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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



California; geology of eastern Brazil; geology 

 of Arkansas. 

 Brannon, Prof. M(elvin) A(mos), 417 S. Sixth St, 

 Grand Forks, N. Dak. Botany. Lowell, Ind, 

 Sept. 11, 65. A.B, Wabash, 89, A.M, 90; 

 Woods Hole, 91-94; Chicago, 95-96. Teacher 

 science, High Sch, Fort Wayne, Ind, 90-94; 

 prof, biol, North Dakota, 9^- Soc. Nat; Bot. 

 Cent. States; Ind. Acad; St. Louis Acad. Al- 

 gae; bacteria. Bacterial products. 



Brashear, Dr. John A (If red), 1954 Perrysville Ave, 

 Allegheny, Pa. *Astronomy, Physics, Me- 

 chanics. Brownsville, Pa, Nov. 24, 40. Pub. 

 schools. Mech. engineer, Iron Mills, Pittsburg, 

 Pa, 60-80; mfg. astron. and physical appa- 

 ratus, SO- Acting director, Allegheny Obser- 

 vatory, 98-00; acting chancellor, Western Univ. 

 of Pa. Hon. Sc.D, Western Univ. of Pa; 

 LL.D, Wooster and Washington and Jefferson. 

 F.A.A. (v. pres, 00) ; Mech. Eng; Philos. Soc; 

 Pittsburg Acad, (past pres.) ; West. Pa. Eng. 

 Soc. (past pres.) ; hon. mem. Toronto Astron. 

 Soc; British Astron. Soc; fel. Royal Astron. 

 Soc; Soc. astron. de France; Soc. astron. 

 de Belgique. Solar phenomena; the floor 

 of the lunar crater Plato; comets and their 

 physical changes; formation of volcanic craters, 

 with particular reference to formation on the 

 moon; development of astrophysical instru- 

 ments; optical surfaces, plane and curved; the 

 refinement of modern measurements. 



Bray, Prof. William (L), 2207 San Antonio St, 

 Austin, Tex. *Botany. Burnside, Ills, Sept. 

 19, 65. Cornell, 89-91; A.B, Indiana, 93; 

 A.M, Lake Forest, 94; Berlin, 96-97; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 98. Instr. bot. Lake Forest, 94-95, 

 adj. prcf. biol, 96; instr. bot, Texas, 97, adj. 

 prof, 98-01, assoc. prof, 02- Field asst, U. S. 

 Biol. Surv, 99; collaborator, Bur. Forestry, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 99- F.A.A; Bot. Soc; Forestry 

 Ass. (v. pres.) ; Geog. Ass; Wash. Biol. Soc; 

 Tex. Acad, (librarian) ; Int. Ass. Bot. Certain 

 geographical distributions; relation of the floras 

 of North and South America; ecological rela- 

 tions of Texas vegetation; forest resources of 

 Texas. Vegetation of the Sotol country. 



Breckenridge, Prof. L (ester) P(aige), University 

 of Illinois, Urbana, Ills. Mechanical engineer- 

 ing. Meriden, Conn, May 17, 58. Ph.B, Yale, 

 81. With Water Power Co, Holvoke, Mass, 81- 

 82; instr, Mech. Eng. Dept, Lehigh, 82-84; 

 mech. engineer with various companies, 84-86; 

 instr, Mech. Eng. Dept, Lehigh, 86-91; prof, 

 mech. eng, Mich. Agr. Col, 91-93; Illinois, 93-, 

 director, Eng. Exp. Sta, 05- Consulting engi- 

 neer, Lehigh Zinc and Iron Co, 86-91; director 

 boiler trials, U. S.Geol. Surv. Coal Tests, World's 

 Fair Sta, St. Louis, 04- Mech. Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 West. Soc. Eng; West. Ry. Club. Mechanical 

 engineering. Tests of high speed tool steels; 

 tests of United States coals at St. Louis. 



Breed, Prof. Mary B(idwell), Bloomington, Ind. 

