See also:

• SETH
• SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)
• SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

SETH See also:

• SETH LOW (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

LOW (1850- )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator and educationist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 18th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 185o . He studied in the See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

Polytechnic See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of Brooklyn and in See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia University, where he graduated in 1870 . He became a clerk (187o) and then a partner (1875) in his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea and See also:

• SILK

silk-importing See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, A . A . See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low & See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers, which went out of business in 1888 . In 1878 he organized, and became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of, the Brooklyn See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau of Charities . In 1882-1886 he was See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Brooklyn, being twice elected on an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket; and by his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he demonstrated that a rigid " merit " See also:

• CIVIL

civil-service See also:

• SYSTEM

system was practicable—in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1884 the first municipal civil-service rules in the See also:

• UNITED

United Service were adopted in Brooklyn . He was president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, and did much for it by his business administration, his liberality (he gave S1,000,000 for the erection of a library) and his especial See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• POLITICAL

Political See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science . In his See also:

• TERM

term Columbia became a well-organized and closely-knit university . Its See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official name was changed from Columbia See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College to Columbia University . It was removed to a new site on Morningside Heights, New York City . The New York College for the Training of Teachers became its Teachers' College of Columbia; a See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

Faculty of Pure Science was added; the Medical School gave up its See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter to become an integral See also:

• PART

part of the university; See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard College became more closely allied with the university; relations were entered into between the university and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General, See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union and Jewish theological seminaries of New York City and with See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper Union, the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Museum of See also:

• FINE

Fine Arts and the American Museum of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History; and its faculty and student See also:

• BODY

body became less See also:

• LOCAL

local in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character .

Dr Low was a delegate to the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference in 1899 . He was prominent among those who brought about the chartering of Greater New York in 1897, and in this See also:

• YEAR

year was an unsuccessful See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate, on an independent ticket, for mayor of New York City; in 'goo, on a See also:

• FUSION

fusion ticket, he was elected mayor and served in 1901-1903 .