Chesney, Elijah
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born May 29, 1842, in Dumfries, Ontario, Canada. He graduated with honors in the classical course from the Woodstock college in 1864; and completed the full theological course of studies in the same institution. He has filled pastorates in Canada and Michigan; he has many times held the position of moderator and president of religious councils, associations and conventions; and by appointment preached sermons and delivered addresses at such assemblies. For twelve years he has been a member of the Michigan state home mission board in connection with the baptist state convention, and was for several years its secretary. CHESTER, ALBERT HUNTINGTON, educator, author, was born Nov. 22, 1843, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. He is a professor of chemistry and metallurgy at Hamilton college, and the author of Dictionary of the Names of Minerals; and Catalogue of Minerals with their Chemical Composition and Synonyms. CHESTER, FREDERICK DIXON WALTHALL, geologist, was born Oct. 8, 1861, in West Indies. He is a geologist of Delaware who has written many monographs upon local state geology.