BIOGRAPHY 



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Leaves: Translations from the Latin Poets." "Speci- 

 mens of Greek Tragedy," "Essays of Questions of the 

 Day." "Guesses at the Riddle of Existence," "The 

 United Kingdom." "Shakespere: The Man," "Com- 

 monwealth or Empire." "In the Court of History." 

 "The Founder of Christendom." "Lines of Religious 

 Inquiry," "My Memory of Gladstone," and numerous 

 articles in magazines. 



Smith, Herbert Knox. lawyer, government official; 



Olfenbach's orchestra when the latter was in the United 

 States; band leader of United States Marine Corps, 

 1880-92; since 1892. director of Sousa's Band; has 

 composed and published many marches, orchestral suites, 

 "Te Deums," songs, waltzes and the light operas "El 

 Capitan." "Bride Elect" (libretto and music). "The 

 Charlatan," and "Chris, or the Wonderful I^amp." 

 Author; "The Fifth String." "Pipetown Sandy." 



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and secondly to Caroline Bowles, romance-writer and 



poet, who died in 1854. Died. 1843. 



Sparks* Edwin Erie, educator, historian 

 in Licking County. O., 1860; 



was born 



Ohio 



-Minn, in-i IM-I i rviio.v. i.i >-i. *w.ci inucui, uuiv mi , Southev, Robert, born in 1774, poet and biographer, 

 born in Chester, Mass., November 17, 1869; graduated son of a linendraper at Bristol; settled at Keswick in 

 from Vale. A. B., 1891. post-graduate department, 1891- 1803. and there wrote "The Curse of Kehama." and all 

 93, Yale Law School. B. 1... 1895; practiced law. Hart- his chief poems, except "Thalaba." as well as his lives of 

 ford. Conn., 1895-1903; served two terms. Hartford | Nelson and of Wesley, "The Doctor," and contributions 

 common council, 1900-02, chairman Hartford Republican i to the "Quarterly." He became poet laureate in 1813 

 committee, January to December. 1903; member and received a pension in 1835. He was twice married, 

 Connecticut legislature, 1903-05; commissioner of cor- first to Edith Fricker, sister of his friend Coleridge's wife, 

 porations, department of commerce and labor, since ~ 



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Smith, John, Captain, born in 1580; colonist; was 

 prisoner by the Turks when in the Hungarian 

 hut after his escape from the Crimea went out 

 to colom^e Virginia in 1606. He was captured by the 

 Indians, and only saved from death by Pocahontas, the 

 Indian girl, and after his release and explorations in 

 Chesapeake Bay. was made president of the Colonial 

 Council. He fell into the hands of the French in 1615, 

 and on his return to England met Pocahontas, and pre- 

 sented her to the queen. His "History of Virginia, 

 New England, and the Summer Isles" appeared in 1GJ4. 

 and various autobiographical works. Died, 1631. 



-MII it h. Joseph, born in 1805; founder of Mormon- 

 ism ; was the son of a farmer in Vermont State, built 

 Nauvoo on the Mississippi, where he was arrested for 

 treason and murdered by the mob (1844). The "Book 

 of Mormon " was, according to his account, a translation 

 of records written on thin plates of metal, to the dis- 

 covery of which he was supernaturally guided. 



-Miiollett. Tobias George, b9rn in 1721; novelist 

 ami historian; was several years in the navy, but after- 

 wards became an author, his chief novels being "Roder- 

 ick Random " and "Peregrine Pickle." He also con- 

 tinued Hume's "History of England," translated "Don 



Quixote" and "Gil Bias." and was employed as a writer 

 against the Whigs. Died. 1771. 



*>", rates (born about 469 B.C.), Athenian philosopher; 

 worked at first as a sculptor, but afterwards devoted him- 

 self to gratuitous teaching. He served as a soldier in the 

 I'cloponnesian War. saving the lives of his pupils, Alci- 

 biades and Xenophon, at Potid:ra and Delium; was 

 finally condemned to drink hemlock on a charge of 

 ty and the corruption of youth. Died. 399. 



-ol.Miion, king of Israel from 1015 to 977 B. C.; 

 second .son of David and Bathsheba, and David's suc- 

 cessor; in hiuh repute fur and wide for his love of wisdom 

 and the glory of his reiirn: he had a truly Oriental passion 

 for magnificence, and the buildings he erected in Jerusa- 

 lem, including the Temple and a palace on Mount /ion, 

 he raised regardless of an expense which the nation 

 resented after he was gone; the burden of which it \v<>uld 

 i had fallen upon them, for when his successor, follow- 



graduated' from the 



State University, 1884; A. M., 1891; Ph. D.. 

 University of Chicago, 1900; was instructor in the Ohio 

 State University, 1884-6; professor Pennsylvania State 

 College, 1890-5; lecturer American Society for Uni- 

 versity Extension, 1893-5; professor American History, 

 University of Chicago, and dean of University College, 

 1895-1908; president Pennsylvania State College, 1908; 

 member American Historical Association, Illinois His- 

 torical Association (director); and councilor American 

 Institution of Civics. Author: " Expansion of the 

 American People" ; " The Men Who Made the Nation " ; 

 " Formative Incidents in American Diplomacy": "The 

 United States of America"; " Foundations of National 

 Development," etc. 



