Eliphalet Nott, an American educator, born in Ashford, Conn., June 25, 1773, died in Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1866. He studied theology, and at the age of 21 was sent as a domestic missionary to central New York. On passing through Cherry Valley, he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church there, and he also became teacher in the academy. Soon afterward he was called to the Presbyterian church at Albany, where he preached his celebrated sermon on the death of Alexander Hamilton. In 1804 he was chosen president of Union college, Schenectady, which place he held until his death. More than 3,700 students graduated during his presidency. In 1854 its semi-centennial anniversary was celebrated, when several hundred of the men who had graduated under him assembled. Besides occasional addresses and discourses, Dr. Nott published "Counsels to Young Men" (1810, often republished), and " Lectures on Temperance" (1847). He gave much attention to physical science, especially to the laws of heat, and obtained about 30 patents for inventions in this department; among the most notable of these was the first stove for burning anthracite coal, which bore his name, and was for many years extensively used.