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Zahm, John Augustine

clergyman, author, was born in 1851 in Ohio.

He is a Roman catholic clergyman, procurator-general of the congregation of the Holy Cross, now living at Rome; and the author of Evolution and Dogma; Bible, Science and Faith; Sound and Music; and Catholic Science and Scientists.

ZAKRZEWSKA, MARIA ELIZABETH, physician, philanthropist, was born Sept. 6, 1829, in Prussia. With Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell she established the New York infirmary, which she superintended two years, as resident physician and manager. After her removal to Boston in 1863 she founded the New England Hospital for Women and Children. ZALINSKI, EDMUND LOUIS GRAY, soldier, inventor, was born Dec. 13, 1849, in Poland. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of captain; and has invented the pneumatic dynamite gun.