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Newcomb, Prof. S(imon), 1620 P St, Washington, 

 D C. * Astronomy. Wallace, N. S, March 12, 

 35. B.S, Harvard, 58. Computer, 'Nautical 

 Almanac/ 57-61; prof, math, U. S. N, 61-, 

 senior prof, math, and director, Nautical 

 Almanac' Office, 77-97: prof, math, Hopkins, 

 83-95, emer. prof. math, and astron, 95- Sec'y, 

 TJ. S. Transit of Venus Commission, 71-74; ob- 

 served transit of Venus, Cape of Good Hope, 82 ; 

 ed, 'Am. Jour. Math,' 88-94, 99-00. LL.D, Co- 

 lumbian, 74; Yale, 75; Harvard, 84; Columbia, 

 87; Edinburgh, 91; Cambridge, Glasgow and 

 Princeton, 96; Toronto, 99; Hopkins, 02; lion. 

 Math, and Ph.Nat.D, Leyden, 75 ; Ph.D, Heidel- 

 berg, 86; Sc.D, Dublin, 92; Cambridge, 96; 

 Cracow, 00; Ph.Nat.D, Padua, 92; Math.D, 

 Christiania, 02 ; gold medal, Royal Astron. Soc, 

 74; Huygens medal, Leyden, 78; Copley medal, 

 Royal Soc, 90; Bruce medal; Officier Legion 

 d'honneur. Nat. Acad. (v. pres, 83-89, for. 

 sec'y, 02-); F.A.A. (gen. sec'y, 08, pres, 77); 

 Astron. and Astrophya. Soc. ( pres. ) ; Math. Soc ; 

 Physical Soc; fel. Am. Acad; Philos. Soc; for. 

 mem. Royal Astron. Soc; for. mem. Royal Soc; 

 hon. mem. Royal Inst; cor. mem. British Ass; 

 for. assoc. Inst, de France; Academies of St. 

 Petersburg, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Rome, 

 Amsterdam, Brussels, Stockholm, Upsala, etc. 

 Mathematical astronomy. Theory of the moon's 

 motion. 



Newcombe, Prof. Frederick C(harles), 1021 E. 

 University Ave, Ann Arbor, Mich. *Plant 

 physiology. Flint, Mich, May 11, 58. B.S, 

 Michigan, 90; Ph.D, Leipzig, 93. Teacher, 

 Mich. Sch. for Deaf, 80-87 ; instr. hot, Michigan, 

 90-02, asst. prof, 93-97, junior prof, 97-05, prof, 

 05- Int. Cong. Arts and Science, St. Louis, 04 

 (sec'y, Sect. Plant Physiol.). F.A.A. (sec'y, G, 

 97 ) ; Bot. Soc ; Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol ; 

 Bot. Cent. States. Perennial mycelium blackberry 

 rust; influence of mechanical resistance on life 

 period of cells; cause and condition of lysige- 

 nous cavity formation; regulatory formation of 

 mechanical tissue ; rheotropism of roots ; Sachs' 

 angeblich thigmotropische Kurven an Wurzeln 

 waren traumatisch; kinostats and centrifuges 

 for research; etc. Geotropism and heliotro- 

 pism. 



Newell, F(rederick) H(aynes), 1827 Phelps Place, 

 Washington, D. C. * Hydrography. Brad- 

 ford, Pa, March 5, 62. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 85. Chief engineer, Reclamation Service, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv, 88- F.AA; Civil Eng; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc; Am. Geog. Soc. Water supply of the 

 United States for power, irrigation and other 

 industrial purposes. 



Newell, Prof. Lyman C(hurchill), 226 Clifton St, 

 Maiden, Mass. Chemistry. Pawtucket, R. I, 

 Sept. 18, 67. Ph.B, Brown, 90, A.M, 91; Ph.D, 

 Hopkins, 95. Instr. chem, Brown, 90-91; High 

 Sch, Pawtucket, R. I, 91-92; Somerville, Mass, 

 95-98; Nor. Sch, Lowell, Mass, 98-04; prof, 

 Boston, OJf- Assoc, ed, ' Sch. Science.' Chem. 

 Soc; New Eng. Ass. Chem. Teachers (pres, 98- 

 99). Organic and historical chemistry. 



