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Villard Exped. to Peru and Bolivia, 92-93; 

 librarian, Loa Angeles Pub. Library, 05- 

 I.iti.D. Banta Clara. Folk-lore Soc. (v. pre9, 

 00) : Am. Ceog. Soc; Sequoya League (founder 

 and chairman, Exec. Committee); Landmarks 

 V'lub (founder and pres.) ; Southwest Soc. 

 Arched, [net. of Am. (founder and sec'y) ; 

 bun. mem. Davenport Acad. General Spanish- 

 American history and ethnology; Tigua and 

 Bpanish-American linguistics; New Mexico and 

 Arizona up to 1870; California, 1769 to date. 

 Social and economic development of Mexico 

 since 1790 and of California since 1845. 



Lundin, Carl A(xel) R(obert), 613 Putnam Ave, 

 Cambridgeport, Mass. Astronomical instru- 

 ments. Venersborg, Sweden, Jan. 13,51. High 

 Scb. Sweden. With Alvan Clark and Sons, 7.}- 

 Hon. A..M, Amherst, 05. M.A.A; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc. Making of astronomical in- 

 struments. 



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Lunn, Dr. A(rthur) C(onstant), University of Chi- 

 cago, Chicago, Ills. Mathematics. Racine, Wis, 

 Feb. 19, 77. A.B, Lawrence, 98; fellow, Chi- 

 cago, 98-01, A.M, 00, Ph.D, 04. Instr. math, 

 and astron, Wesleyan, 01-02; assoc. applied 

 math, Chicago, 02-03, instr, 03- Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc. Differential equa- 

 tions of dynamics. 



Luquer, Prof. Lea Mcllvaine, 321 W. 80th St, New 

 York, N. Y. Mineralogy. Brooklyn, N .Y, 

 Sept. 4, 64. C.E, Columbia, 87, Ph.D, 94. 

 Tutor and later adj. prof, miner, Columbia, 87- 

 04. Sec'y, Auxiliary Committee of Teachers Col, 

 Columbia, 94-95. F.A.A; fel. N. Y. Acad. The 

 relative effects of frost and the sulphate soda 

 tests on building stones; simplified scheme for 

 the optical recognition of minerals in thin rock 

 sections; area and nature of the ' augen-gneiss,' 

 etc, at Bedford, N. Y. 



Lusk, Prof. Graham, 11 E. 74th St, New York, 

 N. Y. *Physiology. Bridgeport. Conn, Feb. 15, 

 66. Ph.B, Columbia, 87; Ph.D, Munich, 91. 

 Instr, later asst. prof, and prof, physiol, Med. 

 Sch, Yale, 91-98; Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. 

 Med. Col, 98- Hon. A.M, Yale, 97. Soc. Nat; 

 Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; fel. 

 Edinburgh Royal Soc. Carbohydrates in the 

 body; diabetes; phlorhizin diabetes; hippuric 

 acid; metabolism in diabetes; dietetic value of 

 skim-milk. 



Luther, Pres. Flavel S(weeten), Jr, 115 Vernon 

 St, Hartford, Conn. Mathematics, Mechanics. 

 Brooklyn, Conn, March 26, 50. A.B, Trinity 

 (Conn.), 70, A.M, 73, Ph.D, 96. Teacher in 

 various schools; prof, math, Racine, 76-81; 

 Kenyon, 82-83; Trinity (Conn.), 83-04, pres, 

 Oh- Consulting engineer, Pope Mfg. Co, 96- 

 99. LL.D, Trinity (Conn.), 04. Mech. Eng. 

 Strength of materials; coefficient of expansion 

 of various steels at high temperatures. 



Lyman, B(enjamin) S(mith), 708 Locust St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Geology, Surveying, Mining 

 engineering. Northampton, Mass, Dec. 11, 35. 

 A.B, Harvard, 55; Ecole des Mines, Paris, 59- 



61 ; Freiberg, 61-62. Asst. geologist, la. Geol. 

 Surv, 58 , mining engineer, Pub. Works Dept, 

 India, 70-71; chief geologist and mining en- 

 gineer, Govt. Geol. Surv, Japan, 73-75; Govt. 

