CHARLES WESLEY BENNETT
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An American Methodist divine and educator; born at East Bethany, N. Y., July 18, 1828; died at Evanston, Ill., April 17, 1891. He was principal of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (1869-71), professor of history and logic at Syracuse University (1871-85), professor of historical theology at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston (1885-91). He wrote "National Education in Italy, France, Germany, England, and Wales" (1878); and "Christian Art and Archaeology of the First Six Centuries" (1888).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.