Emerson, Brown
clergyman, was born Jan. 8, 1778, in Ashby, Mass. He was ordained in 1805 as Dr. Daniel Hopkins' colleague in the pastorate of the old South church of Salem, where he remained till his death, being sole pastor from 1816 till 1849. He died July 25, 1872, in Salem, Mass.
EMERSON, CHARLES FRANKLIN, educator, was born Sept. 28, 1843, in Chelmsford, Mass. In 1869 he became instructor in mathematics in the college proper, and in 1872 associate professor of natural philosophy, succeeding in 1878 to full possession of that chair. His work has consisted largely in the development of the physical laboratory in Dartmouth, for which purpose he traveled extensively through Europe during 1883-84.