Sparks, Jared, born in 1789; American writer: 

 became professor of history at Harvard in 1839, and 

 1 ' ' work was 



president of the college in 1849. His chief worl 

 "Life and Writings of Washington." Died. 1866. 



Spartacus, died, 72 B. C.; a Thracian. who headed 

 the revolt of the gladiators at Capua. After some suc- 

 cesses he was defeated by Crassus and slain. 



Spencer, Herbert, born in 1820; utilitarian philoso- 

 pher; was for some years a civil engineer before engaging 

 in literature. Going to London he became intimate 

 with George Eliot and G. H. Lewes, and in 1851. 

 published Social Statics." He undertook a lecturing 

 tour in America, in 1882'. previous to which had appeared 

 "Principles of Psychology," "First Principle*/ 1 "Educa- 

 tion," "Principles of Biology. Hie Studv of Sociology." 



"The Data of Ethics," "The Man v. The State," and 

 other works followed. Died, 1903. 



Speiis. -r. I diiiund. born in 1552; English poet; 

 went to Ireland in 1580, as secretary to Ix>rd < 

 Wilton, and lived in Cork County in the intervals till the 

 rebellion of Tyrone. The "Fary Queen" was partly 

 printed in 1590, his other chief works being "Tl 

 herd's Calendar," "Colin Clout's Come Home Again," 

 and " View of the State of Ireland." 



Spcyer, James, hanker; born in New York. 1861: 

 educated at Frankfort-on-the-Main, German \ 



ii:.' in In- courses, ascended the throne, ten of the tribes family's banking house in Frankfort-on-the-Main at age 



mt v. and the 'of 22; later transferred to Paris and 1. on. Ion branches 



:. to the final rupture of the commun: 

 fall of first the one section and then the other under 



way. 



Bolyman' II., surnamed "The Magnificent" born in 



P.Ki; Sultan of Turkev. from l.VJit t., 1 '66. He 



was the greatest of the Turkish sultans, and wan scarcely 



arkable for the wisdom and justice of his internal 



administration than for the extent of (in conquests. He 



.re. and was himself a poet of no mean 



rank, lie died. September 5, 1566. of lever while I..-- 

 sieging the town of S/.i/eth. m Hungary, two days before 



i,re of the ' 



*opliot i.s (i&f'o-klez). a famous Athenian tragic poet, 



was born in 495 B. C. He succeeded 1 -. l>\ iu> m Ins 



ment of the drama, and raised it to its highest 



excellence m Greece. We possess but seven 



of hi- plays, two of which belong to the trilogy of (Edipus. 



.. C. 

 xoiiiem. r.iUvanl II.. actor: born in Loud 



famous cot 



appear. parts with his father. Abbey's Park 



Theater, New York; later played with Helen I 



Theater, Ne ix87. u Jack llm 



has starred with his 

 chumiev." "The Maister of 

 Woodbarrou isoner of / 



etc.; married Virginia Harned, his leading 



BOUM, .lolm rinlin. 'orn in Wa-t 



November . 18.*>6; studied m 

 conductor at 17; wns oi 



to receive thorough business education before returning 

 to take chart- K house; he is now senior of the 



Spever hou-rs. One of founders and trenMircr of The 

 Provident Loan Soeietv. which loans money to needy 

 people on personal property at legal rates of interest. 

 Trustee of Union Tru-i Co.. Central Trust Co.. 

 Trust Co. (Philadelphia), German Savings Bank. 

 Guarantee Trust Co.. Mutual Life. Insurance Co.; di- 

 rector of Southern 1'acitn t Mail Steamship Go., 



B. & O. llailn.ad Company. North British Mercantile 

 Insurance Company. Hank of Manhattan Co.. Under- 

 ground I Company of London, Limited. 

 Rock Island Co.. General Chemical Co.. L*ckawanna 

 Steel Co., New York Chamber of Commerce. 



Spofford, Alnsuortli Kami, chuf a^-i-tant librarian 

 of Congress ; born m QUmantOO, V II . Sept-ml>er 12. 

 1826; classical education from private tut..r- II !>.. 

 Amhewt. ISS2). Hook*-ller and puM.sh.-r. Ci. 

 associate editor of Cincinnati Hiiily Conn 

 i.i; t.rst assistant librarian of Congress. 1801-04; 



librarian. Editor: "Catalogues of 



Annual American 



Library of Choice Literature" (ten 

 volume^). "Library <( I ! M<- Characters and Famous 



(ten volume-.). "Library o| ilumor" 



. Author ! Manual of P.-irha- 



H tiles," "A Book for all Headers an aid to 

 collection, use. and preservation of books, and th. 

 tion of 1,1. , -me-." numerous articles in reviews an.: 

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