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Tooker, W(illia)m Wallace, Sag Harbor, N. Y. 

 Algonquian language. Sag Harbor, Jan. 14, 

 48. Pub. sch. Pharmacist, 66-97 ; in real 

 estate and insurance business, 97 F.A.A. 

 (sec'y, H, 75) ; Wash. Anthrop. Soc; cor. mem. 

 Phila. Numis. and Antiq. Soc; cor. mem. Brook- 

 lyn Inst. Algonquian nomenclature. Id. (Vir- 

 ginian names of John Smith and names on 

 Marthas Vineyard). 



Torbert, John B(ryant), 111 C St, S. E, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Geography. Washington, D. C, 

 May 8, 67. LL.B, Columbian, 88, LL.M, 89. 

 Topog. and geol. draftsman, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 86-93 ; topog. draftsman and geographer, To- 

 pographer's Office, U. S. Post Office Dept, 93- 

 Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. Anthrop. Soc; Wash. 

 Geol. Soc. Development of maps; geography as 

 an aid to history; relation and influence of 

 topography on human activities and the progress 

 of the world. Primitive map making; growth 

 and development of United States illustrated by 

 a series of maps; the earliest authentic arctic 

 explorations. 



Torrey, Prof. Harry Beal, 2523 Aetna St, Berke- 

 ley, Cal. *Biology. Boston, Mass, May 22, 

 73. B.S, California, 95, M.S, 98; fellow, Co- 

 lumbia, 00-01, Ph.D. 03. Asst. zool, California, 

 95-98, instr, 98-00, 01-04, asst. prof, Oj- 

 F.A.A ; Soc. Zool. Non-sexual reproduction in 

 animals; regeneration; variation; animal be- 

 havior; taxonomy. Methods of reproduction 

 and regeneration of invertebrates compared; ex- 

 perimental evolution and taxonomy among 

 Coelenterata. 



Torrey, Prof. Henry A(ugustus), Harvard Uni- 

 versity, Cambridge, Mass. Chemistry. Bur- 

 lington, Vt, Aug. 29, 71. A.B, Vermont, 93; 

 A.M, Harvard, 96, Ph.D, 97; Leipzig and Berlin, 

 97-98. Asst. chemist in food investigations, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr. at Middletown, Conn, 94-95; 

 instr. chem, Vermont, 98-99, asst. prof, 99-03; 

 instr, Harvard, 03-05, asst, prof, 05- Instr. 

 org. chem, Summer Sch, Harvard, 97. Chem. 

 Soc; Chem. Gesell. Aromatic series; quinone 

 and nitroso dimethyl anilin derivatives. Action 

 of ethylene dibromid on paranitroso dimethyl 

 anilin; dissociation of phenoquinone and allied 

 compounds. 



Torrey, Dr. John C(utler), Cornell University 

 Medical College, New York, N. Y. Biology, 

 Bacteriology. Burlington, Vt, April 19, 76. 

 A.B, Vermont, 98; Ph.D, Columbia, 02; fellow, 

 Med. Col, Cornell, 04- Asst. zool, Columbia, 

 00-01 ; bacteriologist, Sea Side Hosp, Staten Isl, 

 N. Y, 03-04; asst. instr. histol. and bacter, 

 Med. Col, Cornell, 03-04. Soc. Exp. Biol, and 

 Med; N. Y. Acad. The development of the 

 mesoblast in Thalassema; cytological changes 

 accompanying the secretion of diastase; dysen- 

 tery and dysentery-like organisms. Stable and 

 detachable agglutinogen of typhoid bacilli. 



Tory, Prof. H(enry) Marshall, McGill Univer- 

 sity, Montreal, Can. Mathematics. Guysboro, 

 N. S, Jan. 11, 64. A.B. McGill, 90, A.M, 95, 

 Sc.D, 03. Lecturer math, and demonstrator 



physics, McGill, 92-98, lecturer math, 98-03, 

 assoc. prof, 03- Sec'y, Univ. Exam. Board, 96- 

 02. LL.D, McGill, 05. Math. Soc; Physical 

 Soc. Comparison of Le Chatellier pyrometers 

 with platinum resistance pyrometers; standard- 

 izing thermo-junctions; effect of dissolved gases 

 on metallic surfaces. A direct reading air ther- 

 mometer. 



Tourney, Prof. J(ames) W(illiam), 459 Prospect 

 St, New Haven, Conn. *Forestry. Lawrence, 

 Mich, April 17, 64. B.S, Mich. Agr. Col, 89, 

 M.S, 96. Instr. bot, Mich. Agr. Col, 90-91; 

 prof, Arizona, 92-98; supt, Sect. Forest Exten- 

 sion, Bur. Forestry, U. S. Dept. Agr, 99-00; 

 asst. prof, forestry, Yale, 01-03, prof, and di- 

 rector, Bot. Gardens, 03- Soc. Nat; Soc. For- 

 esters; Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; Soc. 

 Prom. Agr. Sci ; Wash. Acad. The crown gall, a 

 root disease of fruit trees; desert plants in their 

 relation to environment. The relation of the 

 root system of woody plants to local distribu- 

 tion; the relation of forest cover to the run-off 

 of streams. 



Tower, Geo(rge) W(arren), Jr, Butte, Mont. 

 Geology, Mining. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 27, 

 71. A.B, Harvard, 94, A.M, 95. Instr. physics, 

 Boston, 94; teacher sciences, High Sch, Quincy, 

 Mass, 95; geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 95-99; 

 geologist and mining engineer, 99- Min. Eng; 

 Mont. Eng. Soc; W T ash. Geol. Soc. Economic 

 geology; mining and mine examinations. 



Tower, Dr. O(lin) F(reeman), 2662 Euclid Ave, 

 Cleveland, O. Physical chemistry. Brooklyn, 

 N. Y, March 19, 72. Willamette; A.B, 

 Wesleyan, 92, A.M, 93; Ph.D, Leipzig, 95. 

 Asst. chem, Wesleyan, 93-94, 96-98; instr, 

 Adelbert, 98-91, asst. prof, 01- Asst. chemist 

 in food investigation for U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 Middletown, Conn, 95-98. F.A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; Chem. Gesell. Manganese superoxid elec- 

 trodes; conduct of aqueous solutions of various 

 organic salts of Ni and Co; transport number 

 of sulphuric acid; action of nitrogen on water 

 vapor at high temperatures. 



Tower, Prof. R(alph) W(infred), American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. 

 Physiological chemistry. Amherst, Mass, May 

 24, 70. Colby, 88-90; A.B, Brown, 92, A.M, 

 93; Leipzig, 93-94; Harvard Med. Sch, 00-01; 

 Ph.D, Brown, 03. Instr. chem. physiol, Brown, 

 95-98, asst. prof, 98-01, assoc. prof, 01-03; 

 head, Dept. Physiol, and curator books and pub- 

 lications, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 03- F.A.A; 

 Soc. Nat. Opening of brick-red gland in Limu- 

 lus ; function of the swim bladder in fishes ; 

 organic constituent* of scales of fish ; biliary 

 calculi in the squeteague; does KCN prolong 

 the life of the unfertilized egg of the sea 

 urchin? Drumming mechanism in fishes. 



Tower, William Lawrence, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, Ills. *Zoology, Embryology, Animal 

 evolution. Halifax, Mass, Dec. 22, 72. Lawr- 

 ence Sci. Sch, Harvard, 93-96, Grad. Sch, 98-00; 

 B.S, Chicago, 02. Asst. entom, Mass. Dept. 

 Agr, 93; zool, Harvard, 94-96; instr, Central 



