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REDFIELD, United States from Dartmouth College '51. He attained the rank of colonel by After the war he devoted himself to the ege in the class of practice of law, and to the development a four years' service in the Civil War. of his interests in the stone quarries of Harrison appointed him Secretary of his State. In 1878 he was chosen govpractice of law, and to the development After the war he devoted himself to the United States Senator, a position which War, and he resigned this office to become he held until his death in 1908. an English astronomer, author of a large Harrison appointed him Secretary of number of popular works, principally on PROFIT astronomy; born in London, England, March 23, 1837. He was a graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1860.
About 1885 he settled in St. Louis, and later moved to Florida. His principal popular books are the following: "Saturn and Its System," "Half-hours With the Telescope," "Half-hours With Stars," "Other Worlds Than Ours," "Light Science for Leisure Hours," "Elementary Astronomy," "Chance and Luck," "First Steps in Geometry," "Easy Lessons in Differential Calculus," and "Old and New Astronomy." He edited "Knowledge." He died in New York City, Sept. 12, 1888.