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leges of Oxford, and labored patiently and in 

 the end successfully for the introduction of 

 schools of natural science, law, and modern 

 history into the university curriculum. It was 

 through his influence that the University Com- 

 mission was appointed by Parliament. From 

 1854 to 1864 he was vice-chancellor of the 

 university, as well as head master of Pem- 

 broke ; and to his strenuous exertions is due 

 whatever of valuable reform has been effected 

 in the university. In 1864 Lord Palmerston 

 elevated him to the see of Peterborough, into 

 which he carried the same zeal and earnestness 

 for growth and advance which had marked his 

 career at Oxford. 



JEWETT, CHAELES COFFIN, an American 

 scholar and bibliographer, for some years Pro- 

 fessor of Modern Languages in Brown Univer- 

 sity, born in Lebanon, Me., in 1816 ; died in 

 Braintree, Mass., January 9, 1868. He was a 

 graduate of Brown University, of the class of 

 1835. He then pursued a course of study for 

 three years at Andover, where he was so much 

 distinguished as a linguist that he conceived 

 the purpose of devoting himself to Oriental 

 studies ; this purpose, however, he found him- 

 self compelled to abandon. While at Andover, 

 he was for a time Librarian of the Theological 

 Seminary, and while in that position exhibited 

 such aptitude for its duties, and for bibliograph- 

 ical pursuits, especially by the share which he 

 had in the preparation of the catalogue of the 

 library, that in 1843 he was called to Brown 

 University, to undertake the task of newly ar- 

 ranging the college library, and of making a 

 catalogue of its books. This task he performed 

 with admirable success; and the publication 

 of the catalogue under his auspices, attracted 

 especial attention to this department of the 

 university, and opened a new era in its for- 

 tunes. Soon after, he was appointed Librarian 

 of the University and Professor of Modern Lan- 

 guages ; and, for the purpose of fitting himself 

 the better for his duties, he went abroad, and 

 spent some time in perfecting himself in the 

 languages and in inspecting the principal libra- 

 ries of Europe. During his residence abroad, 

 Professor Je wett made some valuable purchases, 

 under the direction of the library committee, 

 of works subsidiary to the study of the ancient 

 classics; and was also intrusted with large 

 commissions by a distinguished benefactor of 

 the college, for the purchase of standard works 

 in French, German, and Italian. These trusts 

 were executed with singular skill and fidelity, 

 and the accessions thus made to the library be- 

 long to its choicest treasures. Professor Jew- 

 ett remained in the university until 1848, dis- 

 charging his duties to universal acceptance, de- 

 veloping more fully his aptitude for the con- 

 duct of a great library, and winning the esteem 

 and love of his pupils by his enthusiasm and 

 skill as an instructor. On the establishment 

 of ^ the Smithsonian Institution, he was ap- 

 pointed its Assistant Secretary and Librarian ; 

 and at once entered upon these new and wider 



duties with all the ardor of his enthusiastic na- 

 ture, and with all the fondness and capacity 

 for labor for which he was so much distin- 

 guished. In the discharge of these duties, he 

 published an extended and most valuable re- 

 port of the public libraries of the United States, 

 which was printed in 1850, by order of Con- 

 gress, as an appendix to the annual report of 

 the Board of Regents of the Institution. He 

 also perfected a system of cataloguing by ster- 

 eotyping separately the title of each work in a 

 library; a system which combined economy 

 with accuracy. When it was decided to es- 

 tablish a great public library in Boston, Pro- 

 fessor Jewett was at once selected as the best 

 man in the country for the position of su- 

 perintendent of the institution, and that posi- 

 tion he held for the past ten years, discharging 

 its laborious and responsible duties with an un- 

 remitting zeal and toil, with a close and assidu- 

 ous application, which proved fatal to his health, 

 and brought his honorable career to a sud- 

 den and melancholy end. To his invaluable ser- 

 vices as Superintendent of the Boston Public 

 Library, by his thorough and systematic knowl- 

 edge of his duties, and by their faithful and 

 conscientious performance, the citizens of Bos- 

 ton were chiefly indebted for the great success 

 which that institution has attained. Professor 

 Jewett's death was sudden, and was caused by 

 a paralytic attack of so profound a character, 

 that he died within ten hours after his seizure. 

 JOHNSON, Rev. HEBMAN M., S. T. D., LL. 

 D., a Methodist clergyman and author, Presi- 

 dent of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., from 

 1860 to 1868, born in Otsego County, N. Y., 

 November 25, 1815 ; died in Carlisle, April 5, 

 1868. He was fitted for college at Cazenovia 

 Seminary, N. Y., and entered the junior class 

 in Wesleyan University in 1837, graduating 

 with distinction in 1839. Immediately on 

 leaving the university he was elected Professor 

 of Ancient Languages in St. Charles College, 

 Missouri, where he remained for three years. 

 Thence he was called to occupy the chair of 

 Ancient Languages in Augusta College, Ken- 

 tucky. In this position he served two years. 

 In 1844 he was elected Professor of Ancient 

 Languages and Literature in the Ohio Wesleyan 

 University at Delaware, Ohio. Here for a 

 while he performed the duties of acting presi- 

 dent of the institution, organizing its curricu- 

 lum, and was especially interested in introdu- 

 cing therein a biblical course of study as a 

 means of ministerial education. Of this de- 

 partment, in its incipiency, he took charge. 

 Here he labored six years. In 1850 Dr. John- 

 son was elected Professor of Philosophy and 

 English Literature in Dickinson College, which 

 position he retained for ten years, laboring 

 with unusual success. He was proffered, and 

 accepted, the presidency of the course, together 

 with the chair of Moral Science, in 1860, and 

 devoted his energies earnestly to the adminis- 

 tration of its affairs until his death. In 1850 

 he issued an edition of the Clio of Herodotus, 



