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search, publislied monthly by the American
Chemical society, and is the author of : A De-
tailed Course of Qualitative Chemical Analysis of
I)wrga7iic Substances (1895); Tlie General Prin-
ciples of Physical Science (1901); and, with S. P.
Mulliken, Laboratory Experiments on the Class
Reactions and Identification of Organic Sub-
stances (1899) ; also of forty original papers de-
scribing reseaches in theoretical and organic
chemistry.
NOYES, Edward Follensbee, governor of Ohio, was born in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 3, 1832; son of Theodore and Hannah (Stevens) Greely Noyes. H(^ learned the printer's trade in Dover, N.H., prepared for college at Kingston academy, grad- uated at Dartmouth college in 1857, and studied law under William Wier Stickney and Amos Tuck, at Exeter, N.H. He was graduated at the Cincinnati Law school in 1858, practised in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1858-61, and enlisted in the 39th Ohio volunteer infantry. He was appointed major of the regiment, July 8, 1861, served in the Missouri campaign of that year ; at the siege of New Madrid, Island No. 10, and Corinth, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel, July 8, -1862, and colonel, Oct. 1, 1862. He was with his regiment in the battles of luka, Parker's Cross Roads, Resaca, Dallas, and Bluff Mills, Ga., where he lost a leg, while leading an assault upon the enemy's works, July 4, 186-4. He took command of Camp Dennison, Ohio, in the autumn of 1864 ; was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and left the army April 22, 1865. He was married, Feb. 15, 1863, to Margaretta, daughter of Benjamin Proctor of Kingston, Ohio. He was city solicitor of Cincinnati, 1865-67 ; judge of the probate court for Hamilton covmty, 1867-70, and was elected governor of Ohio by the Republican party in 1371, serving, 1871-73. He was de- feated for re-election in 1873, by William Allen, Democrat, was appointed U.S. minister to France by President Hayes in 1877, and made several of- ficial visits to Turkej' during the Russo-Turkish war, and was a special U.S. commissioner to the Paris exposition. He re- turned in August, 1881, resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, and was elected judge of the superior court of Hamilton county for a term of five years in 1889. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1890.
NOYES, George Rapall, theologian, was born in Newburyport, Mass., March 6, 1798; son of Nathaniel and Mary (Rapall) Noyes ; and a de- scendant of William Noyes who was instituted rector of Cholderton, Wiltshire, England, in 1602, and of his son Nicholas, who with his brother the
Rev. James Noyes, came to Ipswich, Mass., in the
Mary and John in 1604. He was fitted for college
at Newburyport academy, and was graduated at
Harvard, A.B., 1818, A.M., 1821. During his
college course he taught school three winters and
after leaving college took charge of the academy
in Framingham for one year. He studied at the
Cambridge divinity school, 1819-22, and was
licensed to preach in 1822, but remained in
Cambridge as a teacher until 1825, then as tutor
in the college until 1827, devoting his spare time
to the study of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures
and literature. He was married, May 8, 1828, to
Eliza Wheeler Buttrick, of Framingham, Mass.
He was pastor of the First Congregational church
at Brookfield, 1827-34 ; pastor of the First Uni-
tarian society at Petersham, Mass., 1834-40 ; and
Hancock professor of Hebrew and other oriental
languages, and Dexter lecturer on biblical litera-
ture at Harvard college, 1840-68. He received
the honorary degree of S.T.D. from Harvard in
1839, was chosen a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1844, and was
generally recognized as an eminent Greek and
Hebrew scholar. His published works include :
An Amended Version of the Book of Job, u-ith
Introduction and Notes (1827); A New Transla-
tion of the Book of Psalms (1831): A Neti'
Translation of the Hebrew Prophets arranged in
Chronological Order (3 vols., 1833-37); A Neiv
Translation of the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the
Canticles (1846); TJieological Essays from Various
Authors {1S6Q); and TlieNew Testament Translated
from the Greek Text of Tischendorf (1869). He
also published numerous tracts, sermons and
periodical articles. A revised edition in four
volumes of his old testament translations was
published in 1867-68. He died in Cambridge,
Mass., June 3, 1868.
NOYES, Stephen Buttrick, librarian, was born in Brookfield, Mass., Aug. 28, 1833 : son of the Rev. George Rapall and Eliza Wheeler (Buttrick) Noyes. He was graduated at Harvard in 1853, and removed to Brooklyn, N.Y.. in 1857 to take charge of the library of the Brooklyn Athengeum which under his direction outgrew its home and became the Mercantile library and later the Brooklyn library. He assisted Ains- worth R. Spofford, the librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1866-68, and in 1871-81 pre- pared a complete cross-reference catalogue of the 60.000 volumes in the Brookh'n library which was publislied in 1881 and accepted by librarians of the United States and England as a model. He died in Deland, Fla., March 8, 1885.
NOYES, Theodore William, editor, was born in Washington, D.C.. Jan. 26,1858 ; son of Crosby Stuart and Elizabeth Selina (Williams) Noyes. He was graduated fron: Columbian university,