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Osborn (HENRY STAFFORD an American)

HENRY STAFFORD, an American educator; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 17, 17, 1823; graduated University of Pennsylvania in 1841, Union Theological Seminary 1846. He held several pastorates and was Professor of Mining and Metallurgy in Lafayette College in 1866-1870; and Miami University till 1873, when he devoted himself to elaborating his surveys of noted places in Biblical history, and preparing a set of maps of the Holy Land that have become standards. Among his publications are: "Palestine, Past and Present" (1855); "Scientific Metallurgy of Iron and Steel in the United States" (1870); "Ancient Egypt in the Light of Recent Discoveries" (1885); "Biblical History and Geography" (1888); etc. He died in New York City, Feb. 2, 1894.