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Wolle, Francis

clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 17, 1817, in Jacobsburg, Pa. He was a Moravian clergyman and educator of Bethlehem, Pa. He was the author of Desmids of the United States; Fresh-Water Algæ; and Diatomaceæ of North America. He died in 1893.

HERMANN WOLLENHAUPT, AD- OLPH, musician, was born Sept. 17, 1827, in Germany. He composed pieces for the pianoforte, some of which were much admired; several of them were published in Europe. He died Sept. 18, 1863, in New York city.

WOLLENWEBER, LOUIS AUGUST, journalist, author, was born Dec. 5, 1807, in Germany. He was a German printer who came to America, and, after editing several German papers in Philadelphia, removed to Reading, Pa. He was the author of Sketches of Domestic Life in Pennsylvania; Treu bis in den Tod; and Zwei treue Kameraden. He died July 25, 1888, in Reading, Pa.

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