 Chemistry. Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 15, 70. A.B, 

 Bryn Mawr, 94, European fellowship, 94-95, 

 A.M, 95; Heidelberg, 95-96; Ph.D, Bryn Mawr, 



01. Asst, Chem. Lab, Bryn Mawr, 94-95; 

 head, Science Dept, Pa. Col. for Women, 97-99; 

 asst. prof. chem. and dean of women, Indiana, 

 01- Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Atomic weight 

 of palladium; polybasic and diortho substituted 

 aromatic acids. 



Breed, Prof. Robert S(tanley), Allegheny College, 

 Meadville, Pa. Biology, Geology. Brooklyn, Pa, 

 Oct. 17, 77. B.S, Amherst, 98; M.S, Colorado, 

 99; Ph.D, Harvard, 02. Instr. biol, Colorado, 

 98-99; asst. zool, Harvard, 00-02; prof. biol. 

 and geol, Allegheny, 02- M.A.A; Soc. Nat. 

 Trachytes ; postembryonic development of in- 

 sects. Postembryonic development of insects. 



Breese, Dr. B(urtis) B(urr), University of Cin- 

 cinnati, Cincinnati, O. Psychology. Chemung 

 Co, N. Y, May 17, 68. A.B, Kansas, 96; A.B, 

 Harvard, 97, A.M, 98; Ph.D, Columbia, 99. 

 Prof, psychol. and ethics, Tennessee, 02-04; 

 psychol, Cincinnati, 04~ Inhibition. Motor 

 activity and conscious activity. 



Breisacher, Dr. Leo, 71 Washington Ave, Detroit, 

 Mich. Medicine. Detroit, Oct. 1, 66. Ber- 

 lin, 88-91 ; M.D, Pennsylvania, 92. Demon- 

 strator comp. physiol, Pennsylvania, 88-92, lec- 

 turer, 92-93, prof, 93-94; clin. gastro-enterol, 

 Detroit Col. Med, 04. Consulting gastro-en- 

 terologist, Harper Hosp, Detroit, 01. Soc. Nat; 

 Physiol. Soc; Mich. State, Wayne Co. and De- 

 troit Med. Societies. Physiology of thyroid 

 gland; minimum albumen diet; physiology of 

 sleep; physiology of the superior laryngeal 

 nerve. Thyroid gland; metabolism; artificially 

 prepared foods ; gall-stones ; diet in health and 

 disease; etc. 



Bremer, Dr. J(ohn) L(ewis), 416 Beacon St, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. Embryology. New York, N. Y, 

 Nov. 3, 74. A.B, Harvard, 96; Oxford, 

 96-97; M.D, Harvard, 01. Asst. histol. and 

 embryol, Hafvard Med. Sch, 02, instr, 03- 

 Ass. Anat; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Pulmonary 

 arteries of vertebrates ; lung of opossum. 



Breneman, Prof. A(bram) A (dam), 97 Water St, 

 New York, N. Y. Chemistry. Lancaster, Pa, 

 April 28, 47. B.S, Pa. State, 66. Acting prof, 

 chem, Pa. State, 68-69, prof, 69-72; asst. prof, 

 Cornell, 75-79, prof, indust. chem, 79-82; chem. 

 expert, 82- Chairman, Jury on Mineral Waters, 

 Columbian Expos, 93; La. Purchase Expos, 04. 

 Chem. Soc. (v. pres, 89-92, ed, 'Jour,' 84-93) ; 

 cor. mem. Phila. Acad. Water analysis and 

 water supply; fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. 



Brenke, W(illiam) C(harles), 1005 W. Oregon St, 

 Urbana, Ills. Mathematics, Astronomy. Ber- 

 lin, Germany, April 12, 74. B.S, Illinois, 96, 

 97, M.S, 9*9; Harvard, 04- Instr. math, 

 Illinois, 96-00, instr. math, and astron. and in 

 charge of Observatory, 00-03. Some variable 

 stars. 



Brennan, Dr. Martin S(tanislaus), 1414 O'Fallon 

 St, St. Louis, Mo. Astronomy, Geology. St. 

 Louis, July 23, 45. A.B, Christian Brothers 

 Col, St. Louis, 65. A.M, 69, Sc.D, 00. Pastor, 

 St. Thomas of Aquin Church, 84-92; St. 



