Albert  S,  Barker,  of  the  United  States
Na\'y,  in  1894;  has  written  a  number  of
books,  among  which  are:  "The  BisAiop's
Conversion."  "Three  Old  Maids  in  Ha-
waii." "The  Way  of  Fire."  Address,  care
Admiral  A.  S.  Barker,  Navy  Department,
Washington.
BARKER,  F.  ».t

President  of  Beaver  County  Trust
Company.    Address,  Beaver  County,  Pa.
BARKER,  Geortre  Frede<rfelct

Professor  of  Physics  at  University  of
Pennsylvania  1871-1900;  now  Emeritus
Professor:  born  in  Chariest  own,  Mass.,
July  14,  1835;  was  graduated  from  Shef-
field Scientific  School,  Yale,  Ph.  B..  in
1858;  LL.  D.  Allegheny  College  In  1858;
married  Mary  M.  Tread  way  August,  1861,
at  New  Haven,  Conn.;  expert  in  Edison,
Berliner  and  other  patent  suits;  member
National  Academy  of  Science;  honorary
member  of  Royal  Institute  of  Great  Brit-
ain. Address,  3909  Locust  St.,  Philadel-
phia, Pa.
BARKER,  J««ae  J.i

Actuary  of  the  Penn  Mutual  Life  In-
surance Company  of  Philadelphia;  bom
In  Western  Pennsylvania,  coming  from
an  old  Revolutionary  family,  of  which
Gen.  Richard  Butler  and  Gen.  William  O.
Butler,  of  Mexican  War  fame,  were  mem-


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bers  and  kinsmen  of  his  father.  Mr.
Barker  was  educated  at  the  High  School
of  Philadelphia  and  at  Waynesburff  Col-
legre.  Pa.;  after  graduating,  he  studied
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  Philadelphia
bar,  but,  preferring  mathematical  pur-
suits, he  studied  the  science  of  life  in-
surance under  Bmerson  W.  Peet,  then
Actuary  of  the  National  Life  Insurance
Company,  and  others,  and  subsequently
was  employed  for  some  years  in  the
actuarial  department  of  the  Penn  Mutual
Life  Insurance,  and  in  January,  1880,
was  promoted  to  the  headship  of  the
department;  charter  member  of  the  Ac-
tuarial Society  of  America.  Address,  Lo-
gan Station,  Philadelphia,  Pa.
