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HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.


didate for liculi-imiit governor of hia but refuHt'd, ISIKMDO.'J Ik- was a lii

from

Ht'iiUitive lliird.

S«)utli

lifty-fourtli,

(

stiiti',

rt'jiro-

to tlir lifty-

aniliiia

and

lifty-sixtli

lifty-

as a d»MUo<"rat. In IJMMthe Vmtvd States di.d Fcl). :J, 1!H»S, in Hvllon, S.C. William Langson, painter, art-

Hi'MMitli coiign-HM's

09 he wan a s.'inHf.

II.'

iiuMiibiT of

Latbrop, was born March 2K

i-t.

1S5"J,

in

Warren,

III. Me is a nienil>er of the national aoadeniy of design. He has received prizes from (he Philadelphia art club; and from the Carnegie institution of IMttsburg. I'a. Latimer, Charles, civil engineer, inventor, iiuthor. was Iwrn Sept. 7, 1827, in Washington, D.C. He invented a system of naval signals by lights. In 1H8(S he was ••ngineer of the (.)hio railroad company. He was the author of Roadnjaster's .ssistants;

The Divining

HotI

and Hattle

of Standanls.

He died .March 25. 1888, in Cleveland. Ohio. Latimer, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wonneley, author, was liorn in IS'2'2 in Kngland. She was the author of Familiar Talks on Shakespeare's Come<lies; France in the Nineteenth Century, 18:{(l tK); Russia and Turkey in the Nineteenth Century; Europe and Africa in (he Xinctwuth Century; Kngland in the Nineteenth Century; Italy in the Nineteenth Century; .My Serap-Hook. and hulia. Sludii'd in HioV in Baltimore. Md. Latimer, George, stati-Huian, was born in IT.'tO in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a d<-leg.iti' to (lie Pennsylvania eonventitui that ratified the eonstittition of the l'nilr«| States in 17S7; si meini»er of the lower liouso of Hie legislature in 1 7!>2 «.•!»; and its speaker fiir

live

He

vears.

di«'d

.June 12.

182r>,

He designed (he Rank of Pennsylvania, the old academy of Art, the bank of the United states, and was the lirst to supply Philadelplua with water, pumped by steam fmni (he .Schuylkill in 180U. He' died .Sept. 3, IS2(». in New Orleans, Im. Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, civil engineer, was iMun Dec. I!», 18U7. lie entered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio ruilroatl <-ompany and finally beciime its chief engineer, building tin- road from Harper's Ferry, across the Allcghanies to Win-cling. He was also consulting engineer of the H<K)sac tunnel, and one ot the advisory ixtard to wliuni •lohn A. lioebling submitted the plan of the Brooklyn bridge. He died Oct. IJJ, 1878. in Bal(imor«>. .M<t.

Latrobe, Charles Hazlehurst, soldier, engineer, was Intrn nnire,

were

in

one of the deepest gorges in the .Andes; an<l was. when erec(ed, the lo((jes( s(rue(nre of i(s kind in the world. He died Sept. I!>. 11UI2. in BaKiinore. M<1.

Latrobe, Ferdinand Claiborne, lawyer, built across

legislator,

was

1

Inirn Oct.

He

more. .Md.

14, 18:{:{. in Baltireceived a lilH>ral edin*ation in the public sclnxds. and at .St. .lames' college of W:i siting, (on county, .Md. He was elet'ted to the Maryland state legis ~ lature in 18G7, and

a W

-.^

jSfe

K|

^^^

was

and in Kdinburgli, Scotland, and served as a surgion in the revolutionary army. He was a memlM>r »)f (he Delaware state legislature; and in 17!Mhe was a representative from Delaware to (he third congress. In 171>.>18(H he was a member of the I nited S(ates senate. He .lied Dec. UK 18lt». in Philadelphia. Pa.

James IS2t;.

in

Elijah,

was

eilucator,

Hartford.

(

onn.

.After

holding

several pastorates he was chosen professor of historic theology in the (heological sc1mm>| of Roston university; and in 1874 he became dean and professor of systematic tlM>olog)-. He died Nov. 2(i. I8S4, in .uburrnlale. Mass.

Latimer, William Kay, naval onicer. was horn Sept. I. I7!M. in .Annapolis. .|<l. He was appointed a midshipman in ISOil; and was promo(eil captain in IS4.1: and during (he Mevican war was eoimnan<lant of the navy-yard at Pensacola. Kla. He was made a eonuuodore on the retired list in 18(52. He (lied

March

!.">.

speaker

1870-72.

eine in Philadelphia. Pa.;

IS7M. in

Raltinuirc. Md.

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, designer, architect, was iKirn May I. I7r.4, in Kngland.

civil

Balti-

in

them the .Arequipa viaduct, and the Agua Xi-rreiigas bridge. This structure was

in

Latimer, Henry, phyMician. congressman, Cniti'd States senator, was born .pril 24, 17.'r2. in Newport. Del. He studie«l nu'di

Latimer,

IS.JJ,

2.).

de

Philadelphia. Pa.

iHirn Oct. 7.

D»-c.

most remarkable works Peru, alM)Ut a uozcn in all; among His

.Md. In

during be judge

18(50

was appointed advocate assisti><l

ing

militia, under (he act he was the auHior. In |S7.'» be was eleett'd nniyor «)f Baltinuire: and tilleil that important ollice for seven (ern»s, fourteen years in all. .Simv IO(M» he has Ut-n president of the Consolidated gas eotnpany of Baltimore, Md. In P.MIO he was a niendnr of the .Maryland house of delegates; and in l»OI was spcjiker at Duestra session of the legislature. Latrobe, John Hazelhurst Boneval, lawyer. inventor, author. |>oet. was iMirn Mav 4. 18(1.1. in Philadelnhia. Pa. He was a lawyer of Baltimore; and the inventor of (ho l^itrolM' stove, of which in 1878 thirty thousanil were used in Baltimore ahme. He was the author of llis(ory of Mason and Dixon's Line: Three Creat Ra(tleH: .lustices' Prac(ice un<ler (he Laws of Maryland; Reminis

of

nJ(58.

(ene«'s

of

of wImc'Ii

lM>ok of verse;

Liberia. n)ore.

He

Poin( Odds and Knds. and History of .Maryland

died Sept.

11.

I8SM, in

a in

Haiti

Md.

Latta, Alexander Bonner, manufacturer, inventor, was born June II. 1821. in Ross county, (Hiio. He constructed for the Lit-