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04: hon. Sc.D, Bowdoin, 94. Nat. Acad; 

 F.A.A; mem. Ornith. Union; assoc fel. Am. 

 Acad; Philos. Soc; for. mem. London Linnean 

 Soc. Embryology; natural history. Evolution 

 of color characters in pigeons; natural history 

 of pigeons; hybridization; morphology and sys- 

 tematica of leeches; embryology of Necturus. 



Whitman, Prof. Frank P(erkins), 79 Adelbert St, 

 Cleveland, 0. *Physics. Troy, N. Y, July 29, 

 53. A.B, Brown, 74; Mass. Inst. Tech, 78-79; 

 Hopkins, 79-SO. Instr. science, English and 

 Classical Sch, Providence, R. I, 74-78; prof, 

 physics, Rensselaer, 80-85; Western Reserve, 

 86- Hon. Sc.D, Brown, 00. F.A.A. (sec'y, 

 B, 96, v. pres, 98) ; Physical Soc; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc. Physiological optics; color; 

 color vision. 



Whitney, Prof. A(lbert) W(urts), Canyon Road, 

 Berkeley, Cal. Mathematics. Geneva, Ills, 

 June 20', 70. A.B, Beloit, 91 ; fellow, Chicago, 93- 

 95, grad. student, 95-97. Instr. math, Nebraska, 

 97-98; Michigan, 98-99; California, 99-04, 

 asst. prof, OJf- Asst, supervisor, U. S. Census, 

 Oakland. Berkeley and Alameda, Cal, 00. Math. 

 Soc. Theory of probabilities and its applica- 

 tions to statistics, biology and insurance. 



Whitney, Prof. Mary W(atson), Vassar College, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Astronomy. Waltham, 

 Mass, Sept. 11, 47. A.B, Vassar, 68, A.M, 72; 

 Harvard, 72; Zurich, 74-76. Teacher, high 

 schools, Waltham and Chelsea, Mass, 72-74; 

 asst, Observatory, Vassar, 81-88, prof, astron, 

 89- F.A.A; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 

 Math. Soc. Longitude of Smith College Ob- 

 servatory; observations of comets, asteroids, 

 variable stars, etc. 



Whitney, Prof. Milton, Bureau of Soils, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Soil physics. Baltimore, Md, Aug. 2, 60. 

 Hopkins. Asst. chemist, Conn. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta, 83; supt, Exp. Farm, N. C. Exp. Sta, 

 86-88; prof, agr, South Carolina^ and v. direc- 

 tor, S. C. Exp. Sta, 88-91; soil'physicist, Md. 

 Exp. Sta, 91-94; chief, Bur. Soils, V. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 9Jf- Prof, soil physics, Md. Agr. Col, 94- 

 01. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Wash. Geol. Soc. 

 Correlation of soil types of the United States; 

 adaptation of special crops to special soil types; 

 causes of soil fertility. 



Whitney, Dr. W(illia)m F(iske), 228 Marlborough 

 St, Boston, Mass. Anatomy. Boston, March 

 26, 50. A.B, Harvard, 71, M.D, 75. Curator, 

 Anat. Mus, Harvard, 82- Pathological anatomy. 



Whitney, Prof. W(illis) R(odney), Schenectady, 

 N. Y. *Chemistry. Jamestown, N. Y, Aug. 22, 

 68. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 90; Ph.D, Leipzig, 94. 

 Asst. instr. chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 90-92, instr, 

 95-00, asst. prof, 01-04, non-res. assoc. prof, 

 theoret. chem., 0J f -; director, Research Lab, 

 Gen. Elec. Co, Schenectady, N. Y, 04- F.A.A; 

 Elec. Eng; Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc; Min. 

 Eng; Franklin Inst; Soc. chim. de Paris. Solu- 

 bility; colloids; corrosion of iron; chromium 

 sulphate compounds; etc. Colloids; suspen- 

 sions; corrosion of iron. 



Whitson, Prof. Andrew R(obinson), 1920 Arling- 

 ton Place, Madison, Wis. Soils, Drainage. 

