HUNTINGTON, DANIEL

(18161906), an American painter, b. in |New York City. He studied art under Prof. Morse, president. of the National Aeademy of Design, in 1835, later going to Florence and Rome, and returning to New York to establish a studio in 1845. He was president of the National Academy of Design during 1877-91. Among his portraits, in which he specialized, was one of Abraham Lincoln. One of his best paintings, ‘Mercy’s Dream,’ is now hung in the Corcoran Gallery, (1876), an American geographer, 6. in Galesburg, Ill. He graduated from Beloit College, in Wisconsin, in 1897, afrer which he spent four years in Harput, Turkey, as instructor in Euphrates College. At the end of this period he made an exploration of the shores of the Euphrates River which brought him distinction in the form of a medal from the Royal Geographical Socicty of London. Since then he has explored extensively in Ru ian and Chinese Turkestan and India, He is the author of Explorations in Turkestan, 1905; The Pulse of Asia, 1907; Palestine and Its Transformation, 1911; Civilization and Climate, 1915; World Power and Evolution, 1919; The Red Man’s Continent, 1919, and The Principles of Human Geography (with S. W, Cushing, 1920). PUNTSVILLE, a town of Alabama, in Madison co., of which it is the county seat. Itis on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the Southern railroads. Its favorable situation makes it a much frequented summer and winter resort. Its industries include the manufacture of cotton, cottonseed oil, flour, and sawmill products. It is the seat of Good rich Training School. State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes, and an Infirmary. Pop. 1920, 8,018. Hungarian soldier and politician; instriue mental in obtaining Wladislaus of Poland’s election as king of Hungary; subsequently conducted war against Turks, whom he defeated at Hermanstadé and near Iron Gates of Danube, 1442; he was defeated at Varna in 1444, when the king was slain; during heir’s minority H. acted as regent; in 1448 he was defeated by Turks at Ko ovo, and in 1456, with support of Giovanni da Capistrano, he accomplished relief of Belgrade; d. in following month. gari an statesman; executed through plot o his enemies; eldest s. of the great anos. NZA (36° 22’ N., 74° 50’ E.), and NAGAR (36° 6’ N., 74° 50’ E.), towns and small states, Kashmir, Brit. India.