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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Robert Edward 1807 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maury , Matthew Fontaine 1806 -1873 (search)
Maury, Matthew Fontaine 1806-1873
Scientist; born in Spottsylvania county, Va., June 14, 1806; entered the navy as midshipman in 1825, and while circumnavigating the globe began his treatise on Navigation.
An accident in 1839 made him a permanent cripple, and he was placed in charge of the Hydrographic Office at Washington.
On its union with the Naval Observatory, in 1844, he became its superintendent.
He made extensive researches concerning the physical geography of the sea, and published an interesting work on the subject.
He also made extensive investigations regarding the Gulf Stream.
In 1861 he resigned his appointments from the government and espoused the cause of the Confederacy.
In 1871 he was made president of the University of Alabama.
His scientific works gained for him distinguished honors from foreign governments and many learned societies.
He died in Lexington, Va., Feb. 1, 1873.
Taylor, William 1821-
Clergyman; born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 2, 1821; was educated in Lexington, Va.; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1842; went to California as a missionary in 1849; spent several months in evangelistic work in the Englishspeaking countries of the world; and was made missionary bishop of Africa in 1884.
He organized many self-supporting churches in India, and was author of Seven years Street preaching in San Francisco; California life illustrated, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), West Virginia, state of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington and Lee University , (search)
Washington and Lee University,
An educational institution in Lexington, Va. The nucleus of it was established in 1749 under the name of Augusta Academy, by which it was known till the Revolutionary War began, when its name was changed to Liberty Hall Academy.
In 1780 the institution was removed to Lexington, when, in 1796, General Washington gave it 100 shares of stock in the James River Canal Company, and the name was changed to Washington College, and on the death of Gen. Robert E. Lee, in 1870, the name was again changed to its present one.
Instruction was suspended during the Civil War; and the institution was reorganized in 1865 under the presidency of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
It reported in 1900: Professors and instructors, twenty-six; students, 220; volumes in the library, 40,000; productive funds, $626,000; grounds and buildings valued at $200,000; income, $45,000; acting president, H. St. G. Tucker.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson , William Lyne 1843 - (search)
Wilson, William Lyne 1843-
Educator; born in Jefferson county, Va.. May 3, 1843; graduated at Columbian College in 1860; served in the Civil War as a private in the 12th Virginia Cavalry; was Professor of Ancient Languages in Columbian College in 1865-71; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1867, and later began practice in Charlestown, W. Va. He was president of the University of West Virginia in 1882-83; member of Congress in 1882-94; became chairman of the committee on ways and means in 1893, and in this capacity introduced the tariff bill that bears his name, which was adopted in 1894.
He was Postmaster-General in 1895-97, and in the latter year became president of Washington and Lee University.
He died in Lexington, Va., Oct. 17, 1900.
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 1 : religious elements in the army. (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2 : influence of Christian officers. (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 4 : influence of Christian officers—concluded. (search)