 Stanton, Minn, Oct. 9, 70. Wisconsin, 90-92; 

 B.S, Chicago, 94, grad. student, 94-95, 99-00. 

 Principal, High Sch, Beloit, Wis, 95-99; asst. 

 prof. agr. physics, Wisconsin, 00-01, prof, 01- 

 05, soils, 05- Field asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 92- 

 93. M.A.A; Wis. Acad. Nitrification in soils. 

 Relation of proteids in plants to soil; irriga- 

 tion; soil fertility. 



Whittemore, James K(elsey), Cambridge, Mass. 

 Mathematics. Cambridge, April 13, 75. A.B, 

 Harvard, 95, A.M, 96. Instr. math, Harvard, 

 95-97, 99- Math. Soc. 



Whitten, Prof. John C(harles), Columbia, Mo. 

 Horticulture. Augusta, Me, Sept. 14, 66. B.S, 

 S. Dak. Agr. Col, 92; Cornell, 92; Mo. Bot. 

 Garden, 93, 94; Ph.D, Halle, 02. Instr. in 

 charge hort, S. Dak. Agr. Col, and horticultur- 

 ist, Exp. Sta, 92; asst, Mo. Bot. Garden, 93-94; 

 prof, hort, Missouri, and horticulturist, Exp. 

 Sta, 95- Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Pomol. Soc; 

 Mo. Hort. Soc; St. Louis Acad. Relation of 

 color to temperature and hardiness of cultivated 

 plants; breeding for hardy varieties of peaches; 

 development of fruit buds of orchard fruits; 

 plant diseases. 



Wickham, Prof. H(enry) F(rederick), 911 E. Iowa 

 Ave, Iowa City, la. Entomology. Shrewton, 

 England, Oct. 26, 66. Iowa, 87-91, M.S, 94. 

 Asst. curator, Mus. Nat. Hist, Iowa, 91-, instr. 

 zool. and later asst. prof, 94-03, prof, entom, 

 03- Iowa Acad; Wash. Entom. Soc; cor. mem. 

 Davenport Acad; hon. mem. Ont. Entom. Soc; 

 cor. mem. Ottawa Field Nat. Club; Soc. entom. 

 de Belgique; Ziirich-Hottingen Soc. Entom. 

 Geographical distribution of Coleoptera in 

 North America; larvae of Coleoptera. Desert 

 faunae. 



Wickson, Prof. E(dward) J(ames), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Cal. Horticulture. 



Rochester, N. Y, Aug. 3, 48. A.B, Hamilton, 

 69, A.M, 72. Lecturer dairy husbandry and 

 agr, California, 79-91, assoc. prof, agr, hort. 

 and entom, 91-97, prof. agr. practise, 97-, dean, 

 Col. Agr, and acting director, Agr. Exp. Sta, 

 05- Special agent pomol, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 San Francisco Micros. Soc. (past pres. and 

 sec'y). Horticulture; irrigation practise. 



Wiechmann, Dr. F(erdinand) G(erhard), 814 West 

 End Ave, New York, N. Y. *Chernistry. Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y, Nov. 12, 58. Brooklyn; Berlin; 

 Stuttgart; Ph.B, Columbia, 81, Ph.D, 82; Ber- 

 lin, 82-83. Instr. chem, Columbia, 83-97, ex- 

 aminer in German and French ; lecturer chem. 

 and physics, N. Y. private schools ; consulting 

 chemist, Am. Sugar Refining Co, 87-04, mem. 

 tech. staff, 0^- Sec'y, Int. Commission on 

 Uniform Methods of Sugar Anal, Vienna, 98; 

 Paris, 00; Berlin, 03. Fifth Int. Cong, of 

 Applied Chem, 03 (hon. pres, Sect. V). M.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc; assoc. Elec. Eng; 

 Franklin Inst; fel. N. Y. Acad; fel. London 

 Chem. Soc; Verein Zuckertechniker ; hon. mem. 

 Int. Verein Zuckertechniker. Sugar chemistry; 



