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Spicer, William Francis

naval officer, poet, was born Feb. 7, 1820, in New York city. He was made commodore in 1877, and was commandant of the Boston navy-yard until his death. He was well known as a poet and musician, and was the author of several popular ballads, among which are Absent Friends and You, Mary. born SPIEKER, GEORGE FREDERICK, clergyman, educator, author, was Nov. 17, 1844, in Elk Ridge, Md. Since 1883 he has been pastor of St. Michael's Lutheran congregation, Allentown, Pa. He has been professor of Hebrew in Muhlenberg college, Allentown, since 1887; president of its board of trustees since 1886; and examiner in doctrinal theology of the ministerium of Pennsylvania since 1882. He has published Hutter's Compend of Lutheran Theology, translated, with Dr. Henry E. Jacobs; and Wildenhahn's Martin Luther, translated from the German.