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Hosmer, Sidney, 74 Bay State Road, Boston, 

 Mass. Electrical engineering. London, Eng- 

 land, July 13, 71. A.B, Yale, 92. Elec. engi- 

 neer, Boston Elec. Limited Co, 94-01 ; supt. 

 installation, Edison Elec. Illuminating Co, Bos- 

 ton, 01- Connected with power plant, Colum- 

 bian Expos, Chicago, 93. M.A.A. Elec. Eng; 

 Mech. Eng; Boston Soc. Civil Eng. 



Hotchkiss, H(omer) J(ames), Drexel Institute, 

 32d and Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia, Pa. Phys- 

 ics. Mosiertown, Pa, March 1, 60. B.S, 

 Northern Ind. Nor. Sch, 84; C.E, Allegheny, 

 88, A.B, 89, A.M, 92; M.M.E, Cornell, 96. 

 Instr. math, Madisonville Nor, Ky, 86; Harper 

 Nor, Kas, 87; math, and chem, Westminster 

 (Pa.), 89; asst. instr. physics, Cornell, 90-93, 

 instr, 93-03; prof, Drexel Inst, 03- M.A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Nat. Geog. Soc. Curve tracing 

 galvanometers. Counter electromotive force of 

 are; carbon-aluminum cells. 



Hottes, Prof. Cha(rle)s F(rederick), 915 W. 

 California Ave, Urbana, Ills. Botany. Mas- 

 coutah, Ills, July 8, 70. B.S, Illinois, 94, fel- 

 low, 94-95, M.S, 95; Ph.D, Bonn, 01. Asst. 

 hot, Illinois, 95-98, instr, 01-02, asst. prof, 02- 

 M.A.A; Soc. Nat; Breeders' Ass. Physiology 

 of the vegetable cell. Cytology of Mimosa. 



Hough, Prof. G(eorge) W(ashington), Evanston, 

 Ills. *Astronomy. Tribes Hill, N. Y, Oct. 24, 

 36. A.M, Union, 56. Astronomer, Cincinnati 

 Observatory, 59-60; Dudley Observatory, 60- 

 63, director, 63-74; Dearborn Observatory, 79-; 

 prof, astron, Chicago, 79-87 ; Northwestern, 

 87- Medals for instruments of precision; 

 LL.D, Union. F.A.A. (v. pres, 02) ; Astron. 

 and Astrophys. Soc; cor. mem. Philos. Soc; 

 Tex. Acad; Chicago Acad; Buffalo Hist. Soc; 

 British Astron. Ass; assoc. mem. Royal Astron. 

 Soc. Discovery and measurement of double 

 stars; observations on Jupiter; astronomical, 

 meteorological and physical instruments. 

 Double stars; Jupiter; occultations. 



Hough, Dr. Theodore, Simmons College, Boston, 

 Mass. * Biology. Front Royal, Va, 65. A.B, 

 Hopkins, 86, Ph.D, 93. Instr, McDonogh Sch, 

 Md, 86-89; biol, Mass. Inst. Tech, 93-95, asst. 

 prof, 96-03; assoc. prof, Simmons, 03- Instr. 

 physiol. and personal hygiene, Boston Nor. Sch. 

 of Gymnastics. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; 

 Am. Acad; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Boston Soc. 

 Med. Sci. Vagus inhibition of the heart; ergo- 

 graphic studies in fatigue and soreness; effect 

 of temperature changes upon cutaneous capil- 

 lary pressure. Comparison of results obtained 

 with the weight and with the spring in ergo- 

 graphic work. 



Hough, Dr. Walter, 3308 14th St, N. W, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Anthropology. Morgantown, W. 

 Va, April 23, 59. W. Va. Agr. Col, 73; 

 A.B, West Virginia, 83, A.M, 84, Ph.D, 94. 

 Aid, Dept. Ethnol, U. 8. Nat. Mus, 86-94, asst. 

 curator, 94- Mem. commission to Hist. Expos, 

 Madrid, 92-93. Knight of Isabella, Spain, 93. 

 F.A.A; Folk-lore Soc; Wash. Anthrop. Soc. 

