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Waterman, Frank Allan – Watkins, Walter Kendall

Waterman, Frank Allan

physicist, was born July 9, 1865, in Oswego, N.

Y. In 1888 he graduated from the Princeton university; was professor of physics in the Purdue university in 1891-93; instructor in physics in the Princeton university during 1893-97; and since that time has filled the chair of physics in the Smith college of Northampton, Mass.

Waterman, Ida Ferris

educator, reformer, lecturer, poet, was born May 4, 1855, in Galesburg, Ill. For many years she taught school; has lectured extensively on temperance and prohibition; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems. She resides in South Dakota, where she is active as an organizer in religious and temperance work.

Waterman, Lewis Edson

inventor, was born Nov. 20, 1837, in Decatur, N. Y. He is the inventor of the Waterman fountain pen.

Waterman, Marcus

artist, was born Sept. 1, 1834, in Providence, R. I.

His landscapes include Gulliver in Lilliput, which was at the Centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1876; The Roc's Egg; The Journey to the City of Brass; and numerous American forest scenes and Arabian subjects.

Waters, Robert

educator, author, was born May 9, 1835, in Scotland. He is an educator of Hoboken, N. J., and the author of Life of William Cobbett; Shakespeare Portrayed by Himself; and How Genius Works its Wonders.

Waters, William Everett

educator, author, college president, was born Dec. 20, 1856, in Winthrop, Maine. Since 1894 he has been president of Wells college, of Aurora, N. Y. He was joint author with President Harper, of the Chicago university, of An Inductive Greek Method.

WATERSTON, MRS. ANNE CABOT LOWELL [QUINCY], author, poet. She is the author of Verses by A. C. Q. W.; and Adelaide Phillipps, a Record.

Waterston, Robert Cassie

clergyman, author, was born in 1812 in Maine.

He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, and the author of Thoughts on Moral and Spiritual Culture; and Arthur Lee and Tom Palmer. He died in 1893.

Watkins, Albert G

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 5, 1818, in Jefferson county, Tenn. He was elected to the Tennessee legislature from his native county in 1845; and was a presidential elector in 1848. He was first elected a representative in congress in 1849, and served by successive re-elections until 1859, except during the thirtythird congress, when he declined the nomination.

Watkins, Jabez B

railroad president, was born June 25, 1845, in Indiana county, Pa. In 1890 he became president of the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf railway at Lawrence, Kan.

Watkins, Samuel

philanthropist, was born in 1794 in Campbell county, Va.

He bequeathed one hundred and thirty thousand dollars for the establishment of a polytechnic institution in Nashville, which was erected there in 1882. He died Oct. 16, 1880, in Nashville, Tenn.

Watkins, Tobias

physician, was born in 1780 in Maryland. In 1825 he was appointed fourth auditor of the treasury, which office he held until 1830. He died Nov. 14, 1855, in Washington, D. C.

Watkins, Walter Kendall

genealogist, historian, was born Aug. 5, 1855. in Boston, Mass. This noted genealogist and historical writer is secretary of the society of Colonial Wars; registrar of society of Sons of the Revolution; and assistant librarian and curator of the New England Historic Genealogical society.