edited by his son (1846). He also revised the King's chapel liturgy (1827), and published a collection of hymns (1830 ; 57th ed., 1853).
GREENWOOD, Isaac, mathematician, b. 7 May,
1702 ; d. in Charlestown, Mass., 22 Oct., 1745. He
was graduated at Harvard in 1721, and on 13 Feb.,
1728, was chosen to fill the chair of mathematics
and natural philosophy founded there by Thomas
Hollis, of London, thus being the first man in this
country to hold such a proi'essorsliip. He con-
tinued in office till 13 July, 173fs, and published an
arithmetic (1729), and a philosophical discourse on
the death of Thomas Hollis (1731).
GREENWOOD, James M., educator, b. near
Springfield, 111., 15 Nov., 1836. His early educa-
tion was obtained in the common schools. He re-
moved with his parents, when he was sixteen years
old, to Adair county, Mo., where he worked on a
farm, studied by himself, and began to teach, also
spending a year in Canton seminary. In 1867-'74
he taught mathematics, astronomy, and logic in
the normal school at Kirksville, Mo., and in the
latter year became superintendent of schools in
Kansas City, Mo., where he still remains (1887).
He has given mucli attention to improved methods
of instruction, and, besides papers and articles on
education, has published " Principles of Education
Practicallv Applied " (New York, 1887).
GREENWOOD, Miles, manufacturer, b. in Jer-
sey Ci'^y, N. J., 19 March, 1807 : d. in Cincinnati.
Ohio, 6 Nov., 1885. He renuived to Ohio with his
father in 1817, settled near Cincinnati, and in 1832
established, on the Miami canal, the Eagle iron-
works, which soon became the largest in the west.
His buildings were destroyed by fire in 1852, but
were soon rebuilt. During the civil war the works
were employed in behalf of the government, all
' other business being suspended. At the beginning
of the war Mr. Greenwood made for Gen. Fremont
twelve anchors for pontoon-bridges on twenty-four
hours' notice. He also built macliines that rifled
3,000 smooth-bore muskets a day, cast 150 bronze
field guns in a brief period, and built a turret-
monitor when other builders declined the contract.
Southerners vainly tried to persuade him to cease
aiding the government, and his works were set on
fire three times, with a loss of $100,000. He organ-
ized the first paid fire department in Cincinnati in
1852, and in the same year aided in introducing
into that city the first steam fire-engine in the
United States. He used to boast that in thus abol-
ishing the old-fashioned fire-engine house and its
attendant vices, he had done more for the cause of
morality than many preachers. He was one of the
founders of the Ohio mechanics' institute.
GREER, James Angustin, naval officer, b. in
Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 Feb., 1833. He entered the
navy as midshipman, 10 Jan., 1848, became lieu-
tenant, 16 Sept., 1855, and lieutenant-commander,
16 July, 1802. He commanded the iron-clad "Ben-
ton " and a division of Admiral Porter's squadron
at the passage of the Vicksburg batteries on 16
April, 1863, and in the succeeding engagements on
the ^Mississippi until the fall of that city. He also
accomi)anied the Red river expedition. He was
made commander, 25 July, 1866, and in 1873 com-
manded the " Tigress " in the '* Polaris " search ex-
pedition. He was promoted to the grade of cap-
tain on 26 April, 1876, in 1886 served as president
of the examining board and was made commodore,
in 1892 rear-admiral, and was retired in 1895.
GREEY, Edward, author, b. in Sandwich,
Kent, England, 1 Dec, 1835 ; d. in New York city,
1 Oct., 1888. He was a member of the English
naval expedition to Japan in 1855-'6, spent six
years on station and shore duty, and learned the-
language and studied the history of that country.
He came to the CJnited States in 1868, was natui'al-
ized, and engaged in commercial pursuits in New
York. He was the author of the following plays :
" Vendome," " Mirah," "The Third Estate," "The
College Belles," and "Uncle Abner," and of the
following works on Japanese history : " Blue Jack-
ets " (1871); "Loyal Ronins" (New York, 1880);
"Young Americans in Japan" (Boston, 1881);
"The Wonderful City of Tokio " (1882); "The
Golden Lotus " (1883) : " Bear-Worshippers of
Yezo " (1884) ; and " A Captive of Love " (1885).
He was a member of the Zoological and Anthropo-
logical societies of London.
GREGG, Alexander, P. E. bishop, b. in Society
Hill, Darlington district, S. C, 8 Oct., 1819; d. iii
Austin, Texas, 10 July, 1893. lie was graduated
at South Carolina college in 1838. He then stud-
ied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised at
Cheraw, S. C, in the northeastern circuit. Having
resolved to enter the ministry, he was baptized and
confirmed in St. David's church, Cheraw, in 1843,
and became a candidate for holy orders. He was oi--
dered deacon by Bishop Gadsden, 10 June, 1846, and
ordained priest in St. Philip's church, Charleston, by
the same bishop, 19 Dec, 1847. His first and only
parish was that of St. David's, Cheraw, of which
he became rector in 1846. He received the degree
of D. D. from South Carolina college in 1859. Dr.
Gregg was active and efficient in diocesan and
church affairs during this period, and in the latter
year was elected bishop of Texas. He was conse-
crated in the Monumental church, Richmond, Va.,
13 Oct., 1859, and entered at once on his extensive
field of labor. In 1867 he attended the first Lam-
beth conference in England. At the general con-
vention in 1874 consent was given to a division of
the diocese of Texas, and two missionary juris-
dictions were set off for northern and western
Texas. Bishop Gregg removed to Galveston, re-
taining the southern portion of the state as his
diocese. Between 1852 and 1867 he made several
contributions to church literature in the way of
sermons, addresses, and triennial charges. He has
also published a " History of Old Cheraw," em-
bracing an account of the Indian trilies in the
valley of the Pedee, S. C, the first white settle-
ments, the organization of St. David's parish, and
tl^e Revolutionary history of that region (1867) ;
and a " Brief Sketch of the Church in Texas," an
article in "The Church Encyclop;edia" for 1S84.
GREGG, Andrew, senator, b. in Carlisle, Pa., 10 June, 1755; d. in Bellefonte, Pa., 20 May, 1835. His parents came from Ireland to New Hampshire, but removed to Delaware in 1732, and to Pennsylvania in 1733. The son was educated in Carlisle, and in Newark, Del., where he served in the militia during the Revolution. From 1779 till 1783 lie was a tutor in the College of Philadelphia (new University of Pennsylvania). He was a merchant at Middletown, Pa., in 1783-9, and then became a farmer in the wilderness of Penn's valley. He was elected a member of congress from Pennsylvania, and served from 24 Oct., 1791, till 3 March, 1807, and was a U. S. senator from the same state, serving from 26 Oct., 1807, till 3 March, 1813, for a part of which time he was president jyro tempore of the senate. In 1814 he removed to Bellefonte, was appointed secretary of state for Pennsylvania in 1816, and in 1823 was an unsuccessful candidate for governor. He was a fine classical scholar, and a man of vigorous constitution. He left an unfinished sketch (if his family history, which has been published in Dr. William' H. Egle's " Pennsylvania
