BAIRD, HENRY M.
\bˈe͡əd], \bˈeəd], \b_ˈeə_d]\
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Born in 1832, of New Jersey, was graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1850. Afterward studied in Greece. In 1859 became professor of Greek in Princeton College; subsequently a professor in the University of the City of New York. He has written valued histories of the Huguenots.
By John Franklin Jameson
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