Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . e of awood, and afterward in a less primitive one ofbrick. With no other education than that givenby the common schools of that day he commencedteaching in 1865, during the winter terms, in thecountry ungraded schools. He attended the StateNormal School at Edinboro, Pa., and afterwardthe West Virginia State Normal School at Hunting-ton, graduating there in 1870. Having prepared forcollege at an academy at Jamestown, Pa , he enteredMonmouth
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . e of awood, and afterward in a less primitive one ofbrick. With no other education than that givenby the common schools of that day he commencedteaching in 1865, during the winter terms, in thecountry ungraded schools. He attended the StateNormal School at Edinboro, Pa., and afterwardthe West Virginia State Normal School at Hunting-ton, graduating there in 1870. Having prepared forcollege at an academy at Jamestown, Pa , he enteredMonmouth College at Monmouth, Illinois, andgraduated from the classical course in 1873. Hewas immediately ap]>ointed to a position in the MEN OF PROGRESS. 151 State Normal School at Peru, Nebraska, just thenvacated by Professor H. Straight. This positionhe held for two years, during which time he was act-ing principal for one term. In June 1875 he wentabroad for study and travel; he studied history and Stanley Ramsdell and Francis Thompson, August23, 1887 ; and Caroline Lucile, September i, these all are living except Ralph, who diedJuly 27, W. E. WILSON. literature at Edinburgh University, and visitedEngland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Bel-gium, studying meanwhile during his travels, schoolsand educational systems of the different his return he taught in the Morgan Park Acad-emy, Chicago, and was afterward principal of highschools at Tekamah, North Platte and Brownville,Nebraska. From 1881 to 1884 he was Professor ofNatural Science in Coe College, a Presbyterianinstitution at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From there hecame to Rhode Island to teach physics and biologyin the State Normal School, which position he heldfrom 1884 to 1892, when he was elected connection with his work as teacher, he has heldthe position of Superintendent of Schools both inNebraska and in Rhode Island, and has done generaleducational work by lecturing and writing. He isa
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