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ceeded Robert Hare as professor of chemis- try in the University of Pennsylvania. He was a representative at the national medical cr;nvention in 1847, ^ind a delegate to the national convention for the revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia in 1850, and a member of various learned societies. He contributed papers to scientific journals, and with his brother Robert prepared the sev- enth edition of Edward Turner's "Elements of Chemistry" and William Gregory's **Out- lines of Organic Chemistry."

Barclay, James Turner, born in Hanover county, Virginia, in 1807, of Quaker descent from Barclay of Ury, in Scotland ; friend of Washington and Jefferson. He was a stu- dent at the Staunton Academy and the Uni- versity of Virginia, and took his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Iv 1830 he married Mrs. Julia A. Sowers, of Staunton, Virginia, and bought Monti- cdlo, Jefferson's old home, which he occu- pied for a time, but finally sold. He adopt- ed the religious tenets of Alexander Camp- bell, and was sent by his sect to Jerusalem as a missionary. He returned after three years, and later made a second journey to Palestine. After the civil war, he was a teacher at Bethany College, and later went to Alabama, where he remained until his death, preaching, writing and teaching. His '•City of the Great King" is regarded as the most authentic work relating to Jerusalem. He frequently contributed to the "Millenial Harbinger," the organ of his sect. His daughter Sarah was in Palestine with him, and was a great aid as a sketch artist. It is said that, disguised as a Mohammedan, she gained access to the tomb of David, of which she made an illustration for her

father's book. She married J. Augustus Johnson, consul-general to Syria. She pub- lished *The Howadji in Syria."

Robinson, Fayette, born in Virginia, was author of "Mexico and her Military Chief- tains" (Philadelphia, 1847); "Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States, with Biographies of Distinguished Officers" (1848); "California and the Gold Regions" (New York, 1849) J "Grammar of the Spanish Lang^iage" (Philadelphia., 1850) ; a romance entitled "Wizard of the Wave" (Xew York, 1853) ; a translation of Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's "Physiologie du Gout" (Philadelphia, 1854) ; and novels from the French. He died in New York City, March 26, 1859.

Shrcve, Thomas H., born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1808; was educated in the acad- emy there. He engaged in mercantile pur- suits, settled in Cincinnati in 1830, and in 1834 purchased a share in the "Mirror," a weekly literary journal. In 1838 he became a merchant in Louisville and later was one or the editors of the Louisville "Journals." He published "Drayton, an American Tale." Some of his verses are reprinted in William T. Coggeshall's "Poets and Poetry of the West." He died at Louisville, Kentucky, December 23, 1853.

Scott, WiUiam Cowper, born in Martins- burg, (West) Virginia, January 13, 1817. His father and grandfather were Presby- terian ministers. He graduated at South Hanover College, Indiana, in 1837, and at l/nion Theological Seminary, Virginia, in 1840; became a clergyman of the same de- nomination, and was pastor of several churches in his native state until his death.

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