WEYMOUTH, RICHARD FRANCIS: English Baptist layman and New-Testament translator; b. at Plymouth Dock (now Devonport, 2 m. w.n.w. Of Plymouth), Devonshire, Oct. 26, 1822; d. at Brent wood (17 m. e.n.e. of London), Essex, Dec. 27, 1902. He was educated at University College, London (B.A., 1845; D.Lit., 1868), and after spending two years in France he was an assistant master in a pri vate school at Leatherhead, Surrey, later founding a successful school for boys at Plymouth. In 1869 he was chosen head master of a non-conformist school for boys at Mill Hill, London, where he re mained until 1886, then retiring from active life to devote himself to his translation of the New Testa ment into idiomatic modern English, his residence being successively at Acton (until 1891) and at Brentwood (until his death). He was an active member of the Philological Society, and to its jour nal and other technical periodicals he contributed a number of studies on philological and theological subjects. Besides an edition of Grosseteate's Cas tell off Loue for this society (London, 1864) and a translation of Cynewulf's Elene (1888); to-well as a work On Early English Pronunciation with Special Reference to Chaucer (1874), he is especially note worthy for his Resultant Greek Testament (1886), ex hibiting the text on which the majority of modern editors are agreed, and containing the variant read ings of the more important of these editors. He will be remembered, above all, for his New Testament in. Modern Speech (1903). This work he had practi cally completed in the rough draft before his death, but failing health compelled him to entrust the final revision and correction to E. Hampden-Cook (q.v.). WE%ELSEN, WILHELM ANDREAS: Nor wegian Lutheran clergyman, educator, and states man; b. at Klabu (a village near Trondhjem) June 5, 1849; d. at Trondhjem July 19, .1909. He was educated at the Cathedral School in Trondhjem (B.A., 1867) and the University of Christiania (tend. theol., 1872), and was then curate in Sparbu (1873-76) and Trondhjem (1876-77) and pastor in Kolverejd (1877-84) and'Ovcrhalden (1884-91). His efficiency as an administrator of municipal affairs led to his election to the Norwegian Stor thing in 1882, and in 1891 he was appointed coun cilor of state and chief of the department for eccle siastical affairs and public instruction. In 1892-93 he was connected with the Stockholm division of the council, and in 1896-97 was director of schools

in Trondhjem, being the same city's representative to the Storthing in 1896, while in 1898-1903 he was again chief of the department for ecclesiastical affairs and public instruction, succeeding Jakob Sverdrup (q.v.). From 1905 until his death he was bishop of the see of Trondhjem.

Wexelsen rendered important services to the pub lic school system of Norway, doing much to foster the growth of the national spirit, and, through legis lation, to ameliorate the conditions under which the teachers and clergy were obliged to work; and he also advocated noteworthy measures for the re lief of the poor and for modifying the laws relating to marriage. JoEw 0., EVJEN.