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Rh WHITE, John Blake, artist, b. near Eutaw Springs, S. C.,2 Sept., 1781 ; d. in Charleston, S. C, 24 Aug., 1859. He began the study of law in Co- lumbia, S. C, but in 1800 went to England with Washington Allston. After four years of study with Benjamin West, he returned to the United States in 1804. The following year he proceeded to Boston to practise his art, but, not finding suffi- cient encouragement, he returned to Charleston and finished the study of law. In this profession he achieved success, and was repeatedly elected to the legislature of South Carolina. Although prac- tising art only as an amateur, he produced several creditable historical paintings, among which are "Battle of Eutaw Springs " (1804) ; "Battle of Fort Moultrie " (1806); "Battle of New Orleans " (1816) ; and " Marion inviting the British Officer to Dinner " and " Mrs. Motte presenting the Arrows " (1836). He received from the South Carolina insti- tute in 1840 a gold medal for. the best historical Sainting, was elected an honorary member of the fational academy in 1847, and was also the recipi- ent of numerous other honors. Among his por- traits are those of Charles C. Pinekney, Keating L. Simmons, John C. Calhoun, and Gov. Henry Mid- dleton. He was also noted for his literary attain- ments, and was the author of the dramas " Foscari, or the Venetian Exile " (1805) ; " Mysteries of the Castle" (1806); "Modern Honor" (1812); "Tri- umph of Liberty, or Louisiana preserved " (1819) ; and " Intemperance " (1839). He has been regarded as the pioneer of literature and art in the south. — His son, Edward Brickell, architect, b. in Charles- ton, 29 Jan., 1806 ; d. in New York city, 10 May, 1882, entered the IT. S. military academy in 1822, and was graduated four years later. He served in the army for ten years, resigning in 1836, and during that time was frequently detached for engineering duties. Settling in Charleston, he followed suc- cessfully his profession as an engineer, being en- gaged in the building of various railroads. He erect- ed also numerous residences, built Trinity church in Charleston, and designed the monument to Col. William Washington, at Eutaw Springs, and that to William O. Simms, in Charleston. He entered the Confederate army, and served thoughout the war. In 1865 he removed to New York, where he remained until his death. — Another son, Octavius Augustus, physician, b. in Charleston, 8 Feb., 1826, was graduated at the College of South Carolina in 1846, and at South Carolina medical college two years later. He began and continued the practice of medicine with success, until the opening of the civil war, when he received the commission of sur- geon in the Confederate army. At the close of the war he removed to New York, where he has since resided. He is a member of the New York acade- mv of medicine, and other medical societies. Dr. White first introduced the practice of superficial incisions within the os uteri for the relief of stenot- ic dysmenorrhcea. He also invented the " hyster- otome," an instrument for practising safe incision within the neck of the womb; also novel instru- ments for the cure of hernia and varicocele, and a new form of laryngoscope. His contributions to medical literature include " New Method of operat- ing for Radical Cure of Hernia " (1851) ; " Transfu- sion, with Successful Results, in Cases of Flooding " (1853) ; " A New and Safe Treatment in Stenotic Dysmenorrhcea " 1855) ; " Bradycsote Treatment of Yellow Fever" (1858) ; " Report on the Yellow- Fever Epidemic of Wilmington, N. C." (1862): " Varicocele and its Radical Cure " (New York, 1872) ; " Report on the Yellow-Fever Epidemic in Savannah, Ga." (1876) ; and " Observations on the Pulse, introducing an Original Instrument of Pre- cision (the Hemarumascope) for the Demonstra- tion of Arterial and Venous Currents " (1877).

WHITE, John Silas, educator, b. in Wrentham, Mass.. 3 Feb., 1847. He served as a private in the 42d Massachusetts infantry during the last year of the civil war, was graduated at Harvard in 1870, was sub-master of the Boston Latin-school in that year, master of the same in 1871-4, and then found- ed Brooks academy, Cleveland, Ohio, of which he was head-master in 1874-'80. From the latter year he has been head-master of Berkeley school, New York city, and since 1888 president of the Berkeley lyceum association. From June, 1873, till September, 1874, Mr. White was on a tour of observation from the Boston Latin-school, visiting schools in Europe and studying school systems, and was correspondent of the Boston " Daily Ad- vertiser" on educational topics. In 1879 iie re- ceived the degree of LL. D. from Trinity. He has contributed occasionally to periodicals, and has published "Boys' and Girls' Plutarch " (New York, 1883) ; " Boys' and Girls' Herodotus " (1884) ; and " Boys' and Girls' Pliny " (1885).

WHITE, John Williams, educator, b. in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, 5 March, 1849. He was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan university in 1868, was profes- sor of Greek and Latin at Willoughby college in 1868-'9, held a similar professorship at Baldwin university in 1869-'71, and from 1871 till 1874 was professor of Greek in the same institution. He visited Europe in 1871-'2, was tutor in Greek at Harvard in 1874-'7, and assistant professor from 1877 till 1884, when, on the death of Prof. Evan- gelinus A. Sophocles, he was appointed full pro- fessor of Greek. He received the degrees Ph. D. and A. M. from Harvard in 1877. He is also one of the two editors of "College Series of Greek Authors," is a member of American and foreign learned societies, and member of the committee in charge of the American school of classical studies at Athens. Prof. White published " (Edipus Ty- ranwus of Sophocles " (1873) : " First Lessons in Greek " (1876) ; " First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis " and " Selections from Xenophon and Herodotus," as joint editor with William W. Good- win (1877) ; and " Greek and Latin at Sight " and "Schmidt's Rhythmic and Metric of the Classical Languages" (Boston, 1877); "Stein's Summary of the Dialect of Herodotus " (1880) ; and the " Realia of Greek Literature " (1882).

WHITE, Joseph M., congressman, b. in Frank- lin county. Ky., 10 May, 1781 ; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 19 Oct., 1839. He was carefully educated, studied law, and settled in Pensacola, Fla., where he gained success by his familiarity with French and Span- ish, which enabled him to obtain clients from set- tlers of both these nationalities. He was chosen to congress as a Democrat in 1824, and served till 3 March, 1837, but was defeated at the next elec- tion. During his career in congress he was known as an eloquent speaker and debater. He published "New Collection of Laws, Charters, etc., of Great Britain, France, and Spain, relating to the Conces- sions of Lands with the Laws of Mexico," etc. (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1839).

WHITE, Julius, soldier, b. in Cazenovia, Madison co., N. Y., 29 Sept., 1816. He removed to Illinois in 1836, and has resided in that state and in Wisconsin, where he has engaged in commercial pursuits. In 1849 he was a member of the Wisconsin legislature. He was made collector of customs at Chicago, Ill., in the spring of 1861, but resigned that office on his appointment as colonel of the 37th Illinois volunteers, then known as the