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Webber, Samuel – Webster, Harrison Edwin

Webber, Samuel

educator, college president, author, was born in 1759 in Byfield, Mass. He was an educator of Cambridge, professor of mathematics in Harvard university in 1789-1806, and president of the same in 1806-10. He published a System of Mathematics that was for a long time the only text-book on that subject in use in New England colleges.

He died July 17, 1810, in Cambridge, Mass.

Webber, Samuel

physician, poet, was born Sept. 15, 1797, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a physician of Charlestown, N. H.; and the author of Zogan, an Indian Tale, in Verse; and War, a Poem. He died Dec. 5, 1880, in Charlestown, N. H.

Webber, William Lewis

railroad president, was born July 19, 1825, in Ogden, N. Y. Since 1881 he has been president of the Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron railroad at Saginaw, Mich.

Weber, Charles Marie

pioneer, philanthropist, was born Feb. 16, 1814, in Bavaria. He was the founder of Stockton, Cal., and has done much toward the improvement of that city. He died May 4, 1881, in Stockton, Cal.

Weber, Gustav C. E

physician, surgeon, was born May 26, 1828, in Germany. During 1856-63 he was professor of surgery in the Cleveland Medical college; and in 1861 was surgeon-general of the state. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1870-72 he was assessor of internal revenue of New York; and was then made collector till 1883.

Weber, John B

soldier, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1842, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was deputy postmaster at Buffalo for three years; and in 1873 was elected sheriff of Erie county. In 1884 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.

Webster, Albert Falvey

journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Boston, Mass. He was a magazinist of New York city, the best of whose short stories are Little Majesty; An Operation in Money; and Miss Eunice's Glove. He died Dec. 27, 1876, at sea.

Webster, Mrs. E. H

poet, was born in 1822. She is the author of a volume of poetry and prose entitled Clover Blossoms.

Webster, Ezekiel

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1739 in Kingston, N. H. From 1791 to 1806 he was a judge of the New Hampshire court of common pleas. He died in 1806 in Salisbury, N. H.

Webster, Ezekiel

lawyer, state legislator, was born March 11, 1780, in Salisbury, N. H. He was a member for several years of the New Hampshire legislature. He died April 10, 1820, in Concord, N. H.

Webster, Fletcher

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, author, was born July 23, 1813, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was private secretary to his father during part of the latter's service as secretary of state; secretary of legation in China under Caleb Cushing in 1843; a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1847; and from 1850 till 1861 surveyor of the port of Boston. He died Aug. 30, 1862, near Bull Run, Va.

Webster, Harrison Edwin

soldier, educator, college president, was born Sept. 8, 1842, in Angelica, N. Y. He accepted the professorship of geology and natural history at the university of Rochester, where he remained until 1888, when he was elected president of Union college.

He has written several pamphlets on natural history subjects, especially on marine forms.