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Rice (W ILLIAM NORTH an American)

W (ILLIAM) NORTH, an American geologist and educator, born at Marblehead, Mass., in 1845. He was educated at Wesleyan University and at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. From 1867 to 1884 he was professor of geology and natural history at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and from 1884 to 1918, professor of geology, retiring in the latter year as professor emeritus. From 1907 to 1909 he served as acting president of this institution. From 1903 to 1916 he was superintendent of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey. He was a member and, at times, an officer of various scientific societies, and was also chairman of the Board of Examiners of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as president, and later secretary of the Council of the RICE INSTITUTE Connecticut Federation of Churches. He edited the 5th edition of Dana's "Textbook of Geology" (1897), and published "Geology of Bermuda" (1884); "Science Teaching in the Schools" (1889); "Christian Faith in an Age of Science" (1903); "Through Darkness to Dawn" (1917), etc.