History of Salem, (Rockingham County) New Hampshire United States of America

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Herbert Elmer Mills Biography

Herbert Elmer Mills, educator, was born in Salem, N.H., Aug. 8, 1861; son of Edward and Esther (Butterworth) Mills, and grandson of Benjamin and Sarah (Wrigley) Butterworth. He attended the public schools of Woburn, Mass., and was graduated from the University of Rochester, A.B., 1883, A.M., 1887. He was a teacher in the Marion Collegiate institute, New York, 1883-84, and the public schools of Palmyra, N.Y., 1884-86; a fellow at Cornell university, 1886-88, and instructor in ancient history, 1889-90, and became professor of economics at Vasssr college in 1890. He was married, July 30, 1890, to Mary Louise Sansbury. He was elected a member of the American Economic association in 1887, and was president of the board of managers of the House of Refuge for Women at Hudson, N.Y. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Cornell in 1890. He is the author of: Early Years of the French Revolution in San Domingo (1891).

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