Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . ock. James Henry Wheeler re-ceived his early education at Berwick Academyand was prepared for College at Phillips Academyat Exeter, entering Brown University where he pur-sued the academic course until failing health com-pelled him to withdraw. It was not until 1858 thathe resumed his studies, this time attending lecturesin the Harvard Medical School, and tlien in theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia,
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . ock. James Henry Wheeler re-ceived his early education at Berwick Academyand was prepared for College at Phillips Academyat Exeter, entering Brown University where he pur-sued the academic course until failing health com-pelled him to withdraw. It was not until 1858 thathe resumed his studies, this time attending lecturesin the Harvard Medical School, and tlien in theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia, where he was graduated with honors in 1862, re-ceiving the first prize for his graduating after graduation he established himself inpractice in his native city, where he remainedthroughout his life, attaining high standing in hisprofession and winning universal respect. He wasa member and at the time of his death President ofthe New Hampshire Medical Society, a member ofthe American Medical Association and of other localprofessional societies. He was a member of theFirst Church, Dover, for thirty-nine years and oneof its Deacons seventeen years. He married, Octo-. JAMES H. WHEELER ber 21, 1862, Anna Draper, daughter of Eli Frenchof New York City, and had four children, two ofwhom are now living: Herbert Rogers, of Boston,and May Hale Wheeler. Dr. Wheeler died inDover, January 26, 1893. WELLS, James Simpson Chester Columbia 1875, in Brooklyn. N. Y.; fitted for College at theBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute; graduate of theSchool of Mines at Columbia, 1875 ; Assistant inAnalytical Chemistry, 1875-79 ; Instructor since 1879. JAMES SL^SON CHESTER WELLS, ,Instructor in Analytical Chemistry at Colum-bia, was born in ]?rooklyn, New York. Through 5 8 UNIVERSiriES AND THEIR SONS his father, James Simpson Wells, he comes of anold New England family, the first member of whichin this country was Hugh Welles, who left Col-chester, fjigland, and came to Ne
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