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asst. prof, 03-05. Physiol. Soc; assoc. Am 

 Med. Ass; Cal. Acad. Med; Chicago Path. Soc 

 Histology of motor ganglion cells; false diver 

 ticula of the intestine; toxic effects of formal 

 dehyde and formalin ; artificial parthenogenesis 

 rearing of parthenogenetic larvae; length of life 

 of sperm in sea water; production and suppres 

 sion of glycosuria in rabbits through salts 

 theory of fertilization. 



Fischer, Prof. Richard, Madison, Wis. Chem 

 istry. New Ulm, Minn, Nov. 18, 69. Ph.C 

 Michigan, 92, B.S, 94; Ph.D, Marburg, 00 

 Asst. chem, Michigan, 92-94; instr. pharmacy 

 Wisconsin, 94-98, asst. prof, 00- State chem 

 ist. M.A.A; Chem. Soc; Pharmaceut. Ass 

 Wis. Pharmaceut. Ass; Wis. Acad; Chem. 

 Gesell. Chemistry of alkaloids; chemistry of 

 foods. 



Fish, Prof. J(ohn) C(harles) L(ounsbury), Palo 

 Alto, Cal. Geodesy, Topography, Railways. 

 Collins, 0, June 3, 70. C.E, Cornell, 92. Asst. 

 engineer, Sandusky and Columbus R. R, 91 ; 

 instr. civil eng, Cornell, 92-93; asst. prof, Stan- 

 ford, 93-98, assoc. prof, 98- Recorder, U. S. 

 Coast and Geod. Surv, 99 ; field asst, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 00. Assoc, mem. Civil Eng. Economic 

 theory of railway location. 



Fish, Prof. P(ierre) A(ugustine), 915 E. State St, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. *Comparative physiology, Phar- 

 macology. Chatham, N. Y, Feb. 17, 65. B.S, 

 Cornell, 90, Sc.D, 94, D.V.M, 99. Instr. physiol, 

 vert. zool. and neur, Cornell, 90-95; asst, Bur. 

 Animal Indust, 95-96; asst. prof. comp. physiol. 

 and Pharmacol, Cornell, 96-02, prof, 02- Instr, 

 Woods Hole, 91-95. F.A.A; Soc. Zool. Com- 

 parative physiology; pharmacology. 



Fishburne, Col. E(dward) B(ell), Jr, Blackstone, 

 Va. Mathematics. Charleston, S. C, Dec. 16, 

 73. B.S, S. C. Mil. Acad, 93; Ph.B, A.M, Ills. 

 Wesleyan, 98. Principal pub. sch, Summerville, 

 S.C, 94-96; instr. math, and physics, Mil. Sch, 

 Waynesboro, Va, 96-00; principal and instr. 

 math, Hoge Memorial Mil. Acad, 00- M.A.A; 

 Math. Soc; assoc. Civil Eng. Pure mathe- 

 matics. 



Fisher, A(lbert) K(enrick), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Biology. Sing 

 Sing, N. Y, March 21, 56. Col. Physicians and 

 Surg, Columbia, 76-79. Asst. ornithologist, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 85-96, asst. biologist, 96-02, 

 ess*, chief, Biol. Surv, 02- Fel. Ornith. Union; 

 cor. mem. Nuttall Ornith. Club; Wash. Acad; 

 Wash. Biol. Soc; cor. mem. N. Y. Linnean Soc. 

 Geographic distribution and natural history of 

 vertebrates. 



Fisher, Miss Elizabeth F(lorette), 14 Abbott St, 

 Welleslev, Mass. Geology, Geography. Bos- 

 ton, Nov. 26, 73. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 96. 

 Instr. geol. and geog, Wellesley, 9Jf- Int. Geol. 

 Cong, St. Petersburg, 97. Nat. Geog. Soc; Bos- 

 ton Teachers Geog. Club (pres, 00-01). Geo- 

 logical history of Lake Cochituate. Ontog- 

 raphy; river terraces. 



Fisher, Prof. George E(gbert), Lansdowne, Pa. 

 Mathematics. Westerlo, N. Y, April 20, 63. 



