Horace G. Wadlin

LC name authority rec. nr2001052908

Wadlin, Horace Greeley: writer

s. Daniel H. and Lucy E. (Brown) W.; ed. in schs. and by pvt. instrn.; (Litt.D., Tufts, 1905); studied architecture at Salem, and Boston; m. Ella Frances Butterfield, Sept. 8, 1875. Began practice as architect, Boston, 1875; became, 1879, spl. agt. and later in charge spl. lines of statis. work, Mass. Bur. of Statistics of Labor, and 1888, upon resignation of Col. Carroll D. Wright, became chief of bur. and relinquished professional practice; resigned, 1903; librarian Boston Public Library, Feb. 1903-June 1917 (librarian emeritus). Mem. Mass. House of Rep., 1884-88; supervisor U.S. Census, 1890, 1900; dir. Mass. decennial census, 1895; lecturer upon social science, history and art. Editor: Reports on the Statistics of Labor of Massachusetts, 1888-1901 (14 vols.); Annual Statistics of Manufacturers of Massachusetts, 1886-1901 (16 vols.); The Decennial Census of Massachusetts for 1895 (7 vols.); History of Boston Public Library, 1911. Home: Reading, Mass. Death: Died Nov. 4, 1925.

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