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work on breeding of oranges, cotton, corn, pine- 

 apples, etc; heredity and evolution and the 

 principles of plant breeding. 



Weber, Prof. H(enry) A(dam), 1342 Forsythe 

 Ave, Columbus, 0. * Agricultural chemistry. 

 Clinton Township, 0, July 12, 45. Otterbein, 

 61-63; grad, Polytech, Kaiserlautern, 63-66; 

 Munich, 66-68; Ph.D, Ohio State, 79. Asst. 

 chemist, Ohio Geol. Surv, 69-74; prof. chem. 

 and miner, Illinois, 74-82; agr. chem, Ohio 

 State, 84- Chemist, State Board of Agr, and 

 State Board of Health, Ills, 74-82; state chem- 

 ist and chief chemist, Ohio State Dairy and 

 Food Commission, 85-97; chemist to Ohio 

 Board of Agr. for inspection of feeding stuffs. 

 FA A. (sec'y, 99, v. pres, 02); Chem. Soc; 

 Micros. Soc; Ohio Acad. Manufacture of sugar 

 from sorghum; testing soils for fertilizers; the 

 action of antiseptics in salivary digestion; rook 

 tubercles in water culture; light as a factor in 

 sugar production. 



Webster, Prof. A(rthur) G(ordon), 66 West St, 

 Worcester, Mass. *Physics. Brookline, Mass, 

 Nov 28, 63. A.B, Harvard, 85, Parker fellow, 

 (Berlin, Paris and Stockholm), 86-90; Ph.D, 

 Berlin, 90. Instr. math, Harvard, 85-86; 

 docent physics, Clark, 90-92, asst. prof, 92-00, 

 prof, 00- Lecturer, Lowell Inst, Boston, 97. 

 Elihu Thomson prize, Paris, 95. Nat. Acad; 

 F.A.A; Math. Soc; Physical Soc. (Council, v. 

 pres, 01-03, pres, 03-05) ; fel. Am. Acad; Math. 

 Verein. Period of electric oscillations; acous- 

 tics; mechanics. Acoustics by means of a new 

 phonometer; a standard of intensity of sound; 

 limits of audibility; etc. 



Webster, F(rancis) M(arion), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. * Entomol- 

 ogy. Lebanon, N. H, Aug. 8, 49. M.S, Ohio 

 (Athens), 93. Asst. state entomologist, Ills, 

 82-84; prof, applied entom, Purdue, 84-88; 

 special agent, U. S. Dept. Agr, 84-92; entomolo- 

 gist, Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta, 92-02; temporary 

 field agent, U. S. Dept. Agr. and asst, Ills. State 

 Lab. Nat. Hist, 02-04; in charge of field crop 

 insect investigations, U. 8. Dept. Agr, 04- 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Ass. Econ. Entom. (pres, 

 97) ; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. (sec'y and treas, 00- 

 03) ; Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. Entom. Soc; Cam- 



bridge Entom. Club; Ind. Acad; Ohio Acad, 

 (pres, 94) ; hon. mem. Ont. Entom. Soc. Bio- 

 logical entomology; insect diffusion. 



Webster, Prof. J(ohn) Clarence, Rush Medical 

 College, Chicago, Ills. Obstetrics, Gynecology. 

 Shediac, N.B, 63. A.B, Mt. Allison, 82; 

 M.B, CM, Edinburgh, 88, M.D, 90. Prof, 

 obstet. and gynec, Rush Med. Col, Chicago, 99- 

 Obstetrician and gynecologist, Presbyterian 

 Hosp, Chicago; med. director, Chicago Lying-in 

 Hosp. and Dispensary. Ass. Anat; fel. Am. 

 Gynec. Soc; fel. Edinburgh Royal Soc; fel. 

 Edinburgh Royal Col. Physicians; cor. mem. 

 Soc. Ital. di Ostet. e Gynec; Palermo Reale 

 Accad. d. Sci. Med. Anatomical, pathological, 

 embryological and therapeutic obstetrics and 

 gynecology. 



