History of Blackstone, (Worcester County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Eva March Tappan, author, was born in Blackstone, Mass., Dec. 26, 1854; daughter of the Rev. Edmund March and Lucretia (Log?e) Tappan; granddaughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Beede-Heard) Tappan and of Caleb and Sarah (Paine) Log?e, and a descendant of Abraham Toppan (Tappan) who came from England in 1637, and was admitted freeman of Newbury, Mass., Oct. 16, 1637. The house which he built for his son Jacob in Newbury (port) was still standing in 1903. She attended public and private schools; studied under private tutors, and was graduated from Vassar college, A.B., 1875. She taught in Wheaton seminary, Norton, Mass., 1875-80; and taught private schools and private pupils, 1880-95. She was a fellow in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1895-96, receiving the degree of A.M., 1895, and of Ph.D., 1896. In 1897 she became a teacher in English in the Worcester (Mass.) English high school. Her publications include: Charles Lamb, the Man and the Author (1896); Selections from Emerson (with notes, 1898); In the Days of Alfred the Great (1900); Old Ballads in Prose (1901); In the Days of William the Conqueror (1901); England's Story (1901); In the Days of Queen Elizabeth (1902); Our Country's Story (1902); In the Days of Queen Victoria (1903); Canada's Story (1903); Robin Hood, His Book (1903); The Christ Story (1903). and contributions on literary and educational subjects to periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Albert Harkness, educator, was born in Meudon (now Blackstone), Mass., Oct. 6, 1822; son of Southwick and Phebe (Thayer) Harkness. He was graduated from Brown in 1842, tanght in the high school at Providence. R.I., 1843-53, and was a student in Germany, 1853-55, attending the universities at Bonn, Berlin and G?ttingen. He returned home in the fall of 1855 and at once entered the chair of Greek language and literature at Brown university, where he remained till 1892 and was then appointed professor emeritus. He went abroad for the second time in 1870 and was absent over a year, spending a part of the time at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin and travelling in different parts of Europe. He made several subsequent visits to Europe, carefully studying the educational systems of England and Germany. He was one of the founders of the American philological association, vice-president of the same in 1869, and president, 1875-76. He was also a member of the Archaeological institute of America and one of the founders of the American school of classical studies at Athens. On May 28, 1849, he was married to Maria A., daughter of Scott and Ada (Aldrich) Smith of Providence, R.I., and they had two children, Albert Granger and Clara Frances. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by the University of Bonn in 1854 and that of LL.D. by Brown in 1869. He is the author or editor of a number of textbooks, including Arnold's First Latin Book (1851): Second Latin Book (1853); First Greek Book (1860); Latin Grammar (1864); Latin Reader (1865); Introductory Latin Book (1866); Elementary Latin Grammar (1869); Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition (1869); Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War (1870); Cicero's Select Orations (1873); Sallust's Catiline (1878); Preparatory Course in Latin Prose Authors (1878); Progressive Exercises in Reading and Writing Latin (1883); First Year in Latin (1883); Easy Method for Beginners in Latin (1890); Complete Latin Grammar (1898); Short Latin Grammar (1898); and contributions to the Transactions of the American philological association and to Bibliotheca Sacra.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor