SHAW, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, D. D., in Waterville, Me., Feb. 23; b. in Gorham, Me., Oct. 26, 1814; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1837; taught in Newton Theological Institute and was principal of Vassalboro (Me.) Academy; entered the ministry; was trustee of Colby University from 1870. SHELDON, BENJAMIN ROBBINS, in Rockford, Ill., Apr. 21; b. in Sandisfield, Mass., Apr. 15, 1812; fitted for college at Stockbridge and Lenox, Mass.; graduated at Williams College in 1830; studied law at Yale and settled in Illinois; served five terms as a judge of a State circuit court and two terms on the supreme bench of the State. He gave Williams College $100,000. SHELDON, EDWARD AUSTIN, Ph. D., in Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 16; b. in Perry Center, Wyoming County, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1823; was educated at Hamilton College and began teaching in Oswego, N. Y., in 1818; was superintendent of schools in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1851-53, and in Oswego in 1853-69; was the first to introduce object teaching in the United States, and organized the first training school for teachers in 1861; when the training school of Oswego was made a State normal school he became its principal and retained the position until his death. He added kindergarten work to the normal-school departments and incorporated it into primary-school work; was instrumental in the unification of the school systems of the State and in promoting the just appreciation of industrial training. He was the author of several publications on educational subjects. SMITH, Dr. JOB LEWIS, in New York City, June 9; b. in Spafford, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1827; graduated at Yale College in 1849, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York, in 1853; from 1878 till within a short time of his death he was professor of the diseases of children in Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He published a "Treatise on the diseases of children." SPALDING, PHINEAS, A. M., M. D., in Haverhill, N. H., Oct. 27; b. in Sharon, Vt., Jan. 14, 1799; graduated at Dartmouth Medical School in 1823; practiced his profession in Haverhill; was a lecturer in the Woodstock (Vt.) Medical College in 1841; was for many years trustee of Haverhill Academy and occupied many other positions of trust and honor in his community. STICKNEY, Prof. AUSTIN, in Paris, France; b. in Boston, Mass., Nov. 25, 1830; fitted for college at the Latin school and graduated at Harvard College in 1852; became professor of Latin in Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1858, and remained there several years. Later he lived abroad for a number of years. TEMPLE, DANIEL HERBERT, in Los Gatos, Cal., Sept. 9; b. in Valetta, Malta, Nov. 13, 1822, his father being a missionary there; graduated at Amherst College in 1843; was an instructor in Westfield (Mass.) Academy; principal of Mouson (Mass.) Academy; taught in a private school in Bangor, Me.; principal of Washington Academy, East Machias, Me.; studied theology at Andover and Bangor theological seminaries; taught an English and classical school in Chicago; spent a number of years in the ministry and in business; taught again in Menlo Park and Los Gatos, Cal.

TENNANT, WILLIAM SELDEN, in Pontiac, Mich., Feb. 13; b. in Camden, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1842; graduated at Oberlin College in 1863; graduated at law school of University of Michigan in 1865; was superintendent of schools of Flint, Mich., and later at East Saginaw, Mich.; practiced his profession successfully and served a term as judge of the circuit court. He became insane from an accident. THAYER, ALEXANDER WHEELOCK, in Trieste, Austria; b. in South Natick, Mass. He gave Harvard University $30,000.

THAYER, Mrs. NATHANIEL, in Boston. Gave the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind $10,000, Boston Museum of Fine Arts $10,000, besides large sums to other public institutions.

THOMPSON, DANIEL GREENLEAF, Ph. D., in New York City, July 10; b. in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 9, 1850; graduated at Amherst College in 1869; gave private instruction in New York City; was teacher of classics in Springfield (Mass.) High School; entered the legal profession and settled in New York City; was the author of a text-book on Latin and one on psychology. He published a

number of books on political, social, and religious subjects and contributed frequently to periodicals.

THOMPSON, GUY VAN GORDER, Ph. D., in Boulder, Colo., Oct. 2; b. in Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 13, 1865; was educated in the public schools of his native town and Colorado State University; studied further in the Yale Graduate Department; taught in Grand Rapids; was first an instructor, then tutor in Latin at Yale, until he was compelled by his health to remove to Colorado. There he filled a position in the Latin department of his alma mater.

THOMPSON, JOHN, in Washington, D. C., Dec. 10; b. there Dec. 13, 1819; was educated in the Washington schools and at Jefferson College in Pennsylvania; began his career as a teacher in a district school in Maryland; was a teacher in the schools of his native city and vicinity sixty years.

TILDEN, TITUS WOODWARD, Nov. 10; b. in Hanover, N. H., Nov. 15, 1816; fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1842; was a teacher in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Indiana until 1865, when he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits.

Torrey, Noah, in South Braintree, Mass., May 9; b. in Groton, Mass., Dec. 23, 1818; fitted for college at Groton Academy; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1844 and at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1847; resided at South Braintree all his life; was a member of the school board of that town for twenty years. TRACY, Rev. M. O., Gilroy, Cal., Dec. 18; graduated at Western Reserve College, 1844; taught successfully in Northern Ohio, especially as principal of Boys' High School in Elyria, Ohio, and afterwards devoted himself to the ministry. TRUMBULL, JAS. HAMMOND, LL. D., L. H. D., in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 5; b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 20, 1821; `studied at Yale College; was assistant and then full secretary of state of Connecticut, serving several terms; was State librarian, and from 1862 to 1890 was librarian of Watkinson Library in Hartford, and after that date emeritus librarian. He was lecturer on Indian languages of North America at Yale, 1873-85, and an extensive writer on historical subjects. TUCKER, JOHN RANDOLPH, LL. D., in Lexington, Va., Feb. 13; b. in Winchester, Va., Dec. 24, 1823; was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1844; was attorneygeneral of Virginia, 1857-65; was professor of equity and public law at Washington and Lee University in 1870-74; served in Congress, 1874-87; lectured before the Yale Law School in 1887; resumed his professorship at Washington and Lee University, and was the dean of the law department at the time of his death.

TUCKER, LUTHER HENRY, in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 23; b. in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1834; was educated at Yale College; newspaper man; lecturer on agricultural subjects and professor of agriculture for a time in State College of Agriculture at Rutgers College.

TYLER, Prof. WILLIAM ROYALL, in Quincy, Mass., Nov. 1; b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1852; studied at the Boston Latin School and graduated at Harvard in 1874; was eminent as a teacher of French history, English literature, and the classics; was assistant nineteen years, and principal of Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., four years.

TYLER, Prof. WILLIAM SEYMOUR, D. D., LL. D., in Amherst, Mass., Nov. 19; b. in Harford, Pa., Sept. 2, 1810; fitted for college at Harford Academy; studied at Hamilton College and graduated at Amherst College in 1830; instructor in Amherst Academy, 1830–31; studied at Andover Theological Seminary, 1831–32; tutor, Amherst College, 1832-34; studied again at Andover, 1834-35, and the following year with Professor Skinner in New York; was a tutor again at Amherst College, 1836; and professor of the Latin and Greek languages and literature, 1836-47; and professor of Greek language and literature, 1847-93, and professor emeritus afterwards until his death. His publications on the classics, history, and theology are numerous.

WALKER, Gen. FRANCIS AMASA, A. M., Ph. D., LL. D., in Boston, Mass., Jan. 5; b. there July 2, 1840; graduated at Amherst in 1860; served through the war and

was brevetted brigadier-general at the special request of General Hancock; tanght Latin and Greek in Williston Academy in 1865-67; was on the editorial staff of the Springfield Republican 1867-68; on the recommendation of David A. Wells, special United States commissioner of revenue, he was appointed deputy and was made chief of the Bureau of Statistics; was superintendent of the Ninth Census; meanwhile, in 1871, was appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior; 1873-81 was professor of political economy in Yale Sheffield Scientific School; from 1881 until his death was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; was appointed superintendent also of the Tenth Census; gave special courses of lectures at Johns Hopkins and Harvard. During his residence in the different communities he was a member of the New Haven school committee, Connecticut State board of education, the Boston school committee, and Massachusetts State board of education. He served on a great many other public commissions and boards, and was a member of numerous educational and scientific associations. He compiled several publications on statistics and was the author of others on economic and historical subjects.

WALTERS, LOUISE, in New York City, Dec. 13; b. in Grovestingen, Germany, Jan. 26, 1843; graduated at Oberlin College in 1872; taught in New York, Cleveland, and Minneapolis; studied again in 1891 at Leland Stanford Junior University, but her health did not permit completion of her course.

