Scripture, Edward Wheeler – Sealsfield, Charles
Scripture, Edward Wheeler
scientist, author, was born in 1864 in New Hampshire. He is a scientist, director of the physical laboratory of Yale university; and the author of Thinking, Feeling, Doing, a popular psychology; The New Psychology; and Studies from the Yale Physical Laboratory.
Scruggs, William L
journalist, lawyer, public official, was born Sept. 14, 1834, in Knoxville, Tenn. He was editor of the Columbus Sun from 1861 to 1864; and in 1865 became editor of the New Era of Atlanta, Ga. In 1872 he was appointed United States assessor of internal revenue for the district of Georgia.
In 1873-76 he was appointed minister of the United States to the United States of Colombia; and in 1879 was appointed United States consul in China.
Scudder, Eliza
poet, was born in 1821 in Massachusetts. She was a hymnwriter of Massachusetts; and the author of Hymns and Sonnets. She died in 1896.
Scudder, Henry J
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1825 in Northport, L. I. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-third congress as a republican. He died Feb. 12, 1886, in New York city.
Scudder, Henry Martyn
clergyman, missionary, author, was born Feb. 5, 1822, in Ceylon. He was a presbyterian clergyman and missionary, pastor in Chicago in 1883-87, and from 1887 a missionary in Japan. He published in the Tamil language Liturgy of the Dutch Reformed Church; The Bazaar Book; Sweet Savors of Divine Truth; and Spiritual Teaching.
He died in 1895.
Scudder, Horace Elisha
littérateur, author, was born Oct. 16, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He is a Boston writer, editor of The Atlantic Monthly from 1890; and the author of Seven Little People and Their Friends; Dream Children; Stories from my Attic; The Dwellers in Five- Sisters' Court; Stories and Romances; Boston Town; Life of Noah Webster; A History of the United States; A Short History of the United States; The Book of Fables; The Book of Folk Stories; Fables and Folk Stories; George Washington: an Historical Biography; Men and Letters, a volume of essays; Childhood in Literature and Art; Recollections of Samuel Breck; and The Bodley Books, a series of popular juveniles.
Scudder, Isaac W
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1818 in Elizabeth, N. J. He was twice prosecutor of the court of common pleas for Hudson county; and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-third congress.
Scudder, Jared Waterbury
missionary, author, was born in 1830 in Ceylon. He was ordained a missionary to India under the reformed Dutch church, and since 1857 has held native charges there. He has published translations from the Tamil of Henry M. Scudder's Spiritual Teaching, and his Bazaar Book; and a History of the Arcot Mission.
Scudder, John
missionary, physician, author, was born Sept. 3, 1793, in Freehold, N. J. He was a Dutch reformed missionary and physician in Ceylon in 1820-39; and the author of Letters from the East; Letters to Pious Young Men; and Promises for Passing Over Jordan.
He died Jan. 13, 1855, in Africa.
Scudder, John A
physician, state legislator, congressman, was born in New Jersey. He served a number of years in the assembly of his native state; and was a representative in congress from New Jersey to fill a vacancy.
Scudder, John King
educator, physician, was born May 16, 1865, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1886 he received the degree of B. A. from the Cincinnati university, and subsequently the degree of M. A. from the same institution. He also studied at the Eclectic Medical institute of Cincinnati, of which institution he has been secretary since 1887; and a member of the Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination since 1896. He is connected with the publishing house of the Scudder Brothers company, medical publishers and booksellers of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the publishers of the Eclectic Medical Journal.
Scudder, John Milton
physician, author, was born Sept. 14, 1829, in Harrison, Ohio. During 1839-43 he attended the Miami university of Oxford, Ohio; and subsequently the Eclectic Medical institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which institution he received his medical degree. During 1860-94 he was professor of medicine; was the editor of the Eclectic Medical Journal during 1863-94; and was the author of the following works: Speci-- fic Medication; Specific Diagnosis; Principles of Medicine; Practice of Medicine; Materia Medica; Diseases of Children; Diseases of Women; Venereal; and Med-. icated Inhalations. He died Feb. 17, 1894, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scudder, Moses Lewis
broker, author, was born in 1843 in Massachusetts.
