Orlando Williams Wight
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Orlando Williams Wight was an American
physician and translator, born in Centreville
, N. Y.
He was educated at the Rochestern College Institute, was ordained as a Universalist
clergy
man and accepted a call to Newark, New Jersey
(1850). Three years later he left the church to engage in literary work. In 1865 he graduated in medicine at the Long Island College Hospital
; in 1874 was appointed State geologist
and Surgeon General of Wisconsin, and afterward served as health commissioner of Milwaukee
(1878–1880) and of Detroit
. His publications include:
United States
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physician and translator, born in Centreville
Centerville, New York
Centerville is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 762 at the 2000 census. The town is named after its principal settlement.The Town of Centerville is in the northwest corner of the Allegany County.- History :...
, N. Y.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
He was educated at the Rochestern College Institute, was ordained as a Universalist
Universalism
Universalism in its primary meaning refers to religious, theological, and philosophical concepts with universal application or applicability...
clergy
Clergy
Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
man and accepted a call to Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
(1850). Three years later he left the church to engage in literary work. In 1865 he graduated in medicine at the Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital is a teaching hospital situated at Hicks and Amity Streets in Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, New York.Founded in 1858, the hospital has 506 beds. In 1860 it introduced the practice of bedside teaching and it later became the first U.S. hospital to use stethoscopes...
; in 1874 was appointed State geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
and Surgeon General of Wisconsin, and afterward served as health commissioner of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
(1878–1880) and of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. His publications include:
- History of Modern Philosophy (translated with F. W. Ricord from the French of Victor CousinVictor CousinVictor Cousin was a French philosopher. He was a proponent of Scottish Common Sense Realism and had an important influence on French educational policy.-Early life:...
, 1852) - Life of Abélard and Héloise (1853 and 1861)
- Standard French Classics (fourteen volumes, 1858–1860)
- PascalBlaise PascalBlaise Pascal , was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen...
's Thoughts (1859) - The Household Library (18 volumes, 1859 et seq.)
- six volumes of translations from BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
(1860) - Henry MartinHenri MartinHenri Martin was a French historian celebrated in his own day, whose modern reputation has been eclipsed by the greater literary and interpretive powers of his contemporary, the equally passionate patriot Jules Michelet, whose works have often been reprinted.-Biography:Having first written a few...
's History of France (with Mary L. Booth, 1863) - A Winding Journey Around the World (1888)