Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk).

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885

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British diplomat and minister to Japan, 1865-1883. From the description of Papers, 1853-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20072032 Epithet: KCB, diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000059 Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885), British minister to Japan, 1865-1883, and subsequently to China and Korea, 1883-1885. Parkes wa...

Fenollosa, Ernest, 1853-1908

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Fenollosa was a poet and student of Oriental art. He taught at the Imperial University of Tokyo (1878-1886) and was manager of the Tokyo Fine Arts Academy and the Imperial Museum. From 1890 to 1897 he was curator of Oriental art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. From the description of Ernest Francisco Fenollosa papers, 1881-1952 (inclusive), 1881-1909 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612366391 From the guide to the Ernest Francisco Fenollosa papers, 1881-1...

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901

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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 18...

Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902

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Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902), was an American politician from the state of Maine, and was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served as Speaker of the House, from 1889–1891 and again from 1895–1899. Occasionally ridiculed as "Czar Reed", he had great influence over the agenda and operations of the House, more so than any previous speaker. He increased the Speaker's power by in...

Williams, Charles Augustus, 1829-1899.

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Hepburn, J. C. (James Curtis), 1815-1911

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Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910

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Brewer went to Yale in 1848 to study soil analysis with J.P. Norton. He left to teach for two years, retuned and got his Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852. After Yale he went to study in Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1858 he was made professor of chemistry and geology at Washington College in Pennsylvania. From 1860-1864 Brewer was first assistant on the Geological Survey of California and undertook extensive botanical surveys of areas that were still largely unexplored. In ...

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1847-1920

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Williams, William Perkins, 1819-1841.

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Boone, William Jones, 1811-1864

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First Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai. From the description of William Jones Boone papers, 1843-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 655269264 ...

Bender, Clifford A.

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Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, 1838-1918

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Twichell, a clergyman, was Samuel Clemens's most intimate friend. From the description of ALS, 1911 December 7 : Hartford, to Frank Fuller. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14406107 Twichell and Fuller were personal friends of Samuel Clemens. From the description of ALS, [1911] November 4 : Hartford, to Frank Fuller. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14399733 From the description of ALS, [1911] October 26 : Ha...

Parker, Peter, 1804-1888

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Peter Parker, medical missionary and diplomat to China, was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1804. His parents were farmers and devout followers of the orthodox Congregational faith. After graduation from Yale College in 1831, Parker studied both theology and medicine and was awarded an M.D. from Yale in 1834. In January of the same year he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in Philadelphia and departed a month after for Canton as the first Protestant medical missionary to China. With...

Seward, George F. (George Frederick), 1840-1910

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U.S. Minister to China, 1876-1880; President of the Fidelity and Casualty Company, New York City. From the description of George F. Seward papers, 1885-1910. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780527 ...

Williams, Frederick Wells, 1857-1928

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Seelye, Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895

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1849 graduate of Amherst College. Clergyman, educator, author and politician. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, Amherst College, 1858-1877; President, 1877-1890. Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 44th Congress, 1875-1877. Trustee, Mount Holyoke College, 1872-1895. Member, Board of Visitors, Andover Theological Seminary, 1874-1892. Married Elizabeth Tillman James in 1854 and had four children: Anna, Mabel, Elizabeth and William. From the description of Seelye papers, 1824...

Brown, Samuel Robbins, 1810-1880

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Folds, Thomas McKey, 1908-

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Yale-China Association

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Plans for a Yale mission in China were first formulated in 1901. In 1902, the Yale Foreign Missionary Society was organized, and Lawrence Thurston travelled to China in order to contact missionary groups and investigate locations for a mission. In 1903, the First Conference of Protestant Missions of Hunan invited a Yale group to settle in Changsha. Brownell Gage, Warren Seabury, and Edward Hume formed the first group. A collegiate school, Yali Middle School, opened in 1906, and in 1914, the Coll...

Garstin, Elizabeth Williams

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Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894

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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...

