[30] S. Wells Williams, 1812-1884. Went as missionary to China in 1833. Wrote a Chinese dictionary and other works; translated Genesis and Matthew into Japanese also. Later was secretary of the American Legation to China; returned to America in 1875. [31] _Elements of Botany._ [32] Chester Dewey, 1784-1887; professor in Williams College, Massachusetts. Removed to Rochester, N.Y., 1836, where he died. “Carried on the study of Carex and published on them for more than forty years” [A. G.]. [33] Jacob Whitman Bailey. 1811-1857; professor in the Military Academy at West Point. One of the earliest students of American Algæ, and distinguished also for his microscopic researches in botany. [34] Charles W. Whipple, died in 1855. Was educated at West Point, where probably he was a pupil of Dr. Torrey. He was never in the army, but studied law and practiced in Detroit; was made Judge, then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan. Ex-officio regent of the State university. [35] David Bates Douglass, 1790-1849. He held the professorship of natural philosophy and civil architecture in the University of New York, and was afterward president of Kenyon College. He laid out Greenwood Cemetery. [36] Dr. Thomas Raffles; a distinguished Congregational clergyman in Liverpool from 1812 to 1863. [37] John Shepherd, b. 1764. For thirty-five years at the Liverpool Botanic Garden. [38] Peter D. Knieskern, M. D., 1798-1871. “Botanized over the pine-barrens of New Jersey with utmost assiduity and skill, a simple-hearted, unpretendingly good and faithful man.... Few botanists have excelled him in their knowledge of the plants of the region in which he resided, and none in zeal, simplicity, and love of science for its own sake.”--A. G. [39] Thomas Nuttall, 1784-1859; a great traveler and explorer. Came to the United States in 1807. His writings are intimately connected with the development of North American botany. [40] Robert K. Greville M. D., 1794-1866; author of _Scottish Cryptogamic Flora_, _Flora Edinensis_, and _Algæ Britannicæ_. [41] Robert Graham, M. D., 1786-1845; professor of botany in the University of Edinburgh. [42] William Nicoll. Invented section-cutting of recent and fossil woods in 1827. [43] James Forbes, 1809-1861; professor of natural philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. [44] Robert Jameson 1774-1854; professor of natural history in the University of Edinburgh. [45] John Hutton Balfour, M. D. 1808-1885; professor of botany in Glasgow, and afterwards in the University of Edinburgh. [46] Sir Charles Bell, 1774-1842; a very distinguished surgeon; author of _Anatomy of Expression_ and many celebrated works. He accepted the chair of surgery at Edinburgh, 1836. [47] John Abercrombie, M. D., 1781-1844; celebrated Scotch physician and author. [48] Sir Robert Christison, 1798-1882; professor of materia medica in the University of Edinburgh.