Whedon, Daniel Denison

*D.D. (Emory and Henry College, 1847), LL.D. (Wesley an University, 1868); b. at Onondaga, N.Y., March 20, 1808 d. at Atlantic Highlands, N J., June 8, 1885. He graduated at Hamilton College,.Clinton, N.Y., 1828; studied law at Rochester, N.Y.; became a teacher in Oneida (N.Y.) Conference Seminary; a tutor in Hamilton College, 1831; profe or of ancient languages and literature in Wesley an University, Middle town, Conn., 1883; Methodist pastor, 1843; profe or of rhetoric, logic, and history, in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1845; again in the pastorate, at Jamaica, L.I., N.Y., 1855; elected by General Conference of the Methodist- Episcopal Church, editor of The Methodist Quarterly Review, 1856, and re-elected quadrennially until May, 18S4, when his health, which had long been feeble, forbade his continued holding of the position. He was a man of learning, literary ability, and great industry. He was the author of Public Addre es, Collegiate and Popular, Boston, 1856; Commentary on Matthew and Mark, New York, 1860; The Freedom of the Will, as a Basis of Human Responsibility, elucidated and maintained in its I ue with the Nece itarian Theories of Hobbes, Edwards, the Princeton E ayists, and other Leading Advocates, 1864, 3d ed. same year; Commentary on the Neio Testament: intended for popular use, 1860-75, 5 vols.; and editor of a Commentary on the Old Testament, 1880 sqq., of which the seventh vol. (Jeremiah) appeared in 1886; published many single sermons and addre es, contributions in the Bibliotheca Sacra, and other periodicals, etc. *