Webster, Dr. R(alph) W(aldo), 5211 Jefferson 

 Ave, Chicago, Ills. Physiological chemistry. 

 Monmouth, Ills, April 16, 73. Ph.B, Chicago, 

 95; M.D, Rush Med. Col, 98, fellow, 98-99, 

 fellow, Chicago, 99-01, Ph.D, 03. Asst. physiol. 

 chem. Chicago, 01-04, assoc. chem, Rush Med. 

 Col, 01- Path, chemist, Cook Co. Hosp, 05- 

 Am. Med. Ass; fel. Am. Acad. Med; Chi- 

 cago Med. Soc; Mil. Tract Med. Soc. Physical 

 analysis of absorption of fluid by muscular tis- 

 sues; diseases of metabolism. Proteid bodies 

 in urine of pneumonia; synthesis of glycuronic 

 acid in the system; synthesis of polypeptid; 

 acidosis. 



Weed, Prof. Clarence M(oores), Lowell, Mass. 

 *Entomology. Toledo, O, Oct. 5, 64. B.S, Mich. 

 Agr. Col, 83, M.S, 84; Sc.D, Ohio State, 91. 

 Assoc, ed, 'Prairie Farmer,' 84-85; asst. state 

 entomologist, Ills, 85-87 ; entomologist, Ohio Agr. 

 Exp. Sta, 88-90; prof. zool. and entom, N. H. 

 Col. Agr. and Mech. Arts, 91-04; instr. nature- 

 study, State Nor. Sch, Lowell, Mass, 01f- Ento- 

 mologist, N. H. Exp. Sta; ed, Entom. Dept, 

 'Am. Naturalist,' 93-96. F.A.A; Ass. Econ. 

 Entom; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; cor. mem. Wash. 

 Entom. Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Cambridge 

 Entom. Club (pres, 97). Insect life histories; 

 relations of flowers and insects; Phalangiidae 

 of America. 



Weed, Walter Harvey, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. * Geology. St. Louis, Mo, 

 May 1, 62. E.M, Columbia, 83. Asst. geologist, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 83-92, geologist, 92- Mem. 

 Jury of Awards, La. Purchase Expos, 04, hon. 

 special expert in copper; geologist, N. C. Geol. 

 Surv, 04. F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc; Wash. Acad; British 

 Inst. Min. Eng; London Inst. Min. and Metal. 

 General and economic geology, especially ore 

 deposits; geological mapping and investigation 

 of Yellowstone Park and Montana; geology of 

 Mexico; coal of Montana; secondary enrichment 

 of ore deposits; etc. Butte (Mont.) copper de- 

 posits; gold mines of the Marysville district, 

 Montana. 



Weedon, Dr. W(illia)m S(tone), Eastern Labo- 

 ratory, Chester, Pa. Chemistry. Calvert Co, 

 Md, Sept. 5, 77. Baltimore- City Col, 92-95; 

 B.S, Md. Agr. Col, 97, M.S, 98; fellow, Hopkins, 

 01-02, Ph.D, 02. Prof, chem, Charlotte Hall 

 Sch, 98-99; asst, Baltimore City Col, 99-00; 

 instr, Deichmann's Col. Prep. Sch, Baltimore, 

 00-01; research chemist, Gen. Elec. Co, 02-04; 

 chemist, Eastern Dynamite Co, OJf- Electro- 

 chem. Soc. Oxidation products of phenyl- 

 thiosalicylic acid; theory of the electric arc. 



Weeks, Andrew Gray, 69 Bay State Road, Boston, 

 Mass. Entomology. Boston, Oct. 2, 61. Hon. 

 assoc. entom, Harvard Univ. Mus, 03- New 

 Eng. Zool. Soc ; Cambridge Entom. Club ; Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist; etc. Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



Weeks, F(red) B(oughton), Edgerlie, Vienna, Va. 

 Geology. Scott, N. Y, 64. Acad. Asst. geolo- 

 gist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 00-02, librarian, 02- 

 Geol. Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc. Bibliography and 



