STURTEVANT, Julian Monson, educator, born in Warren, Connecticut, 26 July. 1805; died in Jacksonville, Illinois, 11 February, 1886. He was graduated at Yale in 1826, and at [gale divinity-school in 1829, began to teach before his education was completed, and continued to do so till a few months before his death. He was a tutor in Illinois college in 1828-'30, professor of mathematics, natural philosophy, and astronomy in the same in 1831-'44, president and professor of mental and moral philosophy in 1844-'76, and professor of mental science and the science of government from 1876 till his death. He was successful as an educator, preached frequently, and published "Economics, or Science of Wealth" (New York, 1876), and "Keys of Sect, or the Church of the New Testament" (Boston, 1879). He was a frequent contributor to the "New Englander" and other periodicals.