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Regina Cleveland Charles T. Dunbar At Belchertown , Mass. , August 12th, Charles T. Dunbar, aged 60 years. He was brother-in-law of D. N. Blood of this city, also father of Henry M. Dunbar formerly of Henry. [Henry Republican, Henry IL - Aug 20, 1874 - Submitted by Nancy Piper] David Stewart Lee Laurenus Clark Seelye He prepared for college at Ingraham's School and the Boston Latin School; entered the sophomore class at Union College in 1834, graduating in 1837. From thence he proceeded to Cambridge and was graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1839. He remained in Cambridge till 1841, continuing his studies at the law school, and then went abroad and studied several years in Germany, devoting himself particularly to philosophy, history and botany. Returning to this country, he joined the senior class at Harvard College in 1846, graduating the following year. In 1852 he completed the course at the Harvard Divinity School. While a student at Union College he was appointed Curator of the Musuems. In 1854 he left Cambridge and removed to Amherst. His connection with Amherst College covers a period of thirty-three years. He held the position of Lecturer in History from 1854-55, and again from 1858-73; was Professor of Oriental History from 1855-58, and Professor of Botany from 1858 till his death. In 1875 he received the degree of LL.D. from Amherst College. He married, May 17, 1854, at Boston, Sarah Eliza Sigourney, daughter of Thomas P. Cushing, Esq., of Boston and leaves no children. One brother, Dr. S. Parkman Tuckerman, who has resided abroad for many years, survives him. His literary work began at the age of fifteen, while a boy
at the Latin School. In 1832 he wrote several minor articles on matters of
antiquarian interest, for the Mercantile Journal and Boston Transcript. In
1833, he assisted the late Mr. Samuel G. Drake, the celebrated antiquary,
in annotating two tracts on Philip's War. From 1834-41 he contributed to
the New York Churchman a series of fifty-four articles entitled "Notitia
Literaria" and "Adversaria," covering a wide range in criticism, history,
biography and theology. He edited Joseyln's "New England Rarities,"
published in 1860 in the Transactions of the American Antiquarian Society,
which in 1865 was revised and issued in a separate volume. He was an
occasional writer in the Church Eclectic. During the latter part of his
life he devoted himself to the study of botany. On the subject of Lichens
he had been for many years the recognized authority in America. He
published a number of botanical books and articles.
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