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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



New York, summers, 98, 99, 01. Activity of chil- 

 dren. Playground movements and conditions. 



Curtis, Dr. John G(reen), 327 W. 58th St, New 

 York, N. Y. *Physiology, History of medicine. 

 New York, Oct. 29, 44. A.B, Harvard, 66, A.M, 

 G9; M.D, Columbia, 70. Asst. demonstrator 

 and demonstrator anat, Columbia, 70-75, adj. 

 lecturer and adj. prof. physiol, 75-83, prof, 

 S3- House surgeon, Bellevue Hosp, 70; attend- 

 ing surgeon, 76-S1; sec'y, Med. Faculty, Colum- 

 bia, 76-90. LL.D, Columbia, 04. Soc. Nat. 

 Physiol. Soc; N. Y. State Med. Soc; N. Y. Co. 

 Med. Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad. Physiology; the 

 early history of physiology. 



Curtis, Prof. Mattoon M(onroe), 43 Adelbert Ave, 

 Cleveland, O. Philosophy, Anthropology. West- 

 moreland, N. Y, Oct. 19, 58. A.B, Hamilton, 

 80, Law Sch, 81; B.D, Union Theol. Sem, 83; 

 Ph.D, Leipzig, 90. Pastor, Beckwith Mem. 

 Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, O, 85-88; in 

 Europe. 88-91; prof, philos, Western Reserve, 

 91- M.A.A; Philos. Ass; Psychol. Ass; 

 Anthrop. Ass; Ethnol. Soc; Acad. Polit. and 

 Social Sci. History of philosophy in America; 

 Edwards and Kant. Classification of the 

 sciences. 



Curtis, Dr. R(obert) W(illiam), University of 

 Kansas, Lawrence, Kas. Chemistry. Bridge- 

 port, Conn, July 4, 69. B.S, Trinity (Conn.), 

 96; Ph.D, Yale, 04. Asst. instr. chem, Yale, 

 03-04; asst. prof, Kansas, 0k~ Kas. Acad. 

 Action of reducing agents upon vanadium 

 pentoxid; determination of metals by rotating 

 cathode. 



Curtis, Dr. William E(leroy), 1801 Connecticut Ave, 

 Washington, D. C. History, Political economy, 

 Diplomacy. Akron, O, Nov. 5, 50. A.B, West- 

 ern Reserve, 71. Envoy extraordinary to Re- 

 publics of Cent. Am. and S. Am, 84; director, 

 Bur. Am. Republics, 90; special envoy to Holy 

 See, King of Spain and commissioner for Co- 

 lumbian Expos, to Madrid, 92; chief, Latin- 

 Am. Dept. and Hist. Sect, Columbian Expos, 

 93; commissioner for Pan- Am. Expos, to S. 

 Am, 99. Grand commander, Order of Isabella 

 the Catholic, Spain; Litt.D, Western Reserve. 

 Int. Am. Conf, 89-90 (pres.). F.A.A; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Am. Hist. Ass; Int. Soc. Ameri- 

 canists. Early American history; commercial 

 possibilities in Latin- America. 



Curtis, Dr. W(interton) C(onway), University of 

 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. *Zoology. Richmond, 

 Me, Nov. 4, 75. A.B, Williams, 97, A.M, 98; 

 fellow, Hopkins, 00-01, Ph.D, 01. Instr. zool, 

 Missouri, 01-04, asst. prof, Olf- Instr. zool, 

 Woods Hole, 99-03. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. 

 Zool. Planaria; Cestoda. Embryology of 

 Unionidae. 



Curtiss, A (lien) H(iram), Jacksonville, Fla. 

 Botany. Central Square, N. Y, Feb. 9, 45. 

 High Sch. Collecting botanist, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 75; Tenth Census, 80; Jesup Collection, 

 81; Southern U. S, 77-01; West Indies, 02- 

 Botany. Plants of southern United States and 

 the West Indies. 



