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630 of the former in 1846-'50, and held the same office in the latter in 1850-'77. He was called to the ministry by the Laight street Baptist church, New York city, in 1846, and subsequently frequently filled vacant pulpits, although he accepted no set- tled charge. Madison university gave him the de- gree of LL. D. in 1858. Dr. Wyckoff had a scholarly acquaintance with most of the European languages, made himself proficient in Hebrew during his later life, and, says Prof. Charles Anthon, " had no su- perior in this country in his knowledge of Latin and Greek." He was a manager of the American Sunday-school union, and for many years president of the Young men's city Bible society and the Bap- tist domestic mission society. He was the author of several educational and religious works, includ- ing "The American Bible Society and the Bap- tists " (New York, 1841) ; " Documentary History of the American Bible Union " (4 vols., 1857-'67) ; and he edited an abridged edition of Charles Rollins's " Ancient History " (1848). — His son, William Cornelius, editor, b. in New York city, 28 May, 1832 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 2 May, 1888, was educated in his native city, became a book- keeper in a banking establishment, and was con- nected with various commercial enterprises till 1861, when he became chief clerk of the National bank-note company. He subsequently engaged in the real estate business, was scientific editor of the New York " Tribune " in 1869-78, and from the latter date until his death was secretary of the American silk association. He was an associate editor of the " Science News " in 1879-'80, U. S. government expert for the statistics of the Ameri- can silk industry in 1880-'3, and in 1886-8 editor of " The American Magazine." While he was a member of the staff of the New York " Tribune " he reported the annual meetings of the American association for the advancement of science, his work obtaining wide recognition as the best scien- tific reports that were ever made for a daily paper. He wrote many valuable papers on the subject of silk industries, and is the author of " Silk Goods in America " (New York, 1879), and " American Silk- Manufacture " (1887).

WYETH, John Allan, surgeon, b. in Mission- ary Station, Marshall co., Ala., 26 May, 1845. He was educated at Lagrange military academy, Ala., and served as a private in the 4th Alabama cavalry during the civil war. After his graduation at the medical department of the University of Louisville in 1869 he settled in Guntersville, Ala., but in 1872 he removed to New York city, and was graduated at Bellevue hospital medical college in 1873. Dr. Wyeth practised as a physician and surgeon until 1882, and since that time has devoted himself to surgery. He was assistant demonstrator of anato- my at Bellevue hospital medical college in 1873-'6, and in 1874-'7 prosector to the chair of anatomy, also during the same years instructor in anatomy, physiology, and materia medica. He was the founder of the New York polyclinic and hospital, in which he became professor of surgery and secre- tary of the faculty. This was the first post-gradu- ate medical school in this country, having been organized in 1880-1 and opened in 1882, and had in its attendance, until the winter term of 1888-'9, more than 1,400 practitioners of medicine. Dr. Wyeth was president of the New York pathologi- cal society in 1885-'6. The Bellevue alumni asso- ciation prize was awarded to him in 1876 for an essav on " The Surgery and Surgical Anatomy of the Tibio-Tarsal Articulation," and he received the first prize of the American medical association in 1878 for an essay on " The Surgical Anatomy and Surgery of the Carotid Arteries " and the second prize in the same year for an essay on " The Sur- gical Anatomy and Surgery of the Innominate and the Subclavian Arteries." He has published " Es- says on Surgical Anatomy and Surgery " (New York, 1879), and a " Text-Book on Surgery " (1887).

WYLIE, Andrew, clergyman, b. in Washington, Pa., 12 April, 1789 ; d. in Bloomington, Ind., 11 Nov., 1851. He was graduated at Jefferson col- lege, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1810, was tutor in the college for a year, studied theology, and was li- censed to preach by the presbytery of Ohio, 21 Oct., 1812, being installed as pastor at Miller's Run, 23 June, 1813. He was president of Jeffer- son college, in 1812-'16, and of Vashington college in 1817-'28, was elected president of Indiana college in 1818, and removing to Bloomington, Ind., in 1829, held this post during life. He changed his ecclesiastial relations in 1841, was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in New Albany in December, 1841, by Bishop Kemper, and priest in Vincennes, Ind., in May, 1842, by the same bishop. He received the degree of D. D. from Union college in 1825. Dr. Wylie published sev- eral sermons on special occasions (1816— '51) ; " Eng- lish Grammar " (1822) ; " Eulogy on General La- fayette " (1834) ; " Sectarianism is Heresy, with its Nature, Evils, and Remedy " (3 parts, 1840) ; and bac- calaureate and other addresses. He contributed freely to reviews and magazines, and left at his death ready for publication works on " Rhetoric " and " Advice to the Young."

WYLIE, Robert, artist, b. in the Isle of Man in 1839 ; d. in Brittany, France, 4 Feb., 1877. He was brought to the United States in childhood, and first studied art at the Pennsylvania academy. In 1863 he went to France, and in 1872 he received a second-class medal at the Paris salon. His profes- sional career was in France, and his pictures deal mostly with the life of the Breton peasants. His "Death of a Vendean Chief" (1876-'7) is in the Metropolitan museum, New York.

WYLIE, Samuel Brown, clergyman, b. in Moylarg, County Antrim, Ireland, 21 May, 1773 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 14 Oct., 1852. He was graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1797. and taught for a short time in Ballymena, Ireland, but was compelled to leave the country in consequence of his efforts in favor of Irish independence. He arrived in the United States in October, 1797, taught in Cheltenham, Pa., and in 1798 became a tutor in the University of Pennsylvania, subsequently establishing a private academy in Philadelphia, which he successfully conducted for many years. Soon after his arrival in this country he studied theology under the care of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and was licensed to preach in 1799. He was a delegate to the convention of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Ireland and Scotland in 1802, and on his return was called to the pastorate of the 1st Reformed Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, which he held until his death, a period of fifty-one years. When the theological seminary of his church was organized in 1809, he became a professor there, and held office till 1851. In 1828-^45 he occupied the chair of languages in the University of Pennsylvania, of which he was vice-provost in 1838-'45. Dickinson gave him the degree of D. D. in 1816. Dr. Wylie was an eminent classical and Oriental scholar, a contributor to the American philosophical society, an assistant editor of the " Presbyterian " in 182i-'2, and the author of " The Faithful Ministry of Magistracy and Ministry upon a Scriptural Basis " (Philadelphia, 1804), and " Life of Alexander