Nye, Gideon, 1812-1888

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Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to W. Reid, 1871 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269584399 Biographical Note: Daniel Coit Gilman was an educator and first president of The Johns Hopkins University. From the description of Daniel Coit Gilman papers, 1773-1925. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48134620 Daniel Coit Gilman: president of the University of California, 1872-1875; president of Johns Hop...

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

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American naval officer, led U.S. Naval Expedition to Japan and negotiated treaty of peace and commerce, 1852-1854. From the description of ALS : Sharon Springs, N.Y., to Robert Ward Johnson 1836 Aug. 7. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122586021 Naval officer and commander-in-chief of negotiations with the Japanese for the treaty signed between the United States and Japan in l854. From the description of Matthew Calbraith Perry papers, 1839-1...

Denby, James.

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Williams family.

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Stanley, Charles Alfred, 1878-

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Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928

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Maurice Bloomfield was a professor of Sanskrit, The Johns Hopkins University, 1881-1891. He received his Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1879. Bloomfield was the author of several books on Vedic language and literature. From the description of Maurice Bloomfield letter, 1880. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49301568 ...

Lockhart, William, 1820-1892

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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Bird, H. A. (Howard Anthony), 1945-

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Botanist, ardent supporter of Charles Darwin, first professor appointed to the faculty of the University of Michigan, and Professor of Botany at Harvard University. From the description of Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68802268 Asa Gray is an American botanist. He was made Professor of Natural History at Harvard University in 1842 and held that position until 1873. He was the author of several works including Manual of the bota...

Yale University.

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Williams, Sarah Walworth, 1815-1881.

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Rondot, Natalis, 1821-1900

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Watson, James C. (James Craig), 1838-1880

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Professor of astronomy and director of the Observatory at University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin. From the description of James Craig Watson papers, 1857-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420391 James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838-November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1850. In 1857, Watson graduated from the University of...

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

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American statesman; Secretary of State. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to Thomas J. Durant, 1870 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Schell, 1890 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526181 American statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Snell, Esq., (18)76 Dec. 19. (Unknown). World...

Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916

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American educator who served as the president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367566221 President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. From the description of James Burrill Angell papers, 1845-1916. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419061 Editor of Providence Journal, 1860-1866. From the description of Letter, [ca.1860-1866], Providence,...

Bridgman, E. C. (Elijah Coleman), 1801-1861

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Muirhead, William, 1822-1900

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Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916

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American editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed and typed letters signed (8) : New York, N.Y., etc., to F. A. Duneka, 1900 Apr. 4-1912 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590305 American author. From the description of Letter, 1900 Apr. 1, Summit, N.J., to Mr. Lockwood [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811909 Author, essayist, and editor Hamilton Wright Mabie was born and educated in New York...

United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)

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Blodget, H. (Henry), 1825-1903

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Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000244 President of Yale College. From the description of Autograph letter of recommendation signed : New Haven, 1862 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584067 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to W. Hayes Ward, 1872 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584074 From the descrip...

Holt, W. Stull (William Stull), 1896-1981

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William Stull Holt was born in 1896. He taught history at the University of Washington and served as chair of the History Department. He was a member of the American Historical Association, and an official of the Democratic Party. He was active in the Democratic national conventions, 1968-1972; the Democratic National Committee; the Washington State Democratic Central Committee; and the King County Democratic Central Committee. He died in 1981. From the guide to the W. Stull Holt pap...

Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909

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Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920

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Epithet: Assistant Librarian Yale College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0000a2 Franklin B. Dexter: librarian and administrator of Yale University; began work in Yale Library in 1867, remaining until 1912 when he became librarian emeritus; from 1867-1907 responsible for cataloguing the Yale Library; also a historian and genealogist; edited histories of Yale and Connecticut, and Obituary Register of Ya...

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

Morrison, John Robert, 1814-1843

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John Robert Morrison was the son of Robert Morrison (1782-1834), the missionary to China. John lived in Canton, Macau, and other places in China between 1833 and 1842. He wrote on China's commerce, shipping and harbors. From the description of Papers of John Robert Morrison [manuscript]. 1824-1844. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223218956 ...

