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Warren, Jonathan Mason

physician, author, was born in 1811 in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston physician, and the author of Surgical Observations, with Cures and Operations. He died Aug. 19, 1867, in Boston, Mass.

Warren, Joseph M

merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1813 in Troy, N. Y. He was elected mayor of Troy, N. Y., in 1852; and was elected to the forty-second congress.

Warren, Josiah

reformer, author, was born in 1799. He established what was known as the Time store in Cincinnati, Ohio, which he conducted with fair success for two years, giving and receiving labor-notes in transactions with his customers. He propounded his theories in a work entitled the True Civilization.

He died in 1874 in Boston, Mass.

Warren, Nathan Boughton

author, was born July 4, 1805, in Troy, N. Y.

He is a writer of Troy, N. Y., and the author of The Ancient Plain Song of the Church; The Order of Daily Service, with the English Musical Notation; The Holidays; and Hidden Treasure, a Goblin Story.

Warren, Thomas Robinson

merchant, author, was born in 1828 in New York. He is a traveler and merchant, and the author of Dust and Foam Tracks; The Yachtsman Primer; Shooting, Boating, and Fishing; On Deck; and Juliette Irving and the Jesuit.

Warriner, Francis

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 24, 1805, in Springfield, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who was a United States naval chaplain in 1831-34, and the author of The Cruise of the Potomac. He died April 22, 1866, in Chester, Mass.

Warrington, Lewis

naval officer, was born Nov. 3, 1782, in Williamsburg, Va. In 1800 he entered the navy as a midshipman; served in all the wars; and attained the rank of commodore. He captured the British sloop Epervier in 1813, and received a gold medal and the thanks of congress. In 1827-30 he was navy commissioner; also in 1840-42; and president of the board in 1841. He died Oct. 12, 1851, in Washington, D. C.

Warrock, John

printer, was born Nov. 4, 1774, in Richmond, Va. He became a printer, and for forty years issued annually Warrock's Almanac. He was chosen to the office of printer to the Virginia senate, and held that place for more than forty years. He died March 8, 1858, in Richmond, Va.

Washburn, Charles Ames

diplomat, author, was born March 16, 1822, in Livermore, Maine. He was a diplomatist who was minister to Paraguay in 1863-68. He was the author of The History of Paraguay; From Poverty to Competence: Graduated Taxation; Political Evolution; Philip Thaxter; and Gomery of Montgomery. He died Jan. 26, 1889, in New York city.

Washburn, Dexter C

merchant, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1861, in Rockport, Maine. He is a merchant of Boston, Mass., and the author of a volume of poems entitled Songs of the Seasons.

Washburn, Edward Abiel

clergyman, author, was born April 16, 1819, in Boston, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of broad church views, rector of Calvary church, New York city, and the author of The Social Law of God; Voices from a Busy Life, a volume of verse; The Relation of the Episcopal Church to Other Bodies; Epochs of Church History; and Beatitudes, and Other Sermons. He died Feb. 2, 1881, in New York city.

Washburn, Francis

clergyman, author, was born in 1843 in New York.

He is an episcopal clergyman of Newburg, N. Y.; and the author of Meditations on Charity; The Soul Athirst, and Other Sermons; and Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer.

WASHBURN, FREDERIC LEONARD, educator, biologist, was born April 12, 1860, in Brookline, Mass. He has been instructor of zoölogy in the university of Michigan, in the State Agricultural college of Oregon, and also in the university of Oregon.