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CRAIQ, James Alexander, tMlucator, was born at Fitzrov llarlunir, C'aiiaila, ]\Iaich ."5. 1858; son of James and Rachel (Cughan) Craig. He was prejxired for college by a private tutor, at the public school, and at Cobourg collegiate institute, Ont., and was graduated at McGill university, Montreal, 1880, A.B., with honors in logic anil pliilosophy, receiving his A.M. degree in 1881. He received the degree of B.D. from Yale university in 1883 and the degrees of A.M. a)id Ph. D. from Leipzig in 1886. He was in- structor in Hebrew in Lane theological semi- nary, Cincinnati, Ohio, 188G-90, and adjunct professor in Hebrew, 1890-91 ; professor of the He- brew language and literature, Oberlin, Ohio, 1891; student in London and Berlin, 1892-93; and professor of Semitic languages and litera- tures and Hellenistic Greek in the L^niversity of Michigan from 1893. He published: Monolith and Tlirone Inscriptions of Sahnnnnssar II., 860-824, B.C. (1887) ; Hehrnr Word Manual (1889) ; Assyrian cud Babylonian Beligious Texts from the Original Tablets in the British Museum (Vol. I., 1895, II., 1897) ; Astrological and Astronomical Texts from the same source (1898).

CRAIG. John Newton, minister, was born in Eockiiigliam county, Va., May 14, 1831; son of George Evans and Matilda (Guthrie) Craig; grandson of George and Elizabeth (Evans) Craig, and of John and Margaret (Gilke.sonj Guthrie; great-grandson of James and ^lary (Laird) Craig, and of William and Esther (McClelland) Guthrie ; and great- grand.son of William and Jean Craig, who came to Virginia from the north of Ireland

in 1721, and of Guthrie and Jennie Stuart,

also immigrants from the north of Ireland. He was graduated at Washington college, Lexing- ton. Va., A.B., 1853, A.M., 1856; attended the University of Virginia, 1854-56; Union theologi- cal seminary, Va., 1856-58; and Columbia semi- nary, S.C, 1858-59. He was pastor at Lancaster, "Waxhaw, and Douglass, S.C, 1859-70; chaplain of the 9th and 5th S.C. regiments in the Confed- erate army, 1861-65; pastor at Holly Springs, Miss., 1870-83; and secretary of home missions of the Southern Presbyterian assembly from 1883, his office being removed in 1886 from Balti- more, Md., to Atlanta, Ga. He was a trustee of Davidson college. N.C., 1868-70; member of the board of directors. Southwestern Presbyterian university, Ckirksville, Tenn., 1882-88; and president of the Scotch-Irish society of Atlanta for several years. He was married in 1862 to Lydia Brevard, daughter of Dr. Charles W. and Mary Barringer Harris of Cabarras county, N.C. Their son, J. N. Craig, Jr., served on the staff, of the Atlanta Constitution before becoming a student of medicine; their elder daughter, Bessie Bran- don, was married to R. M. Brackett, Ph. I)., pro-

fessor of chemistry in the Clemson agricultural and mechanical college of Soutli Carolina ; and their younger daughter, Mary Maud, married W. A. Mathew.s. of Atlanta, Ga. He died in New- port News. Va., Oct. 24, 1900.

CRAIG, Oscar John, educator, was born near Madi.son, Ind., April 18. 1846; son of Miles W. and Mary S. Craig. He was graduated at De Pauw university in 1881, and became superintendent of the city schools, Sullivan, Ind. In 1883 he was chosen principal of the preparatory depart- ment of Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind. He accepted the chair of political economy at Purdue university in 1886 and the following year added that of history. In 1895 he was elected to the presidency of the University of Montana. He was married in 1875 to Narci.ssa E., daughter of Nathan Gasaway. Wooster university con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of Ph. D. in 1890.

CRAIG, Robert, representative, was born in Montgomery county, Va., about 1791. He was graduated at Washington college in 1810, was ad- mitted to the bar and practised in Montgomery county, where he was a member of the board of public works. He represented his district as a Democrat in the 21st and 22d congresses, 1829-33; was defeated in the election to the 23d congress ; and was returned to the 24th, 25th and 26th con- gresses, serving 1835-41. He removed to Roanoke county and was a member of the house of dele- gates of Virginia from that county. He died in Roanoke county, Va., in 1851.

CRAIG, Thomas, educator, was born at Pitts- ton, Pa., Dec. 20, 1853; son of Alexander and Mary (Hall) Craig, natives of Ayrshire, Scotland. He attended West Pittston seminary, 1867-71, and was graduated from Lafayette college, C.E., in 1875. He was a fellow of Johns Hopkins uni- versity, 1876-79; instructor, associate, and asso- ciate professor of mathematics, 1879-92 ; professor of pure mathematics from 1892, a member of the baird of university studies, editor of the Amen- can Journal of Mathematics, and director of the mathematical society, in Johns Hopkins univer- sity. From 1879 to 1881 he was connected with the U.S. coast survey, and in 1882 published Mathematical Theory of Projections for the use of the coast and geodetic survey, which was after- ward regarded by the government as a standard textbook on llie subject. He i.^ also the autlior of Motions nf Fluids (1882), and Linear Differential Equations (ISS'J). He was elected a member of the London mathematical society, the Soci6t6 mathematique de France. Johns Hopkins con- ferred upon liim the degree of Pli.D. in 1878. He .lie.l in I'..ill inu-ie. :\M.. :\lay 8. 1900.

CRAIG, William Bayard, educator, was born in St. John, N.B.. Due. 7, 1846; son of William