Denison, Ven. George Anthony

archdeacon of Taunton, Church of England; b. at O ington, Nottingham shire, Eng., Dec. 11, 1805; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; graduated B.A (first cla in cla ics) 1826; M. A., fellow of Oriel, and Latin e ayist (University prize), 1828; English e ayist (do.), 1829; was ordained deacon and priest, 1832; from 1832 till 1838 was curate to the bishop of Oxford; in the latter year he resigned his fellowship, and became vicar of Broad wins or, Dorset, and so remained until 1845, when he became vicar of East Brent, and also examining chaplain to the bishop of Bath and Wells, who in 1851 made him archdeacon of Taunton, and these two positions he has held ever since. The archdeacon is an " English Catholic," or, as such are commonly called, an "ultra High Churchman." From 1839 to 1870 he was prominent as a Church champion in the school controversy as between the Church of England and the civil power, which resulted in the Elementary Education Act, the final and decisive victory of the latter; was from 1854 to 1858 publicly prosecuted for maintaining the real presence, but the prosecution ultimately failed. His publications consist of a large number of pamphlets, sermons, charges, letters, etc., and the following volumes: Proceedings against the Archdeacon of Taunton, London, 1854, 1855, 1856; Defence of the Archdeacon of Taunton, 1856; Final Paper put in in Defence, October, 1856; Church Rate a National Trust, 1861; Notes of my Life, 1805-78, 1878, 3d ed. 1879. He translated from the manuscript in the British Museum Saravia on the Holy Eucharist, 1855. DENTON, 'William, Church of England; b. at Car is brook, Isle of Wight, March 1, 1815; educated at Worcester College, Oxford; graduated B.A. 1844, M.A. 1848; was ordained deacon 1844, priest 1845; curate from 1844-50, and since 1850 vicar of St. Bartholomew, Cripple gate, London. His writings upon the condition of the Christian people of Servia and Monte negro, the result of personal investigations, won him the recognition of the Servian king, who gave him the grand cro of the Order of St. Saba (Servia), and cro of the Saviour of Takova (Servia). He has published Commentary on the Sunday and Saints'- Daij Gospels in the Communion Office, London, 1861-63,3 vols., 3d ed. 1875-80; Servia and the Servians, 1862; The Christians under Mu ulman Rule, 1 , 3d ed. 1877; Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, 1864; Commentary on the Sunday and Saints'-Day Epistles in the Communion Office, 1869- 71, 2 vols., 2d ed. 1873-77; Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, 1874-76, 2 vols.; Monte negro: its People and their History, 1877; Records of St. Giles's, Cripple gate, 1883; The Antient Church in Egypt, 1883. De Puy, William Harrison, D.D. (Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1869), LL.D. (Mount Union College, Ohio, 1884), Methodist; b. at Penn Yan, N.Y., Oct. 31, 1821; graduated at Gene see College, Lima, N.Y.; taught in several institutions; was profe or of mathematics and natural philosophy in Gene see Wesley an Seminary 1851-55, being before and after a pastor; was a ociate editor of The Christian Advocate, New York, 1865-84. He edits The Methodist Year Book, and has published Threescore Years and Beyond, or Experiences of the Aged, New York, 1872; and the valuable Methodist Centennial Year Book, 1784-1884, 1884. He is also the author of Home and Health and Home Economics, 1880 (170,000 copies sold up to 1886); editor of The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge, 3 vols., super royal 8vb, 1882 (100,000 sets sold up to 1886); and The People's Atlas of the World, 18S6. DESCHWEINITZ. — See Schweinitz.