HEKRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Calkin, Hervey C, merchant, congressman, was born March 23, 1828. in Maiden, N.Y. In 1869-71 he was a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Calkins, Franklin Welles, author, was born 5, 1855, in Iowa county. Wis. He attended the Iowa state agricultural college in 1876; taught school and read law for the succeeding three years In 1880 he began contributing stories of ad-
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venture and sketches of western life and character in the Boston Youth's Companion and other prominent publications. He is the author of a work entitled Tales of the
West, in three volumes; and more than three hundred of his serials and short stories have been published in the Youth's Companion; and in other papers.
Calkins, Gary Nathan, educator, biologist, was born Jan. 18, 1869, in Valparaiso, Ind.
he lectured in biology at the Massachusetts institute of technology; and is now professor of protozoology at Columbia university. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of The Erotozoa. In 1890-93
Calkins,
Mary Whiton,
was born March
educator, author,
30, 1863, in
Hartford, Conn.
Since 1894 she has been a professor of phil-
osophy and psychology at Wellesley college. She is the author of An Introduction to Psychology; The Persistent Problems of Philosophy; and numerous Monographs. Calkins, Norman Allison, educator, author, was bom Sept. 9, 1822, in New York City. He was first assistant superintendent of primary schools in New York City for thirtythree years. He was the author of Primary Object Lessons; How to Teach; Manual of Object Teaching; Aids for Object Teaching; Trades and Occupations; and Natural History Series for Children. He died Dec. 22, 1895, in New York City. Calkins, WiUiam H., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was bom Feb. 18, 1842, in Pike county, Ohio. He entered the union army in 1861; and served almost continuously until 1865. He was state's attomey for the ninth judicial circuit in 1866-70; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1871. In 1877-85 he was a representative from Indiana to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fortyseventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican. He died Jan. 29, 1894, in Tacoma,
Wash. Annie Payson, educator, author, was 17, 1853, in Arlington, Mass. She was educated in the public and private schools of Arlington, Mass. She is a noted teacher of nerve training at Waltham, Mass. She is the author of Power Through Repose; Call,
born
May
As a Matter Life. Call,
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and The Freedom of
author, was born brother-in-law of Chief Justice John Marshall; and a noted lawyer of Virginia. He was the author of Reports of the Virginia Court of Appeals, in six volumes. He died May 20, 1840, in RichDaniel,
about 1765.
lawyer,
He was a
mond, Va. Call, Homei D., soldier, business man, founder, was born Sept. 19, 1843, in Truxton, N.Y. In 1863-65 he served in the civil war; was the second and first lieutenant in companies G and K, seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers ; and participated in numerous battles and skirmishes. He is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Syracuse, N.Y. for three years was deputy sheriff of Onondaga county, N.Y.; was road commissioner for five years; and for two years was a member of the high school commission of Syracuse, N.Y. He is secretary and treasurer of the amalgamated meat cutters and butcher workmen of North America, a labor organization numbering over fifty thousand members, which was founded by himself in 1897. He is also editor of the Official Journal of that organiza;
tion. Call, Jacob,
congressman,
in 1824-25
he
was a representative from Indiana
to the eighteenth congress. He died in Indiana. Call, Richard Ellsworth, educator, critic, author, was born May 13, 1856, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was educated at Cazenovia seminary and Syracuse university; graduated from the hospital college of medicine of Louisville. Ky.; and has received the degrees of A.M., M.D. and Ph.D. In 1888-92 he was assistant geologist of the Arkansas geological survey and in 1892-95 was professor of chemistry at the manual training high school of Louisville, Ky. In 1895-97 he was superintendent of schools of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; then of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and in 1899-1904 was curator of the Children's museum of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is the author of The Life and Writings of Rafinesque; and numerous
other works.
Richard Keith, soldier, inventor, aubom in 1757. He was a major in the revolutionary army. He invented and modeled a railroad train and engine designed to minimize the atmospheric resistance. He was the author of a lecture on Physical Education; and an Essay on Religion and SciCall,
thor,
was
ence.
He
died in 1792.
Richard Keith, soldier, governor, was born in 1791 in Kentucky. He was appointed Call,
brigadier-general of the Florida militia; and was a member of the legislative council of Florida in 1822. In 1823-25 he was a territorial delegate from Florida to the eighteenth congress. He was governor of the territory of Florida in 1836-39, and again in 1841-44. He died Sept. 14, 1863, in Tallahassee, Fla. Call, Wilkinson, lawyer, legislator. United States senator, was born Jan. 9, 1834, in Russellville, Ky.; and removed to Florida
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