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Chauncy, Charles

clergyman, college president, author, was born in 1592 in England. He was a puritan clergyman, vicar of Ware in 1627-35. He came to America in 1638, and was thirteen years minister at Scituate. He was the second president of Harvard college, succeeding Henry Dunster in 1654. His most important work is a series of twenty-six Sermons on Justification. Antisynodalia Scripta America, a controversial pamphlet, appeared in 1662. He died Feb. 19,

Chauncy, Charles

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 1, 1705, in Boston. Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England; Discourse on Enthusiasm, directed against Whitefield, of whose teachings he was a strong opponent; Letters to Whitefield; Complete View of Episcopacy; The Mystery Hid from the Ages; Benevolence of the Deity; Five Dissertations on the Fall and its Consequences; and Validity of Presbyterian Ordination. He died Feb. 10, 1787.

Chauvenet, Regis

chemist, was born Oct. 7, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa.

From 1872 till 1875 he was chemist to the Missouri geological survey, and for some time held a similar relation to the city of St. Louis. In the year 1883 he became professor of chemistry and president of the Colorado state school of mines in Golden.

Chauvenet, William

author, was born May 24, 1820, in Milford, Pa. He was a mathematician who was chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis, in 1862- 69. He was the author of Binomial Theorem and Logarithms; Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy; and Elementary Geometry. He died Dec. 13, 1870, in St. Paul, Minn.

Chavez, J. Francisco

soldier, congressman, was born June 27, 1833, in Padillas, N. M. He was appointed major of the first regiment of infantry raised in New Mexico; after participating in several battles and seeing much active service on the frontier he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1865 he was elected a delegate from New Mexico to the thirty-ninth congress, and re-elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses as a democrat.

Chavis, Jordan Douglas

clergyman, educator, college president, was born Aug. 9, 1863, near Greensboro, N. C.

Since 1893 he has been president of the Bennett college of Greensboro, N. C. He completed his college course in 1887, and attained success as an educator and methodist clergyman.

Cheatham, Richard

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Tennessee, from 1837 to 1839. He died in September, 1845.

Checkley, John

clergyman, author, was born in 1680 in Boston, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of Rhode Island, noted in his day for his witty, reckless attacks on his theological opponents. He was the author of Choice Dialogues About Predestination. He died in 1753 in Providence, R. I.

Cheesman, John Cummings

physician, was born July 20, 1788, in New York city. He held many important offices, among which were surgeon to the Charity hospital on Blackwell's island, and surgeon to Bellevue hospital. For forty years he was professionally connected with the New York hospital. He died Oct. 11, 1862, in New York city.

Cheetham, James

journalist, author, was born in 1772 in England. He was an English journalist who came to America in 1798, and became editor of The American Citizen. He was the author of Nine Letters on Burr's Defection; Reply to Aristides; and Life of Thomas Paine, a work written from a hostile point of view. He died Sept. 10, 1810, in New York city.

Cheever, Alonzo W

farmer, lecturer, journalist, was born Feb. 27, 1831, in Wrentham, Mass. He was state cattle commissioner during 1885-92; and has lectured on agriculture in all the northeastern states, state institute service. Since 1873 he has been agricultural editor of The New England Farmer.