Newell, W(illiam) W(ells), Cambridge, Mass. 

 *Follc-lore. Cambridge, Jan. 24, 39. Harvard, 

 59. Ed, 'Jour. Am. Folk-lore,' 88- F.A.A; 

 Folk-lore Soc. (permanent sec'y). Folk-lore. 

 Sources of the medieval romances relating to 

 the ' Matter of Britain.' 



Newkirk, Dr. Burt L(eroy), University of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley, Cal. Astronomy. Ellenville, 

 N. Y, May 1, 76. A.B, Minnesota, 97, A.M, 

 99; Ph.D, Munich, 02. Asst. astron, Minne- 

 sota, 98-00; Watson asst, California, 03-04, 

 instr. math, 0^- Math. Soc; Pacific Astron. 

 Soc. (co-editor) ; Astron. Gesell; Math. Verein. 

 Parallax of ring nebula in Lyra; orbits of Wat- 

 son asteroids. Tables for reduction of photo- 

 graphic measures ; the Repsold measuring ap- 

 paratus of the Student's Observatory of the 

 University of California. 



Newland, David H(ale), Geological Hall, Albany, 

 N. Y. Geology. Vienna, N. Y, April 7, 72. 

 A.B, Hamilton, 94; Munich, 94; Heidelberg, 

 95-96; Columbia, 96-97. Temporary field asst, 

 N. Y. State Geol. Surv, 97-98 ; literary and sci- 

 entific work, 98-03 ; assoc. ed, ' Eng. and Min- 

 ing Jour,' 04; asst. state geologist, N. Y, 05- 

 M.A.A; Min. Eng. Petrographic and economic 

 geology. 



Newsom, Prof. J(ohn) F(lesher), Stanford Uni- 

 versity, Cal. Geology, Mining. Elizabethtown, 

 Ind, Sept. 6, 69. A.B, Indiana, 91 ; A.M, Stan- 

 ford, 92, Ph.D, 01. Instr. geol, Indiana, 95-96, 

 asst. prof, 96-98; mining, Stanford, 99-01, assoc. 

 prof, 01- Asst. geologist, Ark, 91-93. F.A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc ; Cal. Acad ; fel. London Geol. Soc. Geology 

 of the Santa Cruz mountains of California. 



Newson, Prof. H(enry) B(yron), 1702 Massa- 

 chusetts St, Lawrence, Kas. ^Mathematics. Mt. 

 Gilead, O, July 10, 60. B.S, Ohio Wesleyan, 

 83; Hopkins, 83-84; Heidelberg, 86-87; Leipzig, 

 87-88; A.M, Ph.D, Ohio Wesleyan, 91. Instr. 

 math, and sciences, Central Tenn. Col, 84-86; 

 math, and sciences, Western Nor. Col, Bushnell, 

 Ills, 88-90; asst. math, Kansas, 90-92, assoc. 

 prof, 92-05, prof, 05- F.A.A; Math. Soc; Kas. 

 Acad; Math. Verein; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. 

 Theory of algebraic forms; groups of collinea- 

 tions. A new theory (synthetic) of collinea- 

 tions and their continuous groups. 



Newson, Dr. Mary W(inston), 1702 Massa- 

 chusetts St, Lawrence, Kas. Mathematics. 

 Forreston, Ills, Aug. 7, 69. A.B, Wisconsin, 89 ; 

 fellow, Bryn Mawr, 91-92; fellow by courtesy, 

 Chicago, 92-93; Ass. Col. Alumnae fellow, 95; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 96. Instr. math, Fox Lake, 

 Wis, 89-91; High Sch, St. Joseph, Mo, 96-97; 

 prof, math, Kas. State Agr. Col, 97-00. Math. 

 Soc. Hermite's form of Lamp's differential 

 equation. 



Nicholls, Dr. A(lbert) G(eorge), 2728 St. Cath- 

 erine St, Montreal, Can. Pathology. England, 

 April 16, 70. A.B, McGill, 90, A.M, 93, M.D, 

 CM, 94; Erlangen, Prague and Vienna, 96-97. 

 Asst. pathologist, Royal Victoria Hosp, 97; lec- 

 turer path, McGill, 99-04, asst. prof, 04- Col- 



