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Identifier: americanaunivers15beac (find matches)
Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860- Scientific American, inc
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American compiling dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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t. 1817; d. Wandsworth 12 July 1880. He waseducated at the University of Glasgow, and atTrinity College, Cambridge, graduating from thelatter in 1840. He was elected a fellow of hiscollege in 1842, and in 1845-7 he was professorof the English language and literature in Lniver-sity College, London. Called to the bar in 1846,he was on the northern circuit for a time, butin 1850 was appointed assistant secretary, in1854 secretary, to the Board of Health. On theformation of the Local Government Board hewas made secretary of the sanitary department,and when his post was abolished in 1871 he re-tired with a pension. He engaged in journalis-tic work at an early stage in his career, and in1844 began his connection with Punch, whichcontinued until his death : in 1874 he succeededShirley Brooks as editor. He was the authorof a large number of successful plays, includingTo Parents and Guardians (1845); Masksand Faces (1852), in collaboration with CharlesReade; To Oblige Benson (T854), an adapta-
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TAYLOR tion from the French; Our American Cousm(185S), first produced at Laura Kcancs theatre,New ^ork, when Sothern created the characterof Lord Dundreary; *i\ew Men and Old Acres>(1859), partly hy A. W. Dubourff; The Over-land Route (i860); The Ticket-of-LeaveMan (1863), based upon a French work; TheFools Revenge (1869), based upon Hugos(1870), adapted from the German; Joan ofArc (1871); Lady Clancarty (1874); andSettling Day (1877). At the time of the deathof Lincoln he wrote a poem at once in eulogyof the martyr and in atonement of Mr. Punch.* Taylor, William, American Methodistbishop: b. Rockbridge County, Va., 2 May 1821 ;d. Palo Alto, Cal., 18 May 1902. He became aMethodist preacher in 1842, served as an itinerantuntil 1849 and was then sent as missionary toCalifornia. He was engaged in that field until1856 after which he spent five years in Canadaand in the eastern States. In 1862 he went outas an evangelist and continued his work

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