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228 RICE, William Gorham, b. in Albany, 23 Dec, 1856. He was educated there, and, having attracted the attention of Samuel J. Tilden, he was in 1H75 appointed assistant payniaster-general of the Na- tional guard of New York, with the rank of colo- nel. This place he held until 1883, showing in the meanwhile special ability in connection with the railway riots of 1877 and the establishment of the state camp of instruction in Peekskill. lie was chosen by Mr. Cleveland as clerk in the ex- ecutive chamber in 1883, and when Mr. Hill suc- ceeded to the governorship of New York Col. Rice became his private secretary. Sulisei|ueiitly he was vice-president and general manager of the Consolidated car-heating company in Albany, which place he held until 1894. He also served as a trustee of the sinking funds of Albany, which made him a member of the board of finance in that city. In May, 1895, he was aijjjointed to suc- ceed Theodore lioosevelt as U. S. civil service commissioner, holding that office until 1898.

RICHARDS, David, sculptor, b. in Abergonol- wyn. North Wales, in 1829 ; d. in Utica, N. Y., 38 Nov., 1897. His earlier years were spent on a farm in his native home, but whilequite young he removed to Utica, and became a stone-cutter. He spent his spare time in learning to model in clay and to carve in marble, and after having studied sculpture in Italy he settled in Utica as a sculptor. His works, many of them out-door statues, include " Love," " Boy chasing Butterfly," " The Barber Dentist," statues of Gen. Grant and Horatio Sey- mour, a statuette of Thomas Paine, and models of the several bronze statuettes for the Soldiers' monument in Mount Hope cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., and "The Pilgrim's Rest " in Cypress Hills cemetery, on Long Island.

RICHARDS, Theodore William, chemist, b. in Germantown. Pa., 31 Jan., 1868. He is the son of William T. Richards, the artist, and his mother, Anna Matlock Richards, is the author of a volume of sonnets entitled " Letter and Spirit." The son entered Ilaverford college, where he was gradu- ated in the scientific course in 1885, after which he entered Harvard, where he paid special atten- tion to chemistry, receiving in 1888 the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. Meanwhile he also studied chemistry in the chemical laboratories in Gottin- gen, Dresden, and Leipsie. In 1894 he was made assistant professor of chemistry in Harvard Uni- versity. His scientific papers are nearly fifty in number, and they have been contributed for the most part to the " Proceedings" of the American academy and the " American Chemical Journal," and describe his researches, the most important of which have been on the atomic weights of various elements, including oxygen and hydrogen, copper, barium, strontium, zinc, magnesium, and cobalt.

RICHARDSON, Ernest Cushing, librarian, b. in Woburn, Mass., 9 Feb., 1860. He was gradu- ated from Amherst and from Hartford theological seminary. He was assistant librarian of Amherst in 1879, and assistant librarian, librarian, and as- sociate firotessor at Hartford theological seminary from 1882 until 1890. Since the latter year he has been librarian of Princeton university. He received the degree of A. M. from Amherst and also from Princeton, and that of Ph. D. from Wash- ington and Lee university, and is a prominent member of the American library association and several of the local library bodies. His i>ublica- tions include " Bibliographical Synopsis of the Ante-Nicene Fathers" (Buffalo, 1887); " Euse- bius's Life of Constantine," in the " Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers" (New York, 1890) ; "Jerome and Gennadius: Lives of Illustriotis Men," in the "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers" (1892); and again, " Ilieronymus und Gennadius. Ue viris ilhistribus " (Leipzig, 1896). lie has also fur- nished .since 1896 the animal surveys of the liter- ature of American history to Bcrner's " Jahres- berichte " (Leipzig), and has contributed to various histfirical and theological reviews.

RICHARDSON, John Peter, governor of South Carolina, b. in Clarendon county, S. C. 25 Sept., 1831. He is the grandson of Gov. John Peter Richardson (vol. v.. p. 473). He was gradu- ated at the College of South Carolina, and was in tlie legislature in 18o6-'60. He entered the Con- federate army in 1862 as staff officer to Gen. James Cantey, served in Alabama, Mississippi, and under Joseph K. Johnson in his retreat from Ten- nessee to Atlanta. He was a member of the South Carolina constitutional convention in 1865, of the legislature in 1866-'76, defeated in the latter year, re-elected in 1878, and became state treasurer in 1880, holding office till his election as governor in 1884, to which position he was re-elected.

RIDOWAY, Henry Bascom, educator, b. in Talbot county, Md.. 7 .Sept., 1830; d. in Evanston, 111.. 30 JIareh, 1895. lie was graduated from Dickinson and then joined the Baltimore confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal church, becoming a circuit rider. He held pastorates in Baltimore, Portland, Chicago, New York city, and Cincin- nati, becoming professor of historical theology in Garrett biblical institute, Evanston, in 1882: and from 1884 till his decease was president and pro- fessor of practical theology in that institution. He made a tour around the world, during which he visited various mission stations of India, China, and Japan. Dr. Ridgway's works include " Life of Alfred Cookman " (New York, 1871); "The Lord's Land : A Narrative of Travels in Sinai and Palestine" (1876) ; " Life of Bishop Edward S. Janes " (1882) ; "Bishop Beverly Wangh " (1883) ; and " Bishop Matthew Simpson " (1885).

RIGGS, Kate Donglas, author, b. in Philadel- phia, 28 Sept., 1857. Her parents removed to HoUis, Me., and she attended the common schools there, and later the Abbott academy, Andover. She went to Los Angeles in 1876 and studied kindergarten methods, teaching in Santa Barbara college, and she organized in San Francisco the first free kindergarten west of the Rocky mountains. In 1880, with the assistance of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper and hersister.the California kindergarten training- school was organized. That same year she married Samuel Bradley Wiggin, of San Francisco, and gave up active teaching. In 1888, with her hus- band, she removed to New York, and the year fol- lowing Mr. Wiggin died there. In 1895 she married George Christopher Riggs. She has written " Kin- dergarten Chimes" (Boston, 1888); "The Story of Patsy" (1889); "The Birds' Christmas Carol" (1889); " A Summer in a Canon" (1889) ; "Timo- thy's Quest " (1890) ; " The Story Hour " (1890). in conjunction with her sister, Nora A. Smith ; " The Relation of the Kindergarten to the Public School " (San Francisco, 1891); "Children's Rights" (Bos- ton, 1892) ; " A ('athedral Courtshi]) " and " Penel- ope's English Experiences" (1893); "The Kin- dergarten" (New York. 1893); "Pollv Oliver's Problem" (Bostcm, 1893); "The Village Walch- Tower " (189.5) ; " Froebel's Gifts " (1895). in con- junction with her sister, N. A. Smith ; " Nine Love Songs and a Carol " (1896) ; " Froebel's Occupa- tions" and "Kindergarten Principles and Prac- tice " (1896), both in conjunction with her sister; and " Penelope's Progress " (1898).