Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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N 1621 William W'adswnrth lamlctl with Daniel Cnukin at Newport News in X1 irginia. Later ilt' returned tn England and with his younger hmthcr, Christopher, rcnmvcd to this country in 1632, landing :t iUStOH. .- Wiliiam tirst scttlwl at Cambridge. Mass, and 0n the site of his 11-si1h-11n- nuw stands 1111' fannms l'nivcrsity Press. In 1036 11c went with iinokt'l' through the XVihh-rncss and assisted in the foundation ut' l'Iartford. Conn. 15110111 wVilham lit'SCL'lltiUti Captain .luscph, of Charter Oak fame; Daniel, the foundcr ul' thc Hartfnrtl .thncnm; .Iamcs, thc philanthropist: and ticnvral janws S. who was killwi in the battle 0f the iVihlcrm-ss. Christuphcr settled in anhmw, Max's. From Min tit'SCCHtictl Captain 8111111101. who was slain at tho 111assacrt' at Smihnry, in King 1411111113- war; icnjmnin. lilt' ninth I'1'csitlv11t uf Harvard: and Gt-nvrai Polog tVadsworth. the grand- fnthcr 0f Ilvnry Wadswurth lamgtvllnw. 'lihv suhjcct' 11f 01111 sketch is in the direct lino of descent fmm Christopher and 8:111111131. lie was horn on a farm at Livcrmm'c lialls, Maine: and prepared for Cnilcgt- in tho gradcd schuuls Hf his native village. and in Hates College, and Lcwistmv Jialls Avath'my. entering iitnwitlill 01110540 in 1305, tlnnnlcnmng in 18113 and until his graduatinn ilU taught from 0m: to thrcc terms a year. Hwing to this and his uthcr lahnrs, hc was ahIc to h: proscnt with his Class less than fnrty-thn'v wwks. but by hard work kept up with thc Class. never receiving a Cnmiitinn. aml graduating in cnursc in 1861;. He was chictiy distinguishwl during his Cullt'gt- VUIH'SC hy his vxccllcncc i11 111:1thc11mtical. scirntitic. and philnsulihical studios. From 1801; to 1873 he was 0115.111ng as principal and s11pcri11tc111h-nt nf schools in Minncsnta :11111 tViscnnsin. In 1873, 110 tunk 1111 a lmst-gradnatc cunrs: at Isliarvartl Uniwrsily. receiving the dcgrt-c 01' A. M. in 1874111 ! P11. H. in 1371;. i To scrvcii as lirufcssor 0f Chvmistry in thc Huston Dental Cullt-gc in 187$ 74, as Assistant 011 thv Now Hampshirt- th-ulng'ical Survvy in 1874, as Instructor in Matlmnatics and Mineralogy in Harvard L'nivcrsity from 187.1 lu 11'77, :11111 as Assistant: in timhigy in the same. from 1877 t0 1887. During this time 11:: gava- at Harvard the first mursc in Microsuipical Pctrography cvcr taught in thc linitctl Status. :1 subject in which hv was self instructed.