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93-9S. MA. A; Am. Physicians; Mass. Med. 

 Soc; Boston Soc. Med. Improv. (pres, 96-97); 

 Suffolk Dist. (Mass.) Med. Soc. (pres, 97). 

 Clinical medicine. 



Mason, Dr. Max, Yale University, New Haven, 

 Conn. Mathematics. Madison, Wis, Oct. 20, 77. 

 B.L, Wisconsin, 98; Ph.D, Gottingen, 03. Instr. 

 math,M&BB. boat. Tech, 03-04; asst. prof, Sheffield 

 s,i. sdi. ) 'ale, 05- Math. Soc; Math. Verein. 

 Differential equations; calculus of variations. 



Mason, Dr. O(tis) T(ufton), 1719 De Sales St, N. 

 W, Washington, D. C. *Ethnology. Eastport, 

 Me, April 10, 38. A.B, Columbian, 01, A.M, 62, 

 Ph.D, 75. Principal, Prep. Sen, Columbian, 

 02-84; curator, Div. Ethnol, U. S. Nat. Mus, 

 84-05, head curator, Dept. Anthrop, 05- Ed. 

 anthrop. papers, Smithsonian Inst, 74-84; 

 ' Harper's Annual Record ' ; ' Am. Naturalist.' 

 LL.D, Columbian, 97. F.A.A. (sec'y, Sub- 

 sect. Anthrop, 76, sec'y, H, 82, v. pres, 83) ; 

 Antiq. Soc; Philos. Soc; Soc. North. Antiq; 

 Wash. Anthrop. Soc; St. Louis Acad; Anthrop. 

 Inst, of Gt. Britain and Ireland; Soc. d' An- 

 throp. de Paris; Berlin Anthrop. Gesell. The 

 technology of ethnology; zootechny; primitive 

 textile art; travel and transportation. 



Mason, Prof. William P(itt), Troy, N. Y. 

 *Chemistry. New York, N. Y, Oct. 12, 53. 

 C.E, Rensselaer, 74, B.S, 77; M.D, Albany Med. 

 Col, 81; Pasteur Inst, Paris, 95. Asst. chem, 

 Rensselaer, 75-82, anal, chem, 82-93, prof, 

 chem, 93- Mem. U. S. Assay Commission, 96. 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, C, 95, v. pres, 97); Chem. Soc; 

 Philos. Soc; Franklin Inst; Pub. Health Ass; 

 Am. Water Works Ass; New Eng. Water Works 

 Ass; Wash. Acad; Royal Sanit. Inst. Pot- 

 able water; water for city supply; purification 

 of water. 



Mathews, Prof. A(lbert) P(rescott), 454 E. 

 60th St, Chicago, Ills. * Physiological cliem- 

 istry. Chicago, Nov. 26, 71. B.S, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 92 ; Ph.D, Columbia, 98 ; Cambridge, 

 95; Marburg, 95-97. Asst. biol, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 92-93; asst. physiol, Harvard Med. Sch, 

 98-99; instr, Tufts Med. Sch, 98-99, asst. prof, 

 99-00; instr, Harvard, 00-01; asst. prof. 

 physiol. chem, Chicago, 01-03, assoc. prof, 04- 

 05, prof, 05- Head, Dept. Physiol, Woods 

 Hole, 04- Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; Chem. 

 Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. Morphol- 

 ogy of fertilization process; physiology of 

 secretion; chemistry of spermatozoa; chemical 

 relations of nerves; relation between potential 

 of ions and pharmacological action; nature of 

 toxic and antitoxic action. The nature of 

 stimulation in nerves; changes in protoplasm 

 by mechanical shock; protoplasmic respiration. 



Mathews, Prof. Clarence W(entworth), 660 S. 

 Limestone St, Lexington, Ky. Horticulture, 

 Botany. Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 10, 61. B.S, 

 Cornell, 91, fellow, 91. Prof. hort. and lot, 

 Ky. State, and horticulturist, Ky. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta, 92- Horticulture. 



Mathews, Prof. Edward B(ennett), 1410 Linden 

 Ave, Baltimore, Md. Mineralogy, Petrography. 



