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Roumfort, Augustus Louis

soldier, educator, state legislator, was born Dec. 10, 1796, in Paris, France. He was professor of mathematics at Mount Airy college at Germantown during 1818-26, and from that time till 1834 superintendent of a military school in that town. He was in the Pennsylvania legislature in 1843-44, and harbor-master of Philadelphia in 1845-48. He had been made captain of Pennsylvania militia in 1820, and in 1843 had risen to the rank of brigadiergeneral. He died Aug. 2, 1878, in Harrisburg, Pa. ROUND, WILLIAM MARSHALL FITZ, author, was born March 26, 1845, in Pawtucket, R. I. He is a writer active in prison reforms. His books for juvenile readers include Achsah; Child Marion Abroad; Torn and Mended; Hal; and Rosecroft.