RATTRAY, died", William Jordan, Cana dian journalist : b. London, England, 1835; d. Toronto, Canada, 26 Sept. 1883. He went to Canada with his parents in 1848, was gradu ated from the University of Toronto in 1858 and engaged in journalism as an editorial writer on the Toronto Mail. He also' contributed to the Canadian Monthly and other periodicals and established a reputation as an able defender of Christianity against agnosticism. Author of The Scot in British North America> (4 vols., 1883). • RAU, row, Charles, American archeolo gist: b. Vervicrs, Belgium, 1826; d. Philadel phia, Pa., 25 July 1887. He was educated at the University of Heidelberg and came to this country in 1848, where he engaged in teaching. From 1875 until his death he was curator in the National Museum at Washington, D. C., and devoted himself to the study of American archeology, on which he became a recognized authority. He wrote 'Early Man in Europe' (1876); 'The Palenque Tablet in the United N States ational Museum> (1879); (Articles on Anthropological Subjects, 1853-1877' (1W).
He left a work ,on the types of early American implements, and what was projected to be an exhaustive record of American arche ology. His great library and collections were bequeathed to the National Museum.
RAU, Karl Heinrich, German political economist: b. Erlangen, 1792; d. 1870. He re ceived his education at the University of Er; langen, was privat docent there in 1812, ing professor of political economy there in 181ft Four years later he removed to Heidelberg in a similar capacity. In 1835 he founded the Ai-chiv der politischen Oekonomie und tvissenschaft. He is the author of Weber das Zunftwesen und die Folgen seiner Aufhehung" (1816) • (Grundriss der Kameralwissenschaft und Wirtschaftslehre) (1823); (Lehrbuch der politischen Oekonomie (1826437).