Portland, Me, Aug. 16, 69. A.B, Colby, 91; 

 fellow, Hopkins, 93-94, Ph.D, 94. Instr. miner, 

 and petroy, Hopkins, 94-95, assoc, 95-99, assoc. 

 prof, 99-04, prof, 0J t - Field asst, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 91-94; asst. state geologist, Md, 98- 

 Geol. Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc. Igneous and meta- 

 morphic rocks, especially of the Piedmont 

 Plateau in Maryland. Crystalline rocks of 

 northern and central Maryland. 



Mathews, Dr. John A(lexander), Crucible Steel 

 Company of America, Syracuse, N. Y. *Chem- 

 istry, Metallurgy. Washington, Pa, May 20, 72. 

 B.S, Washington and Jefferson, 93 ; A.M, Colum- 

 bia, 95; M.S, Washington and Jefferson, 96 ; fel- 

 low, Columbia, 97-98, Ph.D, 98, Barnard fellow, 

 00-03 (Royal Sch. of Mines, London, 00-01); 

 Carnegie research scholar, Iron and Steel Inst. 

 of Great Britain, 01-02. Instr. chem, Columbia, 

 96-97, 98-00; metallurgist, Exp. Dept, Crucible 

 Steel Co. of Am, 02-, asst. manager, Sanderson 

 Works, 05- Mem. U. S. Assay Commission, 

 00, 05. Andrew Carnegie gold medal for re- 

 search, London, 02; lion. Sc.D, Washington 

 and Jefferson, 03. F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust; Soc. Testing Materials; Int. Ass. I 

 Testing Materials. Alloys, their microscopic, 

 electrical, mechanical and chemical properties; 

 steel and steel alloys. Magnetic properties, 

 electrical conductivity and hardness of steel 

 alloys and changes therein by heat treatment. 



Mathews, Dr. W(illia)m P(hillip), 605 E. Grace 

 St, Richmond, Va. Anatomy, Surgery. Prince 

 Edward Co, Va, June 30, 68. A.B, Richmond, 

 88; M.D, Med. Col. of Va, 90. Adj. prof, surg, 

 Med. Col. of Va, 91-93, demonstrator anat, 92- 

 95, prof, 95-, lecturer orthop. surg, 98-05, prof, 

 05- Acting prof, surg, Med. Col. of Va, 92-93; 

 orthop. surgeon, Old Dominion Mem. Hosp, 98-; 

 pres, Board of Health, Manchester, 01. Am. 

 Med. Ass; S. Surg, and Gynec. Soc; Va. Med. 

 Soc; Chesterfield Co. (Va.) Med. Soc. De- 

 formities. 



Matthes, Francois E(mile), U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C. Physiography. Am- 

 sterdam, Holland, March 16, 74. B.S, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 95; Austin teaching fellow, Har- 

 vard, 04-05. Draftsman, city engineer's office, 

 Rutland, Vt, 95-96; field asst, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 96-98, asst. topographer, 98-99, topog- 

 rapher, 99- M.A.A; Geog. Ass; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc; assoc. mem. Civil Eng; cor. mem. Appa- 

 lachian Mt. Club; Wash. Geol. Soc; Wash. 

 Entom. Soc. Physiography; glacial erosion. 

 Glacial erosion in the northern Rocky Moun- 

 tains; cliff recession in the Grand Canyon of 

 the Colorado; physiographic studies of Yosemite 

 Valley region. 



Matthew, Dr. G(eorge) F(rederic), 88 Summer St, 

 St. John, N. B, Can. Geology, Archeology. St. 

 John, Aug. 12, 37. A.M, New Brunswick, 78. 

 Clerk of Treasury, N. B, 53-68 ; with Can. Geol. 

 Surv, 68-94; surveyor of customs, Can, 94- 

 Hon. Sc.D, Laval, 94; LL.D, New Brunswick, 

 97. Cor. mem. N. Y. Acad; fel. Can. Royal Soc; 

 N. B. Nat. Hist. Soc; cor. mem. Montreal Nat. 



