was born Nov. 20, 1770, in Salem, Mass. He became a merchant and philanthropist in Boston, and was known as the Man of Ross of his day. He died Feb. 20, 1834, in Cambridge, Mass.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
soldier, clergyman, author, poet, was born Dec. 22, 1823, in Cambridge, Mass. He is an essayist and littérateur of Cambridge.
During the civil war he commanded a regiment of freedmen. His writings include, The Birthday in Fairy Land; Woman and her Wishes; Out-Door Papers; a translation of Epictetus; Malbone, a romance; Army Life in a Black Regiment; Atlantic Essays; Sympathy of Religions; Oldport Days; Young Folks' History of the United States; Young Folks' Book of American Explorers; Short Studies of American Authors: Common Sense about Women; Life of Margaret Fuller; Larger History of the United States; Travelers and Outlaws; Women and Men; The Afternoon Landscape, a collection of poems; Life of Francis Higginson; The New World and the New Book; Concerning All of Us; Such as They Are; The Monarch of Dreams; Hints on Writing and Speech-Making; Cheerful Yesterdays; English History for Americans; and Book and Heart.
Higinbotham, Harlow N
soldier, merchant, was born in 1813 near Joliet, Ill. In August, 1862, Mr. Higinbotham accompanied the Mercantile battery to the front, and, being detailed for special service, became chief clerk for the chief quartermaster, United States volunteers, department of the Ohio, and served in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
As president, Mr. Higinbotham administered the affairs of the exposition until the end. In 1878 Field, Leiter and Company made him a partner, and on the retirement of Mr. Leiter he became one of the new firm of Marshall Field and Company.
Higley, Warren
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born July 1, 1833, near Auburn, N. Y. For a number of years he taught school; and in 1862 graduated from Hamilton college. He subsequently became secretary of the board of education of Auburn; was principal of the high school; and superintendent of public schools. In 1874 he was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati; and in 1881 was elected judge of the city court. He was a founder of the Ohio State Forestry association, and was its president until his removal to New York city in 1884.
Hilborn, Samuel Greeley
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1834, in Minot, Maine. He served in the California state senate from 1875 to 1879; and was appointed United States district attorney for the district of California in 1883. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a republican, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Joseph McKenna, appointed United States circuit judge, and was elected to the fifty-third congress. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. HILDEBURN, CHARLES SWIFT RICHE, librarian, author, was born Aug. 14 , 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been the librarian of the Philadelphia Athenæum since 1876; and is the author of A Century of Printing, or the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784; and Printers and Printing in Colonial New York.
Hildeburn, Mrs. Mary Jane
[REED], author, was born Dec. 2, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, Day Dreams; Archy and Pussy Series; Dr. Leslie's Boys; and Gaffney's Tavern. She died Sept. 18, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hildreth, Azro Benjamin Franklin
educator, journalist, business man, legislator, was born Feb. 29, 1816, in Chelsea, Vt. He received his education at the high schools and academies of Chelsea, Randolph and Bradford, Vt. At the age of sixteen he became a schoolteacher, and for thirty-five years was a printer, editor and publisher of several newspapers. He has served with distinction as a member of the general assembly of the Iowa state legislature; was a member of the Iowa state board of education and various other institutions. He is the principal owner of the electric light plant of Charles City, Iowa; and the owner of the Hildreth hotel and opera house of that city.
Hildreth, Charles Lotin
journalist, author, poet, was born Aug. 28, 1858, in New York city. He was editor of Demorest's Magazine in New York city.
He was the author of the Masque of Death, a volume of poems; The Mysterious City; Judith; Damar; The New Symphony; Art in America; and other works. He died in 1896.
Hildreth, Eugenius Augustus
physician, inventor, author, was born Sept. 13, 1821, in Wheeling, W. Va. He was the inventor of surgical appliances, and published articles upon Medical Botany of West Virginia; Meteorology and Epidemic Diseases of Ohio County; and Biographies of Physicians of Wheeling for the Last Hundred Years.
Hildreth, Ezekiel
educator, author, was born July 18, 1784, in Westford, Mass. He was an educator of Ohio and Virginia; and the author of Logopolis, a grammatical treatise; and A Key to Knowledge. He died March 15, 1856, in Wheeling, W. Va.
Hildreth, John
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 18, 1851, in. England. He has been alderman of Holyoke, Mass.; and identified with the improvement of his city. He served as a representative to the general court of his state.
Hildreth, Richard
journalist, author, was born June 22, 1807, in Deerfield, Mass. He was a Boston journalist and historian who was consul at Trieste in his later years. He was the author of Archy Moore, an anti-slavery novel; History of Banks Banks; Theory of Politics; Despotism in America; Japan as it Was and Is; and History of the United States from the Discovery of the Continent to the Close of the Sixteenth Congress in 1820, a work which has few charms of style, though its general merit is unquestioned. He died July 11, 1865, in Florence, Italy.
Hildreth, Samuel Prescott
physician, author, was born Sept. 30, 1783, in Methuen, Mass. He was a physician once prominent in Marietta, Ohio, where he settled in 1806. He was the author of History of the Diseases and Climate of Southeastern Ohio; Lives of the Early Settlers of Ohio; Contributions to the Early History of the Northwest; Meteorological Observations (with J. Wood); Pioneer History of the Ohio Valley (1848); and Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio. He died July 24, 1863, in Marietta, Ohio.
Hiles, William Henry
lawyer, was born May 22, 1858, in Fayette county, Ohio. He received a thorough education cation in the Iowa college; took up the leading lawyers of Kansas at Norton. profession of law; and is now one of the
Hilgard, Eugene Waldemar
educator, author, was born Jan. 5, 1833, in Bavaria. He has been a professor of agricultural chemistry at the university of California since 1875. He is the author of Geology and Agriculture of Mississippi; Geology of Lower Louisiana; Cotton Production in the United States; and Climatic Features of the Arid Regions of the Pacific Slope.
Hilgard, Julius Erasmus
civil engineer, author, was born in 1825 in Bavaria.
He was a civil engineer of note who was superintendent of the United States coast survey in 1881-85; and published many valuable professional papers. He died May 8, 1891, in Washington, D. C.
Hill, Adams Sherman
educator, author, was born in 1833 in Massachusetts. He has been the Boylston professor of rhetoric at Harvard university since 1876; and is the author of Our English; The Principles of Rhetoric; and The Foundations of Rhetoric.
Hill, Mrs. Agnes Leonard
[SCANLAND], author, poet, was born in 1842 in Kentucky. She is the author of Mollie Myrtle; Myrtle Blossoms; Vanquished, a novel; and Heights and Depths.
Hill, Ambrose Powell
soldier, was born Nov. 9, 1825, in Culpeper county, Va. He attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. He died April 7, 1865, in Petersburg, Va.
Hill, Benjamin Dionysius
clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1842 in England. He is a Roman catholic clergyman and educator, for some time at Notre Dame university, who has published Poems Devotional and Occasional.