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N. Y. City Hosp. Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. 

 Exp. Biol, and Med; Ass. Mil. Surg; N. Y. Co. 

 Med. Soc; N. Y. Acad. Med. Pathology. Ar- 

 teriosclerosis. 



Brooks, John M(ilton), Birmingham, Ala. Mathe- 

 matics. Cleveland, 0, Jan. 19, 68. A.B, Prince- 

 ton, 89, A.M, 91; Gottingen, 92-93; Leipzig 

 93-94. Instr. math, Princeton, 91-92, 94-02 

 computer, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 02-03 

 pres, Birmingham Building and Improv. Co, 

 03- Math. Soc. 



.Brooks, Prof. W(illiam) K(eith), Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. *Zoology. Cleve-, 

 land, O, March 25, 48. A.B, Williams, 70; 

 Ph.D, Harvard, 75. Assoc, later assoc. prof, 

 and prof, zool, Hopkins, 16- Commissioner to 

 report to Gen. Assembly of Md. on the oysters 

 of Md; scientific investigator, U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission; collaborator, scientific results of 

 voyage of ' Challenger.' Medal, Soc. d'Ac- 

 climatation; Challenger medal; LL.D, Williams 

 and Hobart. Nat. Acad; F.A.A; Soc. Zool; 

 Am. Acad; Philos. Soc. Marine zoology. Id; 

 principles of science. 



Brooks, Dr. W(illia)m P(enn), Amherst, Mass. 

 Agronomy. Norwell, Mass, Nov. 19, 51. B.S, 

 Mass. Agr. Col, 75; Ph.D, Halle, 97. Prof, 

 agr, Imp. Col. Agr, Sapporo, Japan, 77-89; 

 prof, agr, Mass. Agr. Col, and agriculturist, 

 Hatch Exp. Sta, 89-05, acting pres. and direc- 

 tor, 05- Pres. ad. interim, Imp. Col. Agr, Ja- 

 pan, 80-83, 86-87; in charge, Home Corre- 

 spondence Course in Agr, 01- Awards, Colum- 

 bian and Pan-Am. Expositions. M.A.A. Plant 

 nutrition. Agriculture ; poultry. 



Brooks, Dr. William R(obert), Smith Observatory, 

 Geneva, N. Y. Astronomy, Physics. Maid- 

 stone, England, June 11, 44. English and Am. 

 pub. and private schools. Director, Red House 

 Observatory, Phelps, N. Y, 74-88; Smith Ob- 

 servatory, 88-, prof, astron, Hobart, 00- Eight 

 medals, Pacific Astron. Soc; ten Warner gold 

 prizes; Lalande medal, Paris Acad; hon. A.M, 

 Hobart, 91; Sc.D, Hamilton, 98. F.A.A; fel. 

 Royal Astron. Soc; British Astron. Ass. 

 Comets (24 discovered) ; charting and cata- 

 loguing nebulae; solar, planetary and double 

 star observations. 



Brower, Hon. J(acob) V(radenberg), 542 Wabaska 

 St, St. Paul, Minn. Archeology. York, Mich, 

 Jan. 21, 44. Pub. schools; admitted to bar, 

 72. County auditor, Minn, 67-74; county 

 supt. schools and county attorney, Minn, 73-75 ; 

 mem. Legislature, 74; register, U. S. Land 

 Office, St. Cloud, 74-79; ed, 'Stearns Co. 

 Tribune,' 82-85; pres, S.C.N.R.R. Co, 83-86; 

 commissioner, Itasca Park, 91-95; special state 

 examiner, 98-00; chairman, Mus. Committee, 

 and archeologist, Minn. Hist. Soc, 96- Dele- 

 gate, Int. Cong. Americanists, 02. Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Minn. Hist. Soc; Manchester (Eng- 

 land) Geog. Soc. Ethnology; archeology; 

 mound explorations; museum collections. 

 Archeological explorations in the basin of Mis- 



sissippi River; ethnologic collections for mu- 

 seums. 



