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Harkness, William Johns

civil engineer, clergyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1878 he graduated from the scientific department of the university of Pennsylvania as a civil engineer. He then spent three years in the study of the practical side of mechanics, then two years in the draughting room of a firm of engine builders; and subsequently became the private secretary of his father, an extensive oil merchant of Philadelphia. Since 1887 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; has received the degree of M. A.; and now fills a pastorate in Weston, W. Va. He has written extensively on scientific and religious subjects.