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Rand, Theodore Dehon

mineralogist, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 16, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. He early turned his attention to natural science, especially to mineralogy, and his cabinet of specimens ranks as one of the best private collections in the United States, containing very nearly a complete set of the rocks and minerals of Philadelphia and its vicinity. He is the author of several mineralogical and geological works. RAND, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, was born Dec. 8, 1816, in Gorham, Maine.

He was pastor of the Reformed Dutch church of Canastota, N. Y., from 1841 till 1845; editor for the American Tract society, New York city, in 1848-72, and has since been its publishing secretary. is the author of Songs of Zion; Dictionary of the Bible for General Use; and other smaller books.

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