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LAWRENCE. 34 and power. .Vs sergeaiil surgeon to the Qucpn ot Kiiglaiid, lie .siicte<(le(l Sir Benjamin linulic, reeeiving al the same time a barunetcy. Law- renee died of paralysis at Wliileliall. Jlis writ- ings are very numerous; the following are the most important: .1 Disciiption of the Arteries of the IJiimaii lUnly, liedmcd into the Form of Cl'ahlen, translated from the Latin of Adolphns Hurray, professor of anatomy at I'psala ; The Triiilmcnt of Hernias; An Introduction to Com- jinriitivr Anatomy and Pliysiolopii, heinti the Introductory Lecture delircred at the Uoyal Col- leyc of Suryeons in ISJU (1810); .1 Trmtisc on the yenerenl Diseases of the Eye (I.s:iO); .1 Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye (1843) : .1 Treatise on Ruptures (1810: 5th ed. 1838); The Bunterian Oration Delivered at the Royal College of Suryeons, lAl'i (1834); Lectures on Comparatire Anatomy, Physiology. Zoology, and the Salural llintory'of Man (1848). LAWRENCE, William (1810-99). An American jurist and pcilitieian. horn at Mount I'leasant. (Miio. lie gnidnaled at Franklin Col- lege in 183S. and at the Cineinnati Law School in 1840. He l>eeame prominent in Ineal and State politics, was commissioner of bankruptcy for Logan County in 1842. and from 184.T to 1846 served as prosecuting attorney. From 1S45 to 1847 he was editor and proprietor of the Logan- County (7a:ctte, and later edited the ^'cstern Law Journal. From 184f. to 1848 he served in the Lower House of the State Legisla- ture, and was a State Senator in 1S40, ISoO. and 1S.")4. He was .a reporter for the Sujireme Court of Ohio in 18.51: served from 1S.')7 to lS(i4 as .ludge of the Court of Common I'leas and of the District Court : had some military experience at Cumberland and New Creek, in 18()2, as Colonel of the Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteers; was a member of Congress from ISO") to 187"; and in ISSO became first Comptroller of the Tnited States Treasury — a position which he held until his resignation in 188.5. .mong his pul)lished works are: The Treaty Question (IS71): The Law of Urtigions Societies and Church Corporations (1873); The Organisation of the Trensuru Department of the Vniled Slates (1880); The Law of Claims Against the (lov- crnment (187.5); Decisions of the First Comp- irollcr in the Department of the Trensuri/ of tlic I'nited States (1881-8.5). LAWRENCE, Willi.m (1850—). An Ameri- can r.i-iliop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, grandson of Amos Lawrence and son of Amos A. Lawrence, who was one of the founders of the Episcopal Theological School. He was born at Brookline, Mass.: gniduated at Harvard in 1871, and in 1875 at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge. In 1870 he Ijecame rector of (irace Church, Lawrence. Mass. He was elected professor of homiletics and pastoral theology in the Episcopal Theological School in 1884; became its dean in 1888; was university preacher at Harvard from 1888 to ISOl ; and in 1803 was elected, and in the following year was con- secrated. Bishop of ifassachusetts to succeed Phillips Rrooks. He wrote Life of .imos A. Lntrrrncr (ISSO) and Vi-tions and Service (189C). LAWRENCE, William Beach (1800-81). An .American jurist and political leader, born in New York City and educated at Columbia College. He studied law and after two years' LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY. residence in Europe was admitlcd to the ew ()rk bar in 1823. In lS2(i-27 he was secretaiy of the American Legation in London under Galla- tin, served until 1828 as charge d'aflaires, re- turned to America in 1832, and having entered into ])artncrship with Hamiltim Fish, soon at taincd distinction in the jiractice of law. He lei- tiired for a time on political economy at Coluiii bia College, and was one of the promoters of tin Erie Railroad. He made Rhode Island his pei manent home in 18.50. became Lieulenanl-(iov- ernor in 1851. acted as Oovcrnor in 1852, and was a member of the State Constitutional Con- vention of 1853. He lectured on international law in Columbian University. Washington, D. C.. and became widely known for his interpret.ation of disputes arising out of the pi'ovisions of the Treaty of Washington of 1871. His writings arr marked by a broad and lilieral interpretation ol international relations. Chief among them are: The Itanl; of the Vnitcd Stales (1831) ; Institu- tions of the United Slates (1832) ; Discourses on I'olilieal Economy (1834); Biographical Memoir of Albert Gallatin (1843) ; The Law of Chariln- hle Uses (1845) ; an annotated edition of Whea- ton's Elements of International Laic (1855): ]isitation and Search (1858); Com,mentaii< sur les elements du droit international (4 vols,, 1868-80); The Treaty of n'ashington (1871): liclligerent and Sovereign Rights as Regards Xeutrals During the Mar of Secession (1873) ; Eludes sur la jurisdiction eonsulaire et sur ls- tradition (1880). LAW'RENCEBTJRG. A city and the county- seat of Dearborn County. Ind., 22 miles west of Cinciiuiati, 0.: on the Ohio River, and on the Haltimiu'e and Ohio Southwestern, the Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis, ami other railroads (Map; Indiana. E 3). It h:is manufactures of coflins. flour, buggies, barrel-, whisky, tube-well supplies, and edge tools. Sci tied in 1S17. Lawrenceburg was first incorporated in 1847. The present government is adminis- tered by a mayor, chosen every four years, and .a unicameral council. Population, in ISDO, 4284; in 1000. 4320, LAWRENCEBURG. A city and the county- seat of - dcrson County, Ky,, 14 miles south of Frankfort: on the Southern Railway (Jlaji: Kentucky, G 2). It has a considerable trade in whisky, and ships also tobacco and live sto<k. There are distilleries, a barrel-factory, flour mill, carriage-shops, etc. Population, in 180O. 1382; in 10(10, 1253. LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. See Harvard T'xiversity. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY. A Methodist E|)i~co|ial institution of higher learning at Ap- pleton. Wis,, chartered in 1S4(> and named the Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin, in honor of its principal donor, Hon. Amos A. Lawrence of Boston. It was opened for students in 1849, when it.s present name was assumed. In 1902 the faculty numbered 34. with a student enroll- ment of 000, comprising 275 students in the col- legiate department, 125 in the commercial school, 50 in the preparatory department, and 1.50. special students. The university confers the degrees of B,A., B,S,, and B,Ph.."and the blas- ter's degree in arts. It ahso gives instruction by correspondence without conferring a degree.