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JAMES AUGUSTIN BROWN, an American educator, born in Salisbury, N. C., in 1870. He graduated from Roanoke College in 1890. In 1892 he founded the American Lutheran mission in Japan, and from 1892 to 1897 was professor of English at the Imperial Government School at Japan.
Returning to the United States he served as pastor in Charleston, S. C., from 1898 to 1904. In the latter year he was elected president of Newberry College, serving until 1908, when he became president of the Throop College of Technology. He was a member of the Council of National Defense during the World War, a member of many economic and learned societies, and carried on important investigations on the question o wrote "Four Princes" (1902); of immigration. He (1902); "Japan To-Day" (1904); "What Is Japanese Morality?" (1906); "Cotton as a World 1 Ewing Galloway A VIEW OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SHOWING MAIN STREET, WITH THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND Enc. Vol. 8-p. 276 Keystone View Company THE MORMON TEMPLE AND THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Publishers' Photo Service SANTIAGO DE CUBA, AND A TROPICAL STORM READY TO BREAK British and Colonial Press A VIEW OF ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA Colonial Press Service LAYING A GAS BUOY IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. THE BUOY IS ANCHORED WITH A HEAVY CONCRETE BLOCK Underwood & Underwood ORE STEAMERS ON THE SAULT STE. MARIE. THEY CARRY IRON ORE BETWEEN MINNESOTA PORTS AND OTHER FORTS OF THE GREAT LAKES Ewing Galloway LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL, WHICH CONNECTS LAKE WASHINGTON WITH THE HARBOR OF SEATTLE MACCIE GULCH Ewing Galloway THE SHEEP HERD ON A RANCH NEAR SILVERTON, COLO.
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SCHEVENINGEN (skā'veningen), a watering-place of Holland, on the W. -place of Holland, on the 'W. coast, 1 mile N. W. of The Hague, with which it is connected by two roads; one, the "Oude Weg" ("Old Road") of the 17th century, bordered by fine trees. Both this and the New Road are traversed by tramways. The town is visited during the season by over 20,000 persons; its beach is one of the finest on the North Sea. In 1570 the W. part of the town was engulfed by an inundation. A naval battle, between the Dutch, under Van (who was killed in the engagement), and the allied fleets of France and England , was fought off Scheveningen in 1653. Pop. about 22,000.
Italian SCHIAPARELLI (skē-ä-pā-rel'le), GIOVANNI VIRGINIO, an Italian astronomer; born in Savigliano, Italy, March 14, 1835; educated at the University of Turin sity of Turin and the observatories of Berlin and Pulkowa. In 1860 he became astronomer at the Milan observatory, and in 1862 its director . He discovered the planet Hesperia in 1861. He was one of the first to discover the connection between comets and meteor streams, and is the discoverer of the double canals bearing his name on Mars. Among his works are: "The Relation Between Comets and Falling Stars" (1871); "The Precursors of Copernicus in Antiquity" (1873); " Observations on the Movement of Rotation and the Top Topography of the Planet Mars" ( 1878-1899). He died July 4, 1910.
SCHIEDAM (skē-dam'), a town of South Holland, Netherlands, on the Schie river. Along the site of the walls stand corn and malt mills. The chief edifices and institutions are the town hall, the exchange (the finest building in the town), the Doelen, or gathering place, Sacrum, a concert hall, the churches, Latin, drawing, commercial, and other schools, a public library, numerous hospitals and other benevolent institutions. The industries include the manufacture of white lead and litharge, linen weaving, flax spinning, copper and iron castings.
It is noted for its production of gin and other liquors. Schiedam has a considerable commerce in grain and coals.
Pop. (1918) 38,191.