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758 edited by his son (1846). He also revised the King's chapel liturgy (1827), and published a collection of hymns (1830 ; 57th ed., 1853).

GREENWOOD, Isaac, mathematician, b. 7 May, 1702 ; d. in Charlestown, Mass., 22 Oct., 1745. He was graduated at Harvard in 1721, and on 13 Feb., 1728, was chosen to fill the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy founded there by Thomas Hollis, of London, thus being the first man in this country to hold such a proi'essorsliip. He con- tinued in office till 13 July, 173fs, and published an arithmetic (1729), and a philosophical discourse on the death of Thomas Hollis (1731).

GREENWOOD, James M., educator, b. near Springfield, 111., 15 Nov., 1836. His early educa- tion was obtained in the common schools. He re- moved with his parents, when he was sixteen years old, to Adair county, Mo., where he worked on a farm, studied by himself, and began to teach, also spending a year in Canton seminary. In 1867-'74 he taught mathematics, astronomy, and logic in the normal school at Kirksville, Mo., and in the latter year became superintendent of schools in Kansas City, Mo., where he still remains (1887). He has given mucli attention to improved methods of instruction, and, besides papers and articles on education, has published " Principles of Education Practicallv Applied " (New York, 1887).

GREENWOOD, Miles, manufacturer, b. in Jer- sey Ci'^y, N. J., 19 March, 1807 : d. in Cincinnati. Ohio, 6 Nov., 1885. He renuived to Ohio with his father in 1817, settled near Cincinnati, and in 1832 established, on the Miami canal, the Eagle iron- works, which soon became the largest in the west. His buildings were destroyed by fire in 1852, but were soon rebuilt. During the civil war the works were employed in behalf of the government, all ' other business being suspended. At the beginning of the war Mr. Greenwood made for Gen. Fremont twelve anchors for pontoon-bridges on twenty-four hours' notice. He also built macliines that rifled 3,000 smooth-bore muskets a day, cast 150 bronze field guns in a brief period, and built a turret- monitor when other builders declined the contract. Southerners vainly tried to persuade him to cease aiding the government, and his works were set on fire three times, with a loss of $100,000. He organ- ized the first paid fire department in Cincinnati in 1852, and in the same year aided in introducing into that city the first steam fire-engine in the United States. He used to boast that in thus abol- ishing the old-fashioned fire-engine house and its attendant vices, he had done more for the cause of morality than many preachers. He was one of the founders of the Ohio mechanics' institute.

GREER, James Angustin, naval officer, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 Feb., 1833. He entered the navy as midshipman, 10 Jan., 1848, became lieu- tenant, 16 Sept., 1855, and lieutenant-commander, 16 July, 1802. He commanded the iron-clad "Ben- ton " and a division of Admiral Porter's squadron at the passage of the Vicksburg batteries on 16 April, 1863, and in the succeeding engagements on the ^Mississippi until the fall of that city. He also accomi)anied the Red river expedition. He was made commander, 25 July, 1866, and in 1873 com- manded the " Tigress " in the '* Polaris " search ex- pedition. He was promoted to the grade of cap- tain on 26 April, 1876, in 1886 served as president of the examining board and was made commodore, in 1892 rear-admiral, and was retired in 1895.

GREEY, Edward, author, b. in Sandwich, Kent, England, 1 Dec, 1835 ; d. in New York city, 1 Oct., 1888. He was a member of the English naval expedition to Japan in 1855-'6, spent six years on station and shore duty, and learned the- language and studied the history of that country. He came to the CJnited States in 1868, was natui'al- ized, and engaged in commercial pursuits in New York. He was the author of the following plays : " Vendome," " Mirah," "The Third Estate," "The College Belles," and "Uncle Abner," and of the following works on Japanese history : " Blue Jack- ets " (1871); "Loyal Ronins" (New York, 1880); "Young Americans in Japan" (Boston, 1881); "The Wonderful City of Tokio " (1882); "The Golden Lotus " (1883) : " Bear-Worshippers of Yezo " (1884) ; and " A Captive of Love " (1885). He was a member of the Zoological and Anthropo- logical societies of London.

GREGG, Alexander, P. E. bishop, b. in Society Hill, Darlington district, S. C, 8 Oct., 1819; d. iii Austin, Texas, 10 July, 1893. lie was graduated at South Carolina college in 1838. He then stud- ied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised at Cheraw, S. C, in the northeastern circuit. Having resolved to enter the ministry, he was baptized and confirmed in St. David's church, Cheraw, in 1843, and became a candidate for holy orders. He was oi-- dered deacon by Bishop Gadsden, 10 June, 1846, and ordained priest in St. Philip's church, Charleston, by the same bishop, 19 Dec, 1847. His first and only parish was that of St. David's, Cheraw, of which he became rector in 1846. He received the degree of D. D. from South Carolina college in 1859. Dr. Gregg was active and efficient in diocesan and church affairs during this period, and in the latter year was elected bishop of Texas. He was conse- crated in the Monumental church, Richmond, Va., 13 Oct., 1859, and entered at once on his extensive field of labor. In 1867 he attended the first Lam- beth conference in England. At the general con- vention in 1874 consent was given to a division of the diocese of Texas, and two missionary juris- dictions were set off for northern and western Texas. Bishop Gregg removed to Galveston, re- taining the southern portion of the state as his diocese. Between 1852 and 1867 he made several contributions to church literature in the way of sermons, addresses, and triennial charges. He has also published a " History of Old Cheraw," em- bracing an account of the Indian trilies in the valley of the Pedee, S. C, the first white settle- ments, the organization of St. David's parish, and tl^e Revolutionary history of that region (1867) ; and a " Brief Sketch of the Church in Texas," an article in "The Church Encyclop;edia" for 1S84.

GREGG, Andrew, senator, b. in Carlisle, Pa., 10 June, 1755; d. in Bellefonte, Pa., 20 May, 1835. His parents came from Ireland to New Hampshire, but removed to Delaware in 1732, and to Pennsylvania in 1733. The son was educated in Carlisle, and in Newark, Del., where he served in the militia during the Revolution. From 1779 till 1783 lie was a tutor in the College of Philadelphia (new University of Pennsylvania). He was a merchant at Middletown, Pa., in 1783-9, and then became a farmer in the wilderness of Penn's valley. He was elected a member of congress from Pennsylvania, and served from 24 Oct., 1791, till 3 March, 1807, and was a U. S. senator from the same state, serving from 26 Oct., 1807, till 3 March, 1813, for a part of which time he was president jyro tempore of the senate. In 1814 he removed to Bellefonte, was appointed secretary of state for Pennsylvania in 1816, and in 1823 was an unsuccessful candidate for governor. He was a fine classical scholar, and a man of vigorous constitution. He left an unfinished sketch (if his family history, which has been published in Dr. William' H. Egle's " Pennsylvania