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Sheffield, Joseph Earle

merchant, philanthropist, was born June 19, 1793, in Southport, Conn. His donations to Yale have been munificent. In 1860 the name of its scientific department, which was reorganized and placed on a firm basis by his liberality, was changed to the Sheffield scientific school in his honor.

Its two buildings are called respectively Sheffield hall and North Sheffield hall. He gave to other colleges, seminaries, and religious institutions, and his gifts amounted to more than $1,000,000. He died Feb. 16, 1882, in New Haven, Conn.