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WINSLOW. 577 WINSLOW. been republished by the Massaclmsetts Historical Society. WlksLOW, Forbes (Benionus) (1810-74). An Enj,'lisli alienist, of New Kngland stock, born in London. He studied medicine in New York, then at the Royal Collej^e of Surgeons, and at Aberdeen, at both of wliieh he tooic his degree in 183')-:!ti. lie made a specialty of the treatment of insanity, and was for some time superintendent of a private asjdum at Hammersmith and of one in London. lie then devoted himself entirely to consultation practice in London. He founded in 1848 the Quarlcrhi Journal of rsycholoiiiail Medicine and Mental Patholoi}}/, and conducted it till 1805. He also founded The Mcilienl Crilic (1801-0,3). He served as an officer in many medi- cal .societies, and in 1853 was president of the Medical Society of London. Among liis works are: Physic and Physicians (1839); The Anat- omy of Huicide (1840) ; On the Preservation of Health of Body and Mind (1842) ; The Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases (1843) ; Lcttsomian Lectures on Insanity (1854); On Obscure Dis- eases of the Brain and Disorders of the Mind (1801) ; Insanity and Crime (1804) ; On Uncon- trollable Drunkenness (1800); Light, Its Influ- ence on Life and Health (1807). WINSLOW, Hubbard (1790-1804). A Tres- byterian ch rg^-man. He was horn at Williston, Vt. He graduated at Yale College, 1825, and at the Yale Theoloaical Seminary, 1828. He was pastor at Dover, N. H., 1828-32; of Bowdoin Street Church, Boston, 1832-44; principal of Mount Vernon Young Ladies' Institute, Boston, 1844-54; edited the Religious Magazine, 1837-40; was Presbyterian pastor at Geneva, N. Y'., 1857-59; and was in charge of Fiftieth Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1861-02. Among his nu- merous publications may be mentioned: Doctrine of the Trinity (1831)'; History of the First Church, Dover, iV. H. (1831) ; Young Man's Aid (1830); Are You a Christian? (1837): Intcl- lectual Philosophii (1852); Moral Philosophy (1850); Hidden Life (18(33). WINSLOW, vins'16. J.CQUES B£nione (1009-1700). A Danish naturalist, born at Odense. He studied in Holland and Paris, and in 1743 was made a professor of anatomy in the Jardin dn Roi in Paris. He wrote a large nundjer of works^ of which the most important . is Irposi1ion anatomique de la structure du corps humain (5 vols., 1732; afterwards trans- lated into several languages). An opening in the gastrosplenie omentum is called after him the 'foramen of Winslow.' WINS'LOW. .Tonx (1702-74). An American soldier of the colonial period. He was born at IMarslifield, Mass., and was descended from the early Plymouth Colony Governor of his name. He led a company of his own raising in the luck- less attack on Cartagena, and commanded the force which in 1754 was sent out to occupy the country aboiit the Kennebec. In the following year he had charge of the seizure of the Acadi- ans, but disliked the work exceedingly, and wrote of it. "The affair is more grievous to me than any service I was ever employed in." In 175B he was given command of the New England troops : in the same year was placed in command of Fort William Henry on Lake George; and led a second expedition to the Kennebec in 1758-59. Afterwards he was made presiding judge of Com- mon Pleas for Plymouth County, and was a mem- ber of the Legislalire and uf the (,'ouncil. 'I'lie Letter and Order Books of Winsloic are in the library of the ilassaehuse.tts Historical Society and form a valuable historical source upon the period uf the French and Indian War. WINSLOW, John Ancuim (1811-73). .

American naval otricer, born at Wilmington, N. C. He was descenilcd on his father's side from Gov. Edward Winslow. of Plymouth Col- ony. He entered the United States Navy as a miilshipman in 1827; served on the Cumberland and in conunand of the prize Morris in the Mex- ican War; and in Septend)er. 1855, was com- missioned commander. During the first J'car of the Civil War he was attached to the Mississippi flotilla under Foote, and in July, 18G2, he was coiniiiissioncd captain and rci-civcd command of the Kearsarge. In that vessel he proceeded to the coast of Europe in search of Confederate cruisers. After blockading the Florida at Brest, and then the L'apixihiinnock at Calais, he re- ceived word while at Flushing that the famous Alabama, inider Captain Semmes (q.v.). was in the port of Cherbourg, France. He at once pro- ceeded to that place, and upon his arrival Semmes, who was confident of a victory that would benefit the Confederate cause in Europe, challenged him to a combat. The meeting took place on .June 19, 1864; and after a comparative- ly short engagement, in which Winslow managed hfs vessel with consummate ability, the Alabama was forced to surrender and soon afterwards sank. For this brilliant service Winslow re- ceived the thanks of Congress and was promoted to the rank of commodore. He commanded the Gulf Squadron in 1806-67; was made a rear- admiral in March, 1870; and commanded the Pa- cific Squadron in 1870-72. Consult Ellicott. The Life of John Anerum Winslow (New York, 1902). WINSLOW, .Josi.^K (1629-80). A Governor of Plymouth Colony, the son of Edward Wins- low. He was born in lIarshfield. Mass., was a member of the General Court in 1643. was Assist- ant Governor of Plymouth from 1657 until 1073, and was Governor from 1673 until his death, be- ing the first Governor in any of the New England colonies who was born in America. From 1658 until 1072 he was one of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, and in 1675, soon after the outbreak of King Philip's War, was chosen commander-in-chief of the intercolonial forces. A poem written by him in commemoration of Governor Bradford was pub- lished in ilorton's New England Memoriall. WINSLOW, MiEON (1789-1804). An Ameri can missionary, brother of Hubbard Winslow (q.v.). He was born at Willisto'n. Vt., graduated at Middlebury College, 1815, and at Andover Theological Seminary, 1818. In 1819 he went to India as a missionary of the American Board, and served for forty-four years in that country. He established the American mission at Madras in 1830. He prepared a Tamil and English dic- tionary, completed in 1802. It was based in part on manuscript material of the Rev. .Toseph Knight, of the London ^lissionary Society, and the Rev. Samuel Hntchings. of the American mission, and was considered one of the most