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262 appointment from the American Bible society as their agent in the southern states, in which he continued till the civil war, when he became a chaplain in the army, receiving his appointment 23 June, 1863, and was stationed at Cumberland. Md., but returned to his work after the war. He had become interested in exploring ancient mounds in various parts of the south, and continued his explorations till a few months before his death.

DUNNINGTON, Francis Perry, chemist, b. in Baltimore, Md., 3 March, 1851. lie was gradu- ated at the University of Virginia in 1872, became adjunct professor of analytical chemistry in that year, and in 1885 was made professor of analytical and agricultural chemistry. lie was elected secre- tary of the chemical section of the American asso- ciation for the advancement of science in 1885, and is a member of the American chemical society and other scientific bodies. Prof. Dunnington is the author of numerous chemical investigations, accounts of which have appeared in the " Chemical News," " American Chemical Journal," the trans- actions of various societies, and elsewhere.

DUNSTER, Edward Swift, physician, b. in Springvale, York co., Me., 2 Sept., 1834 : d. in Ann Arbor, Mich.. 3 May, 1888. He was a lineal de- scendant of Henry Dunster, was graduated at Har- vard in 185(5, and at the New York College of physicians and surgeons in 1859, beginning prac- tice in that city in 1800. He entered the army as assistant surgeon in June, 18G1, and served in West Virginia and in the peninsular campaign, acting as medical inspector and medical director of hospitals. After being ordei'cd to Philadelphia, Washington, and West Point, he resigned on 1 Feb., 1866. and resumed the practice of his pro- fession in New York, making a specialty of obstet- rics and the diseases of women and children. He was editor of the " New York Medical Journal " in 1866-'72, resident physician in charge of hospitals on Randall's island in 1869-'73, and professor of obsteiries and the diseases of women and children in tlje University of Vermont in 1868-'71. He .subsequently held the same chair in Long Island medical college in the medical department of Dart- mouth college, and after 1873 in the University of Michigan. Among his contributions to professional literature are papers on " Relations of the Medical Profession to Modei'n Education " ; " Logic of Medicine " ; " Notes on Double Monsters " ; " His- tory of Anaesthesia " ; " The Comparative Mor- tality in Armies from Wounds and Disease " ; and " History of Spontaneous Generation."

DUNSTER, Henry, educator, b. in Lancashire, England, about 1612 ; d. in Scituate, Mass., 27 Feb., 1659. He was educated at Cambridge, England, in 1630-'4, Jeremy Taylor and John Milton being among his fellow-students. He emigrated to this country to escape persecution for nonconformity, and was. soon after his arrival, chosen to be the first president of Harvard college, that institution hav- ing previously been under the charge of Nathaniel Eaton, who bore the title of " professor," or " mas- ter." Eaton had been appointed to the oflRce about 1637, but was removed on account of the severity of his discipline. " President Dunster," says Quincy in his " History of Harvard Univer- sity," " united in himself the character of both patron and president, for, poor as he was. he con- tributed, at a time of the utmost need. 100 acres of land " toward the support of the college, " be- sides rendering it for a succession of years a sex'ies of official services well directed, unwearied and altogether inestimable." He probably obtained the charter of 1642. and undoiibtedlv secured that of 1650, through his own petition. By his personal efforts and sacrifices he built the president's house, and used his infiuence with the general court for the relief of the institution in its dire necessity. After laboring for fourteen years, he was induced to resign in October, 1654, the college authorities having taken exception to his public proclamation, in the Cambridge church, of which he was also pastor, of certain doubts that had arisen in his mind as to the validity of infant baptism. He was indicted for the same offence by the grand jury, sentenced to a public admonition, and laid under bonds for good behavior. He was subsequently presented by the same body for neglecting the baptism of one of his children. After his resigna- tion he removed to Scituate, where he was em- ployed in the ministry till his death. By his last will he ordered that his body should be buried in Cambridge, and magnanimously bequeathed lega- cies to the very persons who had been instrumental in his removal from the presidency. He was greatly esteemed for his extensive learning, his sincere piety, and his modest and unobtrusive de- portment. His knowledge of the oriental languages, especially Hebrew, was remarkable, the new version of the Psalms by Eliot, Welde, and Mather having been submitted to him for revision. " The New England Psalm-Book " (1640) was thus greatly en- riched by his scholarship. Under his influence Harvard took a high stand, and through his intelli- gent administration of its interests, as well as his thorough educational methods, received an impulse which is doubtless felt to the present day. Presi- dent Dunster's life has been written by Rev. Jere- miah Chaplin, D. D. (Boston, 1872).

DUNTON, John, author, b. in Graffham, Hunt- ingdonshire, England, 14 May, 1659; d. in New England in 1733. He was apprenticed to a book- seller in London, and emigrated to New England in March, 1686, with a cargo of books. This venture was unsuccessful, and he only remained eight months in the colony. But he returned sub- sequently, established himself in the bookselling business, and, after twenty years devoted to this pursuit, turned his attention to authorship. In 1701 he was employed in the office of the " Post Angel " newspaper. Later he began the publica- tion of the " Athenian Mercury," republished under the name of the "Athenian Oracle " (4 vols.). In 1705 appeared the "Life and Errors of John Dunton," by himself, in which is to be found the " lives and characters of more than 1,000 con- temporary characters of literary eminence," and a description of many of the ministers, booksellers, and other citizens of Boston and Salem. His " Letters from New England " were published by the Prince societv (1867).

DUPARQUET, Jacques Diel, colonist, b. in France about 1600; d. in Saint Pierre, Martinique, 8 Jan., 1658. He was a nephew of Enambuc {q. v.), founder of the French colonies in the Antilles. The latter, feeling his end approaching and wishing to maintain the colony in Martinique, which he regarded as his own work, sent Duparquet there in 1636. The affability of the new governor gained the affection of all the inhabitants, and his prudence brought about a good understanding between the Caribs and the French. Yet, while Martinique was flourishing under his goveriiraent, serious troubles arose in the part of St. Christopher that belonged to the French. The governor-general of the Antilles, recently sent out by the king, found that Poincv, who occupied this post, refused to surrender his authority to him. Duparquet went to Guadploape in l<i46 to take out a commission