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Nat. Acad; medal, Royal Astron. Soc; LL.D, 

 De Pauw. Nat. Acad; FA. A. (v. pres, 86) ; 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Am. Acad; for. 

 assoc. Royal Astron. Soc. Variable stars; 

 comets; various branches of stellar astronomy. 



Chandler, Prof. W(illiam) H(enry), South Bethle- 

 hem, Pa. Chemistry. New Bedford, Mass, 

 Dec. 13, 41. A.B, A.M, Union, 62; Ph.D, 

 Hamilton, 73; A.M, Columbia, 73. Instr. chem, 

 Columbia, 68-71; prof, Lehigh, 71- Chemist, 

 New Bedford Copper Works, 62-65; Swan Isl, 

 W. I, Phosphates, 69-70; N. C. Turpentine 

 Works, 66-67; U. S. Commissioner, Paris 

 Expos, 89. Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; 

 London Chem. Soc; Soc. chim. de Paris. In- 

 dustrial chemistry. 



Chaney, Prof. L(ucian) W(est), Northfield, Minn. 

 Biology. Heuvelton, N. Y, June 26, 57. A.B, 

 Carleton, 78, B.S, 79, M.S, 82. Instr, high 

 schools and supt. schools, 78-82; instr. biol, 

 Carleton, 82-83, prof, 83- M.A.A; fel. Minn. 

 Bot. Soc; Minn. Geog. Soc. Embryology of 

 fishes; physiology of nervous system; glacial 

 geology. 



Chant, Dr. C(larence) A(ugustus), 52 Avenue 

 Road, Toronto, Can. Physics. Near Toronto, 

 May 31, 65. A.B, Toronto, 90, A.M, 00; Ph.D, 

 Harvard, 01. Fellow and tutor physics, 

 Toronto, 91-92, lecturer, 92- Physical Soc; 

 Can. Royal Astron. Soc. (pres, 04, 05). The 

 ' skin ' effect in electrical oscillators ; reception 

 by wires of electric waves; physical basis of 

 colors; reflecting power of glasses and mirrors. 

 Measurement of reflecting powers, etc. 



Chanute, Dr. O(ctave), 413 E. Huron St, Chicago, 

 Ills. Engineering. Paris, France, Feb. 18, 32. 

 Private schools. Railroad engineer, 49-85; 

 consulting engineer, 95- Hon. D. Eng, Illinois, 

 05. F.A.A. (v. pres, 86) ; Civil Eng. (past 

 pres.) ; West. Soc. Eng. (past pres.) ; Can. Soc. 

 Civil Eng; hon. mem. British Inst. Civil Eng. 

 Engineering; wood preserving; physics. Wood 

 preserving by chemicals; equilibrium in flying- 

 machine experiments. 



Chapin, Prof. Henry E(dgerton), 49 Lefferts 

 Ave, Richmond Hill, New York, N. Y. Biology. 

 Wilbraham, Mass, May 9, 59. B.S, Mass. Agr. 

 Col. and Boston, 81; Hopkins, 86-87; M.S, 

 Mich. Agr. Col, 93. Teacher and ed, 81- 

 86; teacher nat. science, Pa. State Nor. Sch, 

 Bloomsburg, 88-90; biol, High Sch, Springfield, 

 Mass, 90-91; prof. biol. and geol, Ohio 

 (Athens), 91-00; biol, Eastern Dist. High Sch, 

 "New York, 00- In charge, Dept. Biol, Sum- 

 mer Sch, N. Y. Univ, 00. Soc. Nat; Ohio 

 Acad; Brooklyn Inst, (pres, Dept. Bot, and 

 mem. Council, 04-) ; hon. fel. London Soc. Biol. 

 Chem. Blood of vertebrates; habits and struc- 

 ture of Melampus bidentatus. 



Chapman, Frank M(ichler), Englewood, N. J. 

 *(Jmithology, Mammalogy. Englewood, June 

 12, 64. Academy. Asst. curator, Dept. 

