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DROWN, Thomas Messinger, cluMiiist, was iK.ni in I'hila.lelplua. Pa., May 19. 184'.^ son of William Aiipleton and Maiy E. M. (Pierce) Drown. He was grailuated at the Philadelphia central high scluxil in lS."i9. and in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 18G2. He stud- ied at SheffieUl scientific school, Yale university, 186'2-3. and at Lawrence scientific school, Har- vard univei-sity. 1S(J3-G."). He studied chemistry in tiie School of mines at Freiberg, and at the University of Heidell)erg. ISGo-GS; was an analyt- ical chemist in Philadelphia, Pa., 1808; instructor in metallurgy at Harvard. 1869-71; secretary of the American institute of mining engineers, 1873- 83; professor of anah-tical chemistry in Lafayette college, 187-1-81, and in charge of tiie chemical dep;irtment of the Massachusetts board of health, 1887-95. He was Perkins professor of anahi;ical chemistry in the Mas.sachusetts institute of tech- nology. 1885-89, and resigned in 1889 to accept the presidency of Lehigh university. He was elected an honorary member of the American institute of mining engineers. He received the honorary de- gree of LL.D. from Columbia in 1895. He edited the fii*st eleven volumes of the Transactions of the AmeriL-an institute of mining engineei-s and is the autiior of various contributions to scientific journals.

DROWNE, Solomon, piiysician, was born in Pr'tvjilenc.'. IM.. March 11, 1753; son of Solomon and Mercy Tillinglia.st (Arnold) Drowne; great- grandson of the Rev. Pardon Tillinghast;and a lineiil descendant from Leonard Drown, who emi- grated from tiie we.st of England soon after the accession of Charles II. and became a shipbuilder in Kittery, Maine. Solomon Drowne was gradu- ated from Rhfxle Island college in 1773, and from the medic-al department of the University of Penn.syivania in 1781. In 1780 he entered the Revolutionary army and served as surgeon until the close of the war. He then practised medicine in Providence, R.I., until 1784, when he went abroad and studied in the hospitals and medical schools of Englanil, Holland, Belgium and France. He returned to Provid'^^ncc in 17!S5 and practised there until 1788, when he went to Oiiio and took part in the settlement and organization of Mari- etUi. In 1789 he returned to Providence and remained there till 1792, when he removed to Mor- gantown. Va. He practised in Union, Pa., 1794- 181. and in Foster. R.I., from 1801 until his death. He was made a fellow of Brown university in 1783. and held the chair of materia medica and botany in that institution, 1811-34. He was vice- president of the Rhotle Island medical society; a

founder of the Rhode Island society for the en- couragement of domestic industry, and a member of the American academy of arts and sciences. He built in Foster an elegant residence which he called Mount Hygeia, ami establislied there a large Ijo- tanical garden, the first in tiie state. He was niiir- ried, Nov. 20, 1777, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Honora Ru.ssell of Boston, Mass. Dartmoutli conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1786. He published: Lines to the Memory of Dr. Joseph Warren (1775); Journal of a Cruise, 17S0, in Private Sloop-of-war Hope (1872); Farmer's Guide (with his son, William Drowne, 1824); and several orations and addresses. He died at Mount Hygeia, Foster, R.I., Fel). 5, 1834.

DROWNE, Thomas Stafford, clergyman, was born at Fruit llill, Xoitli Providence, R.I., in 1823; son of Henry Bernardin and Julia Ann (Stafford) Drown; and grandson of Dr. Solomon and Elizabeth (Russell) Drowne, and of Thomas and Polly (Rhodes) Stafford. He was graduated at Brown university A.B., 1845, A.M., 1848, and from the General theological .seminary. New York, in 1848. He was professor of systematic divinity and secretary of the board of trustees of the Gen- eral theological seminary up to the time of his death, and secretary and registrar of the diocese of Long Island, and one of the bishop's examining chaplains. He received the degree of D. D. from Norwich university in 1866. He died at Flatbush, L.I., X.Y., Nov. 10, 1897.

DRUM, Richard Coulter, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania, May 28, 1825; son of Simon and Agnes (Lang) Drum; and gi-andson of Simon Drum, who immigrated to America in 1732. He was educated at Jefferson college, and Dec. 8,

1846, volunteered in the l.st Pennsylvania volun- teers, to take part in the Mexican war, and fought in the ranks at the siege of Vera Cruz. He was promoted 2d lieutenant, U.S. infantry, Feb. 16,

1847, and was brevetteil 1st lieutenant for iiis gal- lant action at Ciiapultepec and in the capture of the Mexican capital. He was aide decamp to General Harney in the Siou.x; expedition, and as- sistant adjutant-general at the headquarters of the department of the west, and aide-de-camp to Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith, 1856-58. He was made as.sistant adjutant-general of the U.S. army, 1861; major, Aug. 3, 18G1; lieutenant-colonel, July 17,1862; colonel by brevet, Sept. 24, 1864, for meri- torious and faithful services during the war; and brigadier-general, Marcii 13, 1865. for faithful and meritorious .services in the adjutant-general's department during the war. He was promoted colonel, Feb. 22, 1869, and on June 15, 1880, suc- ceeded General Townsend as adjutant-general of the U.S. army with the rank of brigadier-general. He was n;tired by operation of law, May 28, 1889.