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York c-ity. lie was assLstaut surgeon. U.S.A.. 1861-G.">. He then returned to New York aiul was editor of the Xew Yi>rk Mciliral Jmirnul, 18G6- 7"2. He wa.s in charge of the ho-spitiils on RinilaH's Ishmd. 18GU-T3, and held the chair of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the University of Vermont, 1868-71. He was professor of the same brandies in Long Island med- ical college, 18T1-T'>, and professor of obstetrics in Dartmouth college, 1873-87. He was lecturer on obstetrics and the diseases of women and chil- dren in the University of Michigan, 1873-74, and professor of the same from 1874 until his death wliich oc'curred at Ann Arbor, Mich., May 3, 1888.

DUNSTER, Henry, educator, was a native of Liincasliire, England, born probably in or near Bury, about 1612; son of Henry Dunster. Ho was graduated at Magdalen college, Cambridge university, receiving his first degree in 1630, and his second in 1G34. He probably took orders in the English clmrch, and immigrated to America with other non-conformists, reaching Boston in 1640. On August 27 of that year he became first president of Harvard college, which had been conducted by Nathaniel Eaton, 1638-^0, with a degree of severity in discipline that nearly cost the college its existence. President Dunster gave his services to the college and was its sole teacher for several years. He presented to the institution 100 acres of land in Shawsin (Billerica) and built the president's house almost wholly from his personal funds. In 1654 he advanced a doubt as to the validity of infant baptism, and because of this was forced to resign his office, Oct. 24, 1654. For this offence he was also in- dicted and sentenced to public admonition by the grand jury, and later api^eared again before that body for failing to have one of his children, born after his resignation, baptized. He removed to Cliarlestown and then to Scituate, Mass., in ^larch, 1655, where he came under the milder regime of the Plymouth colony, and he preaclied there during the rest of his life. He was married in June, 1641, to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Jose Glover, rector of Sutton, Covmty Surry, England, who died childless. He afterward mar- ried Elizabf'th, whose surname is unknown, and liad several children. He published a revision of the Dfvj raalm Book (1640). See Life of Henry Dunster by the Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, D.D. (1^72). He died in Scituate. Mass., Feb. 27, 1659.

DUNTON, Lewis Marion, educator, was born in Martinsburg, X.Y., Sept. 22, 1848; son of Lorenzo Merritt and Mary (Seymour) Dunton. He was prei)are<l for college at Cazenovia .semi- nary, N.Y.. and entered Syracu.se university with the class of 1876. but was not graduated on ac- coiuit of failing health. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1874 and

was stationed at Greenville, S.C., and later at Cliarlestou, S.C. lie was elected president of Claflin university, Orangeburg, S.C, in 1884, as successor to the Rev. Dr. Edward Cook, and under his direction the progress of the education of the negro in the south was substantially illus- trated, and the plans of the founder of the insti- tution were vigorously carrie<l forward.

DUNTON, Walter Chipman, jurist, was born in Bristol, ^'t., Nov. 29, 1830. He was prepared for college at ^laloue academy, N.Y., and was gi-aduated from Middlebury college in 1857. He was admitted to the bar in 1858, and soon after removed to Kansas, where he was a member of the territorial legislature in 1861. He returned to his native state in the latter part of that year and settled at Rutland. In 1862 he joined the Union army, serving as captain in the 14th Ver- mont volunteers. In 1865 he was elected judge of probate, and served until April 14, 1877, when he was appointed a judge of the supreme court to fill a vacancy. He resigned on account of ill health in 1879. In 1880 he was elected a state senator, and in 1881 was president of the Ver- mont bar a.ssociation. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1870. He was professor of law in the Iowa state university, 1888-89, and a trustee of Middlebury college, Vt.. 1870-90. He died at Rutland, Vt., April 23, 1890.

DUNWOODV, Henry Harrison Chase, mete orologist, was born in Highland county, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1842; son of William and Sarah (Mur- phy) Dunwoody, and grandson of Robert and Susan (Rhiem) Dunwoody, and of William and Mildred (PurseU) Murphy. He was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1866, and served on garrison duty in Delaware, Maryland and Kans;is, 1866-69. He was recorder of the tactics board at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4, 1869, to January, 1871; was in garrison at Fort McHenry, ^lo., in 1871, and on signal duty at Fort Whipple, Va., March to August, 1872. He was weather forecaster at the chief signal office, Washington, D.C., 1872-91, and the weather service of the various states was established upon his recom- mendation. Upon the reorganization of the sig- nal corps and transfer of the weather bureau to the department of agriculture, by a sjjecial pro- vision of the law he was continued with the weather bureau. He was promoted major in the signal corps uiK)n its reorganization in 1890, after a competitive examination, lie being recom- mended first on the li.st, which included all offi- cers who had previou-sly served with the signal corps. He was sub,sequentl\' promoted lieuten- ant-colonel in the signal corps, and was relieved from duty with the weather bureau at his own request, in May, 1898, for the purpose of entering active service with the signal corps during the