Long, Albert Limerick

D.D. (Alleghany College, Meadville, Penn., 1867), Methodist; b. at Washington, Penn., Dec. 4, 1832; studied in the Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Penn., and at Alleghany College, Meadville, Penn. graduated from the latter institution, 1852; studied theology in what is now the theological depa 142 rtment of the Boston University, 1857; went to Bulgaria as mi ionary in 1857; was transferred to Constantinople in 1863, to a ist in the translation of the Scriptures into Bulgarian; edited a Bulgarian periodical, and various other publications, and acted as superintendent of the Bulgarian Mi ion of the Methodist-Episcopal Church until 1872, when he became profe or in Robert College, Constantinople. The National A embly of Bulgaria at their first meeting (1879) accorded him a vote of thanks in recognition of his services to the Bulgarian cause. In 1883 he was elected a corresponding member of the National Literary Society of Bulgaria; in 1884 Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, as a mark of personal appreciation, conferred upon him the Cro of Commander of the Order of St. Alexander. He is a corresponding member of the American Oriental Society, of the Numismatic Society of Philadelphia, and other a ociations. His contributions to literature have been chiefly in the Bulgarian language; but he has written upon subjects connected with Bulgaria, for English and American journals. LOOFS, (Armin) Fried rich, Ph.D., Lie. Theol. (both Leipzig, 1881 and 1882), Luther an; b. at Hildesheim, Hannover, Germany, June 19, 1858; studied at Leipzig, Tubingen, and Gottingen, 1877-81; became privat-docent of church history in the University of Leipzig, 1882. He is the author of Zur Chronologie der auf die frank is chen Synoden des hi. Bonifaz bezuglichen Briefe der bonifazischen Briefsammlung, Leipzig, 1881; Antiques Britonum Scotorumque ecclesia; quales fuerint mores, quoz ratio credendi et vivendi, qua con trovers ice cum Romana ecclesia causa atque vis, 1882.