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DEWBERRY. DEWBERRY (from dew + berry, apparent- ly a^ Iwiug a trailing plant), Ritbiis Caiiaileitsis or lubus I i7/ci.M(s. A reproscntative of the black- bL'rry tribe, familiarly known as. running brier, and recognized as a common weed of worn-out or neglected lields and waste ])laces. It is also known as the nimiing blackberry. There are sev- eral species of IJubus which have a decumbent habit, but the above is the only one which has given a cultural product of merit. The cultiva- tion of this form of blacklicrry l)egan with the discovery ami introduction of the Lucretia, a large-fruited and strong-growing form which has given good returns under skillful management. It is usually planted .'? X l> fwt ai)art, given clean culture, and the vines tied to stakes or provided with a rack or trellis. It propagates readily by layers. Hybrids between the blackberry and dewberry are in cultivation, and are not uncom- mon ill nature. See also RuBUS.

DEWDNEY, Kdgak (1S3o— ). A Canadian statesman. He was born in Devonshire, Eng- land, and was educated as a civil engineer. In 1859 he went to British Cohuubia, became a member of the local Parliament in 1868. and from 1872 to 1879 was a member of the Dominion Parliament. He was then Indian Commissioner until 1881, when he became Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territorj". In 1888 he was ap- pointed Jlinister of Interior and ex-officio Super- intendent of Indian Affairs for Canada, and in 1892 became Lieutenant-Governor of British Co- lumbia.

DEWEES', William Potts (17G8-1841). An American physician, well known as a specialist in obstetrics. From 1820 to 1834 he was profes- sor of the diseases of women and children in the University of Pennsylvania. Among his publica- tions arc: System of Midiiifcrt/ ( l'2th ed. 18.54); Treatise on the Physieal and Medical Treatment of Children (1825: 10th ed. 18.54); Treatise on the Diseases of Females (1826; 10th ed. 1854); and Practice of Medicine (1830).

D'EWES, duz. Sir Simoxds (1602,50). An industrious English chronicler and antiquarian. He was the son of Paul D'Ewes, of ililden. Suf- folk, one of the si. clerks of chancery, and was born at Coxden, Dorsetshire, on December 18, 1002. His preparatory education was gained under several private teachers. Through Henry Reynolds, of Saint ilary Axe Parisli, London, he became strongly indoctrinated with the Puri- tan theology, and to .Tohn Dickinson, upper mas- ter of Bury School, he owed his first enthusiasm for scholarly research. In 1618 he entered Saint •lohn's College. Cambridge; but two years later, before taking a degree, he was removed by his father to the Inner Temple, where he was called to the bar in 1623. lie abandoned the law three years later, partly in consecpience of his mar- riage with the rich heiress of Sir William Clop- ton, of Lutons Hall. Suffolk. In the same year he was knighted. He now licgan to devote him- self zealously to those antiquarian studies which he never abandoned, although he represented Sudbury in the Long Parliament and was one of the members expelled at Pride's Purge in 1048. He wrote and collected a vast number of manu- scripts, and made many transcripts from mo- nastic and other records, and (liese now form .a part of the Ilarleian Collection preserved in the British Museum. His greatest work is the Journal of All the Parliaments of the Reiyn of Queen Elizabeth, finished in l(i29, but first edit- ed and publislicd by his nephew, Paul Bower (London, 1682). This work was incorporated by Cobbett in his Parliamentary History. Con- sult: Jessopp, in the Dictionary of ational Bi- ography, xiv. (London, 1888), and Halliwell- Phillipps's edition of the Autobiography and Cor- respondence of air iiimonds D'Eucs During the Reign of James I. and Charles I. (London, 1845). DE WET, de vet'. Christian (c.l853— ). A distinguished Moer commander. He won a name for gallantry in the war between the Transvaal and the British in 1880-81, and became famous for his skill in hunting. During the latter stages of the Boer War of 1899-1902 he i)roved a formid- able adversary to the British, who for a time made him their principal objective. Frequently he would appear to be completely enmeshed in a girdle of block-houses, wire entanglements and fences, and pursuing columns; but as often, through the exercise of a clever ruse, completely evaded his pursuers and intlicted damage on some British convoy or outpost in the most unexpected direction. On February 0, 1902, his capture be- tween Lindley and Kroonstad, by the British col- umns under Lord Kitchener, seemed certain. He was driven into a corner from which escape was rendered dilticult by strong wire fences and en- tanglements; but, to the consternation of his pur- suers, he hurled a large drove of cattle, goaded almost to madness, against the wire obstacles, and in the confusion made his escape. In com- mon with other Boer leaders, he made submission to Lord Kitchener, and afterwards served on a Boer committee to raise funds in Europe and America for the distressed Boer families. Dur- ing the war he never wore the slightest badge of rank, and he was always taciturn to a degree. He had the complete confidence of his soldiers, but, in common with all the other Boer leaders, suffered the defeat of his best schemes because of the in- dividuality and independence of the burghers under his command. He was regarded bj- the British Government as one of the most influen- tial of the Boer leaders, and great satisfaction was evinced at the dignified manner of his ac- ceptance of the inevitable, so far as the ultimate outcome of the war was concerned.

DE WETTE, de wet'te, or vet'c, Wilhelm Martin Lebebeciit (1780-1849). A German theologian. He was born at Ulla, near Weimar, and studied at the I'niversity of Jena. In 1807 he was ap])ointed extraordinary professor of philosophy at Heidelberg, in 1809 professor of theology, and in 1810 was called to Berlin. By his excellence as a teacher, as also by his writings. De Wette soon acquired a great reputation. In lS19j on account of a letter which lie wrote addressed to the mother of the assassin of Kotzebiic. he was deprived of his chair. In 1822 he was appointed professor of theology in the Universify of Basel, where his prelections and sermons in a short time secured him universal esteem and applause. In 1829 the Grand Council of Basel made him a member of the Council of Education, and granted him the freedom of the city. In 1849 he was elected rector of the university, but died the same year, De 'ette was a man of comprehensive learning and acute philosophic disci'rnment. His antipathy to the shackles of dogmatic theology gave keenness and