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 # Eben Norton Horsford
 
-- Was born in Moscow, NY, July 27, 1818 [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103]
-- Died in Cambridge, MA, January 1, 1893 [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103]
-- His grandfather on his mother's side fought in the Revolutionary War [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103]
-- His father had moved to Moscow NY as a missionary to the Seneca Indians [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103]
-- "He was sent to the best schools" : [@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104] *(which?)*
+- Was born in Moscow, NY, July 27, 1818 (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103)
+- Died in Cambridge, MA, January 1, 1893 (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103)
+- His grandfather on his mother's side fought in the Revolutionary War
+  (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103)
+- His father had moved to Moscow NY as a missionary to the Seneca Indians
+  (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.103)
+  - A large part of his Norumbega thesis was how Norse words could be found in
+    American Indian place names; perhaps this experience with natives gave him
+    inspiration or confidence.
+- "[Horsford] grew up with strong scholarly tastes, and was known to his
+  playmates as a marvel of general information. It is interesting to note that
+  a favorite amusement was collecting the fossils which abounded on his
+  father's farm, as this recreation of his boyhood undoubtedly turned his
+  thoughts toward the natural sciences, to which so large a part of his manhood
+  was devoted, while at the same time his early association with the Seneca
+  Indians, who flocked ot his father's house in large numbers, familiarized him
+  with Indian words and pronunciation, and this paved the way for the
+  philological and archaeological studies of his older years." : (@JackHors92,
+  p.340)
+  - As above, a shadow of his later interests can be seen already in the
+    hobbies of his early years.
+- "He was sent to the best schools, and at the age of nineteen graduated as a
+  civil engineer from the Renseelaer Institute of Trow, New York" :
+  (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104)
+  - Had good education, somewhat wealthy parents.
+- "He was then employed on the Geological Survey of the State of New York" :
+  (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104)
+  - Had some experience with geographic survey, possibly what gave him
+    confidence in his archaeological pursuits.
+- "In 1844 he went to Germany to study chemistry, and spent two years at
+  Giessen under Baron Liebig" : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104)
+- "He usually spent his summers at Shelter Island, New York, in the old manor
+  house, which had belonged to his wife's family. He interested himself in
+  studying the antiquity of the island, and erected a monument to the Quakers,
+  who found shelter there from Puritan persecution." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104)
+    - Another instance of Horsford being interested in history, erecting
+      monuments. Seems like a hobby of his.
+    - Also has religious elements, just as the Norumbega myth & Protestantism
+      vs. Catholicism.
+- "In the comparative leisure of his later years he became deeply interested in
+  endeavoring to trace the routes of the Northmen, who early visited this
+  continent." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104)
+  - Had a lot of free time, was used to doing research as his job and as his hobby.
+  - Seems he was genuinely interested, wasn't being paid or anything.
+- "He studied the sagas, pored over the ancient charts, explored the coast of
+  New England, and at length became assured that he found, in Cambridge, the
+  location of the house built by Leif Ericson, and that at Watertown, on the
+  Charles River, he had discovered the long-lost Norumbega, the settlement of
+  the Icelandic voyagers. Here he erected a substantial stone tower to mark the
+  spot." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.104-5)
+    - Seems he did extensive research, and thought he was being objective,
+      though probably biased as he lived in Cambridge.
+    - The biographer takes a pretty neutral tone as to the veracity of Eben's
+      claim here; seems nobody believed/nobody cared about his ideas after he
+      died.
+    - Again, just as in the Quaker thing above, he likes erecting monuments.
+- "In 1891 the Scandinavian societies of North America, in testimony of their
+  appreciation of his efforts to demonstrate the discovery and colonization of
+  America by the Northmen, presented him, in their annual assembly, an
+  engrossed address, framed in wood from Norway, and elaborately carved by a
+  Norwegian lady. In 1892 the king of Denmark created him a Knight Commander of
+  the third grade of the Order of Danneborg." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105)
+  - Seems his ideas were well-received by former Vikings.
+- "Wellesley College was the object of his largest benefactions (...) He
+  enlarged and endowed the college library, and provided a fund for scientific
+  apparatus." : (@AdamsMemBiog08, p.105)
+  - Seems he made good of his wealth from baking soda.
 
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