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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (BROUGHTON BRUMBY.) 



berg and Paris. Returning to the United States 

 in 1802, he entered the National army as assist- 

 ant surgeon, and in February, 1803, was pro- 

 moted surgeon. He was made surgeon in chief 

 of the 2d division of the llth Corps in the Army 

 of the Potomac, and participated in the battles 

 of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. A sunstroke 

 at the last-named battle prevented further service 

 in the field, and he became superintendent of hos- 

 pitals in Quincy and Springfield. 111. At the close 

 of the war he was mustered out with the brevet 

 rank of lieutenant colonel. He then settled m 

 Philadelphia, where from 1807 till 1887 he was 

 editor of the Medical and Surgical Reporter, at 

 the same time editing the Quarterly Compendium 

 of Sciences. In 1S84 he was made Professor of 

 Ethnology and Archaeology in the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and in 1880 he 

 was called to the chair of Linguistics and Archae- 

 ology in the University of Pennsylvania, both 

 of which places he held until his death. His in- 

 terest in archaeological studies obtained its first 

 impulse during a winter spent in Florida, where 

 he gathered material for The Floridian Peninsula: 

 Its Literary Historv, Indian Tribes, and Antiqui- 

 ties (Philadelphia, 1859). After the civil war he 

 resumed his interest in antiquarian studies, and, 

 after publishing The Myths of the New World: 

 A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of 

 the Red Race of America (1808), began the pub- 

 lication of the Library of Aboriginal American 

 Literature, and was the responsible editor of The 

 Chronicles of the Mayas (1882) ; The Comedy Bal- 

 let of Gueguence (1883); The Lenape and their 

 Legends (1885); The Annals of the Cakchiquels 

 (1880) ; Ancient Nahuatl Poetry (1887) ; and Sa- 

 cred Chants of the Ancient Mexicans (1890). 

 These gained for him the medal of the Soci6te 

 Americaine de France in 1880. The degree of 

 LL. D. was conferred on him by Jefferson College 

 in 1891, and that of D. Sc. by the University of 

 Pennsylvania in 1893. Dr. Brinton was a com- 

 missioner to the Columbian Historical Exposition 

 held in Madrid in 1892, and was a member of the 

 Jury of Awards at the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position in Chicago in 1893, where he presided 

 over the International Anthropological Congress. 

 He had been president of the American Folklore 

 Society, of the Numismatic and Antiquarian So- 

 ciety of Philadelphia, and of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, and he 

 was a member of the Anthropological Societies 

 of Berlin, Rome, and Vienna, and of the Royal 

 Ethnographical Societies of Paris and Florence, 

 the Royal Society of Antiquaries, Copenhagen, 

 and the Royal Academy of History, Madrid. He 

 was an associate editor of Science and an editor 

 of the American Anthropologist, and', besides the 

 works already mentioned, he was author of The 

 Religious Sentiment: A Contribution to the Sci- 

 ence of Religion (1870); American Hero Myths: 

 A Study in the Native Religions of the Western 

 Continent (1882); Essays of an Americanist 

 (1890) ; The Pursuit of Happiness (1892) ; Maria 

 (andelaria: An Historical Drama from Ameri- 

 can Aboriginal Life (1897); and Religions of 

 Primitive Peoples (1897). Through his "rich, 

 natural endowment, coupled with wise and per- 

 sistent effort, he materially advanced the science 

 of man, arid placed himself in the front rank 

 of the anthropologists of the world." His por- 

 trait appeared in the Annual Cyclopaedia for 1894, 

 page 32. 



Broughton, Luke D., astrologer, - born in 

 Leeds, England, April 20, 1828; died in New York 

 city. Sept. 22, 1899. He came of a family some 

 of whose members had practiced astrology as 



early as 1700. He began studying astrology when 

 eighteen, and was an ardent disciple of it through 

 life. In 1854 he came to the United States, and, 

 after serving his time as a weaver's apprentice 

 and working a few years in a chemical labora- 

 tory, was graduated at a homoeopathic medical 

 college in Philadelphia. He removed to New York 

 in 1803, and engaged in medical practice. Dr. 

 Broughton lectured extensively on astrology, was 

 for some years editor of The Monthly Planetary 

 Reader, and at the time of his death was presi- 

 dent of the New York Astrological Society. 



Brown, Felix, inventor, born in Belgium in 

 May, 1820; died in Elizabeth, N. J., April 0, 

 1899. He came to the United States about 1849, 

 and learned the machinist's trade in New York 

 city in company with a brother. The employer 

 thought so highly of the brothers that in time 

 he established them in business, and they assem- 

 bled a large plant, known as the Progress Iron 

 Works, for the manufacture of shafting, pulleys, 

 and power machinery. About ten years ago the 

 plant was removed to Elizabeth. Mr. Brown was 

 a man of much inventive skill, and had received 

 numerous patents for improved machinery. 

 Among his noteworthy inventions were the fog 

 horn used in the lighthouse service of the United 

 States and other countries and the machine long 

 used for cutting block sugar. Mr. Brown was 

 an original member of the Arion Singing Society 

 of New York. 



Browne, Irving-, lawyer, born in Marshall, 

 N. Y., Sept. 14, 1835; died in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 

 7, 1899. He was a son of the Rev. Lewis C. 

 Browne, and, after studying law in New York 

 city, formed a partnership with Martin I. and 

 Rufus Townsend in Troy, himself taking charge 

 of the office work. In 1879 he removed to Al- 

 bany, where for many years he was editor of 

 the Albany Law Journal. Since 1893 he had 

 lived in Buffalo. Mr. Browne for two years pre- 

 vious to his death was librarian of the law 

 library of the 8th Judicial District. He also had 

 charge of a department in the Green Bag, and 

 was a lecturer before the Buffalo Law School. 

 He edited and annotated hundreds of volumes 

 of reports, among them being the New York State 

 Reports, 35 volumes of the American Reports, 

 and 2 volumes of National Bank Cases. Other 

 work included standard text-books on The Law 

 of Domestic Relations, Criminal Law, Parole 

 Evidence, Sales and Bailments, Short Studies in 

 Evidence, Judicial Interpretation of Common 

 Words and Phrases, and, in lighter vein, Short 

 Studies of Great Lawyers, Law and Lawyers in 

 Literature, Humorous Phases of the Law, a vol- 

 ume of book lore on In the Track of the Book- 

 worm, and a volume of poems, entitled The 

 House of the Heart. At the time of his death 

 he was writing the American notes to the series 

 of English Ruling Cases, now in its sixteenth 

 volume. As a collector of books Mr. Brow r ne 

 sought all desirable standard works in history, 

 biography, poetry, and romance, gathered an ex- 

 cellent collection of the old dramatists, of choice 

 editions of Greek, Latin and French authors, and 

 of works on the fine arts, and prepared personally 

 150 volumes containing extra illustrations, the 

 last constituting the gem of his treasures. 



Brumby, Thomas M., naval officer, born in 

 Georgia in 1855; died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 

 17, 1899. He entered the Naval Academy on Sept. 

 25, 1873, and was graduated on June 18, 1879. 

 He was assigned to the Tennessee. On Nov. 20, 

 1880, he was promoted to ensign, and the next 

 year he went on the receiving ship Franklin. He 

 then served successively on the Jamestown, Ged- 



