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540 conducted by him for many years. As an educator Dr. Nott was eminently practical. He conducted the government of the college on the parental system, and opposed the rigidity of conventional rules. He was in consequence greatly beloved by his students. During his incumbency 4,000 students were graduated, and in 1854 the semi-centennial anniversary of the college was celebrated in the presence of more than 600 of his former pupils that had assembled to do him honor. A short time previous to his death he endowed the college with property that was valued at $500,000. As a preacher he was original, scholarly, and impressive. He ardently advocated the temperance cause, and wrote and lectured extensively on the subject. As early as 1811 he made speeches against slavery, and throughout his life he was an advocate of civil and religious liberty. He paid much attention to physical science, especially to the laws of heat, and obtained about thirty patents for inventions in that department, of which the most notable was the first stove for burning anthracite coal, which bore his name, and was extensively used. Princeton gave him the degree of D. D. in 1805, and Brown that of LL. D. in 1828. His publications consist principally of sermons and occasional addresses; of the latter, that on the death of Alexander Hamilton has a national reputation. He also published "Councils to Young Men" (New York, 1845) and ")Lectures on Temperance" (1847). See a "Memoir" by Cornelius Van Santvoord. D. D., with a contribution and revision by Prof. Tayler Lewis (1876). — Samuel's son, Samuel,8 missionary, b. in Franklin, Conn., 11 Sept., 1788; d. in Plartford,j Conn., 1 June, 1869, was graduated at Union in 1808, and at Andover theological seminary in 1810. In 1812 he was one of the first band of missionaries that was sent by the American board to India. The failure of his health compelled his return in 1816, and he subsequently taught in New York city. He was pastor successively of churches in Galway, N. Y., and Wareham, Mass., and established at the latter place in 1849 a private academy, which he conducted successfully for seventeen years. His publications include "Sixteen Years' Preaching and Procedure at Wareham" (New York, 1845) and "Slavery and the Remedy" (1856). — Another grandson of Abraham, Abraham,8 jurist, b. in Saybrook, Conn., in 1768; d. in Fairfield, S. C, 18 June, 1830. He was graduated at Yale in 1781, and studied for the ministry, but abandoned it for law and went to Georgia, where he taught. He settled in Camden, S. C, in 1791, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1800 was elected to congress as a Federalist, serving one term. He then removed to Columbia, S. C., practised his profession with great success till 1810, when he was appointed law judge, and, on the organization of the court of appeals in 1824, became its president, and held office until his death. — His son, Henry Junius, essayist, b. on Pacolet river, S. C, 4 Nov., 1797; d. at sea, 13 Oct., 1837, was graduated at the College of South Carolina in 1812, and admitted to the Columbia bar in 1818. He abandoned his profession in 1821, went abroad, and engaged in literary pursuits in Holland and France. During his absence he was elected professor of belles-lettres in the College of South Carolina, and on his return he filled that chair until 1834. He visited New York in 1837, and on the homeward voyage the vessel on which he was a passenger was wrecked off the coast of North Carolina, and he and his wife were drowned. He was a constant contributor to the literature of the day, a popular and finished essayist, and a successful lecturer. He published "Law Reports," with David McCord (2 vols., Charleston, 1818-'20), and a series of sketches in the "Southern Review," that were subsequently collected in book-form under the title of "Novelettes of a Traveller" (2 vols.. New York, 1834), and left a manuscript novel that was never printed. — Another son, Josiah Clark, ethnologist, b. in Columbia, S. C, 24 March, 1804; d. in Mobile, Ala., 31 March, 1873, was graduated at the College of South Carolina in 1824, and at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1827. After a residence of two years in the latter institution as demonstrator of anatomy under Dr. Philip S. Physic, he settled in Columbia. S. C. He studied abroad in 1830-'6, and in the latter year removed to Mobile, Ala., where he established a medical college that the legislature endowed and made a branch of the State university. He was subsequently, for a short time, professor of anatomy in the University of Louisiana. Besides contributing many articles to current literature on his special studies in natural history and its kindred sciences, he published "Two Lectures on the Connection between the Biblical and Physical History of Ma" (New York, 1849); "The Physical History of the Jewish Race" (Charleston, 1850); "Types of Mankind" (Philadelphia, 1854); and "Indigenous Races of the Earth" (1857). The last two works were prepared in connection with George R. Glidden (q. v.), and their object is to refute the theory of the unity of the human race.

NOTT, Richard Means, clergvman, b. in Boston, Mass., 26 March, 1831; d. in Wakefield, Mass., 21 Dec, 1880. He was a descendant of the first Abraham Nott, and a son of the Rev. Handel Gershom Nott. He was graduated at Waterville college (now Colby university) in 1852, and at Rochester theological seminary in 1859, after spending several years in teaching. He at once became pastor of the 1st Baptist church in Rochester, which post he retained until 1865, when, on account of failing health, he resigned, and lived for several years in Atlanta, Ga. He subsequently resumed the ministry, and owas pastor in Aurora, Ill., and in Wakefield, Mass. In 1863 he visited Spain, Italy, and the Mediterranean. He was the author of the "Life of Abpner Kingman Nott" (New York, 1860). — Another son, Richard Means's brother, Abner Kingman, clergyman, b. in Nashua, N. H., 22 March, 1834; d. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 7 July, 1859, was graduated at Rochester university in 1855, and at Rochester theological seminary in 1857. In the same year he was ordained to the ministry, and succeeded to the pastorate of the 1st Baptist church, New York city. During his brief ministry of two years he achieved extraordinary popularity. He was drowned while bathing.

NOUE, Charles Edouard de la (noo), French explorer, b. in Anjou in 1624; d. in Versailles in 1691. He entered the priesthood, but devoted his time to science, and was sent in 1665 to explore Tierra del Fuego and the western coast of Patagonia, over which France claimed jurisdiction. He wandered for several years through Patagonia, was taken prisoner by the Indians, and, adopting their dress and habits, lived with them, learned their language, and won their confidence so far that he was allowed to embark on a passing vessel, and returned to France. He published "Memoire a sa Majeste sur la mission de I'abbee de la None a la Terre de Feu, et dans le pays des Patagons, avee un vocabulaire du langage de ces peuples" (2 vols., Paris, 1675). This work, by its true description of Patagonia, prevented any further attempts of the French to establish settlements in that country.