Richard Salter Storrs

Richard Salter Storrs, an American clergyman, born in Braintree, Mass., Aug. 21, 1821. He graduated at Amherst college in 1839, and at Andover theological seminary in 1845, and was ordained pastor of the Harvard Congregational church, Brookline, Mass. In 1846 he became pastor of the church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y., which post he still retains (1870). He was associate editor of the "Independent" newspaper from its commencement in 1848 to 1861. He has published a report on the revision of the English version of the Bible undertaken by the American Bible society; "Graham Lectures, on the Wisdom, Power, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Constitution of the Human Soul" (New York, 1856); and lectures on " The Conditions of Success in Preaching without Notes" (1875).

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson, an English painter, born in Montgomeryshire in 1713 or 1714, died at Llanferras (now called Loggerheads from a painting by him on a tavern signboard there), Denbighshire, in 1782. For many years he painted portraits in London. In 1749 he went to Italy, and discovered a remarkable talent for landscape painting. Returning to London in 1755, he practised his art there for nearly 25 years. Most of his pictures were sold to the dealers for very small prices. Not a few were subsequently sold for 100 times as much as they brought him. Of some of his best works he made several repetitions with slight modifications. Many of them have been admirably engraved by Woollett, Sharpe, and others. He was one of the founders of the royal academy, and for several years its librarian.

Richardson

Richardson, the S. E. county of Nebraska, separated from Missouri on the east by the Missouri river, bordering S. on Kansas, and watered by the Nemaha and other streams; area, about 550 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 9,780. It is traversed by the Atchison and Nebraska railroad. The surface is undulating and the soil very fertile. There are extensive prairies and numerous groves. The chief productions in 1870 were 140,143 bushels of wheat, 1,003,-010 of Indian corn, 143,006 of oats, 98,056 of potatoes, 10,749 lbs. of wool, 164,358 of butter, and 15,398 tons of hay. There were 3,924 horses, 3,829 milch cows, 6,077 other cattle, 3,712 sheep, and 12,743 swine; 3 brick manufactories and 3 saw mills. Capital, Falls City.

Richelieu

Richelieu, a S. W. county of Quebec, Canada, bounded N. W. by the St. Lawrence river; area, 189 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 20,048, of whom 19,317 were of French origin or descent. It is intersected by the Richelieu river, and bounded S. E. by the Yamaska. Capital, Sorel.

Ricinus

See Castor Oil.

Riehard Biddle

Riehard Biddle, an American lawyer and author, brother of the preceding, born in Philadelphia, March 25, 1796, died in Pittsburgh, July 7, 1847. He early became the leader of the Pittsburgh bar. In 1827 he visited England, and while there published a critical " Review of Capt. Basil Hall's Travels in North America" (1830), and "A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery" (London and Philadelphia, 1831). He was a member of congress from 1837 to 1840.