Union, 80-82; A.B, Cornell, 87; A.M, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 93; Berlin, 94; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 95. 

 Instr. math, Cornell, 87-89; asst. prof, Penn- 

 sylvania, 89- F.A.A; Math. Soc; Math. 

 Verein; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Algebra; 

 the theory of functions of a complex variable. 

 Some topics in invariant theory. 



Fisher, Henry W (right), 5403 Friendship Ave, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. Electrical engineering. Youg- 

 hal, Ireland, Jan. 31, 61. M.E, Cornell, 88. 

 Asst. engineer, Bergmann and Co, 88; S. V. 

 Cable Co, 88-99, chief elec. engineer and supt, 

 Pittsburg factory, 99- Elec. Eng; West. Pa. 

 Eng. Soc. (past pres.). Electric cables; gluce- 

 num by electrometallurgy. Heating of electrical 

 cables in ducts by electricity; insulation and 

 electrostatic temperature coefficients of different 

 cables. 



Fisher, Prof. Irving, 460 Prospect St, New Haven, 

 Conn. Political economy. Saugerties, N. Y, 

 Feb. 27, 67. A.B, Yale, 88, Ph.D, 91. Tutor 

 math, Yale, 91-93, asst. prof, 93-95, polit. econ, 

 95-98, prof, 98- F.A.A; Math. Soc; Econ. 

 Ass; Acad. Polit. and Social Sci; Statist. Ass; 

 Conn. Acad; Wash. Acad; fel. Royal Statist. 

 Soc; British Econ. Ass. Mathematical econom- 

 ics; statistics. Capital and interest; circula- 

 tion of money. 



Fisher, Prof. James, Jr, Houghton, Mich. Mathe- 

 matics, Physics. Hancock, Mich, March 29, 73. 

 E.M, Mich. Col. Mines, 93; Cornell, 99. 

 Draftsman, Mich. Col. Mines, 93-94; Hodge 

 Iron Works, Hancock, Mich, 94-95 ; instr. math, 

 and physics, Mich. Col. Mines, 95-99, prof, 99- 

 M.A.A; Eng. Educ; Lake Superior Min. Inst. 

 Experiments with long pendulums, 5,000 feet; 

 determination of average density of the earth 

 and gravity gradient. 



Fisher, Prof. R(ichard) T(hornton), Cambridge, 

 Mass. Forestry. Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 9, 76. 

 A.B, Harvard, 98; M.F, Yale, 01. Special agent, 

 U. S. Biol. Surv, 98; asst. English, Harvard, 

 99; field asst, Bur. Forestry, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 01-; asst. prof, forestry, Harvard, 05- Soc. 

 Foresters. The redwood; the woodlot. 



Fisher, Walter K(enrick), Palo Alto, Cal. Zool- 

 ogy. Ossining, N. Y, Feb. 1, 78. A.B, Stan- 

 ford, 01, A.M, 03. Special field naturalist, U. 

 S. Biol. Surv, 97-01; asst. zool, Stanford, 02- 

 05, acting instr, 05- Asst, ' Albatross ' Exped, 

 U. S. Fish Commission, 02, 04; ed, 'The Con- 

 dor,' 03- Mem. Ornith. Union; Cooper (Cal.) 

 Ornith. Club. Anatomy of gastropods; ornith- 

 ology. Enteropneusta; Echinodermata of the 

 Hawaiian Islands; deep sea Echinodermata of 

 the western coast of North America. 



Fiske, Prof. Thomas S(cott), Columbia Univer- 

 sity, New York, N. Y. *Mathematics. New 

 York, May 12, 65. A.B, Columbia, 85, A.M, 86, 

 fellow, 85-88, Ph.D, 88. Tutor math, Columbia, 

 88-91, instr, 91-94, adj. prof, 94-97, prof, 97- 

 Acting dean, Barnard, Columbia, 99; sec'y, 

 Col. Entrance Exam. Board, 01- F.A.A; Math. 

 Soc. (sec'y, 88-95, ed, 'Bui,' 91-99, v. pres, 

 98-01, ed, 'Trans,' 99-, pres, 02-04); Ass. 



