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Richelieu

the best known and most frequently grown
species is R. africana, the calla-lily, or lily of
the Nile.

Richards, Ellen Henrietta (1842-1911),
American educator, born in Dunstable, Mass.
She was an instructor in the women's chemi-
cal laboratory in the Institute of Technology,
and chemist to the Manufacturers' Fire In-
surance Co., and assistant chemist to the
State Board of Health. She specialized in
oil and water analysis, and in the chemistry
of foods. Her publications are: Chemistry of
Cooking and Cleaning (1882); Food Materi-
als and their Adulterations (1886); Home
Sanitation (in conjunction with Dr. Talbot,
1887); The Cost of Living (1899); Air,
Water, and Food (1900); The Cost of Food
(1900); First Lessons in Food (1905); The
Art of Right Living (1905).

Richards, Theodore William (1868-
1928), American chemist, born in German-
town, Pa. In 1894 he was appointed assistant
professor of chemistry in Harvard, and in
10.01 became professor and head of the
chemical department. He assisted in revising
the atomic weights of oxygen, zinc, iron, and
other elements. In 1914 he became president
of the American Chemical Association.

Richards, William Trost (1833-1905),
American marine painter, born in Philadel-
phia and a pupil of Paul Weber. He excelled
in the Painting of surf scenes, of which there
are examples in the Metropolitan Museum of
New York, the Philadc tjhia Academy, the
Corcoran Gallery in Washington.

Richardson, Henry Hobson (1838-66)
American architect, born in St. James Parish,
La. In 1875 he settled in Boston, where his
most important work was done, notably
Trinity church, the most imposing church
edifice in New England. Other impressive
buildings of his designing are the New York
State Capitol at Albany.

Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761), Eng-
lish novelist, was born in Derbyshire. His
gift of letter-writing led to the publication of
Pamela (1740), In Clarissa Richardson took
a xiigher flight Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
is a contrast and counterpart to Clarissa, the
pattern of masculine as Clarissa is of fcminini
excellence. An edition of his Works in 19
vols. appeared V 1905 (Pickering Club
Classics).

Richardson, William Adams (1821-96)
American jurist born in Tyngsborough, Mass
In 1869 Pre, ,ent Grant appointed aim assist
ant secretary of the 'treasury. His manage
tnent of the Treasury during the financia

roubles in America in 1873 was highly suc-
:essful. In 1874 he left the Treasury to be-
:ome a judge of the Court of Claims, and in
.885 was promoted by President Arthur to
)e chief justice of that court.

Richberg, Donald Randall (1881- ),
awycr, was born in Knoxville, Tcnn. He was
chief counsel for the railway unions in the
;ovcrnment injunction suit, 1922; general
counsel for the National Conference on Valu-
ation of Railroads, 1923-33, and for the Rail-
way Labor Executives Association, 1926-33.
ile was co-author of the Railway Labor Act
massed by Congress in 1926, and the National
industrial Recovery Act in the Franklin D.
Roosevelt administration, 1933. He was gen-
eral counsel for the NRA from 1933 until
August, 1934, when he succeeded Gen. Hugh
Johnson as administrator.

He also became executive director of the
National Emergency Council, the general
co-ordinating agency of the New Deal. The
President gave Richberg practically dicta-
torial powers over New Deal legislation in
the 1935 Congressional session, allowing him
to serve as the clearing house through
which all suggestions for new emergency
measures should pass. Later, Frank C.
Walker of Montana was reappointed head
of the Emergency Council, the White House
explaining this was done to allow Rich-
berg to devote his energies to the NRA.
After the Supreme Court declared NRA
illegal, Richberg suspended the business
codet,.

Richelieu, Arraand Jean, Duplessis de
(1585-1642), French statesman, was born in
Paris, and consecrated bisuop of Luqon in
1607. In 1622 he received the cardinal's hat
from Pope Gregory xv., and in 1624 he was
recalled to office by Louis xm. From this
time till his death he ruled France. He had
summed up his own achievements in the
words: 'I employed all my energy to ruin
the Huguenot faction, to humble the pride of
the nobles, to reduce all subjects to their
duty, and to exalt France to its proper posi-
tion among foreign nations.' He put an end
to the internal disorders which the war of
religion had bequeathed to France and gave
despotic power to -ue monarchy. But his
greatest achievements were in foreign po.,-
tics. He is also famous as the founder of the
French Academy.

Kicheiieu, Chambly, or St. John, river,
Quebec, Canada. It has its source at L.
Champlain and flows in a straight course n.
by e. for about So mv discharging into the