. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. hire, England, and received a characteristic!English education of the best class at Welhngton College PubhclSchool and at Magdalen College, Oxford University. WelhngtonlCollege was founded in memory of the Duke of Wellington, its!corner-stone being laid by Queen Victoria in 1856, and the schooljbeing opened by her in 1859. It is in Berkshu*e, not far froiMr. Hulmes native place. The young man was educated with a view to his entering heiMajestys service as a member of the corps of Royal Engineers injthe British army. That plan had, however, to
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. hire, England, and received a characteristic!English education of the best class at Welhngton College PubhclSchool and at Magdalen College, Oxford University. WelhngtonlCollege was founded in memory of the Duke of Wellington, its!corner-stone being laid by Queen Victoria in 1856, and the schooljbeing opened by her in 1859. It is in Berkshu*e, not far froiMr. Hulmes native place. The young man was educated with a view to his entering heiMajestys service as a member of the corps of Royal Engineers injthe British army. That plan had, however, to be abandoned, be-cause of the after effects upon his health of a severe attack ofrheumatic fever. That was during his pubhc-school career atWellington College. It was after that, and in accordance with thechanged plans, that he was sent to Oxford. There he pursuedwith success the hberal coiuse of culture provided in ancientMagdalen College, and was graduated with the degree of B. the university. Thereafter he spent two years in travel, 172. ^. ;^y^^^ GEORGE BREEDON HULME 173 chiefly in the various colonies of the British Empire, and then,in 1879, came to the United States. Mr. Hulme came here to become a permanent resident and toidentify himself with the republic. His scientific education,which he had acquired in prospect of engineering service in theBritish army, fitted him for the career of a civil engineer, andat that tim(> the opportunities for entering upon such a careerwere numerous. He found employment at the hands of theNorthern Pacific Railroad Company, and for several years de-voted himself to its service. In 1882 he went to Montana andtook charge of a large land and irrigation companys affairswhich he managed with conspicuous skill. He w^as also at thattime associated with the firm of H. Clark & Co., the builders ofthe Northern Pacific Railroad. Two years later he was ap-pomted receiver of the Yellowstone National Park ImprovementCompany, and managed i
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