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West, Andrew Fleming – Westbrooks, Charles P

West, Andrew Fleming

educator, author, was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania.

He is a professor of Latin in Princeton college from 1883, and the author of The Philobiblion of Richard de Bury; and Alcuin and the Rise of the Christian Schools.

West, Benjamin

astronomer, educator, author, was born in March, 1730, in Rehoboth, Mass. In 1786 he accepted the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy in Brown university, which he held until 1799. In 1812-13 he was postmaster of Providence. He published an Account of the Observation of Venus upon the Sun, June 3, 1769. He died Aug. 13, 1813, in Providence, R. I.

West, Benjamin

artist, was born Oct. 10, 1738, near Springfield, Pa. Early in life he took up his residence in London, and was patronized as an artist by George III. Some of his finest pictures are in the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. He succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as president of the Royal Academy in 1792. He died March 11, 1820, in London, England.

His pictures have been extensively copied by engravers of the United States.

West, George

manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1823, in England. He was a representative in the New York legislature from 1872 to 1877, and became president of the First National bank of Ballston Spa, N.

Y., where he was a paper manufacturer.

In 1880 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress, and in 1884 was elected a representative to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.

West, Lovette Place

railroad president, was born Dec. 24, 1841, in Lake Side, N. Y. Since 1882 he has been president of Conexus Lake railroad at Lake Side, N. Y.

West, Mary Allen

educator, author, was born July 31, 1837, in Galesburg, Ill. She was an Illinois educator who was Knox county superintendent of schools in 1873-92, and the author of Childhood: Its Care and Culture. She died Dec. 1, 1892, in Tokio, Japan.

West, Nathaniel

clergyman, author, was born in September, 1794, in Ireland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of The Ark of God the Safety of the Nation; Popery the Prop of European Despotism; Babylon the Great; Right and Left Hand Blessings of God; and Complete Analysis of the Whole Bible. He died Sept. 2, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa.

West, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born March 3, 1730, in Yarmouth, Mass. He was a member of the convention for framing the constitution of Massachusetts; and for the adoption of that of the United States. He was the author of Essays on Liberty and Necessity; and some sermons. He died Sept. 24, 1807, in Tiverton, R. I.

West, Stephen

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 13, 1735, in Tolland, Conn.

He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at Stockbridge, Mass., in 1759-1819, and the author of Essay on Moral Agency; Life of Reverend Samuel Hopkins; Evidence of the Divinity of Christ; and Duty and Obligation of Christians to Marry Only in the Lord. He died May 15, 1819, in Stockbridge, Mass.

Westbrook, John

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843.

Westbrook, Theodoric R

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.

Westbrooks, Charles P

educator, college president, clergyman, was born June 30, 1854, in Aberdeen, Miss.

He was a successful educator in Mississippi and Texas for twenty years; became president of the Jones Male and Female institute of Goliad, Texas; and is now a successful clergyman of San Antonio, Texas.