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John Quincy Adams, 1808-09, and was in Russia
in 1809-11, while Mr. Adams was U.S. minister.
He accompanied U.S. Minister EiLstis to the
Netherlands and was secretary of legation in 1815
and chai-ije d'affaires, 1818-24, by appointment
of President Monroe.
He was U.S. minister
to Spain 1825-29, by
appointment of Presi-
dent Adams. He was
editor and proprietor
of the North American
nn-icto. 1830-40; rep-
resented his district
in the state legi.sla-
ture, 1830-35; was
sent to Cuba in 1840
by Pi'esident Van
Buren as confidential
agent, and the same
year was elected pres-
ident of Jefferson
colle,ge, Louisiana. Life in the tropics having
impaired his health he was obliged to return
to Boston, and in March, 1845, President Polk
appointed him commissioner to the Empire
of China. He did not reach his post at Macao
until the autumn of 1846 on account of the state
of liis health, and he died after residing in China
about ten months. He received from Yale the
honorary degree of B,A. in 1807; from Harvard
that of A.M. in 1809; from the University of
Vermont that of LL.D. in 1826; and from Mid-
dlebury college that of LL.D. in 1839. He
was a member of the American philosophical
society, a fellow of the American academy of arts
and sciences and a member of the Massachusetts
histox-ical society. He was an early contributor
to the Monthly Antholoc/ij and published, besides
several orations, Etirope, or a General Survey of
the Political Situation of the Principal Powers, with
Conjectures on their Future Prospects (1822); iVpw
Ideas on Population, with Pemarks on the Theories
of Godwin and Malthns (1822); America, or a Gen-
eral Surrey of the Political Situation of the Several
Poicers of the Western Continent, loith Conjectures on
their Future Prospects by a Citizen of the United
States (1827); Critical and Miscellaneous Essays
(1845-47); and Poems (1845). He was a contribu-
tor to Sparks's American Biography, to the Xorth
American Pevieio, to the Democratic Pevievj, and to
the Boston Qnarterhj Prrirw He died in Macao,
China, June 28, 1H17.
EVERETT, Charles Carroll, educator, was born at Brunswick, Maine. June 19, 1829; son of Ebenezer and Joanna B. (Prince) Everett; gi-and- son of the Rev. Moses and Hannah (Clap) Gardner Everett, and of Joseph and Joanna (Batchelor) Prince; great-grandson of the Rev. Joseph Prince,
"the blind preacher"; and a descendant of Rich-
ard Everett, who removed to Dedham, Mass., as
one of its first settlers in 1636-37. He was gradu-
ated from Bowdoin in 1850, and studied in the
University of Berlin, Germany, 1850-53. He was
librarian at Bowdoin college, 1853-57, tutor, 1853-
55. and professor of modern languages, 1855-57.
He then entered Harvard divinity school and was
graduated in 1859. He was pastor of the Unita-
rian church at Bangor, Maine, 1859-69, resigning
in the latter year to accept the Bussey chair of
theology in Harvard divinity school, and was
made dean of the faculty in 1878. He was chosen
chairman of the editorial board of The jVexv World.
He received the degree of S.T.D. from Bowdoin
and from Harvard in 1870, that of LL.D. from
Bowdoin in 1894. He published The Science of
Tliought (1869); Religions before Christianity
(1833): Fichtes Science of Knowledge (1884);
Puetnj. Comedy and Duty (1888). The Gosiiel of
Paul (1H93). He died in Cambridge, Oct. 16, 1900.
EVERETT, Edward, statesman, was born in
Dorchester, Mass , April 11, 1794; son of the Rev.
Oliver and Lucy (Hill) Everett. He was gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1811 with first honors, having
been an editor of the Harvard Lyceum during his
senior year. He was tutor in Harvard, 1812-14.
studied theolog}' there, and in 1812 delivered the
poem "American Poets" before the Phi Beta
Kappa society. In
1813 he was installed
minister of the Brat-
tle Square (Unita-
rian) church in Bos-
ton, and his eloquence
as a speaker placed
him in the front rank
in a church celebrated
for its great preach-
ers. In 1814 he was
elected professor of
Greek literature in
Harvard, the chair
having been founded
that year by an un-
known benefactor.
The death in 1820 of
Samuel Eliot discovered the founder, and the cor-
poration named it the Eliot professorship < f
Greek literature. Permission was given him
to visit Europe for his health and prepare him-
self for his professorial duties. He first visited
England and was keirt there until after the battle
of Waterloo, when he proceeded to Gottingen.
where he spent two years in study. He went
thence to Paris, then to England and Scotland.
and in 1818 to Italy, where he studied the arts
and literature of ancient and modern Rome. In
1819 he visited Greece, having letters of intro-
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