Rafferty, William
college president, was born in Ireland. In 1824 he was elected president of St. John's college, Annapolis, Md., which position he resigned in 1831.
RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE SMALTZ, botanist, author, was born in 1784 in Turkey. He was an eccentric naturalist and botanist of French parentage who, after years of travel, settled in Philadelphia. Among his many works are Medical Flora of the United States; A Life of Travel and Researches; Annals of Kentucky; and Recent and Fossil Conchology. He died Sept. 18, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa.