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Poole, Willard Henry – Pope, Nathaniel

Poole, Willard Henry

educator, author, was born in 1864 in Massachusetts. He is an educator of Fall River, Mass.; and the author of Elementary Course in Experimental Physics.

Pooley, James Henry

educator, journalist, physician, surgeon, author, was born Nov. 17, 1839, in England. Since 1883 he has held the chair of surgery in Toledo Medical college. He has edited the Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal since 1876, and has been a voluminous contributor to surgical literature.

Poor, Charles Henry

naval officer, was born June 11, 1808, in Cambridge, Mass. He served with distinction in the civil war, attaining the rank of rear-admiral. He died Nov. 5, 1882, in Washington, D. C.

Poor, Enoch

soldier, was born June 21, 1736, in Andover, Mass. He served through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general in 1777. He died Sept. 8, 1780, in Hackensack, N. J.

Poor, John Alfred

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Jan. 8, 1808, in Andover, Maine. He was the first active promoter of the present railroad system of his native state; originated the European and North American line; and wrote Vindication of the Claims of Sir Ferdinando Gorges as the Founder of English Colonization in America. He died Sept. 5, 1871, in Portland, Maine.

Poore, Benjamin Perley

journalist, author, was born Nov. 2, 1820, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a once wellknown journalist of Washington; and the author of Campaign Life of Zachary Taylor; Early Life of Napoleon; Rise and Fall of Louis Philippe; Agricultural History of Essex County, Massachusetts; Life of Burnside; Political Register and Congressional Directory, 1776-1878; and Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years. He died May 30, 1887, in Washington, D. C.

Poore, Henry Rankin

artist, educator, was born March 21, 1859, in Newark, N. J. He studied in Paris, and for many years has been instructor in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; and is professor of Chautauqua School of Fine Arts.

Pope, Benjamin W

educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 20, 1853, in Franklin county, Ill. He attended the university of Champaign, Illinois, and the St. Louis and Chicago Law schools. He has been superintendent of schools in Du Quoin and Tamawa, Ill.; and was admitted to the bar in 1878. During 1890-94 he was county judge of Perry county; and since 1893 has been postmaster of Du- Quoin, Ill.

Pope, Charles Alexander

surgeon, was born March 15, 1818, in Huntsville, Ala. He became professor of anatomy, and afterward of surgery in St. Louis university; aided in organizing St. Louis Medical college, and was president of the American Medical association in 1853. He died July 6, 1870, in Paris, Mo.

Pope, Franklin Leonard

civil engineer, author, was born Dec. 2, 1840, in Great Barrington, Mass. He was an electrical engineer of New York city; and the author of Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph; and Life and Work of Joseph Henry.

Pope, John

lawyer, state senator, congressman, governor, was born in 1770 in Prince William county, Va. He moved to Kentucky; served a number of years in the legislature; and was a presidential elector in 1801. He was a senator in congress from that state from 1807 to 1813; and in 1829 was appointed governor of the territory of Arkansas. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1843. He died July 12, 1845, in Springfield, Ky.

Pope, Nathaniel

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1784, in Louisville, Ky. He practiced law in St.

Genevieve, Mo.; was appointed secretary of the territory of Illinois in 1809, and removed there; and was elected delegate to congress in 1817. In 1818, when Illinois was admitted as a state, he was appointed United States district judge, and held that office until his death. He died Jan. 23, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo.