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Wills, Prof. A(lbert) P, 44 W. 44th St, New 

 York, N. Y. * Physics. Waltham, Mass, Feb. 

 25, 73. B.E.E, Tufts, 94; Ph.D, Clark, 97; 

 Gottingen and Berlin, 98-99. Assoc, applied 

 math, and physics, Bryn Mawr, 99-02; physi- 

 cist, Cooper Hewitt Lab, 02-03; .instr. mech, 

 Columbia, 03-05, adj. prof, 05- M.A.A; Phys- t 

 ical Soc. Magnetic permeability; magnetic 

 shielding; magnetostriction; conduction of elec- 

 tricity in mercury vapor. 



Willson, Prof. Fred(eric)k N(ewton), Stony 

 Brook, Princeton, N. J. Descriptive geometry. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y, Dee. 23, 55. C.E, Rensselaer, 

 79. Instr. math, Troy Acad, 72-79; acting 

 prof, Lake Forest, 79-80; prof, descriptive geom. 

 and tech. drawing, Princeton, 80- Asst. book- 

 keeper, Troy City National Bank, 71; foreign 

 correspondent, Drexel, Morgan and Co, 80. Hon. 

 A.M, Princeton. F.A.A; Math. Soc; Mech. 

 Eng; assoc. Civil Eng. Mathematics; graphics; 

 kinematics. Stereotomy; valve motion. 



Willson, Prof. Robert W (heeler), 64 Brattle St, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Astronomy. West Roxbury, 

 Mass, July 20, 53. A.B, Harvard, 73; Ph.D, 

 Wiirzburg, 86. Asst, Argentine Nat. Observa- 

 tory, 73; Harvard Col. Observatory, 74; tutor 

 physics, Harvard, 75-81; asst. astronomer, 

 Winchester Observatory, Yale, 81-84; instr. 

 asiron. and physics, Harvard, 91-99, asst. prof, 

 99-03, prof, 03- F.A.A; fel. Am. Acad. As- 

 tronomy. Conduction of heat; terrestrial mag- 

 netism; electricity. 



Willyoung, Elmer G(rant), 2 Claremont Place, 

 Mount Vernon, N. Y. Physics, Electrical engi- 

 neering. Buffalo, N. Y, June 24, 65. B.S, 

 Michigan, 88. Elec. expert and physicist, Queen 

 and Co, Philadelphia, 88-94; with Elmer G. 

 Willyoung and Co, Phila, 94-99; pres. and 

 treas, The Willyoung and Gibson Co, N. Y. 

 City, 99- Elec. Eng; Electrochem. Soc. Sci- 

 entific instruments. 



Wilson, A(lbert) H (arris), University of Illinois, 

 Champaign, Ills. Mathematics. Saundersville, 

 Tenn, Feb. 4, 72. B.S, Vanderbilt, 92, fellow, 

 92-93, M.S, 93; Hopkins, 93-95; Gottingen, 99- 

 00; Bonn, 03-04. Instr. math, Princeton, 95- 

 03; Illinois, 0k~ Math. Soc. 



Wilson, Dr. Alfred W(illiam) G(unning), McGill 

 University, Montreal, Can. Physiography. 

 Engineering geology. Cobourg, Ont, Feb. 6 

 73. Victoria (Ont.), 89-92; A.B, Toronto, 93 

 A.M, Harvard, 99. Ph.D, 01; Columbia, 02 

 McGill, 02-04. Master science, Napanee Col 

 Inst, 96-98; geologist, Can. Geol. Surv, 01-02 

 demonstrator geol, McGill, 02- Geol. Soc; Geog 

 Ass ; Can. Min. Eng. Physiography of Ontario 

 geological and geographical exploration in 

 'New' Ontario and Keewatin District. Phys- 

 iography of the St. Lawrence Valley and lower 

 Great Lakes. 



Wilson, Prof. A(ndrew) G(ordon), Hebron, Nebr. 