WARD, JAMES T., in Baltimore, Md., Mar. 4; b. in Georgetown, D. C., in 1821; a prominent Methodist Protestant minister; for a number of years president of Western Maryland Theological College, and at his death president of Westminister Theological Seminary, which is a part of the first institution. WEBBER, RICHARD NORRIS, in Richmond, Province of Quebec, Canada; b. in Concord, Vt., Apr. 20, 1822; was educated at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and Stanstead, Province of Quebec, and graduated at medical school of Maine in 1847; was a practitioner all his life at Richmond, Province of Quebec; was instrumental in the founding of St. Francis College, in Richmond, and professor of chemistry there for a number of years.

WETHERBEE, Miss EMILY G., in Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 28; b. at Milford, N. H.; was educated in the public schools, graduating at the Lawrence (Mass.) High School; began teaching immediately and taught continuously in the public schools of Lawrence, with the exception of seven years spent in the Boston schools, until her death. She was prominent in the literary circles of her .community.

WHITE, Prof. AARON, in Cazenovia, N. Y., April 11; b. in Paris, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1824; fitted for college at Cazenovia Seminary and graduated at Wesleyan College in 1852; returned to teach in Cazenovia Seminary and taught there almost continuously until his death, occupying the chairs of mathematics and natural sciences.

WHITE, SAREPTHA C., in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 9; b. in 1810; was the wife of Dr. Elijah White, a physician of the Methodist Board of Missions; she taught in one of the first schools established in Honolulu; with her husband organized and conducted a school near Salem, Oreg., in which there were a hundred Indian boys and girls.

WIGHT, CHARLES COPELAND, in Baltimore, Md., June 25; b. in Richmond, Va., in Sept., 1841; graduated at the Virginia Military Institute just at the outbreak of the civil war and served on General Jackson's staff; was a teacher in Baltimore after the war, and at the time of his death was professor of English history in Baltimore City College.

WILLIAMS, CHarlotte LouisA, in New York City, Oct. 8; b. in Morristown, N. J., in 1842; was the wife of Rev. W. W. Williams, of Philadelphia; was superintendent of the New York Infirmary for ten years; from organization of the Teachers' College of New York City until her death she was its president and brought the college to a high degree of excellence.

WILLISTON, LYMAN RICHARDS, in Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 7; b. in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, Nov. 7, 1830; was fitted for college at Williston Seminary; graduated at Amherst College in 1850; taught in Williston Seminary 1850–53; studied at Andover Theological Seminary 1853-55 and at the University of Berlin, Germany, 1855-57; was master of the Cambridge (Mass.) High School 1857-62; principal of a young ladies' school 1862-70; head master of the Cambridge High School 1870–80; supervisor of schools, Boston, Mass., 1880–84; master in the Latin School for girls there 1884-91. He was engaged in business later.

WILSON, EAMES ALBERT, in Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 12; b. in Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 11, 1815; finished school education at the Golden Hill Institute in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1868; was teacher and principal in the public schools of Fairfield, Bridgeport, and Bayshore, Long Island; graduated at Yale Law School in 1889 and practiced his profession thereafter.

WILSON, GRENVILLE D., in South Nyack, N. Y., Sept. 20; b. in Plymouth, Conn., Jan. 26, 1833; taught music in Boston, Mass.; was an instructor in the musical department of Temple Grove Seminary, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; became a choral conductor and was the composer of a large number of musical pieces. WINSOR, JUSTIN, in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22; b. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1831; studied at Harvard College and at Heidelberg and Paris; was one of the bestknown librarians of the country; was superintendent and trustee of the Boston Public Library 1868-77, and librarian of Harvard University from that time until his death. He wrote extensively and did much toward popularizing

libraries.

WOOD, DE VOLSON, A. M., M. S., in Hoboken, N. J., June 27; b. in Smyrna, N. Y., June 1, 1832; graduated at the Albany Normal School in 1853 and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a civil engineer in 1857, having been in the meantime a tutor and professor in the normal school and first principal of the Napanock (N. Y.) School. He was assistant and full professor of civil engineering at the University of Michigan in 1857-72; was professor of mathematics and mechanics in Stevens Institute of Technology in 1872-85, and from that date until his death was professor of engineering there. He was the inventor of several mechanical devices used in engineering and published several treatises on mathematical and mechanical subjects. WORMLEY, THEODORE GEORGE, Ph. D., LL. D., in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 3; b. in Wormleysburg, Pa., Apr. 1, 1826; studied at Dickinson College and graduated at the Philadelphia Medical College in 1849; was professor of chemistry and natural sciences at Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1852-65 and of chemistry and toxicology at Starling Medical College in 1854-77, and from the last date until his death occupied a like chair in the medical department of University of Pennsylvania; was for several years Ohio State gas commissioner and chemist for the State geological survey, and was a member of the Centennial Medical Commission in 1876. He published a number of treatises on chemistry. WORCESTER, JOHN HOPKINS, D. D., in Burlington, Vt., Jan. 15; b. in Peacham, Vt., May 28, 1812; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1833; taught in Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vt., 1834-35 and 1836-37; tutor in Dartmouth College 1835-36; taught in Buchanansville, S. C., 1837-38; studied theology and was occupied with that profession until 1854; was a coprincipal with his wife of Young Ladies' School, Burlington, Vt., 1855-70; was occupied variously thereafter.

