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the Latin -American department until the close of the exi>osition. He tlien resimied newspaper and magazine work at "Washington. He is the author of: 'nhballses Fvlks (1875); Life ofZachariah ChaiHller {ISld); A;ihinibtis(\S\)~i): The Ynukees of the East (IH'JG): The True Abraham Lin coin (VMS).

CURTIS, William Stanton, educator, was born in Burlington, Vt., Aug. 3, 1820; son of Lewis and Abigail (Camp) Curtis; grandson of Gabriel and Susanah (North) Curtis; and a descendant o: Thomas Curtis (b. 1598, d. 1681), of Wethersfield, Conn. His father removed to Missouri in 1820 and subsequently to Wisconsin Territory'. He was graduated at Illinois college in 1838, studied theology in New Haven, Conn., 1838-41; was stated supplj' in the First Congrega- tional church, Rockford, 111., 1841; pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1842-55; acting professor of oioral and intellec- tual philosophy in the University of Michigan, 1851-52; professor of moral philosophy and col- lege pastor at Hamilton college, 1855-63; and president of Knox college, Galesburg, 111., 1863- 68. He resigned in 1868 and was pastor of "Westminster Presbyterian church, Rockf ord. 111., 1869-75; travelled in Europe, Palestine and Egypt, 1876-77, and on his return supplied vacant churches in the vicinity of his liome. He was for many years director of the McCormick theo- logical seminary. He received the degree of D.D. from Madison university, N.Y., in 1857. He died in Rockford. 111.. June' 30, 1885.

CURTISS, Samuel Ives, educator, was born in Union, Conn., Feb. 5, 1844. He was graduated at Amherst in 1867 and at Union theological seminary in 1870. He engaged in domestic mission work in connection with the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, New York city, 1870-72. After sfjending 1872-73 at Bonn, Germany, and in travel in Ireland and Scotland, he was ordained in 1874 by the New York presbytery. He lielped to found, at Leipzig, an American chapel, and was first pastor of the church, 1874-78, mean- while pursuing his studies at the university, receiving the degrees of Ph. D. in 1876, and Lie. Th. in 1878 from the University of Berlin. In 1878 he was made professor of biblical litera- ture in the Cliicago theological seminary and was transferred to the chair of Old Te.stament literature in 1^70. In 1899 he made an extended tour of the east, including Egj'pt and Arabia.

He became one of the editors of the Bibliotheca Sacra. He received the degree of D.D. from Java college in 1878 and from Amherst in 1881. He published his doctor's thesis, The Name Mach- aher (Leipzig, 1876); a translation of Bickell's Outlines of Ilebreio Grammar (1877); of Dilitzscirs iW'ssianic Prophesia (1880); Old Testament LIistor>j of liedemption (1881); The Levitical Pi'iests (1877); his licentiate thesis De Aaronitici sacerdotti atque thoroe Elohisticce origine (Berlin 1878); Ingersoll and Moses (1879); and contributions to Current Discussions in Theoloijy.

GUSHING, Caleb, statesman, was born in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 17, ISOO; son of John Newmarch Cushing; grand.son of Benjamin and Hannah (Hazeltine) Cushing; great-grandson of Caleb and Marj' (Newmarcli) Cusliing; great^ grandson of the Rev. Caleb and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cushing; great^ grandson of John and Sarah (Hawke) Cushing; and great* grandson of Matthew and Naz- areth (Pitcher) Cush- ing, who emigrated from England in 1638 and settled in Hing- ham, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard in 1817, pursued a post-graduate course in mathematics,

moral philosophy and law, 1817-19, and was tutor in mathematics and natural philos- ophy, 1820-21. He then engaged as law clerk in the office of Ebenezer Mosley of Newbuiy- port, and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1825, 1833, 1834, 1846 and 1850 he was a represent- ative in the state legislature from Newburyport, and in 1826 a state senator from Essex count}-. He was a Whig re])resentative in the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th congresses, 1835—43. In the dis- ruption of the party incident to the accession of President Tyler, Mr. Cushing supported the ad- ministration and came to be classed as a Demo- crat. President Tyler sent his name to the senate as secretary of the treasury, but he was refused confirmation on i)olitical grounds. The President in 1843 appointed liim commissioner to China to negotiate a treaty with that empire, enlarging his powers to envoj' extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, and in 1844 authorizing him to treat also with Japan. He was successful in ne- gotiating a treaty and establisliing regular diplo- matic relations with the celestial empire and in 1844 he returned to America by way of ^lexico, thus completing the circumnavigation of the irlobe. In 1846 he was elected by both parties a.

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