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an English economist; born in Hampshire, England, in 1823; was Pro fessor of Political Economy at Oxford, and will be remembered as a historian of economics. His principal work is " The History of Agriculture and Prices England " ( 1866-1888), of which " Six Centuries of Work and Wages " ( 1885 is an abridgment. Among his other writings are: " Cobden and Modern Political Opinion " ( 1873); " The First Nine Years of the Bank of England " ( 1887); " The Economic Interpretation of History ( 1888); and " The Industrial and Commercial History of England" (1892). He died in Oxford, Oct. 12, 1890. ROGERS, JOHN, an American sculptor; born in Salem, Mass., Oct. 30, 1829; was a machinist in early life; developed a talent in clay modeling; and in 1858 went to Europe to study plastic art in Paris and Rome. He returned to the United States in 1859, and afterward produced a large number of statuettes in clay of a new composition. His first group, "The Checker Players," attracted popular attention. He became noted for statuette groups. He also executed the equestrian statue of General Reynolds, now at the city hall in Philadelphia. He died July 27, 1904. ROGERS, RANDOLPH, an American sculptor; born in Waterloo, N. Y., July 6, 1825; studied art in Europe in 1848te in Rome 15 . He then returned to the United States; for five years had a studio in New York, and established himself in Rome in 1855. He executed the bronze doors of the National Capitol at Washington, D. C., and also several portrait statues and memorial monuments in Pro Providence, Richmond, Detroit, and other cities. busts that became famous, "Nydia," "Isaac," "Ruth," etc. His work was classed as "ideal." He died Jan. 15, 1892. ROGERS, ROBERT WILLIAM, an American orientalist, born in Philadelphia, 1864. He was educated at the Central High School, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Haverford College, and the University of Leipzig, receiving the degree of Ph.D. from the latter two institutions, and honorary degrees from several American universities as well as from the University of Dublin. From 1887 to 1888 he was instructor of Greek and Hebrew at Haverford College; from 1890 to 1892 professor of English bible and Semitic history at Dickinson College, and from 1893 professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, Drew Theological Seminary. He was a member of numerous domestic and foreign oriental and archæological societies as well as a member of various congresses of orientalists. He wrote: "Two Texts of Esarhaddon " ( 1889); " Catalogue of Manin uscripts " ( 1890); " Inscriptions of Sennacherib " ( 1893); " Outlines of the History ) of Early Babylonia " ( 1895); " History of Babylonia and Assyria " ( 1900), 6th Religion edition rewritten ( 1915); " The of Babylonia and Assyria " ( 1909); " Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testa- " ment " ( 1912); " The Recovery of the Ancient Orient " ( 1912). ROGERS, SAMUEL, an English poet; born in Newington Green, London, July 30, 1763. His wealth, liberality, and social qualities gave his productions a great vogue. His best poem is the "Pleasures of Memory" (1792). He wrote also: "The Voyage of Columbus" (1812); "Jacqueline" (1813); "Human Life" (1819); and "Italy" (1822). He was the intimate SAMUEL ROGERS friend of nearly all the literary men of his time in Great Britain. He died in London, Dec. 18, 1855. ROGERS, SAMUEL LYLE, an American director of census, born in Franklin, N. C., in 1859. He was educated in Franklin High School. After some years in the retail merchandise business he was clerk of the Superior Court, Macon co., N. C., from 1882 to 1893, collector of internal revenue for the western district of N. C. from 1895 to 1897; a member of the N. C. State Corporation Commission from 1899 to 1911. In March, 1915, by he was appointed director of census by President Wilson. He was a member of the American Statistical Association.