DE MOTTE, JOHN BREWER: 1848-1907.
Born in Waveland, Ind., in 1848, John Brewer De Motte graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De page: 87[View Page 87] Pauw) University in 1874, received the A.M. degree in 1877, and was awarded the Ph.D. degree in 1887. In 1878 he married Lelia Washburn, who died in 1910.
From 1874 to 1884 he was principal of the preparatory department of Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University and from 1875 to 1891 served as professor of mathematics and physics at the same institution.
He died at Greencastle, Ind., on Sept. 1, 1907.
Information from De Pauw University's dlumnal Record, 1920.
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