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death, July 5, 1872, but escaped to London. 

 Returning to Paris after the amnesty of July 

 12, 1880, he resumed his journalistic career 

 and conducted the U 0ri du Peuple," an ex- 

 treme radical and socialistic newspaper. 



Vanx, William Sandys Wright, an English nu- 

 mismatist and Oriental scholar, horn in 1818; 

 died June 23, 1885. He published in 1850 

 "Nineveh and Persepolis," and contributed to 

 the series of " Ancient History from the Monu- 

 ments " a work on kk Persia from the Earliest 

 Period to the Arab Conquest," and one on 

 " Greek Cities and Islands of Asia Minor," be- 

 sides preparing a hand-book of the antiquities 

 in the British Museum and writing a great num- 

 ber of special papers. 



Yeiteh, John, a Scottish author, born in Pee- 

 bles, Oct. 24, 1829; died in Edinburgh, July 

 17, 1885. He was educated at the University 

 of Edinburgh, where he won honors in logic 

 and moral philosophy. He published in 1859 

 a translation of Descar'tes's "Discourse on 

 Method," and three years later selections 

 from the same author's ''Principles of Phi- 

 losophy." He was the author of u The Tweed 

 and other Poems," and " The History and 

 Poetry of the Scottish Border." But his 

 most important work, which has been a mine 

 of wealth to Greek grammarians and lexicog- 

 raphers, is " Greek Verbs, Irregular and De- 

 fective." He was assistant to Sir William 

 Hamilton in the University of Edinburgh, and 

 in 1864 was made Professor of Logic and 

 Rhetoric in the University of Glasgow. 



Watson, Jean L., a Scottish authoress, born in 

 Edinburgh in 1835 ; died there, Oct. 7, 1885. 

 In " Bygone Days in Our Village," and " Round 

 the Grange Farm," she has faithfully pictured 

 the surroundings and social aspects of Rox- 

 burghshire, where she spent some of her early 

 years. Her lives of the Erskines, Dr. Thomas 

 Guthrie, and Dr. Andrew Thompson, enjoyed 

 great popularity. In conjunction with Miss 

 Sarah Tytler she compiled two valuable vol- 

 umes in "The Songstresses of Scotland." 



Webb, Thomas William, an English astronomer, 

 born in 1807; died in May, 1835. He was 

 graduated at Oxford in 1829, and became vicar 

 of Hard wick and prebendary of Hereford Cathe- 

 dral. He was the author of a hand-book for 

 amateur astronomers, " Celestial Objects for 

 Common Telescopes," which has proved a val- 

 uable aid to observers of that class, and has 

 contributed to increase their number and to 

 the diffusion of more general interest in as- 

 tronomy, and is highly appreciated by profes- 

 sional astronomers as well. He also published 

 " Christmas and Easter Carols " and a " Con- 

 jtinuation of the Rev. J. Webb's Civil War in 

 Herefordshire," and was a contributor to nu- 

 imerous periodicals. 



Weldon, Walter, an English chemist, born Oct. 

 3i;i832; died Sept. 20, 1885. He went to 

 London in 1854, and for several years gained a 

 bare livelihood by literary pursuits. The ab- 

 ,sence of any chronicle of scientific progress led 



to his publication in 1860 of a monthly journal 

 called u Weldon's Register of Facts and Occur- 

 rences in Literature, Science, and Art," which 

 was continued for three years. Processes for 

 the manufacture of aluminum and magnesium 

 were devised by him, but never put into prac- 

 tice. His attention was directed to the manu- 

 facture of chloride of lime, arid from experi- 

 ments begun in 1866, continued until 1869, the 

 Weldon process was developed. The manga- 

 nese, formerly a refuse product, was recovered 

 to the extent of 90 to 95 per cent. ; the price 

 of bleaching-powder was reduced by 6 a ton ; 

 its production was quadrupled, and something 

 like 750,000 per annum . was added to the 

 English national wealth. Dumas said of this 

 achievement, " By Mr. Weldon's invention, 

 every sheet of paper and every yard of calico 

 has been cheapened throughout the world." 

 The successful maintenance of his patents re- 

 quired enormous labor and constant research ; 

 still his interest continued in the various branch- 

 es of industrial chemistry, as his many papers 

 on technical subjects testify. The French Gov- 

 ernment nominated him Chevalier of the Le- 

 gion of Honor. The gold medal of the Societ6 

 d'Encouragement was given to him. He was 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society both of London 

 and Edinburgh, and also a Fellow of the Chem- 

 ical Society. He was one of the most active 

 leaders in the formation of the Society of Chem- 

 ical Industry, and was its president in 1883-'84. 

 Its journal owes much to his personal interest, 



Woodford, James Russell, Bishop of Ely, born 

 at Henley-on-Thames, April 30, 1820 ; died in 

 London, Oct. 24, 1885. He was graduated 

 from Cambridge in 1842, was ordained, and 

 was incumbent of the new district church of 

 St. Mark's, Euston, from 1847 to 1855, when 

 ho was presented to the vicarage of Kemps- 

 ford, Gloucestershire. This living he held un- 

 til 1868, when he was chosen successor to Dr. 

 Atlay, at Leeds. He was also for many years 

 examining chaplain to the late Bishop Wil- 

 berforce, who in 1867 bestowed upon him an 

 honorary canonry in Christ-Church, Oxford. 

 He was nominated to the bishopric of Ely in 

 1873, and was consecrated Dec. 14. Dr. Wood- 

 ford, whose views were what is termed " High 

 Church," was the author of several volumes of 

 addresses and sermons, including " Lectures 

 on the Creed," " Sermons preached before the 

 University of Cambridge," " Addresses on the 

 Church, Past and Present," etc. When the 

 late Bishop of Oxford was asked who was 

 the best preacher in England he answered, 

 " Woodford that is, he is the second best " ! 

 The Bishop of Ely never married. 



Wordsworth, Christopher, Bishop of Lincoln, 

 born in 1807 ; died March 21, 1885. His father, 

 Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, was a 

 brother of the poet Wordsworth. Christopher 

 was educated at Winchester and Trinity Col- 

 lege. Like his elder brother at Christ-Church, 

 who became Bishop of St. Andrews, he dis- 

 tinguished himself in the university not only 



