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Nova Scotia; studied in the Univ. of
Edinburgh; and returning home, de-
voted himself to the study of the natu-
ral history and geology of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick ; he has been Super-
intendent of Education for Nova Scotia,
1850-75 et seq. ; and Principal of McGill
Univ. at Montreal from 1855; and is now
(1875) its Vice-Chancellor.
Day, Charles William. Agogos An English art and miscellaneous writer.
Day, Richard 13. Redwm. An Amer- ican journalist, of Syracuse, N.Y.
Day, Samuel Phillips. An English- man. An English author and newspaper correspondent ; correspondent in Canada for the "Herald" in 1863-64, and for the "Morning Post," London, in 1865.
Day, Thomas, Esq., 1748-89. Manus. An English poet, philanthropist, and po- litical writer; b in London ; educ. at the Charterhouse ; d. at Anningsley.
Day, W. TF. D. An English editor and compiler.
Dayman, John, 1778-1859. A Forr- eyner. An English economist, of Pad- ston; b. at Maer in Poughill; under- sherrff of Cornwall, 1804; d. at Brighton.
Deacon. William Frederick, 1799- 1845. W. G-.; William Afford; A Bash- ful Irishman ; The Editor of a Quarterly Review; A Village Apothecary. An Eng- lish novelist and journalist ; b. and d. in London.
Dean, John. J. D n. An English writer of Scarborough.
Dean, Joseph H. London W. An American journalist ; studied in the Har- vard Law School; admitted to the Bos- ton Bar.
Deane, Mrs. A. A. D. An English traveller in the East.
Deane, Charles, LL.D., 1813-. One icho knew him. An American literary antiquary; b. at Biddeford, Me.; was for many years a merchant in Boston ; now an author and editor of numerous his- torical papers ; in 1883 et seq. a resident of Cambridge, Mass.
Deane, Rev. William John, M.A. W. J: D. An English clergyman ; Oriel Coll., Oxford, 1847; Hector of Ashen, Clare, Suffolk, 1853-83 et seq.
Deans, Charles W, 1831-73. C. W. D. A prominent educator, of Pennsyl- vania ; one of promoters of Soldiers' Or- phan Schools.
Dearborn, Benjamin, 1755-1838. A Friend of Industry. An American teacher ; b. in Portsmouth, N.BL ; served his time as a printer with Daniel
Fowle; taught an academy for girls at
Portsmouth, and afterwards at Boston,
where he died.
De Beck, Col. William Ii. An Old Citizen. An American wnter.
De Bow, James Dunwoody Brown- son, 1820-67. J. JO.,' A Citizen. An American journalist and statistician ; b. at Charleston, S C ; Charleston Coll., 1843; called to the bar, 1844; and be- came the same year chief editor of the "Southern Quarterly Review", in 1845 he removed to New Orleans, and estab- lished "De Bow's Commercial Review" ; from 1855 he devoted himself to literary pursuits.
Decazes, Baronne Elisa (de Mir- bel). Eliza de Miroel
Deck, P. A Layman of the County of Suffolk. An English writer , postmaster at Bury.
Decker, Sir Matthew, -1749. A Well-Wisher to the Good People of Great Britain. An English merchant, settled in London in 1702 ; was made a baronet in 1716 ; and an M.P. in 1719.
De Coettogon, Rev. Charles Ed- ward, -1820. Parrestiastes. An em- inent Calvinistic divine ; Rector of God- stone and a Magistrate for the Co. of Surrey; educ. at Christ's Hospital, and at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. ; B. A , 1770. Being appointed assistant chap- lain to the celebrated Martyn Madan at the Lock Hospital, he soon became em- inent as a popular preacher; and pub- lished a large number of sermons, 1773- 1809.
De Cordova, Raphael J. De Cor- dova. An American writer; a broker of New York City.
De Costa, Benjamin Franklin, D D.
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Private. An American Epis clergyman; Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, of New York.
De Courcy, Rev. Richard, 1743-1803. R. D. ; The Good Vicar. An Irish cler- gyman and hymn-writer; educ. at Trin. Coll., Dublin; Vicar of S. Alkmond's, Shrewsbury, 1774-1803
Decremps, Henri, 1746-1826. Jerome Sharpe. A French writer.
Deems, Charles Force, D I)., 1820-. C. F. D. An eminent Methodist minis- ter; b. in Baltimore, Md., and educ. as Dickinson Coll. He served his ministry at the South for several years ; has been Prof, in the Univ. of North Carolina and in Randolph Macon Coll., and Pres. of the Greensboro* and Centenary Col- leges, and in 1873 was the successful
