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Gibson (WILLIAM HAMILTON an American)

WILLIAM HAMILTON, an American artist and author; born in GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON, an Sandy Hook, Conn., Oct. 5, 1850; contributed to the "American Agriculturist" and "Hearth and Home," and supplied many natural-history subjects for the "American Cyclopædia." Many of his illustrations appeared in the "Art Journal" and in "Picturesque America"; and Mis illustrations of books were numerous and popular. He was a member of the his illustrations of books were numerous essays, "Birds of Plumage," "A Winter "Harper's Magazine." His later works included "Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms." He died in Washington, Conn., July 16, 1896.

Mushrooms." He died in Washington, American educator; born in Sherman, Conn., March 23, 1855; was graduated at Union College in 1877; accepted the chair of sociology in Columbia University in 1894. In 1896 he was appointed to the chair of sociology and history of civilization, Columbia University. He is sity in 1894. In 1896 he was appointed to the chair of sociology and history of ogy"; "The Theory of Socialization"; civilization, Columbia University. He is the author of "The Principles of Sociolracy and Empire"; "Inductive Sociology" (1901); "Pagan gan Poems" (1914); "The Western Hemisphere in the World of To-morrow" (1915). an