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Sharp, Solomon Z

college president, author, was born Dec. 21, 1835, in Allenville, Pa. He has been state geologist of Kansas, and is now the president of McPherson college of that state. He is the author of a work entitled History of the Brethren.

Sharpe, Horatio

governor. In 1753 he was elected proprietary governor of Maryland, serving until 1769.

Sharpe, Peter

state legislator, congressman. He was a representative in the New York legislature from 1814 to 1820.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823, and in 1827 was a member of the tariff convention.

Sharps, Christian

inventor, was born in 1811 in New Jersey. His principal invention was the Sharps breechloading rifle, and in 1854 he removed to Hartford, Conn., to superintend the manufacture of this rifle. He died March 13, 1874, in Vernon, Conn.

Sharswood, George

lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 7, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an eminent Philadelphia jurist, and the author of Professional Ethics; Popular Lectures on Common Law; Lectures on Commercial Law; and Sharswood's Blackstone. He died May 28, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Sharswood, William

author, was born in 1836 in Philadelphia. He has published Studia Physica, a series of monographs; Elenore, a Drama; and The Miscellaneous Writings of William Sharswood.

Shattuck, Aaron Draper

artist, inventor, was born March 9, 1832, in Francestown, N. H. The first picture that he exhibited at the academy was a Study of Grasses and Flowers. The following year he was elected an associate, and he became an academician in 1861. In 1867 he held the post of recording secretary.

He invented in 1883-85 a stretcher-frame with keys, a great improvement on the old methods of tightening canvases.

Shattuck, Joseph Cummings

educator, legislator, was born Feb. 28, 1835, in Marlborough, N. H. For three terms he was superintendent of public instruction of Colorado; was professor of pedagogics and dean of the faculty of the university of Denver for three years; of which institution he is now the financial agent. He has served as a member of the Colorado state legislature.

Shaver, George Frederick

inventor, was born Nov. 4, 1855, in Ripley, N. Y. He has recently been engaged in the introduction of his improved mechanical telephone, was president of the Consolidated Telephone company in 1883-86, and since 1887 has been vice-president and general manager of the Shaver corporation, which has charge of that and other of his inventions.

Shaver, Leonidas

lawyer, jurist, was an early emigrant to Utah, and in 1853 was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Utah.

Shaw, Aaron

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1811 in Orange county, N. Y. He served several terms in the state legislature. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-fifth congress, and served one term; was then elected circuit judge, and served six years. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the fortyeighth congress as a republican.

Shaw, Albert

journalist, author, was born July 23, 1857, in New London, Ohio. He is a journalist of New York city, and the American editor of The Review of Reviews from 1891. He is the author of Icaria, a Chapter in the History of Communism; Local Government in Illinois; Co-operation in a Western City; Municipal Government in Great Britain; and Municipal Government in Continental Europe.