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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Supt, Kas. Educ. Exhibit, Columbian Expos, 93. 

 Hon. Ph.D, Milton, 98. M.A.A; Kas. Acad, 

 (pres, 05). Drift; Potsdam sandstone; coal 

 measures. Geology of Kansas. 



Wooton, Prof. E(lmer) O(ttis), Mesilla Park, 

 New Mex. Biology. Kokomo, Ind, Sept. 19, 

 65. B.S, Earlham, 89, A.M, 96; Columbia, 96- 

 98. Prof, bot, New Mex. Col. Agr. and Mech. 

 Arts, 90-96, 98-00, biol, 00- Botanist, New 

 Mex. Exp. Sta, 90-96, 98-; agent and ex- 

 pert, Bur. Forestry, U. S. Dept. Agr, summers, 

 00, 01, 02, collaborator, Bur. Plant Indust, sum- 

 mer, 04. Phenoganic flora and economic botany 

 of New Mexico. The range problem of New 

 Mexico. 



Worcester, Dean C(onant), Manila, P. I. Zoology. 

 Thetford, Vt, Oct. 1, 66. A.B, Michigan, 89. 

 Asst. bot, Michigan, 87, 88, instr. zool, 93-95, 

 asst. prof. zool. and curator, Mus, 95-98; mem. 

 U. S. Philippine Commission, 99-01 ; Sec'y of 

 the Interior, Philippine Govt, 01- Mem. Steere 

 Science Exped. to Philippine Islands, 88, 89 ; 

 menage, Science Exped, 90-93. F.A.A; cor. fel. 

 Ornith. Union; Wash. Acad. Geographical dis- 

 tribution of mammals. Distribution of the 

 birds and mammals of the Philippine Islands. 



Wright, Prof. A(rthur) W(illiams), 73 York 

 Square, New Haven, Conn. * Experimental 

 physics. Lebanon. Conn, Sept. 8, 36. A.B, 

 Yale, 59, Ph.D, 61; Heidelberg and Berlin, 

 68, 97. Tutor physics, Yale, 65-68; prof. 

 physics and chem, Williams, 69-72; molecular 

 physics and chem, Yale, 72-87, exp. phys- 

 ics and in charge, Sloane Physical Lab, 87- 

 Mem. Eclipse Exped. from U. S. Naval Observ- 

 atory, 78 ; Assay Commission, 86 ; consulting 

 specialist, U. S. Weather Bur, 81-86; chairman, 

 Nat. Acad. Committee to Test Quartz Plates, 88. 

 Nat. Acad. (mem. Committee on Draper Medal) ; 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, A, 76); Physical Soc; Philos. 

 Soc; Wash. Acad; cor. mem. N. Y. Acad; Conn. 

 Acad; fel. Royal Astron. Soc. Electric shadow 

 in air; studies of electric spark and brush dis- 

 charge; gases of meteorites; relation to spec- 

 tra of comets; polarization of light of comets; 

 zodiacal light; sun's corona; phenomena of 

 electric discharge in vacuum tubes ; formation 

 of metallic films for mirrors by cathode dis- 

 charge in vacuum; eclipse of 187S; spectra of 

 meteorite gases; character of lines of the spec- 

 trum; apparatus for distillation of mercury in 

 vacuo; standard barometer. Rontgen rays; 

 radio-active bodies; solar spectrum; absorption 

 spectra. 



Wright, Dr. Carroll D(avidson), Clark College, 

 Worcester, Mass. Statistics, Social economics. 

 Dunbarton, N. H, July 25, 40. High Sch. and 

 Academies. Senator, Mass, 72-73; chief, Mass. 

 Bur. Statistics of Labor, 73-88; U. S. Commis- 

 sioner of Labor, 85-05; mem. Board of 

 Trustees and Exec. Committee, Carnegie Inst, 

 01-; pres, Col. Dept, Clark, 02- Hon. prof, 

 statistics and social econ, Catholic, 95-; prof, 

 Columbian, 99; univ. lecturer satistics and so- 



cial econ. in various institutions; chairman, 

 Jury of Awards, Dept. Social Econ, Pan-Am. 