He is a broker of Chicago; and the author of Brief Honors, a romance; Almost an Englishman; National Banking; Congested Prices; and The Labor Value Prophecy.
Scudder, Nathaniel
congressman, was born May 10, 1733, near Huntington, N. Y. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779; and was one of the signers of the articles of confederation. He died Oct. 17, 1781, in Shrewsbury, N. J.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard
naturalist, author, was born in 1837 in Massachusetts. He is a naturalist of Cambridge; and the author of The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada; Butterflies, their Structure, Changes, and Life Histories; Brief Guide to the Commoner Butterflies; The Life of a Butterfly; Frail Children of the Air; Excursions into the World of Butterflies; A Century of Orthoptera; and The Fossil Insects of North America.
Scudder, Treadwell
state legislator, congressman. He was for six years a member of the New York assembly; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1817 to 1819.
Scudder, Vida Dutton
educator, author, was born Dec. 15, 1861, in India.
He is an educator of Massachusetts, professor in Wellesley college; and the author of How the Rain Sprites were Freed; The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets; The Witness of Denial; and The Prometheus Unbound of Shelley.
Scudder, Zeno
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1807, in Barnstable, Mass. He was president of the Massachusetts senate; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1851 to 1854. He died June 26, 1857, in Barnstable, Mass.
Scull, Edward
journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1818 in Pittsburg, Pa. He published and edited the Somerset Herald since 1852, in Somerset, Pa. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a republican.
Scully, John
college president, was born Sept. 23, 1846, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
In 1888 he was elected president of St.
John's college, Fordham, N. Y., resigning in 1891.
Scurry, Richardson
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was elected a representative in congress from Texas from 1851 to 1853.
Seabrook, Whitemarsh B
state senator, congressman, was born in 1795 in South Carolina. He served in the state senate; was president of the State Agricultural society; and was governor of South Carolina from 1848 to 1850. He died April 16, 1855, in St. Luke's Parish, S. C.
Seabury, George J
manufacturer, was born Nov. 10, 1844. He will be known in history as the father and organizer of his branch of pharmaceutical chemistry, chiefly for his original work, inventions and improvements on old methods. His firm have invariably received the highest awards over all American and European competitors, notably in Paris, London, Vienna, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Liverpool, Melbourne, Montreal, and at many other world's exhibitions, forty-nine gold medals and special diplomas having been awarded them.
Seabury, Samuel
bishop, author, was born Nov. 30, 1729, in Groton, Conn.
He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Connecticut. During the early days of the American revolution he attracted much attention by his pamphlets signed A. W. Farmer, which sharply criticized the actions of the patriots. They include, Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress; The Continental Congress Canvassed; and View of the Controversy between Great Britain and her English Colonies. His sermons have been issued in three volumes. He died Feb. 29, 1796, in New London, Conn.
Seabury, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born June 9, 1801, in New London. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city, prominent among High Churchmen, and professor in the General Theological seminary. He was the author of Continuity of the Church of England; Mary the Virgin; Historical Sketch of Augustine of Hippo; Supremacy of Conscience; American Slavery Justified; Theory and Use of the Calendar; and Discourses on the Holy Calendar. He died Oct. 10, 1872, in New York city.
Seabury, William Jones
clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 25, 1837, in New York city. He is an episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of the church of the Annunciation from 1868, and professor in the General seminary from 1873. He is the author of Suggestions in Aid of Devotion; and Introduction to the Study of Ecclesiastical Polity.
Seal, Roderick
lawyer, congressman, was born in Harrison county, Miss. He was a representative in the legislature; and in 1875 was elected a representative from Mississippi to the forty-fourth congress.
Sealsfield, Charles
author, was born March 3, 1793, in Moravia. He was the author of Tokiah, or the White Rose; The Viceroy and the Aristocrat; The Cabin Book, or Life in Texas; and Scenes and Adventures in Central America. He died May 26, 1864.