 (sec'y) ; cor. mem. Soc. d' Anthrop. de Paris; 



Swedish Soc. Anthrop. and Geog. Aboriginal 

 fire-making; Eskimo lamps; history of illumi- 

 nation; primitive aboriginal armor; Hopi eth- 

 nobotany and pigments; Korean ethnography. 

 Primitive heating and illumination; Pueblo 

 region of Arizona; Hopi foodstuffs. 



Houghton, Dr. E(lijah) M(ark), 130 Longfellow 

 Ave, Detroit, Mich. Pharmacology, Bacteriol- 

 ogy. Antwerp, N. Y, April 29, 67. Ph.C, 

 Michigan, 93, M.D, 94. Asst. pharmacol, Mich- 

 igan, 94-95; director, Biol. Dept, Parke Davis 

 and Co, Detroit, 95-; special lecturer, Dept. 

 Med, Michigan, 02- Lecturer exp. pharmacol, 

 Detroit Col. Med, 96-01. M.A.A; Soc. Bact; 

 Physiol. Soc; Am. Physicians; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Pharmaceut. Ass; Miss. Valley Med. Ass; Mich. 

 Med. Ass; Wayne Co. Med. Soc. Localization 

 of strychnin tetanus; ergot aseptic; pharma- 

 cologic assay of the heart tonics; pharmacology 

 and pharmacologic assay of active principles of 

 suprarenal glands; pharmacology and thera- 

 peutics of chloretone and brometone; prepara- 

 tion of the antitoxins; aseptic preparations of 

 digitalis, ergot, veratrum viridi. Antidysen- 

 teric serum; rabies; purgatives; hypnotics. 



Houser, Prof. Gilbert L(ogan), 430 Iowa Ave, 

 Iowa City, la. * Biology. Lee Co, la, July 

 9, 66. B.S, Iowa, 91, M.S, 92; Ph.D, Hopkins, 

 01. Instr. biol, Iowa, 92-95, asst. prof, 95-97, 

 prof, animal morph. and physiol, 97-05, animal 

 biol, 05- Mem. Iowa Geol. Surv; col- 

 laborator, ' Am. Jour. Anat.' and ' Jour. Ap- 

 plied Micros.' M.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; 

 Iowa Acad. Neurones of selachian brain; in- 

 tracellular canaliculi of the liver; methods for 

 the microscopical study of the nervous system; 

 the animal cell. Architecture of the nervous 

 system of lower vertebrates; experimental 

 biology; cellular biology. 



Houston, Prof. Edwin J(ames), 1S09 Spring Gar- 

 den St, Philadelphia, Pa. Physics, Electrical 

 engineering. Alexandria, Va, July 9, 44. A.B, 

 A.M, Central High Sch, Phila, 64. Enter, 

 prof. nat. philos. and physical geog, Cen- 

 tral High Sch, Phila; prof, physics, Frank- 

 lin Inst; Medico-Chirurg. Col, Phila, 01-; elec. 

 expert and consulting elec. engineer. Mem. 

 U. S. Elec. Commission and chief electrician, 

 Int. Elec. Exhib, Phila, 84; pres, Sect. C, Elec. 

 Cong, Chicago, 93. Hon. Ph.D, Princeton. 

 Elec. Eng. (past pres.) ; Min. Eng; Electro- 

 therap. Soc; Philos. Soc; Am. Hist. Ass; N. 

 Y. Elec. Soc; Franklin Inst, (first pres, Elec. 

 Sect.) ; Phila. Acad. Electricity and magnet- 

 ism ; geographical physics ; lexicography ; one 

 of the inventors of the Thomson-Houston sys- 

 tem of electric lighting. 



Hovey, Dr. E(dmund) O(tis), American Museum 

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

 New Haven, Conn, Sept. 15, 62. A.B, Yale, 84, 

 Ph.D, 89; Heidelberg, 90-91. Principal schools, 

 Janesville, Minn, 84-85; Elk River, Minn, 85- 

 86; asst, Miner. Lab, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 

 86-87; asst. principal, High Sch, Waterbury, 

 Conn, 88-91, principal, 91-92; supt, Mo. Miner. 