Williams, Wayland Wells, 1888-1945

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Wayland Wells Williams, New Haven author and artist, was the son of Frederick Wells and Fanny Hapgood, a graduate of Yale University, and administrator of the Connecticut Federal Art Project. From the guide to the Wayland Wells Williams papers, 1910-1942, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) ...

Speer, William, 1822-1904

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Rev. William Speer was a pioneer Presbyterian minister in San Francisco who established the first missions among the Chinese during the Gold Rush. He was also a strong advocate of fair treatment for Chinese immigrants in California. From the description of William Speer letter : San Francisco, [Calif.], to his family, Pittsburgh, Penn. : ALS, 1854 Jan. 1. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 49192720 ...

Holcombe, Chester, 1844-1912

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Gray, Sophia Gardner Williams Grosvenor, 1855-1938

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Sophia Gardner (Williams) Grosvenor Gray (1855-1938) was the daughter of linguist, missionary, and Sinologist Samuel Wells Willams (1812-1884) and his wife, Sarah Walworth Williams. She was married twice; first to Thomas George Grosvenor, C.B., second son of Baron Lord Ebury of England in 1877. He was appointed secretary to the British legation at Peking in 1879 and died in 1886. Her second marriage was to Sir Albert Gray. He was in the Civil Service in Ceylon (1871-1875), and was Counsel of the...

Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915

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Lawyer; Assistant Secretary of State under Lincoln; son of William Henry Seward. From the description of Collection, 1864-1906. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50991907 American lawyer and politician who served as the acting secretary of state under the Lincoln, Johnson, and Hayes administrations. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550831 Brother of William H. Seward, Secretary of State for Ab...

Judson, Adoniram, 1788-1850

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Baptist missionary to Burma. From the description of Papers, 1811-1888. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11879395 ...

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

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U.S Boundary Commissioner, antiquarian and bibliographer; John Bartlett was appointed in 1850 to establish the border between Mexico and the United States. He worked in Texas and southern New Mexico until 1852, when he decided to go to San Diego and work from there to the east. He was removed from his position in February 1853. He published his account of his experiences in two volumes, "Personal and Narrative of Explorations and Incidents Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Co...

Happer, A. P. (Andrew Patton), 1818-1894

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Riggs, T. Lawrason (Thomas Lawrason), 1888-1943

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T. Lawrason Riggs taught at Yale University, 1916-1917; served with Mobile Hospital Units in World War I; ordained a Roman Catholic priest, 1922; chaplain Catholic Club at Yale, 1922-1938, and the More Club, 1938-1943; founded St. Thomas More Chapel Chapel; instructor at Albertus Magnus College, 1925-1938; administrator, Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, East Haven, 1922-1938; author and active on many boards. From the description of Thomas Lawrason Riggs papers, 1828-1941 (inclusive). ...

Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910

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Henry Harris Jessup was a missionary in Syria from 1856 to 1910, serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and Presbyterian Mission Board. He was one of the founders of the Syrian Protestant College, later known as the American University of Beirut. From the description of Henry Harris Jessup papers, 1851-1912 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152609 1832 Apr 19 ...

Yates, M. T. (Matthew Tyson), 1819-1888

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Matthew Tyson Yates was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1845) and was appointed as the first Southern Baptist missionary to China from North Carolina, serving from 1846 to 1888. From the description of Matthew Tyson Yates Papers, 1847-1888 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 59883053 Pioneer Southern Baptist missionary to China, 1846-1888. Served in the Central China Mission of the Foreign Mission Board. Experienced severe hardship during ...

House, Samuel Reynolds, 1817-1899

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Palmer, Ray, 1808-1887

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Haupt, Paul, 1858-1926

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Paul Haupt was a noted philologist and a professor of Semitic languages at The Johns Hopkins University. He was born at Gorlitz, Germany, Nov. 25, 1858 and received the Ph. D. from the University of Leipzig in 1878. Haupt was appointed professor of Semitic languages at Hopkins in 1883, a position he held for forty-three years. At Hopkins, he also served as director of the Oriental seminary. Haupt was recognized as a leading Assyriologist and did extensive research in the...

Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895

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Daniel Cady Eaton: botanist; studied botany at Yale University, 1853-1857, and at Harvard with Asa Gray; in 1864 became professor of botany at Yale until his death in 1895; author of several books. From the description of Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895) papers, 1854-1897 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167519 Daniel Cady Eaton: botanist; studied botany at Yale University, 1853-1857, and at Harvard with Asa Gray; in 1864 became professor of botany at...

Syle, Edward W.

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Olyphant, George Talbot.

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Dean, William, 1807-1895

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

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U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. From the description of George Frisbie Hoar letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1894 January 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 694733616 George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a Republican Senator from Massachusetts (1877-1904). From the description of Autograph collection, 1598-1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122405022 From the guide to the George Frisbie Hoar autograph collection, 1598-194...

Coward, Tim.

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Rensselaer College.

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Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916

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William Hayes Ward, 1835-1916, born Abington, Mass. Editor, Assyriologist, author. Educated 1856 Amherst, 1859 graduated Andover Seminary, 1885 LLD Amherst. Ordained Congregationalist minister. Associate editor, later editor-in-chief of "The Independent" (New York weekly) between 1868-1913. Director of Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia 1884-85. President of American Oriental Society. Wrote Biography of Sydney Lanier, What I Believe and Why, etc. Samuel Sydney McClure,1857-19...

Williams, Henry Dwight, 1815-

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Ivison, Henry, 1808-1884

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Ashmore, William, 1824-1909.

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Student of the institute at the time of its disolution. From the description of The blotting out of the old time Western Baptist Theological Institute / William Ashmore. [19--?] (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 43288922 ...

Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917

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Military man, journalist, and diplomat. Served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, 1873-1880; to Russia, 1880-1881; and to Spain, 1883-1885. Served as U.S. secretary of state, 1892-1893. From the description of Letter : United States Legation, Mexico, to A. Langdon, Washington, D.C., 1880 Feb. 7. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57210087 Epithet: US Minister in St Petersburg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...

Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

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Josiah Tattnall (1795-1871) was the son of Governor Josiah Tattnall and Harriet Fenwick Tattnall. At the age of 10, he was sent to London for his education, where he remained until he was sixteen. Upon his return, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy. He had attained the rank of Commander when he resigned in 1861 to return to Georgia. He was appointed Senior Flag Officer of the Georgia Navy. In 1862, with the rank of Captain CSN, he was in command of Confederate naval defenses in Virgini...

Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928

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American journalist and educator; editor of the Philadelphia Press for 30 years. First director of the School of Journalism at Columbia. From the description of Talcott Williams manuscript fragment [manuscript], [1930?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647998840 American journalist, first director of the Columbia School of Journalism. From the description of Walt Whitman documents, 1884-1890. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat r...

Yung, Wing, 1828-1912

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First Chinese student to graduate from Yale University (1854); served in Imperial Customs Translating Department, Shanghai; worked under the Viceroy Tsang Kwoh Fan, 1863-1865; involved with education in China and in sending Chinese students to the U.S.; held various posts in the Chinese government until 1902, when he moved permanently to the U.S. From the description of Yung Wing papers, 1848-2001 (inclusive), 1848-1910 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562677 From t...

Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894

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Mateer, C.W. (Calvin Wilson), 1836-1908

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Kerr, J. G. (John Glasgow), 1824-1901

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Canaday, John T

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Wade, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1818-1895

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Epithet: Chinese secretary to Lord Elgin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x00018c Epithet: Colonel; CB; father of Sir Thomas Francis Wade British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x00017f Epithet: Colonel; Assistant Poor Law Commissioner British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description...

Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932

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Avery, Benjamin Parke, 1828-1875

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Avery was a prominent Calif. newspaperman and pioneer born in New York City. He established and ran the Hydraulic Press and, with a partner, the Appeal. He served as state printer, 1861-1863. He was the editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, and of the Overland Monthly, 1872-1874. He also served as United States Minister to the Chinese Imperial Court, 1874-1875. From the description of Benjamin Parke Avery miscellany, 1867-1885. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record...

