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Phila. Path. Soc. Infectious diseases of ani- 

 mals; animal production; tuberculosis of cat- 

 tle. The conformation of the horse; the con- 

 struction of the stable; repression of tubercu- 

 losis of cattle; milk hygiene. 



Pearson, Raymond A (lien), Dairy Building, Cor- 

 nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Agriculture, 

 Animal industry, Dairying. Evansville, Ind, 

 April 9, 73. B.S, Cornell, 94, M.S, 99. Asst, 

 Dairy Lab, Cornell, 94; asst. chief, Dairy Div, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 95-02; gen. manager, Walker- 

 Gordon Lab. Co, 02-03; prof, dairy indust, 

 Cornell, 03- F.A.A. (sec'y, I, 01) ; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc. Dairying; city milk supply. 



Peary, Commander Robert E(dwin), Navy Depart- 

 ment, Washington, D. C. Arctic exploration. 

 Cresson, Pa, May 6, 56. A.B, Bowdoin, 77. 

 Civil engineer and later commander, U. S. N, 

 81-; asst. engineer, Nicaraugua Ship Canal, 84- 

 85; engineer in charge Nicaraugua canal sur- 

 veys, 87-88; chief, Arctic Exped, Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sciences, 91-92; Arctic Exped, 93-95; 

 commander, Arctic Exped. Peary Arctic Club, 

 98-02. Cullum and Daly medals, Am. Geog. 

 Soc; Patron's medal, Royal Geog. Soc; medal, ' 

 Edinburgh Royal Scottish Geog. Soc; Kane 

 gold medal, Ph'ila. Geog. Soc. Int. Geog. Cong, 

 04 (pres.). Civil Eng; Philos. Soc; hon. mem. 

 Am. Alpine Club; Alaska Geog. Soc. (hon. y. 

 pres.) ; hon. mem. Phila. Geog. Soc. Arctic 

 exploration and discovery. 



Pease, Herbert D(odge), 116 Washington Ave, 

 Albany, N. Y. Bacteriology. Boston, Mass, 

 Oct. 25, 70. M.B, Toronto, 93; Hopkins, 93- 

 94, fellow, 94-95. Res. pathologist, Thomas 

 Wilson Sanit. for Children, Baltimore, 94; first 

 asst. bacteriologist, Dept. of Health, Phila, 95- 

 98; bacteriologist, N. Y. State Path. Lab, Buf- 

 falo, 98-00; instr. bacter, Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 Yale, 01 ; director, Antitoxin Lab, N. Y. State 

 Dept. Health, Albany, 01- Adj. prof, bacter, 

 Phila. Polyclinic, 97 : mem. committee on stan- 

 dard test for diphtheria antitoxin for U. S. 

 Pharmacopoeia, 02; lecturer antitoxins and im- 

 munity, Albany Med. Col. Ass. Path, and 

 Bact;* Soc. Bact; Pub. Health Ass. (recorder, 

 Lab. Sect, 01-) ; Albany Co. Med. Soc; non-res. 

 mem. Phila. Path. Soc. Diphtheria bacilli and 

 antitoxin; etiology of malignant tumors. Na- 

 ture of bacterial toxins and their antitoxins. 



Peck, Prof. Cha(rle)s H(orton), Menands, Albany, 

 N. Y. *Botany. Sand Lake, N. Y, March 30, 

 33. A.B, Union, 59, A.M, 62. Teacher, 

 Sand Lake Col. Inst, 59-62; Albany Classical 

 Inst, 62-66; botanist, N. Y. State Mus, 67- 

 M.A.A; Bot. Soc; Forestry Ass; Mycol. Soc; 

 New Eng. Bot. Club; Albany Inst, and Hist, 

 and Art Soc. Botany, especially mycology; 

 Agaricaceae of New York. 



Peck, Prof. Frederick B(urritt), College Campus, 

 Easton, Pa. Geology, Mineralogy. Seneca 

 Castle, N. Y, Aug. 19, 60. A.B, Amherst, 86; 

 Ph.D, Munich, 96. Teacher math, and science, 

 Tillotson Acad, Trinidad, Colo, 86-90, principal, 

 90-91; asst. geol, Amherst, 91-93; teacher geol, 



Amherst and Smith, 93-94; prof. geol. and 

 miner, Lafayette, 97- M.A.A; Geol. Soc. 

