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college; and in 1795-99 was a tutor in that institution. In 1805-15 he was president of Dickinson college of Carlisle, Pa. He died July 29, 1858, in New Haven, Conn. Atwater, John Wilhur, farmer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 37, 1840, in

from Yale

Chatham county, N.C. He was educated the

in

common

schools of his native state; and at Hughes academy.

He

has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits; and is a successful farmer of Chapel Hill, N.C. He served in the confed-

army in company D, first regiment North Carolina volunteers; and was with the army of General erate

R. E. Lee until the end of the civil war, surrendering with Lee at Appomattox. In 1887 he joined the farmers' alliance in Chatham county, N.C; was its first president and served two terms and subsequently served two terras as president of the sub-alliance. In 1892-94 and 1896-98 he served two terms in the North Carolina state senate; and was elected chairman of the populist caucus. In 1899-1901 he was a representative from North Carolina to the fifty-sixth congress as

the finest speakers in the south, his oratory being strong, sparkling and convincing. Since 1898 he has been United States district attorney for the northern district of Texas. Atwell, Charles Beach, educator, botanist, scientist, was born April 11, 1855, in Theresa, N.Y. In 1880-82 he was principal of puband since lic schools of South Evanston, 111. 1880 has been connected with the Northwestern university, in which institution he has been professor of botany since 1894. He has made original researches on the algae of Cook county. 111.

Atwell, George Benjamin, clergyman, authwas born July 9, 1793, in Lyme, Conn. For over half a century he was a baptist minister in Connecticut. His worthy life is given in a volume published by his daughter. He died April 23, 1879, in Pleasant Valley, Conn. or,

Edward Robert, clergyman, bishop, 18, 1840, in Red Hook, N.Y. He received his education at the Hudson clasAtwill,

was born Feb.

graduated



an independent populist. Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss, clergyman, educator, author, was born Feb. 20, 1813, in New Haven, Conn. In 1835-54 he was pastor of the congregational church at Fairfield, Conn.; and in 1869 became professor of logic in Princeton college. He was the author of A Manual of Elementary Logic. He died Feb. 17, 1883, in Princeton, N.J. Atwater, Wilbur Olin, educator, chemist, author, was born May 3, 1844, in Johnsburg, N.Y. In 1873-1906 he was professor of chemistry at Wesleyan university. He was the author of Co-operative Experimenting as a Means of Studying the Effect of Fertilizers; and Results of Field Experiments with Various Fertilizers. He died in 1907 in Middletown, Conn. Atwell, William Hawley, lawyer, orator, was born June 9, 1869, in Sparta, Wis. He attended the Dallas public schools of Texas; the Southwestern university; and the state university of Texas. In 1889 he was assistant attorney of Dallas

county;

and in 1894

was nominee



member

in'

for attor-

ney-general of Texas. He has been secretary of the state republican league secretary of the national committeemen league in 1896; and is a prominent various societies. He is one of

and he from Col-

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college in 1862.

He was

ordained in 1864; and consecrated a bishop in 1890. He was rector of the St. Paul's church of Burlington,

Vt.;

and

in

1883 became rector of the Trinity church at Since Toledo, Ohio. 1890 he has been bishop of west Missouri, residing in Kansas City. He has contributed valuable articles to church literature and the secular press.

Atwood, Anthony, clergyman, author, was born June 27, 1801, in Burlington county, N. J. In 1825-88 he was a methodist clergyman. He was the author of The Abiding Comforter. He died in 1888 in New Jersey. Atwood, Charles

was born May

B.,

designer,

architect,

Charleston, Mass. He designed the interior decorations of the palatial resides of Vanderbilt and Dows in New York C5ty. He won the five thousand dollar prize for the best design for a new city hall in New York City. He planned the public library building of Boston, Mass. and designed the art institute for the world's Columbian exposition, which became the Field Columbian museum of Chicago, 111. He died Dec. 19, 1895, near Chicago, 111. 18, 1849, in



Atwood, Charles Edwin, physician, expert, 21, 1861, in Shoreham, Vt. He is a noted physician of New York; and an expert in numerous medico-legal cases. For

was born July

four years he was associate editor of the American Journal of Insanity. Since 1892 he has been physician in charge of the male department of the Bloomingdale asylum, the insane department of the New York hospital.