AUGUSTUS FRANCIS HEWIT
\ˈɔːɡʌstəs fɹˈansɪs hjˈuːɪt], \ˈɔːɡʌstəs fɹˈansɪs hjˈuːɪt], \ˈɔː_ɡ_ʌ_s_t_ə_s f_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_s h_j_ˈuː_ɪ_t]\
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An American Roman Catholic priest and religious writer; Pseud.: Nathaniel Augustus; born at Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 19, 1820; died in New York city, July 3, 1897. He had a varied experience, as law student, as Congregational minister, Episcopal deacon, and Roman Catholic priest; joining, under the name of Augustine Francis, the Paulist order founded by Father Hecker, and becoming professor and superior in the Paulist Seminary, New York. He wrote "Life of Princess Borghese" (1856); "Problems of the Age" (1868); "Light in Darkness" (1871); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.