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Redfield, William Charles – Reed, Edward C
Redfield, William Charles
meteorologist, author, was born March 26, 1789, in Middletown, Conn. He conceived the fundamental idea of his famous law of storms as early as 1821, and promulgated his theory in 1831. He was first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the author of On Whirlwind Storms; and other works. He died Feb. 12, 1857, in New York city.
Reding, John R
congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1845; and from 1853 to 1858 held the office of naval storekeeper at Portsmouth.
Redman, John
physician, author, was born Feb. 27, 1722, in Philadelphia, Pa. On the foundation of the Philadelphia college of Physicians in 1786 he was chosen president of that body, and for many years he was one of the physicians of the city hospital. He died March 19, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Redpath, James
journalist, author, was born in 1833. He was a New York journalist for many years on the staff of The Tribune, and prominent as an abolitionist. He was the author of The Roving Editor; Handbook of Kansas Territory; Public Life of Captain John Brown; Echoes of Harper's Ferry; Guide to Hayti; and Talks About Ireland. He died Feb. 10, 1891, in New York city.
Redway, Jacques Wardlaw
geographer, educator, author, was born May 5, 1849, in Nashville, Tenn. He is a geographer and educator of California, and the author of Complete Geography; Manual of Physical Geography; and Manual of Geography and Travel.
Redwine, Hyram G
educator, lawyer, was born April 6, 1868, in Graves county, Ky. He attended the West Kentucky college of Mayfield; and the Northern Indiana Law school of Valparaiso. For many years he was engaged in educational work; was editor of the Republican of Marshall, Ark.; and since 1893 has practiced law with success at Salmon, Idaho.
Redwood, Abraham
philanthropist, was born in 1709, in the West Indies. He was a Quaker, and founder of the Redwood library, to which he gave five hundred pounds. He died March 3, 1788, in Newport, R. I.
Reed, Caleb
journalist, was born April 22, 1797, in West Bridgewater, Mass.
He was a believer in the doctrines of Swedenborg, and for more than twenty years edited the New Jerusalem Magazine, devoted to their promulgation. He published The General Principles of English Grammar. He died Oct. 14, 1854, in Boston, Mass.
Reed, Charles Andrew
lawyer, author, publisher, was born June 16, 1836, in Weymouth, Mass. During 1881-82 he was a member of the house of the Massachusetts state legislature; and in 1886-87 was a member of the senate. During 1879-94 he was city solicitor of Taunton, and in 1895 was elected mayor. He is secretary of the Old Colony Historical society, and has written various articles of local history.
Reed, Charles M
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Reed, David
scholar, philanthropist, was born Feb. 6, 1790, in Easton, Mass.
He founded the Christian Register in Boston in 1821; and was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery society in 1828. He died June 7, 1870, in Boston, Mass.
Reed, Edward C
lawyer, congressman, was born March 8, 1793, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. He settled at Homer, N. Y., as a lawyer; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833.