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 722 WOOLLETT WOOLWICH at Try. In 1861 he secured Fortress Monroe by timely reinforcement, became commander of the department of Virginia in August, occu- pied Norfolk May 10, 1862, was commissioned major general May 16, and in June was made commander of the middle department with headquarters at Baltimore. At the close of the war he retired from active service. WOOLLETT, M illiam. an English engraver, born in Maidstone, Kent, in 1735, died May 23, 1785. He engraved historical subjects and portraits, but was most successful in landscapes. His masterpieces are his " Niobe " and other plates after pictures by Richard Wilson, and the "Death of Wolfe" and the "Battle of La Hogue" after West. He was the first who united in one plate the methods of engraving by aquafortis, the burin, and the dry needle. WOOLMA3, John, an American Quaker preach- er, born in Northampton, Burlington co., N. J., in 1720, died in York, England, in 1773. At the age of 21 ho became a speaker in the meetings of the socfety of Friends. In 1746, in company with Isaac Andrews, he made a tour in the back settlements of Virginia, and from that time continued at intervals to visit the societies of Friends in the different por- tions of the colonies, supporting himself by working as a tailor. In 1763 he visited the Indians on the Susquehanna, and about 1772 went to England. His published works in- clude "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes "(1753; part ii., 1762) ; "Consid- erations on* Pure Wisdom and Human Policy, on Labor, on Schools, and on the Right Use of the Lord's outward Gifts " (1768) ; " Consider- ations on the True Harmony of Mankind" (1770); and "A Word of Remembrance and Caution to the Rich." " The Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman in the Ser- vice of the Gospel" (1775) has been many times reprinted (with an introduction by John G. Whittier, Boston, 1871). WOOLXER, Thorns, an English sculptor, born at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Dec. 17, 1825. He was elected a royal academician in 1874. His principal works are statues of Lord Bacon and Prince Albert, at Oxford ; Macaulay, in Trini- ty college, Cambridge ; William III., in West- minster hall ; David Bassoon and Sir Hurtle Frere, in Bombay; and busts of Tennyson, Oarlyle, Darwin, Oobden, Gladstone, Sedgwick, Newman, Fairbairn, Rajah Brooke, Dickens, and Charles Kingsley. Among his imagina- tive works are statuettes of Ophelia, Elaine, and Guinevere. He is now (1876) engaged upon statues of Dr. Whewell for Cambridge, Lord Lawrence for Calcutta, Sir Cursetjee Je- hangeer Readymoney for Bombay, and Lord Palmerston for Palace Yard, and a reredos for the chapel of Looton Hoo, Bedfordshire. He has published "My Beautiful Lady," a poem (London and Cambridge, 1868 ; 3d ed., 1866). WOOLSEY, Theodore Dwtght, an American scholar, tenth president of Yale college, born in New York, Oct. 31, 1801. He graduated at Yale college in 1820, studied theology at Princeton, and from 1823 to 1825 was a tutor ia Yale college. In 1825 he was licensed to pretich, and from 1827 to 1830 studied the Greek language and literature in Germany. On his return he was appointed professor of Greek in Yale college, and in 1846 was chosen presi- dent of that institution, which office he re- signed in 1871. He was ordained at the time of his inauguration. He has edited in Greek "The Alcestis of Euripides" (1833), "The Antigone of Sophocles" (1835), "The Electra of Sophocles" (1837), "The Prometheus of ^Eschylus " (1887), and "The Gorgias of Plato " (1842) ; and has published an " Introduction to the Study of International Law" (12mo, Bos- ton, 1860; 4th ed., New York, 1874); "Essay on Divorce and Divorce Legislation" (1869); " Serving our Generation, and God's Guidance in Youth" (1871); and "The Religion of the Present and the Future" (1871). On ques- tions of international law he is regarded as a publicist of weight and authority. M TOV Thomas, an English author, born in Northampton in 1669, died in London, Jan. 27, 1733. He waa educated at Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Sydney Sussex college and received holy orders. In 1705 he published his " Old Apology for the Truth of the Christian Religion against the Jews and Gentiles revived." In 1727-'30 he published six " Discourses on the Miracles of Christ," the reality of which he denied ; and for this he was convicted of blasphemy at Guildhall, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 100. Not being able to pay the fine, ho died in confinement. WOOLWICH, a parish of Kent, England, for- merly an independent town, now a suburb of London, on the right bank of the Thames, 9 ra. below London bridge; pop. in 1871, 35,557. It stands principally on elevated ground close to the river, with marshes to the east and west. There are several churches and charitable in- stitutions, a town hall, a mechanics' institute, and numerous schools. The greater part of the population is dependent for support upon the government works. The royal dock yard was closed in 1869, after being employed for naval purposes nearly 800 years. The royal arsenal, covering more than 100 acres, is the principal depot of artillery and munitions of war for both the navy and the army. It con- tains founderies and factories for the manu- facture of warlike stores, magazines, a model room with a pattern of every article used in the artillery service, immense quantities of shot and shell, and extensive barracks. A practising ground is attached, nearly 3 m. in range. The government ordnance is all proved at Woolwich. The garrison usually amounts to about 3,500 men. An academy for educa- ting military officers, more particularly for the artillery and engineers, was founded at Wool- wich in 1719, and is the principal military school in England. At North Woolwich, on