Curtiss, Prof. Charles F, Ames, la. Agricul- 

 ture. Nora, Ills, Dec. 12, 63. B.S.A, Iowa 

 State, 87, M.S.A, 93. Statistician, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 88-93; prof, animal husbandry, Iowa 

 State, and asst. director, Exp. Sta, 91-96, dean 

 agr, Iowa State, and director, Exp. Sta, 97- 

 Pres, Iowa Live Stock Breeders Ass; expert 

 judge of live stock, Trans-Miss, Pan.-Am, La. 

 Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expositions; 

 mem. Exec. Committee, Int. Live Stock Expos. 



Curtiss, Dr. Ralph H(amilton), Allegheny Obser- 

 vatory, Allegheny, Pa. Astronomy, Astrophys- 

 ics. Derby, Conn, Feb. 8, 80. B.S, California, 



01, fellow, Lick Observatory, 01-05, Ph.D, 04. 

 Student asst. astron, California, 00-01; Car- 

 negie asst, Lick Observatory, Jan.-May, 05 ; 

 asst. astronomer, Allegheny Observatory, 05- 

 Mem. Lick Observatory Eclipse Exped. to Su- 

 matra, 01. Astron. and Astrophys. Soc. Spec- 

 troscopy of heavenly bodies; photography of 

 comet forms. Spectrographic construction; 

 spectrography of variable stars. 



Curtiss, Dr. Richard S(ydney), University of Illi- 

 nois, Urbana, Ills. Chemistry. Stratford, 

 Conn, Nov. 8, 64. Ph.B, Yale, 88; Munich, 

 90-91; Ph.D, Wiirzburg, 92; Paris, 92-93. 

 Chemist, Conn. Agr. Exp. Sta, New Haven, 88- 

 90; docent and instr. org. chem, Chicago, 93- 

 97; prof, chem, Hobart, 97-01; Union, 01-04; 

 org. chem, Illinois, 04- Research chemist, 

 Conn. Exp. Sta, 93. F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Chem. 

 Gesell. Organic chemistry. Derivatives of cer- 

 tain substituted amino malonic esters. 



Cushing, Dr. Harvey, 3 W. Franklin St, Baltimore, 

 Md. *Medicine. Cleveland, O, April 8, 69. 

 A.B, Yale, 91; A.M, Harvard, 94, M.D, 95. 

 Res. surgeon, Hopkins Hosp, 97-01 ; asst. surg, 

 Hopkins, 97-99, assoc, 99-03, prof, 03- Physiol. 

 Soc; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Exp. Biol, and 

 Med. Experimental surgery. 



Cushing, Prof. H(enry) P(latt), Adelbert College, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Geology. Cleveland, Oct. 10, 

 60. Ph.B, Cornell, 82, M.S, 84; Columbia, 84- 

 85; Munich, 91-92. Teacher science, Nor. Sch, 

 Mankato, Minn, 85-91; instr. geol. and chem, 

 Western Reserve, 92-93, assoc. prof, geol, 93- 

 95, prof, 95- F.A.A; Geol. Soc. (librarian, 

 98-) ; Nat. Geog. Soc; Ohio Acad; N. Y. Acad. 

 Geology of northern New York, especially pre- 

 Cambrian; areal geology of northeastern Ohio. 



Cushman, Dr. Allerton S(eward), 1751 N St, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. *Chemistry. Rome, Italy, June 



2, 67. B.S, Worcester, 88; Freiburg and Heid- 

 elberg, 89-90; A.M, Harvard, 97, John Harvard 

 fellow, 97-98, Ph.D, 98. Instr. chem, Washing- 

 ton (St. Louis), 92-96; asst, Harvard, 98; asst. 

 prof, Bryn Mawr, 99-00; cfiemist, Div. of Tests, 

 Bur. Chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01- F.A.A ; Chem. 

 Soc; Ceramic Soc; Wash. Acad; St. Louis 

 Acad. Revision of atomic weight of nickel ; road 

 materials, clays, cements, etc. Cementing power 

 of rocks ; plasticity of clays ; relation of ' water 

 of combination ' to physical properties of rock 

 dust, clays, etc; colloid theory of plasticity. 



