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Show Famous Americans Born in Month of February Children born In Februury have all the odds of obtulnlng greatness In their favor. Figures compiled by Dr. Kobert Underwood Johnson, director of the Hall of Fame, show that more men Hnd women enrolled In the hall were born during February than In any other month. Twelve of the' sixty-three persons who have niches In the hall had their blfhduys that month. They were Mark Hopkins, February 4; William Tecumseh Sherman, February Feb-ruary 8; Daniel Boone, February 11; Peter Cooper, February 12; Abraham Lincoln, February 12; George Pea-body, Pea-body, Februury 18; Alice Freeman Palmer, Pal-mer, February 21 ; U orge Washington, February 22; James Itussell Lowell, February 22; Emma Wlllard, February 23; Henry Wndsworth Longfellow, February 27, and Mary Lyon, February Febru-ary 28. Doctor Johnson's list showed that April was second with eight Hall of Fame members. June was last with only two. |