. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. ity in 1794, and he was electeda member of the American Academy. Dr. Tappanpublished numerous sermons and addresses and aseries of Lectures on Jewish Antiquities deliveredat Harvard in the last years of his life. He died inCambridge, Massachusetts, .April 27, 1803. RICE, William Bordman Harvard in Boston, Mass , 1824; fitted for College atMr. Ingrahams private school, Boston ; graduatedHarvard, 1843
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. ity in 1794, and he was electeda member of the American Academy. Dr. Tappanpublished numerous sermons and addresses and aseries of Lectures on Jewish Antiquities deliveredat Harvard in the last years of his life. He died inCambridge, Massachusetts, .April 27, 1803. RICE, William Bordman Harvard in Boston, Mass , 1824; fitted for College atMr. Ingrahams private school, Boston ; graduatedHarvard, 1843; resided for many years in New York;was at one time treasurer of the Somerset Club, Bos-ton, and later a Governor of the Union Club, New YorkCity ; died 1899. WILLIAM BORDMAN RICE, of New York,was born in Boston, Massachusetts,!cliru;uy 19, 1824, the son of ilciirv Cardner and UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 243 Charlotte (Bordman) Rice. Edraond Rice, theoriginal settler of the family in Massachusetts, wasborn in 1594 and came from Birkhampstead, Countyof Hertford, England, to settle in Sudbury, Massachu- pected that he possessed an enviable knowledge ofthe poetry of our WILLIAM B. RICE setts, in 1639 with his wife and seven children. Inthat town he was Selectman and Deacon of thechurch. His death occurred in Marlboro, May 3,1663. William Bordman Rice traced his descentback to Edmond through a line of distinguished an-cestry. After fitting for College at Mr. Ingrahamsprivate school in Boston, Mr. Rice entered Harvard,where he was graduated in 1S43. He married, JuneI, 1S69, in New York, Gertrude, daughter of JohnAustin Stevens, who was for many years Presidentof the National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Rice wasat one time Treasurer of the Somerset Club, Boston,and later one of the Governors of the Union Club,New York City. For twenty years, Mr. Rice hadhis summer residence at Bar Harbor, Maine, and itwas there that he died, September 19, 1899. Dr. Mitchell wrote of him on
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