Jackson, A.V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937

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A. V. Williams Jackson was a professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, 1895-1935. From the description of A. V. Williams Jackson papers, 1889-1909 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169317 A. V. Williams Jackson was born in New York City, on February 9, 1862. For the majority of his life, Jackson was associated with Columbia University. He received an A.B. there in 1883, an A.M. the following year, an L.H.D. the year after that, and in 1886, a P...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Hance, Henry, 1827-1886

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Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870

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Attorney, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts state senator, 1852; congressman, 1855-1860; U.S. minister to Peking, China, 1860-1867. From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C], to W[illia]m L. Lincoln, 1860 June 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27988840 Anson Burlingame was American envoy to China. The city of Burlingame, Calif., was named in his honor by William C. Ralston. From the description of Anson Burlingame papers,...

Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905

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Josephine Shaw Lowell, civic volunteer, born in West Roxbury, Mass., in 1843, brother of Robert Gould Shaw and widow of Colonel Charles Robert Lowell, was active as a social reformer in New York City. She was the first woman appointed to the New York State Board of Charities and founder of the New York Charity Organization Society and the Woman's Municipal League of New York City. From the description of Papers, 1906-1909 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 2320073...

Seyffarth, Gustav, 1796-1885

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Egyptologist. From the description of Clavis Aegyptiaca; collection of all bilingual and some other hieroglyphic inscriptions translated and explained with syllabic alphabet in hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic characters, glossaries and indexes / by Gustavus Seyffarth, [18--]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776212 German-American orientalist, archaeologist, Egyptologist, and theologian who claimed to be the first to decipher Egyptian hierogl...

Treat, Selah Burr, 1804-1877

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Williams, Fanny Hapgood Wayland

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Goodrich, Chauncey, 1836-1925

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Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884

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Samuel Wells Williams (1812-1884): missionary to China, 1833-1845; printer and author; helped prepare Chinese dictionary; accompanied Perry expedition to Japan as interpreter in 1853-1854; in 1856 became secretary and interpreter of the American Legation to China, and remained until 1876; in 1877 became professor of Chinese at Yale University. From the guide to the Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983, 1809-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) Missionary, diplomat, aut...

Sheffield, Devello Z., 1841-1913.

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Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880

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American Congregational clergyman; secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1832-66. From the guide to the Rufus Anderson letters and correspondence, 1826-1874, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Martin, W.A.P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916

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Dr. W.A.P. Martin (1827-1916); appointed to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in 1849, assigned to Ningpo station, China. In 1857 his fluency in the Chinese language won for him the post of interpreter to the US legation to China. In 1863 Dr. Martin was transferred to Peking. In 1868 he organized the International Law and Language School in Peking. From the description of Papers, 1860, 1887. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 48273086 ...

Townsend, William

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Epithet: attorney, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x00029e ...

Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876

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American writer, editor and publisher. From the description of Letter : to [James Thomas] Fields, 1870 Dec. 10. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625073 Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Papers [microform], 1857-1860. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 35721445 From the description of Papers of William B. Reed, 1857-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452370 ...

Williams, Robert Stanton, 1828-1899

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Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875

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American author, journalist, and government official. From the description of J. Ross Browne papers, circa 1840-1875. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 81540733 Irish-American traveler and author. From the description of Letter to Harper & Brothers, 1853 March 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52128935 John Ross Browne was born in Beggar's Bush, Ireland, on February 11, 1821. After moving to the United States h...

Burlingame, Edward L. (Edward Livermore), 1848-1922

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Biographical Note Anson Burlingame 1820, Nov. 14 Born, New Berlin, N.Y. 1847 Married Jane Cornelia Livermore 1852 Elected to Massachusetts senate 1855 ...

Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

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William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935): artist and engraver; in 1870 moved to New York City to work as book engraver; in 1872 moved to New Haven, Ct., in partnership with Roger Sherman as professional engravers; engraver of many bookplates. From the description of William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166107 From the guide to the William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...