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TIBBITS

him by Brown in ISG'J. tliatof LL.D. by the siinie institution in 18^9, and tliatof Doctor of Engineer- ing by Stevens Institute of Technology in IHS.j. He was the lirst president of the American Society of Meclianical Engineers, 1880-^3; vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1877-78 and 1884; vice-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1878-79; a member of the Loyal Legion and of many other American and foreign societies, serv- ing as 0//j<wVr de r Instruct ion Puhliqne de France. He was a member of the U.S. commission to the "World's fair held at Vienna in 1873, serving on the international jury, and also commissioner at Paris in 1889 and Chic^igo, 1893. He was an editor of Science; edited the Reports of the U.S. Com- missions to the International exhibition at Vienna (1875-76), and is the author of: Histoi-y of the Steam Engine (1878); Friction and Lubrication (1879); Materials of Engineering (4 vols., 1884- 9«5); Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill Work (issi); Stationary Steam Engines for Electric Lighting Purposes (1884); Text Book of the Materials of Constructio7i(lS85); Steam Boiler Explosions (1887); A Manual of Steam Boilers (1888): Manual of the Steam Engine (1890), and of ovtr 300 scientific, technical and other papers. THWAITES, Reuben Gold, librarian and his- torian, was born in Dorchester, Mass., May 15, 18.>3; son of "William George and Sarah (Bibbs) Thwaites. who were natives of Yorkshire. Eng- land, and came to the United States in 1850. He attended the public schools, and in 18G6 removed to Wisconsin with his mother. He taught school, 1871-72; joined the editorial staff of the Oshkosh Northwestern in 1872, and later of the Oshkosh Times;, took a graduate course in history and literature at Yale, 1874-75; was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal at Madison, Wis., 1876-87, and was married in 1882 to Jessie Inwood, daughter of Henry and Mary (Kesst) Turville of Madison, Wis. He was appointed secretary and superintendent of the Wisconsin State Historical society to succeed Lyman C. Draper in 1886; president of the American Library association in 1900; chairman of the American Manuscripts commission in 1900; lecturer on American his- tory at the University of Wisconsin, and member of the Wisconsin State Free Library commission. He edited: "Wisconsin Historical Collections" (Vols, ix.-xvi., 1888-1902); " Chroniclesof Border Warfare " (1895); " History of University of Wis- consin " (1900); "The Jesuit Relations" (73 vols., 189r>-19f)l); Kinzie's " Wau Bun " (1901); Henne- pin's "New Discovery" (1903); and "Original Journals of Lewis and Clark, with those of Floyd and Whitehou.se, of the same Expedition" (1903). He is the author of: Down Historic Watencays (188S and 19<J2); The Story of Wiscoyisin (1890);

The Colonies, 14D2-1750 (1891); Our Cycling Tour in England (1892): On the Storied Ohio (1897 and 1903); Stories of the Badger Slate (1900); Father Marquette (1902); Daniel Boone (1902); History of Rocky Mountain Exploration (1903); George Rogers Clark, and other Essays in Western His- tory (1903), and Wisconsin in "American Com- monwealth" series (in preparation, 1903).

THWINQ, Charles Franklin, educator, was born iu New Sliaron, Maine. Nov. 8, 1853 j son of Joseph Perkins and Hannah jMorse (Hopkins) Thwing; grandson of Nathaniel and Joanna (Perkins) Thwing, and of Joshua Morse and Sophronia (Mason) Hopkins, and a descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayfloicer, and of Benja- min Thwing, who came to Boston in 1635. He attended Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard in 1876, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1879. He was married, Sept. 18, 1879, to Carrie F. Butler, daughterof Francis G. and Julia (Wendell) Butler of Farmingtou, Maine. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Sept. 25, 1879; was pas- tor of the North Avenue Congregational church, Cambridge, Mass., 1879-86, and of Plymouth church, Minneapolis, Minn., 1886-90, and in 1890 was chosen president of Western Reserve uni- vei-sitj- and Adelbert college. The honorary de- gree of S.T.D. was conferred on him by the Chi- cago Theological seminary in 1889, and that of LL.D. by Marietta in 1894, and hy Illinois college the same date, bj- W^aynesbury college in 1901, and by Washington and Jefferson college in 1903. He was the editor of the Chicago Advance, 1888- 91, and is the author of: American Colleges: their Studeyits and Work (1878); The Reading of Books (1883); The Family (with Mrs. Thwing, 1886); The Working Church; Within College Walls; The College Woman (1894); The American College in American Life; The Best Life; College Adminis- tration (1900); The Choice of a College (1901); The Youth's Dream of Life; God and His World; A Liberal Education ami a Liberal Religion (1903).

TIBBITS, William Badger, soldier, was born in Hoosick, N.Y., March 31, 1837. He was a grandson of George Tibbits (1763-1849), a Feder- alist representative from New York in the 8th congress, 180.3-05; a Federalist candidate for lieutenant-governor of New York state, 1816; a state senator, 1815-18; mayor of Troy, N. Y.. 1830- 36, and author of "Memoir on Home Markets '' (1827), and " Finances of the Canal Fund of tiie State of New York, Examined " (1829). William Badger Tibbitts was graduated at Union college in 1859; entered manufacturing business, and on May 14. 1861, was commissioned captain in the 2d New York volunteers under Col. Joseph B. Carr. He fought at Big Bethel, June 10, 1861; with the