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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Paris Expos, 00; gold medal, Am. Geog. Soc, 

 01; lion. Ph.D, Ohio State; LL.D, Michigan; 

 Sc.D, Rose. Delegate, Int. Elec. Cong, 93. 

 \.,i. Acad j F.A.A. (sec'y, A, 75, gen. sec'y, 76, 

 v. pros, 82, pres, 89) ; Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; 

 Ant iii. Sue; lion. fel. Nat. Geog. Soc; Am. Geog. 

 Soc; Mass. Hist. Soc; hon. fel. Franklin Inst; 

 etc. Terrestrial gravity; seismology; atmos- 

 pheric electricity; electricity; the solar spec- 

 trum. New form of pendulum for absolute 

 gravity. 



Mendenhall, W (alter) C(urran), U. S. Geological 

 Survey, Washington, D. C. Geology. Marl- 

 boro, 0, Feb. 20, 71. B.S, Ohio Nor. Univ, 93; 

 Harvard, 96-97; Heidelberg, 99-00. Asst. 

 geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 94-01, geologist, 01- 

 F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc. General 

 geology; stratigraphy; physiography; geography 

 and mineral resources of parts of Alaska. 

 Geology, physiography and hydrology of south- 

 ern California. 



Mengel, Levi W (alter), 739 Penn St, Reading, 

 Pa. Entomology. Reading, Sept. 27, 68. 

 Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 91; Acad. Nat. Sciences, 

 Phila, 91-93. Instr. nat. hist, Boys' High 

 Sch, Reading, 9^- Curator, Reading Mus, 04- 

 M.A.A. Rhopalocera; the family Erycinidae. 

 Complete synonomy of the family Erycinidae. 



Mercer, H(enry) C(hapman), Doylestown, Pa. 

 Anthropology, Pottery. Doylestown, June 24, 

 56. A.M, Harvard, 79. Curator American 

 and prehistoric anthrop, Pennsylvania, 93-97. 

 Assoc, ed, 'Am. Naturalist,' 93-97. Grand 

 prize, La. Purchase Expos, 04. Hon. mem. U. 

 S. Commission to Expos. Historico-Am, Madrid, 

 92. F.A.A; Philos. Soc; Phila. Acad; Phila. 

 Numis. and Antiq. Soc; Phila. Geog. Soc. An- 

 tiquity of man; cave explorations in Central 

 America and the United States; ethnology in 

 implements of American pioneer; processes of 

 forming, coloring and burning clay; printing in 

 colors without a press ; pottery. 



Mercer, Dr. W(illiam) F (airfield), Athens, O. 

 Biology. Mansfield, N. Y, Jan. 22, 64. Ph.B, 

 Hillsdale, 90, Ph.M, 93; Ph.D, Cornell, 00. 

 Instr. math, Hillsdale, 86-90; principal, Acad, 

 and supt. pub. schools, Waterford, Pa, 91-94; 

 prof. nat. science, Chamberlain Inst, 95-98 ; 

 biol. and geol, Ohio (Athens), 00- Instr. 

 histol. and embryol, Cornell, 99. M.A.A; Soc. 

 Zool; Micros. Soc; Wash. Biol. Soc; Ohio Acad; 

 hon. fel. British Soc. Bact. Chem. Develop- 

 ment of wings in Lepidoptera; comparative 

 study of the soft palate. Development of teeth 

 and leg bones of the sheep. 



Merigold, Dr. B(enjamin) S(hores), Clark Univer- 

 sity, Worcester, Mass. Chemistry. Taunton, 

 Mass, July 24, 73. A.B, Harvard, 96, A.M, 97, 

 Ph.D, 01. Instr. chem, Worcester, 00-03; asst. 

 prof, Clark Col, 03- Chem. Soc. Atomic 

 weigbt determinations; analytical methods. 

 Atomic weight of uranium; methods of carbon 

 determination. 



