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musket-ball and while lying in the trenches was bayoneted and instantly killed by a British sol- dier, June 17, 1775.

WARREN, ninton, educator, was born in Providence, R. I., Jan. 29, 1850; son of Samuel Sprague and Ann Elizabeth Warren; grandson of Minton and Lucretia (Durfee) Warren and of Samuel and Nancy (Leonard) Caswell, and a de- scendant of Richard Warren, of the Mayfloicer, and on his mother's side of Peregrine White. He was graduated from Tufts college in 1870, and was married, Dec. 29, 1885, to Salome Amelia, daughter of Juan Francisco and Eliza- beth (Jones) Machado of Salem, Mass. He was a director of the American School of Classical Studies, Rome, Italy, 1896-97; professor of Latin at Johns Hopkins university, 1879-99, and was chosen professor of Latin at Harvard university in 1899. He was president of the American Phil- ological association, 1897-98. The degree of Ph. D. was conferred on him by the University of Strassburg, Germany, in 1879, and the honor- ary degree of LL.D. by Tufts college, 1899, by Columbia university in 1900, and by the Univers- ity of Wisconsin, 1902.

WARREN, Samuel Edward, educator, was born in West Newton, Mass., Oct. 29, 1831; son of Samuel and Anne Cathai-ine (Reed) Warren; grand-son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Smitli) War- ren, and of Joseph and Elizabetli (Keyes) Reed, and a descendant of John Warren, an original settler of Watertown, Mass., 1630. He was graduated from Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute, C. E., 1851; was assistant in charge of descriptive geom- etry and drawing. 1851-54; was professor of des- criptive geometry and stereotomy, 1854-72; and occupied a similar chair at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 1872-75. He was lecturer in the Massachusetts Normal Art school, 1872-75, removed to Newton, Mass., from Troy. N.Y., 1872, and after 1875 was engaged in private instruc- tion, the completion and rj vision of his works and miscellaneous writings. He was married, Nov. 18, 1884, to Margaret Miller, daughter of James and Margaret Skiffington (Taylor) Miller of Paisley, Scotland. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science in 1868, and of the New England Historic Genealogical society in 1880, and a lay , delegate to the diocesan convention of the P. E. church in the diocese of Massachusetts, 1896-1903. He is the author of: General Problems in Des- criptive Geometry (1860); Elementary Projec- tion Drawing (1861); Elementary Linear Per- spective (1863); Drafting Instrn)nents and Oper- ations (1864); Plane Problems in Elementary Geometry (1866); General Problems in Shades and Shadoivs (1867); General Problems in Linear Perspective (1868); Elements of Machine X. — 21

Construction and Draiving (3 vols., 1870); Ele- mentary Free-hand Geometrical Draiving (1873); Problems, Theorems, and Examples in Descrip- tive Geometry (1874); Problems in Stone Cutting (1875); Elements of Descriptive Geometry (1877); A Primary Geometry ( 1887); The Sunday Question (1890). and many contributions to periodicals.

WARREN, William, actor, was born in Pliil- adelphia, Pa., Nov. 17, 1812; son of William Warren, a noted actor and manager of the Chest- nut Street tlieatre, Philadelpliia. After the lat- ter's death in 1832, William, Jr., abandoned the mercantile business and made his debut on the stage as Young Norvalin " Douglas" at the Arch Street theatre, Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1832. He joined a traveling troupe under the management of the elder Jefferson and jjlayed in various characters in the west and southwest; appeared in New York city in 1841, and in 1845 went to Lon- don, where he was seen at the Strand theatre in Logan's farce, "The Vermonter."' He joined the Howard Atlieuseum stock company, Boston Mass., in 1846, and subsequently the Boston Museum company, retiring from the stage Nov. 7, 1882. Among his most successful impersonations were: Sir Lucius O'Trigger in "The Rivals"; Tony Lumpkin in " She Stoops to Conquer "; Dr. Pan- gloss in " The Heir at Law," and Touchstone in " As You Like It." He died in Boston, Mass., Sept. 12, 1888.

WARREN, William Fairfield, educator, was born in Williamsburgh, Mass., March 13, 1833; third son of Mather and Anne Miller (Fairfield) Warren; grandson of Cotton Mather Warren, a direct descendant from the original immigrant, William Warren of Roxbury, whose son William married Susannah Mather; and through liis father's mother from Elder John White, the as- sociate of Hooker, and through his own motlier from the Hon. William Fairfield of Wenham. He was graduated from Weslej-an university in 1853 in the same class with his brother. Bishop Henry White Warren. He taught a classical school in Jlobile, Ala., 1853-54; joined the New England conference in 1855; was in charge of a church in Andover, Mass., 1855-56; .studied in Berlin, Halle and Rome, 1856-58; travelled in Gi'eece, Egypt, Palestine, and other parts, re- siding abroad over seven j'ears, and serving as