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Ward, Lester Frank

botanist, geologist, author, was born June 18, 1841, in Joliet, Ill. He is a botanist and geologist employed in the United States geological survey; and is the author of Guide to the Flora of Washington and Vicinity; Sketch of Paleontological Botany; Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group; Types of the Laramie Flora; Geographical Distribution of Fossil Plants; Dynamic Sociology; The Psychic Factors of Civilization; and The Principles of Sociology.

Ward, Lula

educator, poet. She attained prominence as a successful educator, has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and is the author of a number of meritorious poems.

Ward, Marcus Lawrence

manufacturer, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1812, in Newark, N. J. He was elected governor of New Jersey in 1865 for the term of three years; and was elected to the forty-third congress. He died April 25, 1884, in Newark, N. J.

Ward, Mary Eastman

poet, was born in May, 1843, in North Danville, Vt.

She has written numerous poems of merit, which have appeared in eastern publications, her most notable poems being The Flag of the Seventeenth Vermont Regiment, and Signal Lights.

Ward, Matthew Flournoy

author, was born May 19, 1826, in Scott county, Ky. He was a writer of Louisville; and the author of Letters from Three Continents; and English Items. He died Sept. 30, 1862, in Helena, Ark.

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Ward, Milan Lester

educator, college president, was born Dec. 24, 1830, in Meredith, N. Y. Since 1887 he has been professor of mathematics in the Ottawa university, Kan., of which institution he has been president for the past three years.

Ward, Richard

governor, was born April 15, 1689, in Newport, R. I. In 1712- 13 he was attorney-general of Rhode Island; recorder during 1714-30; and was subsequently governor of Rhode Island.

He died Aug. 21, 1763, in Newport, R. I.

Ward, Richard Halsted

microscopist, was born June 17, 1837, in Bloomfield, N. J. As an expert in microscopical examinations he was one of the first to discriminate between different kinds of blood; and has published some original investigations. Since 1875 he has been manager of the American Postal Microscopical club of Troy, N. Y.

Ward, Samuel

banker, was born May 1, 1786, in Rhode Island. In 1838 he secured through the bank of England a loan of nearly $5,000,000 to enable the banks to resume specie payments, and established the Bank of Commerce in New York city, becoming its president. He died Nov. 27, 1839, in New York city.

Ward, Thomas

congressman, was born in 1759. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1813 to 1817. He died Feb. 4, 1842, in Newark, N. J. a

Ward, Thomas

author, poet, was born June 8, 1807, in Newark, N. J. He was a writer of New York city; and the author of A Month of Freedom; Passaic:

Group of Poems; Flora, or the Gypsy's Frolic, a pastoral opera; and War Lyrics. Besides his published works he was a constant contributor to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States. He died April 13, 1873, in New York city.

Ward, William

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.