 Geology. Scotch Grove, la, April 5, 61. Lenox, 

 75-80; A.B, Wooster, 84, A.M, 87. Instr. 

 science, Lenox, 84-85, prof. nat. science, 85-02, 



pres, 97-02; mining engineer, 02-; hydraul. and 

 elec. engineer, Golden Treasure Placer Mining 

 Co, Idaho, OS- M.A.A. Dynamical geology 

 and ore deposits; gold and silver deposits in 

 New Mexico. Electric power transmission. 



.Wilson, Prof. Cha(rle)s B (ranch), Normal School, 

 Westfield, Mass. *Bioloay. Exeter, Me, Oct. 

 20, 61. A.B, Colby, 81, A.M, 83; Hopkins, 94- 

 96. Instr. bot, Colby, 81-84; private tutor, 

 84-91 ; prof, science, State Nor. Sch, Gorham, 

 Me, 91-94; student asst, Hopkins, 95-96; prof, 

 biol, State Nor. Sch, Westfield, Mass, 96-97, 

 head, Dept. Science, 97- M.A.A; Soc. Nat; 

 Soc. Zool; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Springfield 

 Zool. Club (pres, 97, 02-). Nemerteans and 

 gephyreans of North America; development of 

 frogs' eggs in various solutions ; North Amer- 

 ican copepods parasitic on food and other fishes ; 

 Argulidae; Caliginae; Elytrophorinae. 



Wilson, Prof. D(elonza) T(ate), Case School of 

 Applied Science, Cleveland, O. Astronomy, 

 Mathematics. Clinton, N. C. A.B, North Car- 

 olina, 87; A.M, Vanderbilt, 96; Ph.D, Chicago, 

 05. Instr. astron, Cincinnati, 01, 02; computer, 

 U. S. Naval Observatory, 03; asst. prof. math, 

 and astron, Case, OS- M.A.A; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc. Jupiter perturba- 

 tions of the small planets. Perturbations; util- 

 ity of the almucantar for determining star 

 places. 



Wilson, Prof. E(dmund) B(eecher), Columbia 

 University, New York, N. Y. *Biology. 

 Geneva, Ills, Oct. 19, 56. Antioch, 73-74; 

 Chicago, 74-75; Ph.B, Yale, 78; fellow, Hop- 

 kins, 79-81, Ph.D, 81; Cambridge and Leipzig, 

 81-82. Lecturer biol, Williams, 83-84; Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 84-85; prof, Bryn Mawr, 85-91; 

 zool, Columbia, 92- LL.D, Chicago and Yale, 

 01; Hopkins, 02. Nat. Acad; F.A.A; Soc. 

 Nat; Soc. Zool; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; Am. 

 Acad; fel. N. Y. Acad; fel. Royal Micros. Soc; 

 assoc. Accad. dei Lincei. Cytology; embryol- 

 ogy; experimental morphology. 



Wilson, Dr. Edwin Bidwell, Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn. ^Mathematics. Hartford, 

 Conn, April 25, 79. A.B, Harvard, 99; Ph.D, 

 Yale, 01 ; Paris, 02-03. Instr. math, Yale, 00- 

 Math. Soc; Math. Verein; Int. Ass. Prom. 

 Quaternions. Vector analysis. 



Wilson, Dr. E(zra) H(erbert), 194 Keap St, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. Bacteriology, Sanitary sci- 

 ence. Port Jefferson, N. Y, Nov. 24, 58. M.D, 

 Columbia, 82. Bacteriologist. Dept. of Health, 

 Brooklyn, 94-98; director bacter, Eoagland Lab, 

 Brooklyn, 98- Director, Army Lab, Chicago, 

 93. Soc. Bact; Ass. Path, and Bact; Pub. 

 Health Ass; hon. mem. Ass. Mil. Surg; Kings 

 Co. Med. Soc; Royal Micros. Soc. Bubonic 

 plague; disinfection. The bacteriology of milk; 

 antityphoid innoculation. 



Wilson, Prof. Francis D(aniel), Blacksburg, Va. 

 Chemistry. Chatham, Va, Dec. 3, 71. B.S, 

 Va. Polytech, 94, M.S, 96; Ph.D, Hopkins, 99. 

 Instr. chem. and research asst. to Prof. Michael, 



