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Rains, George Washington

soldier, educator, author, was born in 1817 in Graven county, N. C. He is a confederate army officer, and professor of chemistry at the university of Georgia from 1867. He is the author of Steam Portable Engines; Rudimentary Course of Analytical and Applied Chemistry; and Chemical Qualitative Analysis. RAINSFORD, WILLIAM STEPHEN, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 30, 1850, in Ireland. He is a prominent episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of St. George's church from 1883, and an active worker in philanthropic and other reforms. He is the author of Sermons Preached in St. George's; and The Church's Opportunity in the City of To- Day.