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the degree LL.D. from Yale in 1868 and was a lecturer there on life insurance, 1873-75. He (lied in Lyme, Conn., June 8, 1891.

McCURDY, Charles William, educator, was born in Ossian, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1856; son of David and Lydia (Lemen) McCurdy, and grandson of James D. and Jane (McNair) McCurdy, both of Scotch descent. His paternal great grandfather emigrated from county Antrim, Ireland, in 1758 and settled in Pennsylvania. Charles was prepared for college at the state normal school at (reneseo, N.Y., and was graduated from the Michigan State college, B.S. 1881, M.S. 1885. He was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Wooster. He was assistant superintendent at the Michi- gan school for the blind, 1882-83; superintend- ent of schools at Sand Beach, Mich., 1884-88; head of the science department at the Winona, Minn., high school, 1888-93; professor of chem- istry and chief chemist of the experiment station at the University of Idaho, 1893-1900; acting president of the university and director of ex- pormient station from August to November, 1898, and special agent on the sugar beet inves- tigation for the U.S. government in Idaho, 1898 and 1H99. He was elected a member of the Amer- ican Chemical society in 1893; of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1S86 and fellow of the latter in 1895. He was married, August 16, 1893, to Eva Augusta Wood- ruff. The honorary degree of Sc.D. was conferred on him by Milton college in 189? and the post graduate degree of Ph.D. in chemistry by the University of Wooster in 1895. He is the author of numerous reports, bulletins and lectures on chemical and f)edagogical subjects.

McCURDY, Irwin Pounds, clergyman and educator, was born near Livermore, Pa., March 23. 1856; son of Alexander Jackson and Sarah (Pounds) McCurdy; grandson of Alexander Hen- derson and Mary (Doty) McCurdy, and of Joseph and Mary (Drummond) Pound; great-grandson of Sergeant Alexander McCurdy, who with his father. Captain William, and his grandfather, John McCurdy, were soldiers from Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary war, and whose great- grandfather. John McCurdy, came from Ireland and settled near Philadelphia in 1705; and a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, Ed- ward Doty and Henry Sjunpson, who came to America in the Mat/flnwer in 1620. Irwin Pounds McCurdy studied law, was graduated from the State Normal college, Indiana, Pa., B.E., 1876. M.E., 1878; attended Wooster uni- versity one year, entered Lafayette college as a senior and was graduated A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883, Litt.D., 1890. He was a student at Princeton Theological seminary and a graduate student at

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the College of New Jersey, Princeton, 1880-82; and was also a graduate student at Johns Hop- kins university, 1882-83. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, July 8, 1881; was pastor at Frederick City, Md., and professor of Greek and higher mathematics at Fred- erick Female semi- nary, 1881-84; pastor of the South-western church, Philadelphia, 1884-95; and in 1895 was made honorary pastor of the latter for life. He became pastor of the Fifth church, Kansas City, Mo., in 1897, and resigned in 1900, after which he engaged in literary work at his coun- try seat, Harmony Grove, Md. He was editor of the Southwestern Observer, 1885-87; of Tfie Amendment, 1889; and of The Weekly Re- minder, 1897-99; a delegate to the Pan Presby- terian council, London, 1888; financial secretary of Lafayette college, 1891-92; a member of the Presbyterian board of education, 1887-98; and president of the board of managers of the Phila- delphia Evangelical Alliance, 1889-94. He re- ceived the degrees D.D. from New Windsor col- lege, Md., 1882; Litt.D. from Hanover college, Ind., 1890; Ph.D. from Bellevue college, Neb..

1890; Sc.D. from the College of Science, Illi- nois, 1890; L.H.D. from Maryville college, Tenn., 1891; H.L.D. from Lenox college, Iowa,

1891; Philol.D. from Grove City college, Pa., 1891; and LL.D. from Rutherford college, N.C., 1898. All these degrees, except D.D. and LL.D., were conferred on examination. He is the author of: A Philological Discussion of the Works, Style and Language of Edgar Allan Poe a prize essay (1880); TJie Successful Teacher (18SI); Sacra Trinitas (1881); Charter and Constitutions (1886); Evangelistic Work (1888); Centennial Hymns (1888); Lovely Lafayette and other Poems (1889); The Saxon and Noi^nan Elements in our Language and Literature (1890); The Causes of the Intellectual Development of the Elizahetlian Age (1890); Christmas Carols and Seic Year Hymns (1892); Our Country's Olory and other Patriot Poems (1901).

McDANIEL, Henry Dickerson, governor of Georgia, was born in Monroe, Walton county, Ga., Sept. 4, 1837; son of Ira O. and Rebecca (Walker) McDaniel; grandson of Philip and Nancy Bible (Terry) McDaniel, and of Daniel and Martha (Holliday) Walker, all of Georgia;