 Ornith. and Mammal, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 88-01, assoc. curator, 01- Assoc, ed, ' The 

 Auk,' 94-; ed. and founder, 'Bird-Lore,' 98- 



Soc. Nat; fel. Ornith. Union; fel. N. Y. Acad; 

 N. Y. Linnean Soc. (pres, 97) ; Wash. Acad; 

 Wash. Biol. Soc; for. mem. British Ornith. 

 Union. Birds; geographic distribution; syste- 

 matic relationships; life histories. Systematic 

 work; popularization of natural history studies. 



Chapman, Dr. Henry C(adwalader), 2047 Walnut 

 St, Philadelphia, Pa. Physiology, Anatomy, 

 Medical jurisprudence. Philadelphia, Aug. 17, 

 45. A.B, Pennsylvania, 63, M.D, 67. Cor- 

 oner's physician, Phila, 75-80; prof, physiol, 

 Pa. Col. of Dental Surg, 77-85; institutes 

 of med. and med. juris, Jefferson Med. Col, 80- 

 Mem. Board of Directors, Phila. Library Co. 

 Physiol. Soc; Philos. Soc; Phila. Acad, (chair- 

 man, Board of Curators, 91) ; Phila. Zool. Soc. 

 (cor. sec'y, 85-) ; Phila. Col. Physicians. 

 Physiology; comparative anatomy. Medical 

 jurisprudence; insanity; toxicology. 



Charlton, Prof. O(rlando) C(larke), Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. Botany. Pleasant, Ind, April 2, 54. 

 B.S, Hanover, 72, A.M, 85; Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 Yale, 75-76; Chicago, summers, 95-97, 01-04. 

 Teacher, pub. schools, Ind, 76-85; prof. nat. 

 science, Ottawa (Kas.), 85-91; Tex. Nor. Col, 

 91-93; biol. and geol, Baylor, 93-02; Kala- 

 mazoo, 02- M.A.A; Am. Acad; Mich. Acad; 

 fel. Tex. Acad. (v. pres, 02). Pteridophytes. 



Chase, Dr. F(rederick) L(incoln), Yale Observa- 

 tory, New Haven., Conn. *Astronomy. 

 Boulder, Colo, June 28, 65. A.B, Colorado, 86; 

 Ph.D, Yale, 91. Asst. astronomer, Yale Ob- 

 servatory, 90-, instr. astron, Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 Yale, 91}- F.A.A; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc. 

 Stellar parallax and proper motion. Parallaxes 

 of stars having large proper motion. 



Chatard, Dr. Thomas M(arean), 1716 Rhode Island 

 Ave, Washington, D. C. *Chemistry. Balti- 

 more, Md, Dec. 15, 48. A.B, Mt. St. Mary's, 

 67; B.S, Harvard, 71; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 76. 

 Asst. chemist, Torpedo Corps, U. S. N, 70-72; 

 instr. chem, Pennsylvania, 72-74; mine and 

 mill manager, 77-83; chemist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 83-92; consulting chemist, 92-00; expert special 

 agent, Twelfth Census, 00- Chem. Soc; Min. 

 Eng; Soc. Chem. Indust. Origin and utiliza- 

 tion of natural soda; salt-making processes; 

 metallurgy; origin of corundum. 



Chatburn, Prof. Geo(rge) R(ichard), 2850 P St, 

 Lincoln, Nebr. Civil engineering. Magnolia, 

 la, Dec. 24, 63. B.C.E, Iowa State, 84; A.M, 

 Nebraska, 94. Principal, High Sch, Platts- 

 mouth, Nebr, 85-89; supt. schools, Humbold, 

 89-91; Wymore, 91-94; instr. and later asst. 

 prof, civil eng, Nebraska, 94-05, assoc. prof, 

 applied mech. and machine design, 05- Eng. 

 Educ; Nebr. Eng. Soc. (sec'y) ; Nebr. Acad. 

 Portland cement. Strength of Nebraska grown 

 timber; analytic mechanics. 



Chauvenet, William Marc, University Club, St. 

 Louis, Mo. Mining, Chemistry. Annapolis, 

 Md, March 4, 55. Washington (St. Louis), 79. 

 Chemist, Mo. Blast Furnace Co, 79; Div. Min. 

 Geol, Tenth Census, 79-82. Chemist, U. S. 



