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HITT 533 HOBBINS in Bellevue Hospital, for fifteen months, and began practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1873 he was president of the Kalamazoo Acad- emy of Medicine; in 1872, president of the Michigan State Medical Society ; 1873-78, presi- dent of the Michigan State Board of Health. Hitchcock had a distinguished appearance, about six feet tall, large head, fine blue eyes, strong face, a powerful voice, made more emphatic by a partially controlled habit of stuttering. His early training made him able to think on his feet, and speak with convincing power, and also made him a writer of unusual ability. He will probably be longest remem- bered for his earnest efforts in the behalf of the establishment and maintenance of the Mich- igan State Board of Health. On September 16, 1856, he married Fidelia Wellman, of Cor- nish, New Hampshire, who died in 1874, and by whom he had three children, one became Dr. C. W. Hitchcock. In 1875 he married Kate B. Wilcox, by whom he had one son. Homer O. Hitchcock died in Kilamazoo, Mich- igan, December 7, 1888, from organic brain disease. He contributed several papers to the Medical Journals. ^ _ Leartus Connor. Represen. Men in Midi., Western Biog. Co., 1878, vol. xiv. Trans. Mich. Med. Soc.. Detroit, 1889, xiii, 363- 366. Portrait. Hitt, WilHi Washington (1801-1876). Willis Washington Hitt was born in Bourbon Country, Kentucky, February 11, 1801 son of the Rev. Martin Hitt. In 1815 he moved to Urbana, Ohio. He studied medicine with Dr. Hickman of Sharpsburg, Ohio, and in 1825 graduated from the University of Maryland. He went to Boonsboro, Maryland, where he practised until appointed surgeon in the United States Navy, soon resigning, however, and re- turning to practice. But later he moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, and was appointed censor of Washington County, at the conven- tion of 1831. Hitt moved to Indiana, and was a founder of Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1837, and was president of its board of trus- tees, 1861-62. For seventeen years he was president of Vincennes University. He died at Vincennes, Indiana, August 18, 1876. Med. Annals of Md., Cordell, 1903. I Hoar, Leonard (1629?- 1675). Leonard Hoar, the third president of Har- vard University, was born in England, alx)ut 1629. He came to America with his mother, brothers and sisters. Entering Harvard Uni- versity he graduated in 1650. In 1653 he re- turned to England, where he remained several years as a minister at Wanstcad, Essex, and later, in 1671, he received the degree of doc- tor of physic, at the University of Cambridge. He came back to Boston in 1672, and becaine assistant to Thomas Thacher (q. v.), pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, Massachu- setts. He married a daughter of John Lisle, tlie regicide. In the summer of 1672 he was elected to succeed Charles Chauncy (q. v.) (1589-1672) as president of Harvard University, taking office December 10 of that year. He was the first to propose the modern system of techni- cal education, by the addition of a workshop and a chemical laboratory to Harvard. The College did not prosper under his lead, a large faction opposed him, members of the board of trustees resigned, and the situation was grave. "As a scholar and a Christian" Hoar was said to be "very respectable," but lacking in the power to govern. He resigned in March, 1675, consumption developed, and he died, No- vember 28, 1675. Univ. and Their Sons, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Boston, 1899, 5 vols. Anier. Biog., Dictn'y. William Allen, Boston, 1857. Appleton's Cyclop. xAmer. Biog., N. Y. 1887. Hobbins, Joseph (1816-1894). Joseph Hobbins was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England. His father served in the English Navy and was despatch bearer to Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar. Hobbins gained his early education at Col- ton Hall, under the direction of one Daniel Sheridan, a relative of Richard Brinsley Sheri- dan, and graduated at Queen's College, Bir- mingham, where he distinguished himself by winning a gold medal in 1838. Later he en- tered Guy's Hospital in London, and received there his college diploma, permitting him as a licensed physician to study in the hospitals of Edinburgh, Dublin, Brussels and Paris. It was to fit himself for his life-work that he came to America, to travel and study. On the way over he met Sarah Badger Griflin Jackson of Newton, Massachusetts, and was married to her in England, October 11, 1841. In 1854 the doctor, with his wife, children and servants, again sailed for America, and came direct to Madison, Wisconsin. As a general practitioner. Dr. Hobbins worked in Wednesbury, England, Brookline, Massachusetts, and in Madison, where he soon attained his chief reputation. He not only loved his profession and stood stoutly on its old- lime code of ethics, but also had a keen appre-