Merrell, Dr. W(illia)m Dayton, 239 Westminster 

 Road, Rochester, N. Y. Biology. Brooklyn, 



N. Y, Aug. 21, 69. A.B, Rochester, 91; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 98, fellow, 99. Instr. sciences, Way- 

 land Acad, Beaver Dam, Wis, 91-94; Western 

 Mil. Acad, Upper Alton, Ills, 94-95; asst. bot, 

 Chicago, 96-99; instr. biol, Rochester, 99-05, 

 asst. prof, 05- Rochester Acad. Silphium. 



Merriam, Dr. C(linton) Hart, 1919 16th St, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. *Zoology, Botany, Ethnology. 

 New York, N. Y, Dec. 5, 55. Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 I'ale, 7477; Col. Physicians and Surg, Colum- 

 bia, 77-79. Naturalist, Hayden Surv. (Idaho, 

 Wyo, Utah), 72; asst, U. S. Fish Commission, 

 75; chief, U. S. Biol. Surv, 85- Bering Sea 

 (fur-seal) Commissioner, 91. Nat. Acad; F.A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; fel. Ornith. Union; Geog. Ass; Philos. 

 Soc; Wash. Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc; Lewis Co. 

 (N. Y.) Med. Soc. (past pres.) ; for. mem. 

 London Zool. Soc. Mammals of North America; 

 geographic distribution of animals and plants; 

 Indian basketry and linguistics. 



Merriam, Prof. John C(ampbell), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Cal. Paleontology, Geol- 

 ogy. Hopkinton, la, Oct. 20, 69. B.S, Cali- 

 fornia, 88-90; Ph.D, Munich, 93. Instr. paleont, 

 California, 95-99, asst. prof, 00- F.A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Paleont. Soc; Anthrop. Ass; Wash. Acad; 

 Cal. Acad. Ichthyopterygia and Pythonomorpha 

 of western North America ; Tertiary geology and 

 vertebrate paleontology of eastern Oregon; Ter- 

 tiary geology and paleontology of California. 

 Triassic Vertebrata of California and Nevada; 

 fossil Mammalia of eastern Oregon; Tertiary 

 and Quaternary Carnivora of California. 



Merrill, Prof. A(llyne) L(itchfield), Pay son Park, 



Belmont, Mass. Mechanical engineering. Mai- 

 den, Mass, Aug. 8, 64. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 85. Instr. mech. eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 85-93, 

 asst. prof, mechanism, 93-99, assoc. prof, 99- 

 05, prof, 05- 



Merrill, Elmer D(rew), Bureau of Government 

 Laboratories, Manila, P. I. Botany. East 

 Auburn, Me, Oct. 15, 76. B.S, Maine, 98; 

 Med. Sch, Columbian, 00-01; M.S. Maine, 04. 

 Asst. nat. science, Maine, 98-99; asst. agrostol- 

 ogist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 99-02, botanist, Insular 

 Bur. Agr, and Bur. Forestry, Manila, 02-03, 

 Bur. of Govt. Laboratories, 08- M.A.A. Sys- 

 tematic and economic botany; Gramineae. 

 General systematic work on Philippine flora 

 and investigation of economic plants ; dictionary 

 of native plant names. 



Merrill, Dr. F(rederick) J(ames) H(amilton), 60 

 Wall St, New York, N. Y. "Geology. New 

 York, April 30, 61. Ph.B, Columbia, 85, 

 fellow, 86-90, Ph.D, 90. Asst, N. J. Geol. 

 Surv, 85-87; asst. state geologist, N. Y, 90-93; 

 asst. director, N. Y. State Mus, 90-94, director, 

 94-04; state geologist, N. Y, 99^04; consulting 

 geologist and mining expert, N. Y. City, 04- 

 Director scientific exhibits of N. Y, Columbian 

 Expos, 93; Pan- Am. Expos, 01; La. Pur- 

 chase Expos, 04. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc; 

 Min. Eng; Nat. Geog. Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad; 

 New Eng. Hist, and Geneal. Soc. Geology of 

 crystalline rocks of southeastern New York; 



