. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . f, and many years a professor ofchemistry at Brown University, was born in Bristol, R. I., September 11, 1807,and died there July 25, 1894. He prepared for college in theschools of his city and entered BrownUniversity in 1823, but] desiring topursue a military course, left thatInstitution in his senior year. Heentered the Academy in 182G, andgraduated in 1827. He took part inthe march made by the corps ofcadets to Washingtion, D. C, inDecember 1826. He entered Harvard MedicalCollege in 1833 and graduated M. 1
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . f, and many years a professor ofchemistry at Brown University, was born in Bristol, R. I., September 11, 1807,and died there July 25, 1894. He prepared for college in theschools of his city and entered BrownUniversity in 1823, but] desiring topursue a military course, left thatInstitution in his senior year. Heentered the Academy in 182G, andgraduated in 1827. He took part inthe march made by the corps ofcadets to Washingtion, D. C, inDecember 1826. He entered Harvard MedicalCollege in 1833 and graduated M. 1836. He practiced his professionin Bristol, R. I., 1836-47, and at Prov-idence, R. I., 1847-94. He received the degree of A. Brown University in 1833. Hewas a successful physician and a : fine scholar; was a member of theRhode Island Historical Society. He was married in 1829, to _ .• Annette Halsey, daughter of John Dr. John James De Wolf. Winthrop, of Boston, Mass. She died in 1884. Four children wereborn to them: Winthrop, Elizabeth, John Halsey and James MASTER JOHN WEIR DICKS, U. S. N. John W. Dicks, son of Capt. John and Nancy (Stimpson) Dicks, wiis bornin Portland, Me., March 20, 1809, and died in Worcester, Mass., May 23,1881. He prepared for college in the schools of his city, where he had amonghis schoolmates, Henry W. and Stephen Longfellow. He entered the Academy in 1823, and graduated in It was hisfathers wish that he continue his education in the classics; but as hQ. hada strong desire to follow the sea he refused to take further studies and soonafter leaving the A(!ademy shipped as a common sailor. He engaged asa sailor on boats plying between Portland and Boston. At the age of nineteenyears, he was given command of a ship and visited every port of importancein the world; was for a time engaged in the East India tracie; later was in theservice of the Hudson Bay Co. His ship was one of the hrst to reach SanFrancisco after the discovery of
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