Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . tafter thirty-three years of faithful service was com-pelled, by the infirmities of age, to avail himself ofthe aid of an assistant (1883). He was among theearliest and most earnest founders of the Universityof the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., in 1860. In 1867he became its chancellor. Bishop Green printeda few sermons on Baptismal Regeneration and Apostolic Succession, and also an oration on The Influence of Christianity upon the Welfareof Nations (Hillsborough. N. G, 1831): but hischief publications were a brief Memoir of theRight Reverend Bishop Rav
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . tafter thirty-three years of faithful service was com-pelled, by the infirmities of age, to avail himself ofthe aid of an assistant (1883). He was among theearliest and most earnest founders of the Universityof the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., in 1860. In 1867he became its chancellor. Bishop Green printeda few sermons on Baptismal Regeneration and Apostolic Succession, and also an oration on The Influence of Christianity upon the Welfareof Nations (Hillsborough. N. G, 1831): but hischief publications were a brief Memoir of theRight Reverend Bishop Ravenscroft. of North Caro-lina (1830), and a Life of the Right ReverendBishop Otev, of Tennessee (New York. 1886). GREENE, Albert Gorton, lawyer, b. in Provi-dence, R, I., 10 Feb., 1802: d. in Cleveland, Ohio,4 Jan., 1868. He was graduated at Brown in law with John Whipple, and was admittedto the bar in 1823. He practised in Providence,where, in 1832, he was elected clerk of the citycouncil, and clerk of the municipal court, which. \ x \ *i uuw. 748 GREENE GREENE office he held for twenty-five years. Be was chosenjudge of the municipal court in 1858. and after fail-ing health compelled his resignation, in 18(57. he 5 led with his daughter in Cleveland. He wasrely connected with the educational interestsof Rhode Island, and is said to have drafted theoriginal school bill of the state. Judge Greene3S .iated in the founding of the Providenceathenaeum, and was president of the Rhode Island- . iety from 1854 till his death. He be-gan a collection of American poetry, which passedinto the hands of Caleb Piske Harris, from whoseB it was purchased by Henry B. Anthony andbequeathed to Brown university. A catalogue ofthe collection has been prepared and published byJohn C. Stockbridge (Providence, 188(5). Judgene published in IS:]:} ;l quarterly entitled the*• Literary Journal. but discontinued it at theend of tlie year. Tie was the author of severalwell-known poems, inc
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