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THE MEN WHO MADE 1T.
EDITORS AND CoMPILERs OF OUR GREAT
EST GENERAL REFERENCE WORK

SPECIALISTS LABORED DURING TEN YEARS
TO PRODUCE THE CENTURY Die
T1oNARY AND cYcLoPEDA
II was distinguished body of literary men who
during ten years lent their energies 10 the COM
pilation and completion Of The century Dicuohary
and CycopeLia.
The distinguished head OF this able corps OF work
ers was the late William ID. whitney IN. d. LII.
d edtor-in-chief. whose ripe scholarship and
,ocbric.l knowledge of dictionary requirements arc
eviden, on every page.
The managing editor OF the great enterprise was
BENJAMIN +. Smith. A. NJ. upon whom ieh 'he re-
snonsib.e burden OF keeping in motion the complex
examination which accomplished the work down 10
its finest details. st.
7, roonor b.: Robert Silley, NJ. B., a. S;
Thomas W Ludlow. A. NJ; John w Palmer VI d.
charles = G. Scott. Pin D.. and Francis A. Ieail'
4 A. Besides these there were large humper
~ editors OF departments. and also important con-
,-,hutors on special subjects. among whom were
cleveland Able LII. D., professor OF He'eoIo'osS
T., ,bo signal Service Washington II. C.; Austin ADJ
49,, m u dean of the law department. University
., the CIV of New-York; Lyman Abbott D. u.
Editor OF THE Christian Union ana pastor oi
plymouth Church; Leicester Allen A b. NJ e. AS
sociate Editor of The Engineering Magazine ana
formerly Associate Editor Of the Sciehunc Amer
ao, Nev-York: Albert S Bolles. Pm. d.. pro-
facsO Of
ton school of Finance. University OF Penhsy'aha'
yvu,,an u Brewer Ph. D. professor OF agriculture
chonald Scientific School. Yale University; y. l..
Rritton Pm. D.. professor OF botany Co.umoia 'o'-
Iaee: Elliott Coues. NJ D.. Phi D. late professor
80 a,a.o,ov in the National Medical College; Ed
ward : Dana Ph. D.. professor of natural philoso-
nhv in Yale University Theodore l.. DE WINE
s,aart Of the United Typothetae; Theodore l.
can NJ u Pm D. professor of zoology IN the
Columbian University Thomas Gray professor III
90, uo,ytecbnic Institute Terre Haute. Ind; Fran
ois # Green commander in the NAVY OF the Ohi'eu
States: j. Franklin Jameson. IN. D. professor u
history in Brown University; Edward H. jenkins
80, :, ,.icadirector of the Connecticut Agricu.-
,ural EXPERIMENT Station: George KEENAN, author
or siberia and the Exile system etc; George r
I<unz special agent United states beoloscdl ou'-
vev author OF Gems and Precious Stones OF Nor'h
America" and expert in gems. iapidary WORK e'c'
Of Tiffany & Co.: Thomas X. Lounsbury y. NJ pro-
- 80 t,ncIish in the Sheffield Scientific School.
vale Tniyersity; David 4. Lyle. captain, lnited
c,otos Army: Thomas q. Mcndenhall, Pm. d, IL. D.
sunerintendent OF the United states Coast Su'Ne!
Charles $ PIERCE. s. b.. \. NJ. late lecturer on
,ooic at the Johns Hopkins University Charles {
perkins 4 b. (ieceased) Critical Editor of "Cyc.o-
naedia Of Painters and Paintings, author OF ltai-
Ian S.ulntors" Raphael and Michelangelo.' etc;
Waldo :. Pratt 4. NJ. professor or worship, hym-
nooev and sacred music in the Hartford Theological
seminary; &. V. Riley. Phi. d., entomoloslst OF
United States Department OF Agriculture' Chatles
p G. Scott Phi D., Or. Thomas L. Stefnlah' assls'-
ant surgeon New York Orthopedc DspehsarF ana
Hospital. Russell S;ursis, 4. NJ. ate professor OF
architecture and the arts of design in the College
of the CITY OF New York: James *. Thatcher. NJ u.
deceased. professor Of physiology ana chh'di
medicine in Yale University: Robert H. Thurston.
A. NJ DOC Eng. director % Sibley College torheh
University. Lester +. Ward \. NJ. LII - seoio-
eist United States Geological Survey Professor
William r. are head Of the department OF archi-
lecture School Of Mines. Columbia college. New
York; Serene Watson. Ph. D., curator Of the her'
barium Harvard University; Henry VI Wniney'
a NJ professor Of English literature In belolt 'oI'
iege; Josiah D. Whitney, LII D., professor OF COCO
gv Harvard University, George r. liiiams, ~
g. professor in Johns Hopkins University: Var
wick Wroth f. S A.. of the Department OF Coins in
the British Museum. and Charles Augustus DUNG
Phi. d.. LII. D., professor Of astronomy princeton
The complete list Of those who we're tie heads ads
of important departments numbers something Ike
one Kindred which IS beyond all doubt. the largest
number of experts ever employed on any WORK OF
kindred character and even this list does NOT ncuie
the names of minor contributors and assistants
who numbered several hundred.
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Of these noted men FOR per oPos Of yssona have
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have decided the Century Dictionary ana 'ycio-
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