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DE WITT. of the same in Princetou Theological Seminary in 18!i-'.

DEWSBURY, duz'ber-i. A Parliamentary nnil niuniiii>iil luirimgh and nianufaeturing town in the Wusl Kiding of Yorkshire, Knghind. on the Calder, eiglit miles south-soulhwe^t of Leeds (Map: Kngland, E 3). Dewsbury is noted for its manufaetures- of worsted, carpets, blankets, and various kimls of heavj- woolen goods. There are collieries and iron-works in the immediate neighborhood. It is on tliree railway lines and connected by the C'alder and its branches with Hull and Liverpool. Among its notable build- ings are the town hall, chamber of commerce, infirmary, and grannnar school. The town re- ceived its charter of incorporation in 18G2. It sends one member to Parliament. The town owns its water and gas works, operates its electric-light plant, and maintains public baths, cemeteries, markets, technical schools, and a free library. A modern sewerage system has been installed in connection with a .sewage farm. Population, in 1901, 28,000. At Dewsbury, in 627, I'aulinus tirst preached Christianity to the Korthuniliriiins,

DEW-WORM. A British name for the earth- worm. Sec Eartiiwohm.

DEXIP'PUS (Lat., from Gk. Aiii--oi). A Greek philosopher, a follower of the Neo-Plato- nist lamblichus, belonging to the middle of the fourth century a.d. He wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle, of which one, in explanation and defense of the Aristotelian categories, has appeared in both I^atin and Greek texts. The fonner. imdcr the title Qiiirstionum in Categorias Libri Trcs. was edited by I'Vlicicn (Paris, 1549) ; the latter by Spengel (Munich, 1859).

DEXIPPUS. Pini.if.s Hkrennu's ( ?-c.280 A.i). ). A Greek rhetorician, historian, and sol- dier. He was born at Athens, and after holding the highest ofliccs in his native city, commanded the army against the Goths when they invaded Greece and captured Athens in a.d. 262. Photius describes three of his historical works: Ta /itri, ''AXiiavSpov, a history of Macedonia from the time of Alexander the Great: ^ivronov ItrmpiaSv (or xi>"- viKiiiarop!a),a chronological history from the earli- est times down to the accession of the Emperor Claudius IL, a.d. 2G8 : and SKfOixa, an account of the war against the Scythians or Goths, in which Dexippus himself had fought. Though Photius looks upon Dexippus as a second Thucy- dides, the extant fragments of his works, which are numerous, show that he had most of the iault-s of the later Greek rhetoricians. For these fragments, consult : Bekker and Xiebuhr, Scrip- lorrs JJistoriw BiizantincF (Bonn, 1829) ; and Jliiller, Frafjmenta Tliatoricorum Orwcorum (Paris, 18(iS-83). A public statue was erected in his honor, the base of which with its in- scription has been preserved.

DEX'TER, (1821-90). An American clergyman and historian. He was born in Plympton. Mass.; graduated at Yale in 1840, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1844; and was pastor of a Congregational church at Manchester, N. H., from 1844 to 1840, and of the Berkeley Street Congregational Church in Boston from" 1849 until 6. He edited the Congregationalist from 1851 to 1866, the Congregational Quarterly from 1859 to 18066, and in 1867 became editor-in-chief of the Recorder, in which the Congregationalist had been merged. He held a pastorate at Dorchester, Mass., from 1809 to 1871, and from 1877 to 1880 delivered annual courses of lectures on Congregationalism at the Andover Theological Seminary. He devoted much of his time to the study of the history of the Congregational Church and of the ecclesiastical history of New England, and wrote several valuable works on these subjects. Among his publications are: The Voice of lite lUblc and the erdict of Reason (1858) ; Congre- yalionalism : ^'hat it is, ^'hencc it is, Uoic it Works, ll'/ii/ it is Better than Any Other Form of Church (Joieriiinent, and its Vonsetjiient VemandJs (1805), which passed into many editions: The Church Polity of the I'ilgrinis I'lir Polity of the yew Testament (1870) ; lioger Williams and His Banishment from the ilassacltuselts Colony (1870) ; The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, icith a Biblioaraphical .Ippen- dix (of 7250 titles) (1881)— his most valuable, work: .1 Uaiidbook of Congregationalism ( 1880) ; The True Utory of John iim'ylh, the tic- Baptist (1881); Common i^ense as to Wontan Suffrage (1885): and Early English Exiles in Amsterdam (1890). He a'iso edited Church's Eastern Expeditions and Entertaining Passages Ileluting to King Philip's War. and Mourt's }te- lat ion; and left in MSS. A Bibliography of the Church Struggle in England During the Six- teenth Century and the Pre-flistory of Plymouth Colony, icilh the English and Dutch Life of the Plymouth Men.

DEXTER, SAMUEL (1761-1810). An American jurist. He was born in Bostcm, graduated at Harvard in 1781, and was admitted to the bar in 1784. He was a member of the State Legislature, and served in Congress both as Itcprcsenlativc and Senator. He was appointed Secretary of War in -June, 1800, and from I>?cember of this year luitil the inauguration of Jefferson was Secretary of the Treasury. He published a Letter on Freemasonry : Progress of Science, a poem (1780); and Speeches and Political Papers.

DEXTER, {{sc|Timothy} (1743-1800). An Ameri- can merchant, born at Maiden. Mass. He rose to great atllucnce, but is memorable chietly for his eccentricities. Assuming tlic title of Lord Timothy Dexter, he built extraordinary houses at N'ewburyport. Mass.. and Chester, N. H. The garden of the former he adorned with about forty colossal wooden statues of famous men. including himself. He also maintained a poet-laureate, and formed a collection of paintings composed entirely of daubs. He was the author of .4 I'ickle for the Knoicing Ones. Having l)een troubled by his printers in regard to punctuation, he retaliated by writing a pamplilet without a comma or any other point, but displaying at the end half a pa^je of points in a mass, with the invitation to his readers to "pepper the dish to suit themselves." He also rclicarsed his own funeral procession in the most elaborate man- ner and caned his wife for not weeping at the sight of the cortege.

DEXTRIN (from Lat. dexter, right, referring to its pr>viT of turning to the right the plane of polari/ed light). A name applied to scverni organic substances produced by the action of malt extract, saliva, or pancreatic juice upon starch paste, (he first product of the transformation being sohible starch, and dextrin being pro-