WINSLOW, MntoN, n.D., LL.D., 1789-1864; b. Vt.; descendant of Kenelm Wins low, who came from England in the :Mayflower; graduated at :Middlebury college, 1815; Andover theological seminary, 1818; married Miss Harriet Wadsworth Lathrop of Nor Conn. ; sailed for Jaffna. India, from Boston, June 8, 1819, as a missionary of the 'American board; with Mrs. Winslow lie established the Oodoovilt seminary for girls, 1822. After her death he sailed for America in 1833, having in charge ten little girls. from the missionary families, sent for education to America. Returning, lie established In 1837 the American mission in Madni.s. To the main work of preaching the gospel to the natives, and teaching and superintending native schools, he added the preparation of school and reading books in Tamil, assisted also in the translation of the•Bible, wrote some n.7, missions, contributed occasionally to American and European peri odicals. His chief literary work was a dictionary of the Tamil and English languages, in 1862. It was in part based on materials in manuscript left by the rev. Joseph KAght of the London missionary society, and the rev. Samuel Hutchings of the
American mission. it contained 67,452 words in both high or poetical, and low or cont..' anon Tamil. It is said to be the most elaborate and complete dictionary hitherto pni pared in any of the languages of India, except the Sanskrit lexicon of prof. Wilson. Prompt and firm in judgment, dignified and courteous in manner, he commanded marked respect from the natives and from English officials in India. After 44 years' ser vice in India, he died at the cape of Good Hope on his third voyage toward America.
WiNSOR, JUSTIN, b. Boston,4831; graduated at Harvard, and continued his studies. at Paris and Heidelberg. He was superintendent of the Boston public library, 1868-78, when he was appointed librarian of Harvard university. He is one of the most eminent :librarians in the United States, and has done much to increase the efficiency of libraries. Besides many bibliographical lists and catalogues he has written several books. He is. the•editor T Memorial History of Boston (1881).