Washburn, George

D.D. (Amherst College, Ma ., 1874), Congregationalist; b. at Middle borough, Ma ., March 1, 1833; graduated at Amherst College, Ma ., 1855; studied in And over Theological Seminary, 1855-56; from 1858 to 1868 was mi ionary of A.B.C.F.M. in Turkey, and since 1869 has been president of Robert College, and profe or of philosophy and political economy, Constantinople. Circumstances brought him into very intimate relations with the political events i 243 n Europe connected with the last Ru o- Turkish war, and secured him the personal friendship of many English statesmen. The first Bulgarian parliament pa ed a resolution thanking him for what he had done to secure liberty for Bulgaria and for the elevation of the Bulgarian people. He is a commander of the Order of St. Alexander (Bulgaria). He has written much for American periodicals under his own name, and also much for English reviews under a umed names.