 Expos, 01. Two gold medals, Pan-Am. Expos; 

 hon. A.M, Tufts, 83; LL.D, Wesleyan, 94; Ph.D, 

 Dartmouth, 97; Clark, 02; Tufts, 03; LL.D, 

 Amherst, 05. F.A.A. (v. pres, 02, pres, 04) ; 

 Statist. Ass. (pres.) ; Social Sci. Ass. (v. pres. ) ; 

 Am. Hist. Ass; Econ. Ass; Wash. Acad, (gov.) ; 

 Int. Statist. Inst ; Inst. Int. de Sociol ; hon. 

 mem. Russian Royal Statist. Soc; Russian Imp. 

 Acad. Sci; cor. mem. Inst, de France. Social 

 and industrial conditions of the United States. 

 Official investigation of restriction of oiitput, 

 United States and Europe. 



Wright, Dr. Fred (eric) E(ugene), U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey, Washington, D. C. Geology, Min- 

 eralogy. Marquette, Mich, Oct. 16, 77. Ph.D, 

 Heidelberg, 00. Instr. petrog, Mich. Col. of 

 Mines, 01-04; asst. state geologist, 02-04; asst. 

 geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, OJf- M.A.A; Geol. 

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

 Soc; Lake Superior Inst. Min. Eng. Rocks of 

 the alkali series of Rosenbusch; physical crys- 

 tallography. Geology of southeastern Alaska; 

 Gladstone's law. 



Wright, Prof. G(eorge) Frederick, 145 Elm St, 

 Oberlin, O. Geology. Whitehall, N. Y, Jan. 

 22, 38. A.B, Oberlin, 59, A.M, 62. Pastor, 

 Congregational Church, Bakersfield, Vt, 62-72; 

 Andover, Mass, 72-81; prof, language and lit. 

 of New Testament, Oberlin Theol. Sem, 81-92, 

 harmony of science and revelation, 92- Asst. 

 geologist, Pa. Geol. Surv, 81-82; U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 84-92; ed, ' Bibliotheca Sacra,' 84-; 

 'Records of the Past,' 05-; lecturer, Lowell 

 Inst, 87, 92, 96. D.D, Brown, and LL.D, Drury, 

 87. F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; 

 fel. Essex Inst. Glacial phenomena. Date of 

 glacial period; recent changes in land levels. 



Wright, Dr. Henry W(ilkes), 109 Cascadilla Place, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Philosophy. St. James, Mich, 

 Aug. 16, 78. Alma, 94-97; Ph.B, Cornell, 99, 

 Ph.D, 04. Instr. philos, Cornell, 03- Philos. 

 Ass. Ethics, especially the bearing of evolu- 

 tion on ethics. Ethical method. 



Wright, Dr. James H(omer), Massachusetts Gen- 

 eral Hospital, Boston, Mass. ^Pathology, Bac- 

 teriology. Pittsburg, Pa. A.B, Hopkins, 90; 

 M.D, Maryland, 92; fellow, Pennsylvania, 92- 

 93; A.M, Harvard, 95. Asst. path, Harvard, 

 93-96, instr, 96- ; director, Clinico-path. Lab, 

 Mass. Gen. Hosp, 96- Hon. Sc.D, Harvard, 

 05; Gross prize, Phila. Acad. Surg, 05. Soc. 

 Nat; Ass. Path, and Bact; Am. Physicians; 

 Path. Gesell. Pathological anatomy, histology 

 and bacteriology. 



Wright, John S(hepard), Care Eli Lilly and Co, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. Botany, Pharmacognosy. 

 Clermont, Ind, Oct. 17, 70. B.S, Purdue, 92. 

 Field asst, N. Dak. Bot. Surv, 91; botanist, Eli 

 Lilly and Co, 92- Lecturer bot, Med. Col. of 

 Ind, 96-04. F.A.A; Bot. Soc; Ind. Acad, (sec'y, 

 95-04, pres, 04-05). Histology of crude drugs; 

 microscopy of powders, starches and other veg- 

 etable commodities; starches and powdered 