 Surv. of Oil Lands of Japan, 76-77; Govt. Geol. 

 Surv. of Japan, 78-79; asst. geologist, Pa. Geol. 

 Surv, 87-95. F.A.A; Min. Eng; Philos. Soc; 

 Nat. Geog. Soc; Folk-lore Soc; Acad. Polit. and 

 Social Sci; Oriental Soc; Pa. Hist. Soc; Frank- 

 lin Inst; Phila. Acad; Phila. Eng. Club; Phila. 

 Oriental Club; Phila. Geog. Soc; Phila. Numis. 

 and Antiq. Soc; Geol. Gesell; Gesell. fiir Natur- 

 und Volkerkunde Ostasiens; Soc. g6ol. de 

 France; Bengal and Japan Asiatic Societies. 

 Geological surveys and surveying instruments. 



Lyman, Prof. E(lmer) A(delbert), 126 N. Wash- 

 ington St, Ypsilanti, Mich. Mathematics, As- 

 tronomy. Manchester, Vt, July 27, 61. A.B, 

 Michigan, 86, grad. student, 92-95. Principal, 

 High Sch, Paola, Kas. 86-87; Troy, O, 87-89; 

 instr. math, Michigan, 90-98; prof, Mich. State 

 Kor. Col, 98-, principal, 99-02. M.A.A; Math. 

 Soc. 



Lyman, Prof. Geo(rge) R(ichard), Hanover, N. H. 

 Botany. Lee Center, Ills, Dec. 1, 71. A.B, 

 Beloit, 94 ; A.B, Harvard, 97, A.M, 99. Supt. city 

 schools, Amboy, Ills, 94-96; asst. crypt, bot, 

 Harvard, 98-01, instr, Radcliffe, 00; bot, Dart- 

 mouth, 01-04, asst. prof, 0^- Life histories of , 

 fungi. Life histories of certain Basidiomycetes. 



Lyman, Dr. Theodore, Brookline, Mass. *Physics. 

 Boston, Mass, Nov. 23, 74. A.B, Harvard, 97, 

 A.M, 99, Ph.D, 00. Asst. physics, Harvard, 97- 

 98, 99-01, instr, 02- Physical Soc; fel. Am. 

 Acad. Phenomena connected with diffraction 

 gratings. Wave-lengths of extreme ultra-violet 

 light discovered by Schumann. 



Lyon, Prof. E(lias) P(otter), St. Louis Univer- 

 sity, St. Louis, Mo. ^Physiology. Cambria, 

 Mich, Oct. 20, 67. B.S, Hillsdale, 91, A.B, 92; 

 Ph.D, Chicago, 97. Instr. biol, Bradley Inst, 

 Peoria, His, 97-00; asst. prof, physiol, Rush 

 Med. Col, 00-04; Chicago, 01-04; prof, St. 

 Louis, 01f- Instr. Woods Hole, 97-; dean in 

 med. work, Chicago, 01-04. Soc. Nat; Physiol. 

 Soc. Compensatory motions; equilibrium in 

 animals; effect of lack of oxygen; effects of 

 K N C and lack of oxygen. The tropisms. 



Lyon, Dr. Florence (May), Foster Hall, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, Chicago, Ills. Botany. 

 Gilbertsville, N. Y, March 6, 60. Michigan, 79- 

 82, 86-87; B.S, Chicago, 97, fellow, 98-99, Ph.D, 

 01. Principal, High Sch, Owosso, Mich, 82-83; 

 teacher science, High Sch, Detroit, 83-86, 87- 

 96; instr. bot, Smith, 00-01; Chicago, 01- 

 Plant morphology; relation of selaginellas to 

 seed plants. 



Lyon, Dr. Harold L(loyd), University of Minne- 

 sota, Minneapolis, Minn. Botany. Hastings, 

 Minn, Oct. 14, 79. B.S, Minnesota, 00, M.S, 01, 

 Ph.D, 03. Instr. bot, Minnesota, 00-05, asst. 

 prof, 05- Bot. Cent. States. Plant cytology 

 and embryology; algology. 



