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Genealogical society ; an officer of the Legion of Honor of the French Reiniblic ; and honorarj^ member of the Ro\'al Academj- of Sciences at Ber- lin, and of various foreign organizations. He also received the " Rojal Gold Medal of Prussia for Science and Art " for the year 1903. He is the author of : Outlines of Lectures on History (several eds., 1860-83); A Plan of Organization for Cornell University (1865); A Report upon the Admission of Women to the University (18T0); A History of the Warfare of Science ivith The- ology (1876; enlarged ed., 1895); Paper Money Inflation in France (1876, and various eds.); A Syllabus of Lectures on General History (several eds.); Tlic New Germany (various eds.); A Re- port upon European Schools of History (various eds.), and several public addresses on educational and political questions and contributions on his- torical subjects to leading publications.

WHITE, Charles, educator, was born in Ran- dolph, Mass., Dec. 28, 1795 ; son of Solomon and Rhoda (Braman) White ; grandson of Capt. John and Ruth (Thayer) White and of David and Dorothy (Blanchard) Thayer, and a descendant of Thomas White, who was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts colony, March 3, 1635-36. He was graduated from Dartmouth college, A.B., 18'21, A.M., 1824, and was a student at Andover Tlieological seminary, 1821-23. He was ordained to the Presbyterian niinistiy, Jan. 5, 1825 ; was pastor at Thetford, Vt., 1825-29; at Cazenovia, N.Y., 1829-33; at Owego, N.Y., 1834-41, and president of Wabash college, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1841-61. The lionorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Union college in 1841. He is the author of : Essays in Literature and Ethics (1853). He died in Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 29, 1861.

WHITE, Charles Abiathar, geologist, was born in North Dighton, Mass., Jan. 26, 1826 ; son of Abiathar and Nancy (Corey) White ; grandson of Cornelius and Abigail (Leonard) White, and of Daniel and Mary Corey, and a descendant of William White, who settled in Boston about 1640. At the age of twelve he removed with Ids parents to Burlington, Iowa, and was educated under private instruction. He was married, Sept. 28, 1848, to Charlotte Richmond, daugliter of James and Nancy (Dewhurst) Pilkington of Dighton, Mass. He was graduated from Rush Medical col- lege in 1863 ; was state geologist of Iowa, 1866-70 ; professor of natural history in the State Uni- versity of Iowa, 1867-73, and in Bowdoin college, 1873-75. He was paleontologist to various sections of the U.S. geographical and geological survey, 1874-79 ; was in cliarge of the paleontological col- lections of the U.S. National museum. 1879-81 ; was chief of the Artesian Wells commission upon the great plains, 1881-82, and in 1882 was appointed X. — 25

geologist of tlie U.S. geological survey. He was president of the Washington Biological society in 1883-84 ; was vice-president of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science, 1888, and was elected a member of the National Acad- emy of Sciences in 1889. He also became a for- eign member of the Geological Society of Lon- don. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Iowa college in 1866 and that of LL.D. from the State University of Iowa in 1893. Dr. White is the author of 227 books and other publications, most of them on geological subjects, many of them being the result of his observations while conducting investigations for the government.

WHITE, Daniel Appleton, jurist, was born in Methuen (now Lawrence) Mass., June 7, 1776 ; son of Jolin and Elizabeth (Haynes) White ; grandson of William and Sarali (Phillips) White, and of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clement) Haynes, and a descendant of William White, who came from Norfolk county, England, in 1635, settling first in Ipswich, afterward in Newbury, and finall}' in Haverill, Mass. John White removed from Haverill to Methuen about 1772. Daniel A. White attended Atkinson academy, 1792-93 ; was graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1797. A.M., 1800 ; taught school in Medford, Mass., 1797-99 ; was tutor at Harvard, 1799-1803 ; studied law in Salem, Mass., 1803-04 ; was admitted to the bar, June 26, 1804, and began practice in Newbury- port, Mass. He was married in Concord, Mass., May 24, 1807, to Mary, daughter of Dr. Josiah and Mary (Flagg) Wilder of Lancaster, Mass., and widow of Antoine van Schalwyck. She died, June 29, 1811. Mr. White was state sena- tor, 1810-15, and was elected an Essex North representative to the 14th congress in 1814, but resigned before taking his seat to become judge of probate for Essex county, Mass., retaining that office until 1853. He removed to Salem, Mass., in 1817, where he was married secondly, Aug. 1, 1819, to Eliza, daughter of William and Abigail (Ropes) Orne and widow of William Wetmore. She died March 27, 1821. Judge White was married thirdly, Jan. 22, 1824, to Ruth, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Kettell) Hurd of Charlestown, Mass., and widow of Ab- ner Rogers. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Yale, 1804, and that of LL.D. by Harvard, 1837, of which latter organi- zation he was ovei'seer, 1842-53. He was a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Historical society ; a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; trustee of Dummer academy ; chair- man of the committee appointed by the New Hampshire legislature in 1815 to investigate the difficulties existing between President Wheel- ock and the trustees of Dartmouth college ; a director of the Societv for the Promotion of