WHEDON, Daniel Denison, author, born in Onondaga, New York, 20 March, 1808; died in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 8 June, 1885. After graduation at Hamilton college in 1828 he studied law in Rochester, New York, taught in the Conference seminary, Cazenovia, New York, in 1830-'1, and was a tutor in Hamilton in 1831-'2. From 1833 till 1843 he was professor of ancient languages and literature in Wesleyan university, Middletown, Connecticut In 1836 he was ordained a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he held pastorates in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1843-'5, and Jamaica, L. I., in 1855. From 1845 till 1852 he was professor of logic, rhetoric, and history in the University of Michigan, where he served as president of the faculty in 1847-'8. From 1856 till 1884 he was editor of the " Methodist Quarterly Review," and he was also general editor of the publications of the Methodist book concern. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Emory and Henry college, Emory, Virginia, in 1847, and that of LL.D. by Wesleyan university in 1868. In addition to single sermons and contributions to the "Bibliotheca Sacra " and other periodicals, he published "Public Addresses, 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 Issue with the Necessitarian Theories of Hobbes, Edwards, the Princeton Essayists, and Other Leading Advocates" (1864); " Commentary on the New Testament" intended for popular use (5 vols., 1860-'75): and " Commentary on the Old Testament" (7 vols., 188(}-'6). Two additional volumes of his collected writings appeared in 1886.