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Hist. Soc; London Geol. Soe; cor. mem. Soc. 

 Royale Malacog. de Belgique. Geology; pale- 

 ontology; paleobotany; Cambrian faunas; 

 Paleozoic faunas and floras; surface geology. 

 Geology of St. John (N.B.) locality; Paleozoic 

 insects. 

 Matthew, Dr. W(illiam) D(iller), American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. 

 Paleontology. St. John, N. B, Feb. 19, 71. 

 A.B, New Brunswick, 89; Ph.B, Columbia, 93, 

 A.M, 94, Ph.D, 95. Asst. paleont, Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist, 95-98, asst. curator, 99-01, assoc. 

 curator, 02- Field asst, Can. Geol. Surv, 89; 

 N. Y. Geol. Surv, 93; U. S. Geol. Surv, 02. 

 Geol. Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad; cor. mem. New 

 Brunswick Nat. Hist. Soc. Tertiary Mam- 

 malia of western United States ; paleovolcanic 

 rocks. Various Tertiary Mammalia. 



Matthews, Prof. C(harles) P(hilo), 703 Owen St, 

 Lafayette, Ind. * Electrical engineering. Ft. 

 Covington, N. Y, Sept. 18, 67. M.E, Cornell, 

 92, Ph.D, 01. With Rockford Elec. and Mfg. 

 Co, Ills, 92; instr. physics, Cornell, 92-96; 

 assoc. prof. elec. eng, Purdue, 96-04, prof, 04~ 

 Consulting engineer; Bur. Standards, summer, 

 02. Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ; Nat. Elec. Light 

 Ass. Improved methods in photometry; pho- 

 tometry of artificial light sources. Photometric 

 values of arc lamps. 



Matthews, Prof. J(oseph) Merritt, 425 S. Broad St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Chemistry. Philadelphia, 

 June 9, 74. B.S, Pennsylvania, 95, fellow, 96- 

 98, Ph.D, 98. Prof. chem. and dyeing, Sch. 

 Indust. Art, 98- Chem. Soc. (v. pres, 01) ; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust; Franklin Inst; British Soe. 

 Dyers and Colorists. Compounds of halides of 

 rare earths with various amido bodies; indigo 

 dyeing; textile chemistry; properties of indigo- 

 red; mercerization of cotton; chemistry of wool 

 fiber; etc. Shade compounding with dyestuffs; 

 chemistry of textile fibers. 



Mattoon, Prof. A(rthur) M(artyn), P. O. Box 104, 

 Parkville, Mo. Mathematics, Astronomy. Max- 

 town, O, Sept. 12, 55. A.B, Marietta, 80, A.M, 

 83. Instr. math, Col. Inst, Albany, Ore, 80-83 ; 

 Col. of Montana, 83-87 ; principal, Acad, Boze- 

 man, Mont, 87-89; instr. math, Blackburn, 89- 

 90; principal, Acad, Elgin, Ills, 90-91; prof, 

 math, and astron, and director, Scott Observa- 

 tory, Park, 92- M.A.A; Pacific Astron. Soc. 

 Rotation period of Mars; theory of equations; 

 trigonometry. 



Maury, Miss Antonia C(oetana de P. P.), 



Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. Astrophysics. Cold 

 Spring, N. Y, March 21, 66. A.B, Vassar, 

 87. Asst, Harvard Observatory, 89-96. Instr. 

 physical science, Gilman Sch, Cambridge, Mass, 

 91-94. Classification of the stellar spectra; 

 spectroscopic binaries. 



Maury, Dr. Carlotta J(oaquina), Hastings-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. Paleontology. Hastings-on- 

 Hudson, Jan. 6, 74. Radcliffe, 91-94; Ph.B, 

 Cornell, 96, Schuyler fellow, 98 ; Jardin des 

 Plantes, 99-00; Ph.D, Cornell, 02. Teacher 

 physical geog, Erasmus Hall High Sch, Brook- 



lyn, N. Y, 00-01; asst, Dept. Paleont, Colum- 

 bia, 03- Asst. curator, Newcomb collection of 

 shells. Cornell. Comparison of the Oligocene of 

 western Europe and that of southern United 

 States; distribution of the molluscan fauna in 

 the lakes of central New York. 