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BREWER, EBENEZER COBHAM, in Edwinstowe, Mar. 6; b. in London May 2, 1810; was educated at Cambridge; entered the ministry, but gave his life to literature and education. He was a prolific writer.

BROWN, THOS. EDWARD, in Clifton, England, Oct. 30; b. in Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1830; was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Oxford; was

second master at Clifton College 1863-92; was the author of several volumes of poems and novels.

CALDERWOOD, Prof. HENRY, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 19; b. in Peebles, Scotland, May 10, 1830; was educated at the University of Edinburgh; was ordained minister of the Greyfriars United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow in 1856; became professor of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh in 1868 and remained there until his death. He was the author of a number of publications on educational, religious, and philosophical subjects. DRUMMOND, HENRY, Ph. D., in Tunbridge Wells, Eng., Mar. 11; b. in Stirling, Scotland, in 1851; was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Tübingen; became a minister of the Free Church of Scotland; in 1877 was appointed lecturer on science at the Free Church College in Glasgow; was raised to the rank of professor in 1884; traveled extensively; conducted a workingmen's mission in Glasgow; delivered a course of lectures in this country known as the Lowell Lectures; was the author of a number of widely read publications. GOULBOURN, EDWARD MEYRICK, in Tunbridge Wells, England, May 3; b. in London, England, Feb. 11, 1818; was educated at Eton and Oxford and became a fellow of Merton College in 1841; was head master of Rugby School 1850-58; was dean of Norwich 1866-89; he was widely known as a religious writer, being the author of a large number of works. HOLDEN, Sir ISAAC, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, Aug. 13; b. in Hurlet, near Paisley, in 1807; was educated in the schools of Kilbarchan; taught at Paisley and became a teacher of mathematics in the academy at Leeds; later taught Latin and Greek, science and history, in Reading; made a number of inventions on wool-combing machines and with Lord Masham established large shops for the manufacture of the machines; was active in improving the social and intellectual status of working people; was elected to the House of Commons for several terms.

HUTTON, RICHARD HOLT, in London, England, Sept. 9; b. in 1826; was educated at the University College, London; taught mathematics at Bedford College; was a well-known writer on political, theological, and philosophical subjects. JONES, WILLIAM BASIL, in Lampeter, England, Jan. 14; b. in Gwynfryn, Wales, Jan. 2, 1822; was educated at Shrewsbury School, gained a classical scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1810 and several other scholarships in the university, where he remained as a tutor and fellow, first of Queen's and later of University College, till 1865; was successively archdeacon of York and bishop of St. David's; was prominent in educational movements and the author of a number of publications.

LEGGE, JAMES, in Oxford, England, Nov. 29; b. in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1815; graduated at the University of Aberdeen in 1835, and studied theology at the Highbury Theological College; went to China in 1829; was pastor of the Congregational Church in Hongkong, 1842-73; was called to Oxford University as professor of Chinese in the last year and remained there until his death; received from the French Institute, in 1875, the Julien prize for his translation of Chinese classics; he published a large number of translations and wrote largely besides.

MUNDELLA, ANTHONY JOHN, the statesman, in London, July 14; b. in Leicester in 1825; was very successful in the hosiery business; filled various offices of trust in Nottingham; was prominent in advocating arbitration in labor disputes; was a member of Parliament for a number of terms; was vice-president of the council on education in Mr. Gladstone's government in 1880, and promoted the development of board schools without seeking to hamper voluntary schools; was president of board of trade in 1886 and again in 1892. NEWMAN, Prof. FRANCIS WILLIAM, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Oct. 4; b. in

London, June 27, 1805; a younger brother of Cardinal Newman; was educated at Oxford, and was a fellow, 1826-30; was a professor in Bristol College and Manchester New College, and professor of Latin at University College, 1846-63; took