SWETT, Josiah, clergyman, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, 4 August, 1814. He was graduated at Norwich university, Vermont, in 1837. where he was a professor in 1840-'5, studied theology, took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1847, and has been rector of churches in Bethel, Jericho, Fair-fax, and Highgate, Vermont He was professor of systematic theology in the Vermont Episcopal institute in 1865-'7, president of Norwich university in 1875-'6, and since 1866 has been president of the standing committee of the diocese of Vermont. Trinity gave him the degree of A. M. in 1856, and Norwich that of D.D. in 1864. Dr. Swett has published " Citizen Soldier" (Norwich, 1841) ; "English Grammar" (Windsor, 1842 ; revised ed., Claremont, 1844) ; "Thomson's ' Seasons' and Pope's 'Essay on Man, ' with Grammatical Notes" (1844) ; "Primary Grammar" (1845) ; "Pastoral Visiting" (1852) ; " Let us Pray, or Prayers and Hymns for Family Devotion " (1861); " The Firmament in the Midst of the Waters" (1862); and various sermons.