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Davidson, Samuel, an Irish clergyman, born 

 near Ballymena, Ireland, in 1807; died April 1, 

 1898. He was educated for the Presbyterian min- 

 istry at Glasgow University and at the Theological 

 College of the Presbyterians in Belfast, Ireland, and 

 became Professor of Biblical Criticism at the latter 

 institution in 1835. His sympathies inclining him 

 >ward the Congregationalists, he became Professor 

 sf Biblical Literature in the Lancashire Independent 

 College, Manchester, in 1842, but resigned this chair 

 in 1857 on account of the dissatisfaction expressed 

 egarding his supposed heterodox views. He then 

 sttled in London, which continued to be his home, 

 absorbed in study and authorship. Although his 

 news became somewhat more advanced with the 

 ipse of time, he lived nevertheless to be regarded 

 i comparatively conservative and firmly opposed to 

 rhat he considered to be revolutionary views. He 

 id great learning and was courageous in the ex- 

 pression of his opinions. He published " Revision 

 af the Hebrew Text of the Old Testament " (Lon- 

 ion, 1855) : " Facts, Statements, and Explanations 

 annected with the Publication of the Second Vol- 

 ime of the Tenth Edition of Home's ' Introduction 

 i the Study of the Holy Scriptures ' " (London, 1857) ; 

 ; Introduction to the Old Testament " (London. 



abstruse mathematical works, but to the English- 

 speaking world in general he was Lewis Carroll 

 author of "Alice in Wonderland." His love for 

 children was a marked feature in his character, and 

 it was to amuse the children of Dean Liddell of 

 Oxford that he began the tale which afterward de- 

 veloped into the delightful child's book which 

 brought him fame, the name of Alice being borrowed 

 from one of the Liddell children for his heroine. 

 But his name never appeared on the title-page of 

 this or his later books for children, and he never ac- 

 knowledged their authorship in so many words. 

 ( )nly his mathematical works appeared with his own 

 name on the title-page. Of the former, the "Alice " 

 books are by far the best, but the peculiar, inimita- 

 ble quality of his humor is seen in all. His life was 

 very quiet and retired, and for more than forty 

 years he occupied the same rooms in Christ Church, 

 where children were always welcome. In his latest 

 years he withdrew almost entirely from society and 

 was seen only among the fellows when dining with 

 them in the college hall. His writings include "A 

 Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry " (London. 

 1860) ; " The Formulae of Plane Trigonometry " (Ox- 

 ford, 1861) ; " Guide to the Mathematical Student " 

 (Oxford, 1864); "Alice's Adventures in Wonder- 



862-'63) ; translation of Fuerst's "Hebrew and land" (London, 1865); "An Elementary Treatise 



}hal(lfie Lexicon to thft Old Testftnrmnf " CT,nnrlrm nn Dpf prminnntc " ftftR7\- " PhaniooiviorY..-,,.,'. 



'haldee Lexicon to the Old Testament " (London. 

 865); " An Introduction to the Study of the New 

 "'estament " (London, 1868) ; " On a Fresh Revision 

 f the English Old Testament" (London. 1873); 

 anslation of "The New Testament from the 

 ritical Text of Tischendorf " (London, 1875) ; 

 The Canon of the Bible : Its Formation, History, 

 ,nd Fluctuations " (London, 1877) ; " The Doctrine 

 f Last Things contained in the New Testament " 

 iondon, 1882). 



Delianoff, Count Ivan Davidovich, a Russian 

 itesman, born in Moscow in 1818 ; died in St. 

 'etersburg, Jan. 10, 1898. He was of Armenian 

 parentage, and remained through life a communi- 

 cant of the Armenian Church. He studied at the 

 Moscow University, and at the age of twenty entered 

 the Government service in the legislative depart- 

 ment of the Imperial Chancellerie, being employed 

 for a long time in the preparation of a new crimi- 

 nal code. He passed over in 1858 to the Depart- 

 ment of Public Instruction, with which he was con- 

 nected for the greater part of his subsequent 

 career, first as curator of St. Petersburg and depend- 

 ent provinces, then as assistant to the minister. In 

 1882 he was appointed Minister of Public Instruc- 

 tion. In carrying out the policy of Russiafying the 

 heterodox and alien populations of the empire un- 

 der the present Czar he was zealous and energetic. 