 Crystallography of bournonite; origin of talc 

 and serpentine. Basal conglomerate and geol- 

 ogy of Cement Belt in Lehigh and Northampton 

 Counties, Pa. 

 Peck, Prof. Henry A (lien), 307 Waverly Ave, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Astronomy. Mexico, N. Y, 

 May 4, 63. A.B, Syracuse, 85, A.M, 88; Ph.D, 

 Strasburg, 96. Instr. math, Dickinson Sem, 

 Williamsport, Pa, 85-87; Syracuse, 87-93, prof, 

 astron, 93- Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 

 Astron. Gesell. Definitive orbits of comets. 

 Definitive orbit of comet 1819 II. 



Peckham, Dr. Geo(rge) W(illiams), Milwaukee, 

 Wis. *Biology, Psychology. Albany, N. Y, 

 March 23, 45. M.D, Michigan, 73. Instr. 

 biol, High Sch, Milwaukee, 72-86, principal, 

 89-91; supt. schools, Mihvaukee, 91-97; librar- 

 ian, Pub. Library, 97- LL.D, Wisconsin. 

 Wis. Acad, (pres.) ; Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 (pres.). Color problems; instinct; growth of 

 children. Classification of spiders; instinct. 



Peckham, Mrs. Geo. W. (Elizabeth Gifford), 646 

 Marshall St, Milwaukee, Wis. Biology. Mil- 

 waukee, Dec. 19, 54. A.B, Vassar, 76, A.M, 89. 

 Entomology; instincts of Hymenoptera. Arach- 

 nology. 



Peckham, Prof. S(tephen) F(arnum), 150 Halsey 

 St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Chemistry. North Provi- 

 dence, R. I, March 26, 39. Brown, 61. Instr. 

 chem, Brown, 68; prof, Washington and Jef- 

 ferson, 69; Me. State, 70-71; Buchtel, 72; Min- 

 nesota, 73-80; special agent, U. S. Census, 80- 

 85; chemist, Commissioners of Accounts, N. Y, 

 98- Chemist, Cal. Petroleum Co, 65-66; Cal. 

 Geol. Surv, 66-67; Union Oil Co, 93-94. Hon. 

 A.M, Brown, 70. Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Philos. Soc. Chemistry of bitumen; 

 mineralogy; explosions; chemistry of cements. 

 Composition and constitution of asphaltum. 



Peckham, Prof. William C(lark), 406 Classon Ave, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. Physics. South Royalston, 

 Mass, Aug. 13, 41. A.B, Amherst, 67, A.M, 70. 

 Principal, Leicester Acad, Mass, 67-68; teacher 

 math, and astron, Williston Sem, Mass, 68-70; 

 prof, math, Adelphi Acad, 75-83, physics, 83- 

 96, Adelphi, 96- On staff, ' Scientific Ameri- 

 can,' 97-; lecturer, Board of Educ, N. Y. City. 

 M.A.A; Physical Soc; Brooklyn Inst. Elec- 

 tricity. 



Pedersen, Dr. Frederick M (ailing), 452 W. 144th 

 St, New York, N. Y. Mathematical physics. 

 New York, Feb. 12, 69. B.S, Col. Citv of 

 N. Y, 89; E.E, Columbia, 93; M.S, N. Y. Univ, 

 02, Sc.D, 05. Asst. engineer, Crocker Wheeler 

 Co, 93-99; tutor math, Col. City of N. Y, 99- 

 02, instr, 03- Physical Soc; Elec. Eng. The 

 influence of molecular structure upon the inter- 

 nal friction of gases. 



Peebles, Prof. Florence, The Woman's College, 

 Baltimore, Md. *Biology. Pewee Valley, Ky, 

 June 3, 74. A.B, Woman's Col. of Baltimore, 

 95; Table at Woods Hole, 95; Mary E. Garrett 



