REDWAY, Jacques Wardlaw, geographer, born near Nashville, Tennessee, 5 May, 1849. He was educated at the University of California, and then followed a special course in mining engineering at the University of Munich. Subsequently he became instructor in chemistry at the University of California, and then was professor of physical geography and geology at the State normal school of California. From 1870 till 1875 he was connected with various mines in California and Arizona as engineer or superintendent, . Since 1880 he has devoted his attention exclusively to geographical science, and has travelled in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. His works in book-form, for schools, are "Complete Geography" (Philadelphia, 1887) ; "Manual of Physical Geography" (1887) : " Elementary Geography " (1888) ; also "Manual of Geography and Travel " (1888); and "Sketches in Physical Geography," in preparation.