a Congregational minister, was born at Ashbourn, Derbyshire, England, Sept. 19, 1844. He graduated from Olivet College in 1872, remaining there as tutor until 1873. From 1873 to 1877 he was professor of English literature, rhetoric, and Greek in Drury College, Mo, being the first professor of that college. He was ordained as an evangelist at Carthage, Mo., Dec. 28, 1874, and remained as such until his death, which occurred at Springfield, Mo., July 20,1877.