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Wyman, Jeffries

physician, scientist, educator, author, was born ug. 11, 1814, in Chelmsford, Mass. He was a physician and scientist of distinction, Hersey professor of anatomy in Harvard university in 1847-74. He was the author of Fresh-Water Shell-Mounds of the St.

John's River, Florida, and many scientific monographs of much value. He died Sept. 4, 1874, in Bethlehem, N. H.

WYMAN, MRS. LILLIE BUFFUM [CHACE], author, was born in 1837 in Rhode Island. She is the author of Poverty Grass, a collection of short stories.

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