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Higginson, Dr. Thomas Wentworth, 20 Bucking- 

 ham St, Cambridge, Mass. Natural science, 

 Literature. Cambridge, Dec. 22, 23. A.B, Har- 

 vard, 41, A.M, 69. Col, First S. C. Vols, 62-64; 

 mem. Mass. House of Representatives, 80-81; 

 Mass. Board of Educ, 80-84. Cor. sec'y and 

 curator entom, Harvard Nat. Hist. Soc, 40-41; 

 mem. Exam. Committee in Math, Harvard, 41- 

 42; chief of staff to Gov. Long; etc. LL.D, 

 Harvard and Western Reserve. Fel. Am. 

 Acad; New Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc; Mass. Hist. 

 Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Cambridge (Mass.) 

 Entom. Club. Flora of Boston and vicinity; 

 memoir of Dr. Thaddeus William Harris. 



Higley, Dr. George O(swin), 140 W. Lincoln Ave, 

 Deleware, O. Chemistry. Near Columbus, O, 

 Aug. 19, 58. B.S, Michigan, 91, M.S, 93, Ph.D, 

 05. Instr. gen. chem, Michigan, 91-05; prof, 

 chem, Ohio Wesleyan, 05- Chem. Soc. The 

 action of metals on nitric acid; the halides of 

 chromium; a new chemograph and some of its 

 applications. The excretion of carbon dioxid 

 resulting from bicycling. 



Hilgard, Prof. E(ugene) W(oldemar), 2728 Ban- 

 croft Way, Berkeley, Cal. * Geology, Agricul- 

 tural chemistry and physics. Zweibriicken, Ba- 

 varia, Jan. 5, 33. Zurich, 49-51; Freiberg, 51- 

 52; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 53. Chemist, Smithson- 

 ian Inst, 55-56 ; asst. state geologist, Miss, 56- 

 57 ; lecturer chem, Nat. Med. Col, 57-58 ; state 

 geologist, Miss, 58-72; prof, chem, Mississippi, 

 66-73; geol. and nat. hist, Michigan, 73-75; 

 agr, California, 75-; director, Agr. Exp. Sta, 

 88- Special agent in charge reports on cotton 

 production, Tenth Census, 79-83; asst. in 

 charge, Agr. Div, Northern Transcont. Surv, 

 81-83; chairman, Committee on Agr. in Arid 

 Region, 85. Liebig medal, Munich Acad, 94; 

 diploma and gold medal, Paris Expos, 00; 

 LL.D, Mississippi, 78; Michigan and Colum- 

 bia, 87. Nat. Acad; F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Soc. 

 Prom. Agr. Sci; Forestry Ass; Am. Acad; Am. 

 Geog. Soc; Wash. Acad; Cal. Acad; cor. mem. 

 St. Louis and New Orleans Academies. Gen- 

 eral, Cretaceous and Post-Cretaceous geology; 

 physics and chemistry of soils; correlation of 

 soils with native vegetation ; estimation of soil 

 values and adaptations. Alkali soils; tolerance 

 of alkali salts by plants ; minimum of plant 

 food in soils compatible with production; nitri- 

 fication of unhumified vegetable matter. 



Hill, Prof. Arthur E(dward), 66 Clinton Place, 

 University Heights, New York, N. Y. Chem- 

 istry. Newark, N. J, March 20, 80. B.S, N. Y. 

 Univ, 01, M.S, 03; Ph.D, Freiburg, 03. Instr, 

 High Sch, Newark, N. J, 03-04; chem, N. Y. 

 Univ, 04-05, asst. prof, 05- Chem. Soc. Aro- 

 matic aldehydes; sulphinic acids. Influence of 

 isomeric groups on the optical rotation of the 

 asymmetric carbon atom. 



Hill, Benj(amin) F(elix), 2106 Pearl St, Austin, 

 Tex. Geology, Petrography. La Grange, Tex, 

 Sept. 15, 75. B.S, Texas, 96, fellow, M.S, 97; 

 A.M, Columbia, 98, fellow, 99-00. Asst, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv, 98-99; New York State Mus, 99-00; 



asst. geologist, Univ. of Tex. Miner. Surv, 01- 



03, instr. petrog. and miner, Texas, 03- Tex. 

