History of Indiana County Pennsylvania United States of America

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Samuel Garman, naturalist, was born in Indiana county, Pa., June 5, 1846; son of Benjamin and Sarah Ann (Griffith) Garman. He was graduated from the State Normal university, Normal, Ill., in 1870 and was principal of the Mississippi state normal school at Holly Springs, 1870-71; professor of natural sciences at Lake Forest seminary, Ill., 1871-72; studied under Louis Agassiz, 1872-73; and was assistant in herpetology and ichthyology in the museum of comparative zo?logy, Cambridge, Mass., 1873. He made a number of geological explorations in the Rocky mountains and the Sierra Nevada, in the West Indies and in South and Central America. He was elected a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; of the Royal geographical society, London; of the Boston natural history society; of the Soci?t? zo?logique de France; of the Boston scientific society, corresponding member of the Zo?logical society of London and of the Soci?t? scientifique du Chili; member of the British association for the advancement of science; of the American fisheries society; of the Society of American naturalists; of the American economical association, and of the American statistical association. He, received from Harvard the honorary degrees of S.B. in 1898 and A.M. in 1899. He is the author of: The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America (1883); The Reptiles of Bermuda (1884); A Living Species of Cladodont Shark (1885); The Lateral Canal System of Selachia and Holocephala (1888); The Discoboli (1892); The Cyprinodonts (1895); The Deep Sea Fishes (1899), and monographs on natural history.

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

John Howard Harris, educator, was born in Indiana county, Pa., April 24, 1847; son of Reese and Isabel (Coleman) Harris; grandson of Thomas Coleman, and a descendant of Capt. James Coleman, who served in the French and Indian war. He attended the academy at Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1860-63, and then enlisted in the Union army as a private in the 2d battalion, U.S. volunteers, serving in West Virginia. He was sergeant in company H, 206th Pennsylvania volunteers in front of Richmond from August, 1864, until the fall of that city. He was graduated from the University at Lewisburg, Pa., afterward Bucknell university, in 1869, and was founder and principal of Keystone academy, Factoryville, Pa., 1869-89, also acting as pastor of the Factoryville Baptist church for nine years. In 1889 he was chosen president of Bucknell university. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by Lafayette college in 1883, and that of LL.D. by Dickinson college and by Colgate university in 1891.

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

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