 All the educational privileges and distinctions were 

 swept away in the Baltic provinces, Poland, and the 

 Caucasus, and the Russian language and state 

 religion introduced with the teachings of Muscovite 

 patriotism. One of his last acts was to take away 

 from the Armenian patriarchate the control of the 

 Armenian Church schools and place them under the 

 exclusive power of the Government, by which he 

 .ve great offense to his own people. 

 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, an English clergy- 

 mn, born in Daresbury, Cheshire. Jan. 27, 1832 ; 

 died in Guildford, Surrey, Jan. 14, 1898. He was a 

 son of the Rev. Charles Dodgson, archdeacon of Rich- 

 mond, Yorkshire, and was educated at Richmond, 

 Rugby, and Oxford. In 1854 he was appointed 

 mathematical lecturer at Christ Church, and he held 

 that chair until 1881. He became a fellow of Christ 

 Church in 1861 and so remained until his death. In 

 the same year that he attained his fellowship he be- 

 came a deacon in the Church of England, but he 

 never was advanced to the priesthood. To a cir- 

 cumscribed circle he was known as the author of 





Determinants" (1867); "Phantasmagoria and 

 Other Poems " (1867) ; " Through the Looking-glass 

 and what Alice found there " (1871) ; " Facts, Fig- 

 ures, and Fancies" (1871); "Euclid Book V 

 proved Algebraically " (1874) ; " The Hunting of the 

 Snark " (1876) ; "Euclid and his Modern Rivals" 

 (1879): "Doublets: A Word Puzzle" (1879): 

 " Rhyme I and Reason ? " (1883) ; "A Tangled Tale " 

 (1885) ; " Alice's Adventures Underground : A Fac- 

 simile Edition of the Original Manuscript of Alice's 

 Adventures in Wonderland " ( 1886) ; " The Game 

 of Logic" (1887); "A New Theory of Parallels" 

 (1888) ; " Sylvie and Bruno Concluded " (1894) ; 

 " Symbolic Logic," Part I (1896). The second and 

 third parts of the last-named work were in process 

 of completion at the time of the author's death. 



Bowling, Richard, an Irish novelist, born in 

 Clonmel, Ireland, June 3, 1846; died July 28, 1898. 

 He was educated at St. Munchin's College, Limer- 

 ick, and in 1870 became a member of the editorial 

 staff of " The Nation " in Dublin. He removed to 

 London in 1875, where he engaged in journalism, 

 but soon devoted himself to novel writing. His 

 work displays vigor of style and skill in construc- 

 tion, but the influence of Victor Hugo is apparent 

 in his manner. A nearly complete list of his writ- 

 ings comprises " Babies and Ladders," a collection 

 of humorous essays ; " The Mystery of Killard : A 

 Novel" (London, 1879); "The Spirit of Fate" 

 (1880); "Under St. Paul's: A Romance" (1880): 

 " London Town : Sketches of London Life and 

 Character" (1880); "The Weird Sisters" (1880); 

 " The Duke's Sweetheart " (1881) ; " The Husband's 

 Secret " (1881) ; " A Sapphire Ring and Other 

 Stories " (1882) ; " Sweet Inisfail " (1882) ; " The 

 Last Call" (1884); "The Hidden Flame " (1885); 

 " The Skeleton Key " (1886) ; " Tempest Driven " 

 (1886) ; " Ignorant Essays " (1887) ; " With the Un- 

 changed" (1887); "Miracle Gold" (1888); "An 

 Isle of Surrey " ; " Indolent Essays " ; "A Baffling 

 Quest" (1891); "A Dark Intruder" (1894) ; "While 

 London Sleeps" (1895) ; " Catmur's Caves" (1896) : 

 "Old Corcoran's Money" (1897); "A Lance in 

 Ambush " (1898). 



Eberfc. Georg 1 Moritz, a German Egyptologist 

 and novelist, born in Berlin, March 1, 1837; died 

 in Tutzing, Bavaria, Aug. 8, 1898. His education 

 was obtained at the gymnasiums of Kottbus and 

 Quedlinburg and the universities of Gottingen and 

 Berlin, and in 1865 he became lecturer at the Uni- 



