BASCOM JOHN
\bˈaskɒm d͡ʒˈɒn], \bˈaskɒm dʒˈɒn], \b_ˈa_s_k_ɒ_m dʒ_ˈɒ_n]\
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An American educator and philosophical writer; born at Geneva, N. Y., 1827. He was president of the University of Wisconsin (1874-87). He has written a number of philosophical works, among them: "Philosophy of English Literature" (1874), lectures before the Lowell Institute; "Comparative Psychology" (1878); "Sociology" (1887), etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.