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ZAHM, JOHN AUGUSTINE: 1851-1921.

Born at New Lexington, Perry County, O., on June 14, 1851, John Augustine Zahm was the son of Jacob M. and Mary Braddock Zahm. He received the A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1871 and in the same year entered the Order of the Holy Cross. He was in charge of the scientific department of Notre Dame , president of the board of trustees, curator of the Museum, and a lecturer at other schools. He died in 1921.

Information from the University of Notre Dame Library.

ZUEBLIN, CHARLES: 1866-1924.

Charles Zueblin , sociologist, was born in Pendleton, Ind., the son of John E. and Henrietta Follett Zueblin, on May 4, 1866. He attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1885, received the Ph.B. degree from Northwestern University in 1885, the D.B. degree from Yale in 1889 and studied at the University of Leipzig from 1889 to 1891.

He married Miss Rho Fisk on June 18, 1892. In 1891 he founded the Northwestern University Settlement and in 1892 he became the first secretary of the Chicago Society for University Extension and assisted in the Extension Division of the University of Chicago. Between 1892 and 1908 he was, successively, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor of sociology on the University of Chicago faculty. He edited the TWENTIETH CENTURY MAGAZINE in 1911-12 and devoted the rest of his life to writing and lecturing. He died Sept. 15, 1924, at his home in Winchester, Mass.

Information from Who Was Who in America.

ZUVER, JOHN HENRY: 1873-

John Henry Zuver , son of Henry and Julia A. Kuhns Zuver, was born at Amboy, Mich., on July 29, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Amboy and the high school of Pioneer, O., going from the latter to Hillsdale College in 1889. In 1893 he graduated from the Detroit College of Law, was admitted to the bar, and began practicing in Jackson, Mich., From 1897 to 1905 he was associated with a law publishing house at Jackson and Battle Creek, Mich., He married Mary C. Campbell of Detroit on June 19, 1895.

From 1905 until 1908 he was identified with the BATTLE CREEK MOON, from 1908 to 1911 with the JOURNAL, and in 1911 was a political writer for the GRAND RAPIDS HERALD. In 1912 he became a resident of South Bend, Ind., where he was on the staff of the NEWS-TIMES, becoming editor of this paper in 1914. After 1924 he was editor of the SOUTH BEND MIRROR.

Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.

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