 Acad. Economic geology and petrography. 



Hill, Dr. Charles, Northwestern University Medi- 

 cal School, Chicago, Ills. Histology, Embry- 

 ology. Leland, Ills, June 27, 62. Grad, Mt. 

 Morris, 84; B.S, Michigan, 91, M.S, 92; Ph.D, 

 Northwestern, 98, M.D, 02. Prof, zool, Wash- 

 ington (Seattle), 92-98; asst. prof, histol. and 

 embryol, Northwestern, 98- Acting prof, zool, 

 Northwestern, 02-03. Soc. Nat; Am. Med. Ass; 

 1113. Med. Soc ; Chicago Med. Soc. Embryology ; 

 epiphyses; development of vertebrate head. 



Hill, Eben C(harles), 2120 N. Charles St, Balti- 

 more, Md. Medicine. Baltimore, Oct. 9, 80. 

 A.B, Hopkins, 03, Med. Dept, 03-05; Freiburg, 



04. F.A.A; Ass. Anat. Embryological develop- 

 ment of the kidney and testis. Descent of the 

 testis. 



Hill, Prof. Edwin A(llston), 1221 K St, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. Chemistry, Civil engineering. 

 New York, N. Y, Jan. 18, 50. A.B, Yale, 75; 

 Law Sch, Columbia, 76; M.S, Columbian, 01; 

 A.M, Yale, 02; Ph.D, Columbian, 03. Lawyer, 

 railway manager and civil engineer, 17 years; 

 asst. examiner, U. S. Patent Office, 00; instr. 

 chem, George Washington, 01-05, asst. prof, 05- 

 Private sec'y to three Commissioners of Patents; 

 asst. receiver, asst. attorney, asst. supt, etc, in 

 railway service. M.A.A; Chem. Soc; assoc. 

 mem. Civil Eng; Nat. Geog. Soc; West. Soc. 

 Civil Eng; Ills, and Conn. Engineers Societies; 

 Wash. Micros. Soc; Postal Micros. Club. En- 

 gineering; chemistry; stereochemistry. Physi- 

 cal chemistry. 



Hill, Kev. E(llsworth) J(erome), 7100 Eggleston 

 Ave, Chicago, Ills. Botany. Leroy, N. Y, Dec. 

 1, 33. Academies, 50-53; Union Theol. Sem, 

 60-63. Teacher, Miss, 55-58; pastor, Ills, 63- 

 68; teacher, High Sch, Kankakee, Ills, 70-74; 

 Englewood, Ills, 74-88. Soc. Nat; Torrey Bot. 

 Club; Chicago Acad; Sullivant Moss Chapter; 

 Davenport Acad. Ecological botany; Bryo- 

 phyta; Pteridophyta. Pteridophyta and Bryo- 

 phyta of Chicago area. 



Hill, Dr. G(eorge) W(illiam), West Nyack, N. Y. 

 * Mathematical astronomy. New York, N. Y, 

 March 3, 38. A.B, Rutgers, 59. Damoiseau 

 prize, Paris Acad; medal, Royal Astron. Soc; 

 LL.D, Columbia and Princeton; hon. Sc.D, 

 Cambridge; Ph.D, Rutgers. Nat. Acad; 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc. (past 

 pres.) ; Philos. Soc; assoc. fel. Am. Acad; N. 

 Y. Acad; for. assoc. Royal Astron. Soc; for. 

 mem. Royal Soc; Cambridge (England) Philos. 

 Soc; Manchester (England) Lit. and Philos. 

 Soc; cor. mem. Paris Acad. Celestial me- 

 chanics. 



Hill, Dr. Henry D(ickinson), New York Telephone 

 Co, 15 Dey St, New York, N. Y. Mathematical 

 physics, Applied electricity. Baltimore, Md, 

 Sept. 9, 79. A.B, Hopkins, 00, Ph.D, 04. 

 With Eng. Dept, N. T. Telephone Co, 04- Phys- 

 ical Soc. Measurement of inductance capacity. 



Hill, Prof. Herbert M(alcolm), 99 14th St, Buffalo, 