Brown, Prof. Amos P(easlee), 20 E. Penn St, 

 Germantown, Pa. Geology, Mineralogy. Ger- 

 mantown, Dec. 3, 64. B.S, Pennsylvania. 86, 

 E.M, 87, Ph.D, 93. Asst, Pa. Geol. Surv, 

 87-89; instr. mining and metal, Pennsylvania, 

 89-93, prof. geol. and miner, Med. Dept, 92-98, 

 asst. prof, 95-03, prof, OS- M.A.A; Min. Eng; 

 Philos. Soc; Franklin Inst; Phila. Acad. 

 Larval baculites; mineralogy; crystallography. 

 Structure of crystals; petrography. 



Brown, Arthur Erwin, Zoological Gardens, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Zoology. Erwinna, Pa, Aug. 14, 

 50. Private study. Curator, Acad. Nat. Sci- 

 ences, Phila, 92, v. pres, 00; manager, Wistar 

 Inst. Anat, 00. F.A.A; Philos. Soc; Phila. 

 Zool. Soc. (sec'y, 76) ; hon. mem. N. Y. Zool. 

 Soc; cor. mem. London Zool. Soc. Herpetology; 

 mammalogy. 



Brown, Dr. Calvin S(mith), University, Miss. 

 Botany, Geology, Comparative literature. Obion 

 Co, Tenn, Feb. 13, 66. B.S, Vanderbilt, 88, M.S, 

 91, Sc.D, 92; Ph.D, Colorado, 99; Paris and 

 Leipzig, 94-95; Spain, Italy and Greece, 03-04. 

 Instr. English, Vanderbilt; comp. lit, Colorado, 

 98-00; German and English, Rutgers, 01; act- 

 ing prof . modern languages, Mississippi, 02 ; 

 acting asst. prof. Romance languages, Missouri, 

 04-05; Mississippi, 05- Collector of flora of 

 Azores. M.A.A; Am. Dialect Soc; Modern 

 Lang. Ass; Am. Civic Ass. English and com- 

 parative literature ; coal flora of Tracy City, 

 Tenn. Tennessee forest and shade trees. 



Brown, Charles Carroll, 408 Commercial Club 

 Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Civil engineering. 

 Austinburg, O, Oct. 4, 56. Cornell, 74-75; C.E, 

 Michigan, 79. Prof, civil eng, Rose, 83-86; 

 Union, 86-93 ; city engineer, Indianapolis, 

 93-95; asst. city engineer, Omaha, 96-97; asst. 

 ed, ' Munic. Eng. Magazine,' 97-99, ed.-in-chief, 

 00- Consulting engineer, N. Y. State Board 

 of Health, 87-93, and for many cities; chair- 

 man, Bridge and Stream Improv. Commission, 

 Indianapolis. Civil Eng; Soc. Munic. Im- 

 prov; Soc. Testing Materials; Ind. Eng. Soc. 

 (sec'y). Stream pollution; sewage disposal; 

 sewerage; water supply; cement and its uses; 

 geodetic surveys; paving; effect of variations 

 of rainfall on water powers. Calcareous ce- 

 ments and their uses; sewage disposal; water 

 purification; wood pavements. 



Brown, Prof. Charles S(umner), 139 Wesley Hall, 

 Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, Tenn. Mechan- 



ical engineering. East Hampton, Conn, Aug. 

 23, 60. Ph.B, Yale, 83, M.E, 88. Practising 

 engineer, 84-88 ; instr. machine design and supt. 

 workshops. Rose, 88-89, prof, steam eng. and 

 machine design, 89-96; adj. prof. mech. eng, 

 Vanderbilt, 96-98, prof, 98- Mech. Eng; Eng. 

 Ass. of the South; Franklin Inst. 



Brown, Charles W(ilson), Brown University, 

 Providence, R. I. Geology. Overton, Nebr, 

 Aug. 11, 74. Boston, 96-97; Ph.B, Brown, 00, 

 A.M, 01; Harvard, 03-04. Student asst. geol, 



