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Wiggin, Kate Douglas

author, was born Sept. 28, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is the author of A Summer in a Canon; Timothy's Guest; A Cathedral Courting; Patsy; and The Birds' Christmas Carol.

Wigginton, Peter D

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 6, 1839, in Springfield, Ill. In 1864 he was elected district attorney for Merced county, Cal.

In 1875 he was elected a representative from California to the forty-fourth congress and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Wigglesworth, Edward

clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1693 in Malden, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and Hollis professor of theology at Harvard university in 1722- 65. He was the author of An Answer to Mr. Whitefield's Reply to the College Testimony; and Doctrine of Reprobation Briefly Considered. He died Jan. 16, 1765, in Cambridge, Mass.

Wigglesworth, Edward

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1732, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who succeeded his father in the Hollis professorship at Harvard University in 1765, and the author of Calculations on American Population; and Authority of Tradition Considered.

He died June 17, 1794, in Cambridge, Mass.

Wigglesworth, Edward

lawyer, merchant, author, was born Jan. 14, 1804, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer and merchant of Boston who published Reflections, a collection of apothegms. He died Oct. 15, 1876, in Boston, Mass.

Wight, Moses

artist, was born April 2, 1827, in Boston, Mass. His portraits include those of Alexander von Humboldt, Louis Agassiz, Charles Sumner, Edward Everett, and Josiah Quincy. Among his ideal works are Sleeping Beauty; Eve at the Fountain; Lisette; Confidants; John Alden and Priscilla; and Pet's First Cake.

Wight, Orlando Williams

clergyman, physician, author, was born Feb. 19, 1824, in Centreville, N. Y. He was a universalist clergyman and physician, appointed state geologist of Wisconsin in 1874. He was the author of The Philosophy of Sir William Hamilton; Lives and Letters of Abelard and Héloise; Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good; Maxims of Public Health; and People and Countries Visited in a Winding Journey Round the World. He died Oct. 19, 1888, in Centreville, N. Y.

Wight, Peter Bonnett

architect, was born Aug. 1, 1838, in New York city.

He is an architect of New York city; and the author of One Phase in the Revival of Fine Arts in America.

Wight, William W

lawyer, journalist, was born Jan. 14, 1849, in Troy, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of Milwaukee, Wis., and was the originator and promoter of the plan for a public library in Milwaukee. He published The Wights, a genealogy; The Courtship of Miles Standish; and various other volumes.

Wightman, Valentine

clergyman, author, was born in 1681 in North Kingston, R. I. He was the first baptist minister in Connecticut, planted in Groton the first church of that denomination, and was active in establishing other churches throughout the state and in the city and state of New York. He was also the author of a Letter on Singing Psalms (1725). He died June 9, 1747, in Groton, Conn.

Wightman, William May

тeлodist episcopal bishop, was born Jan. 29, 1808, in Charleston, S. C. In 1839-40 he was presiding elder of the Cokesbury district. He was a member of the general conference of the methodist episcopal church in 1840; and subsequently became a bishop. He died Feb. 15, 1882, in Charleston, S. C.

Wike, Scott

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1834, in Meadville, Pa. In 1859 he commenced the practice of law in Pittsfield, Ill. He was twice elected to the legislature of Illinois, and served from 1863 to 1867. He was a member of the forty-fourth congress; and was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.