Maxon, William R(alph), U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. Botany. Oneida, N. Y, 

 Feb. 27, 77. Ph.B, Syracuse, 98. Aid crypt, 

 hot, Div. of Plants, U. S. Nat. Mus, 99-05, asst. 

 curator, 05- In Herbarium, N. Y. Bot. Gar- 

 den, 98. M.A.A; Linnean Fern Chapter (pres, 

 00, 01 ) ; Wash. Bot. Soc. Pteridophyta of 

 north and middle America. West Indian ferns. 



Maxwell, Dr. Fred B(aldwin), 308 Franklin Ave, 

 River Forest, Ills. Botany, Zoology. New 

 Milford, Ills, Oct. 23, 62. Ph.B, Beloit, 87; 

 fellow, Cornell, 91-92, Ph.D, 92. Instr, Sch. 

 for Blind, Janesville, Wis, 87-90; teacher biol, 

 high schools, Chicago, 92- Supply in bot, North 

 Carolina, spring, 91. M.A.A. Roots of Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



Maxwell, Dr. S(amuel) S(teen), 4 Millwood St, 

 Roslindale, Mass. Physiology. Manorcunning- 

 ham, Ireland, Aug. 4, 60. B.S, Amity, 86, M.S, 

 88; Hopkins, 89-90; fellow, Chicago, 95-96, 

 Ph.D, 96. Instr. math, Amity, 86-87, prof. nat. 

 science, 87-89; Monmouth, 90-92, biol, 92-94, 

 96-02; asst. physiol, Harvard, 02-03, instr, 03- 

 Instr. physiol, Chicago, summer, 96. Physiol- 

 ogy of invertebrate nervous system; voluntary 

 control of smooth muscle. Physiology of mus- 

 cular contraction and of ciliary movement. 



May, Dr. Charles H(enry), 698 Madison Ave, New 

 York, N. Y. Ophthalmology, Otology. Balti- 

 more, Md, Aug. 7, 61. Col. City of N. Y, 

 75-77. Lecturer ophthal, N. Y. Polyclinic, 

 87-90; asst. surgeon, N. Y. Ophthal. and Aural 

 Inst, 87-94 ; chief, Eye Clinic, and instr. oph- 

 thal, Columbia, 92-03. Ophthal. and aural sur- 

 geon to various hospitals; coeditor, 'Annals of 

 Ophthal,' 92-04; 'Ophthalmology,' 04. Otol. 

 Soc; Am. Acad. Med; N. Y. Otol. Soc; fel. N. 

 Y. Acad. Med; Manhattan Med. and Surg. Soc; 

 Metropolitan Med. Soc; N. Y. Co. Med. Soc; 

 Greater N. Y. Med. Ass. Operations and dis- 

 eases of eye and ear. The field of vision; con- 

 genital abnormalities of the eye; injuries to the 

 eye during parturition; trachoma. 



Mayer, Dr. Alfred (Goldsborough), Maplewood, 

 NT J. * Zoology. Frederick, Md, April 16, 68. 

 M.E, Stevens, 89; Sc.D, Harvard, 97. Asst. 

 physics, Clark, 89-90; Kansas, 90-92; asst. to 

 Mr. Alexander Agassiz and in charge of radiates, 

 Mus. Comp. Zool, Harvard, 92-00; curator nat. 

 sciences and curator-in-chief, Mus, Brooklyn 

 Inst, 00-04 ; director, Marine Lab, Carnegie Inst, 

 Tortugas, Fla, Olf- Mem. Scientific Council, N. 

 Y. Aquarium, 02- F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; 

 N. Y. Acad; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; N. Y. Zool. 

 Soc; Cambridge Entom. Club. Evolution and 

 cause of coloration in Lepidoptera; Medusae; 

 evolution of Medusae and of Partula of Tahiti ; 

 Atlantic palolo worm; instincts of Lepidoptera. 

 Pulsation of Medusae. 



