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Howe (SAMUEL GRIDLEY an HOWITZER)

SAMUEL GRIDLEY, an HOWITZER Ferry, O., March 1, 1837. He learned the printer's trade with his father; was afterward assistant editor on the "Ohio State Journal"; published a life of Abraham Lincoln and a volume of poems; and was appointed in 1861 United States consul at Venice. On his return in 1865 he joined the staff of the "Nation," became editor of the "Atlantic Monthly," editorial contributor to "Harper's Maga- American philanthropist; born in Boston, zine," but made himself known chiefly Nov. 10, 1801. He was graduated at Brown University in 1821, and at the Harvard Medical School in 1824.

He served as a surgeon during the Greek War of Independence from 1824 to 1827, organizing the medical staff of the Greek army. In 1831 he went to Paris to study the methods of educating the blind, and, having become mixed up in the Polish insurrection, insurrection, spent six weeks in a Prussian prison. On his return to Boston he established a school for the blind, his most famous pupil being Laura Bridgman. He also established a school for the training of idiots. In 1851-1853, assisted by his wife, he edited the antislavery "Commonwealth," and "The Cretan," for the Greek cause. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 9, 1876.