Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in 1872-6, and superintendent of Bostonpublic schools in 1878-80. He was an overseer ofHarvard in 1866-72, and in 1868-72 was presi-dent of the American social science association, bywhich the first movement in favor of civil servicereform was organized in 1869. He became a mem-ber of the Boston school committee in 1885, and ispresident of various charitable and educational in-stitutions. Columbia gave him the degree of LL. 1863, and Harvard in 1880. He has published Passages from the History of Liberty (Boston,1847), and The Liberty of Rome (
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in 1872-6, and superintendent of Bostonpublic schools in 1878-80. He was an overseer ofHarvard in 1866-72, and in 1868-72 was presi-dent of the American social science association, bywhich the first movement in favor of civil servicereform was organized in 1869. He became a mem-ber of the Boston school committee in 1885, and ispresident of various charitable and educational in-stitutions. Columbia gave him the degree of LL. 1863, and Harvard in 1880. He has published Passages from the History of Liberty (Boston,1847), and The Liberty of Rome (2 vols., NewYork, 1849; revised ed., entitled The AncientRomans Boston, 1853). This forms Part I. of a History of Liberty, of which Part II. is entitled The Early Christians (2 vols., 1853). The planof the work embraces five parts, of which the threeremaining are to treat of the Papal Ages, the Monarchical Ages, and the American Eliot has also published a Manual of UnitedStates History between the Years 1792 and 1850 VOL. II.—21. (Boston, 1856; revised ed., 1873;; three relumesof selections for public schools, entitled Poetryfor Children (1879); Stories from the ArabianNights (1879); and Selections from AmericanAuthors (New York, 1879); and many reviessays, and addresses, issued in pamphlet form. ELIOT, John, first styled the Indian apostleby Thomas Thorowgood in 1660, a designation boappropriate that it lias secured universal and per-petual acceptance;, b. probably in Widford, Hert-fordshire, England, as there is a record of hisbaptism in thai parish on 5 Aug., 1004; d. in Rox-bury, Mass., 21May, 1090. Hisfather, Bennett, ayeoman, was alandholder in theparishes of Ware,Widford, Huns-don, and Est-weeke, in thecounty of Hert-ford, and else-where, and he be-queaths in hiswill, made 5 Nov.,1021, the profitsof these lands, tothe amount of£8 annually, to Trusty and well-beloved friends,for the maintenance of his son John in the Uni-versity of Cambridge, where he is a
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