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moved to Norwalk, Conn., in 1662. and from there to Say brook, Conn., in 1664. He attended Colum- bia college for one j'ear; was graduated at Union, A.B., 1833, A.M., 1835, and was admitted to tiie bar in 1835, but never practised. He was grad- uated in theology at Madison university, Hamilton, N.Y., in 1838; was a tutor in Hebrew there, 1837-39, and professor of rhetoric and English literature, 1839-49. He was married. May 12, 1840. to Cornelia E. Morse of Eaton, N.Y. He aided in establishing the University of Rocliester in 1850; was professor of history and belles-let- tres there, 1850-55, and organized and was president of the Brooklyn Collegiate and Poly- technic institute, N. Y., 1856-64. He accompanied Henry Ward Beecher to Europe in 1863: organ- ized Vassar college at Poughkeepsie in 1865, and

was its first president, and professor of mental and moral philosophy, 1865-78. He received the degree LL.D. from the University of Rochester in 1855. He is the author of several pamphlets and sermons, and his " Life and tetters '' were prepared by Harriet Raymond Lloyd (1880). He died in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1878.

RAYMOND, John T., actor, was born in Buffalo, N.Y., April 5, 1836; son of Irish parents by the name of O'Brien. He attended the public school, engaged as a merchant's clerk, but deter- mined to become an actor. He changed his name to Raymond, secured an engagement at the tlieatre in Rochester. N.Y., and there made his debut as Lopez in " The Honey-moon," June 27, 1853, immediately scoring a reputation for farcical roles. He appeared as Timothy Quaint in " The Soldier's Daughter," at the Chestnut Street theatre in Philadelphia in 1854; went to Halifax, N.S., 1857, with Edward Askew Sothern, and subsequently became a favorite in Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, and other southern cities. Upon his return to New York city, he played in the Winter Garden in support of Julia Dean Hayne, and in 1861 joined Laura Keene's com- pany, making a notable success as AsaTrenchard in "Our American Cousin," Sothern playing the role of Lord Dundreary. In 1867, in the same character, he appeared with Sothern (q.v.) in England and in Paris, where his wife played Florence Trenchard. He returned in October, 186*^. to New York, where he re-opened the

Theatre Comique as Toby Twinkle in " All that Glitters is not Gold; " appeared as Graves in "Money" at the California theatre, San Fran- cisco, Jan. 18, 1869, his wife taking the part of Clara Douglas, and remained west until 1871. In 1874, at the Park theatre, New York city, he made liis first appearance in the character of Col. Mulberry Sellers, in the dramatization of Mark Twain's " The Gilded Age," in which role he made a national reputation, although it failed to meet with success in England in 1880. His other roles include: Risks in " Wolfert's Roost"; the leading characters in "Fresh, the American"; " In Paradise "; "For Congress" ("The Politi- cian"); "A Gold Mine," and "The Woman Hater," the last-named play being performed by him only a few times. He died suddenly at Evansville. Ind., April 10, 1887.

RAYMOND, Rossiter Worthington, consult- ing engineer and autlior, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 27, 1840; son of Professor Robert Raikes and Mary Ann (Pratt) Raymond. He was graduated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute in 1858; and studied at the Royal Mining academy, Freiberg, Saxony, and at the Heidelberg and Munich universities, 1858-61. He was aide-de-camp in the Union army, with the rank of captain, 1861-64. In 1863 lie married Sarah Mellen, daughter of William R. Dwiglit of Brooklyn, N.Y. He practised as consulting mining engineer and metallurgist in New York city, 1864-68; was U.S. commissioner of mining statistics, 1868-76; commissioner to the Vienna exposition, 1873; professor of economic geology at Lafayette college. Pa., 1870-81; an original member (1871) of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and president, 1872-75, and the secretary from 1884. He was made an honorary member of the Society of Civil Engineers in France, and of several other technical societies. He edited the American Journal of Mining, 1867- 68, and the same periodical under the name Engineering and Mining Jozirnal, 1868-90. He was a state electric subway commissioner for Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885-89. He is the author of: Reports on the Mineral Resources of the United States West of the Rocky Mountains (8 vols., 1869-76); Die Leibgarde (1863), a German trans- lation of Mrs. John C. Fremont's "Story of the Guard "; The Children s Week (1871); Brave Hearts (1873); The Man in the Moon and other People {ISli); The Book of Job (1878); The Merry- go-Round (1880); Camp and Cabin (1880); Two Ghosts (1890); A Glossary of Mining and Metal- lurgical Terms (1881); The Law of the Apex, and other essays on mining law (1883-95); and Memo- rial of Alexander L. Holley (1883). He edited the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (Vols. XII.-XXXII., 1884 to 1902).