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STOKER
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vate practice. to Sir James Y. Simpson. In 1855 he established himself in Boston and made a spe- cialty of gynecology. For several years he served as assistant to his father while. the latter lectured at Harvard. and in 1-865 he was chosen to the chair of obstetrics and medical jurisprudence in Berk- shire. medical college. which he held for four years. To better fit himself for teaching medical juris- prudence. he attended the Harvard law -school. and was graduated in 1868. For several years he de- livered in Boston a semi-annual course to medical graduates upon the surgical diseases of women. re- fusing to admit any applicant that was not in good standing in the American medical assncia- tion. These lectures were attended by physicians from all parts of the country. In 1872 his health failed and he went to Europe. where he spent five years. studying practically the fevers of southern Italy. On his return he settled in Newport. R. I.. where he has since resided. While in Boston he was physictan to the Boston lying-in hospital. to St. Elizabeth‘s hospital. and to St. Joseph's home. Consulting surgeon to Carney general hospital, and surgeon to the New England hospital for women and children. Dr. Storer is a member of many scientific and medical societies in this coun- try and abroad. and was one of the founders and later president of the Gynecological society of Bos- ton. of whose journal he was also the active editor in 1869—73. He was also in 1871 president of the Association of American medical editors. He has been a frequent attendant at the meetings of the American medical association. of which he was secretary and prize e$ayist in 18135 and vice-presi- dent in 18138. and in 1871. by special invitation of the California state board of health. he delivered a lecture in Sacramento on " Female H ygiene." He was a vice-president of the gynecological section of the Ninth international congress. Dr. Storer has been a very large contributor to medical jour- nals. and the titles of his papers exceed 125 in number. In book-form he has published. with Dr. William 0. Priestley. “ The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of Sir James Y. Simpson “ (Edin- burgh. 1855; Philadelphia. lHSo‘): “ Criminal A nor- tion in America" (Philadelphia. IHISO) ; “ Why Not? A Book for Every \Yomau" (Boston. 1-5156); "Is it It A Book for Every Man “ (1867): with Franklin F. Heard. "Criminal Abortion: Its Na- ture. its Evidence. and its, Law " (186-5); “ On Nurses and Nursing. with Special Reference to the Management of Sick Women " (1568): and “ South- ern Italy as a Health Station for Invalids" (Na- ples. 1875).—Anothersou. Francis Humphreys. chemist, h. in Boston. Mass. :37 March. 1-832. entered the Lawrence scientific school of Ilarvard in 1851), and there made a specialty of chemistry. studying under Josiah P. Cooke. whose assistant he became in 1851. He remained for two years in Prof. Cooke‘s laboratories at Cambridge and at Harvard medical school in Boston. where he also instructed a private class in chemical analysis. In 1853 he was appointed chemist to the U. H. North Pacific exploring expedition. and visited the prin- cipal islands of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. On his return he completed his course at the Law- rence scientific school. receiving the degree of S. B. in 1855. and then studied abroad with Bunsen in Heidelberg. Richter in Freiberg. Stockardt in Tharaudt, and with Emile Kopp in Paris. He re— turned in 1857. and was chemist to the Boston gas-light company till 1871. also opening a private laboratory as an analytical and consulting chemist. In 1865 he was appointed professor of general and industrial chemistry at the Massachusetts insti- tutc of technology. where. with Charles \Y. Eliot. he devoted himself to teaching chemistry in its ap- plication to the arts and as a means of mental training in general education. and to the task of | organizing and perfecting a system of instructing students in large classes by the experimental method. He spent several months abroad during 1867 for the purpose of studying the chemical de- partments of the World‘s fair in Paris and the ' processes actually employed in the. chemical manu- factures of Europe. In 1871) he was called to the |chair of agricultural chemistry at Harvard. and he has since occupied that post. and is dean of the Bussey institution. Prof. Storer received the honorary degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1870. and is a member of scientific societies at home. and abroad. His; papers exeeed 100 in number. For some time he was American editor of the " Roper- toire de chimie appliquée." and has conducted the " ’mllctin of the Busscy Institution." In book- form he has published “ Dictionary of the Solu- bilities of Chemical Substances " (Cambridge, 1564); with Charles W. Eliot. " Manual of Inorganic- Chemistry " (New York. 1568) and " Manual of Qualitative Chemistry Analysis" (1569): “Cyclo- [aedia of Quantitative Analysis." in two parts(Bos- ton. 1870—3): and “ Agriculture in Some of its Re- lations with Chemistry “ (2 vols. New York. INST). —David's cousin. George Washinaton. naval of- ficer. b. in Portsmouth. N. H.. in 1359: (I. there. 8 | Jan.. IHIH. entered the navy as a midshipman. 111 J an.. 1509. and was commissioned a lieutenant. 24 July. 1813. He served in the ship " Independence." on the Mediterranean station in 1‘115—‘16. com mainl- ed the schooner “ Lynx " on the New England coast and in the Gulf of Mexico in 1817. cruised in the l frigates “Congress” and "Java" in the West In— dies in ISIS—'19. and in the frigate “ Constitution " .in the Mediterranean in 1820—11. He was com- missioned master-commandant. 2-1 April. 182-9. and captain. 9 Feb.. 1537. commanded the receiving-ship " Constellation " at Boston in 1339. the frigate " P0- totnac.“ of the Brazil station. in 1840-12. the navy- yard at Portsmouth in 1843—‘6. and was the com- mander-in-chief of the Brazil squadron in 1547—30. He was on leave and served as member of boards, president of the board of inquiry. and other duty in 1851—51. In 1855—‘7 he was .governor of the naval asylum at Philadelphia. He. was retired. 21 Dec.. 1861. on account of age. and promoted to rear-admiral on the retired list. 16 July. 1862. In 1561~‘2 he served on special duty in Brooklyn. after which he was unemployed for one year.


STORE. Clement. senator. b. in Kcnucbunk, Me.. in 17131): d. in Portsmouth. N. H.. 21 Nov.. 1830. He received an acadeinical education. stud- ied medicine at Portsmouth and afterward in Europe. and began practice at Portsmouth. He was a major-general of militia. repeatedly a mem- ber of the legislature and one year its speaker. and sat in congress from 215 Oct.. IHOT. till 3 March. 1809. He was then elected to the U. S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jere- miah Mason. and served from 1 Dec.. 1817. till 3 March. 1819. He was high sheriff of the county of Rockingham in ISIS—'24.


STOREY, Wilbur Fisk, journalist, b. in Salisbury, Vt., 19 Dec., 1819; d. in Chicago, Ill., 29 Oct., 1884. He received a common-school education, learned the printing trade at twelve years of age, and supplemented his training by wide miscellaneous reading. He worked steadily in the office of the Middlebury “True Press” until he was seventeen years old, when he went to New York and set type on the “Journal of Commerce.” Two