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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Vosburgh, Dr. Arthur S(eymour), 40 West 88th 

 St, New York, N. Y. Anatomy. New York, 

 July 1, 68. A.B, Columbia, 90, M.D, 93. House 

 surgeon, St. Luke's Hosp, 94-96; asst. surgeon, 

 Vanderbilt Clinic, 96-01; asst. demonstrator 

 anat, Columbia, 97- Ass. Anat; N. Y. Co. Med. 

 Soc. 



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Waddell, Dr. John, School of Mining, Kingston, 

 Ont, Can. Chemistry. Pictou, N. S, Sept. 19, 

 58. A.B, Dalhousie, 77; B.S, London, 82; 

 Ph.D, Heidelberg, 84; Sc.D, Edinburgh, 86. 

 Asst. chem, Edinburgh, 84-86 ; prof, science, 

 Royal Mil. Col, Can, 86-97; asst. prof, chem, 

 Sch. of Mining, Kingston, 99- Chem. Soc. 

 Atomic weight of tungsten; physical chemistry. 



Waddell, Dr. J(ohn) A(lexander) L(ow), 2708 

 Forest Ave, Kansas City, Mo. Civil engineer- 

 ing. Port Hope, Ont, Jan. 15, 54. C.E, 

 Rensselaer, 75; B.A.S, M.E, McGill, 82, 

 Sc.D, 04. Draftsman, Marine Dept, Domin- 

 ion Govt; Can. Pac. Railway, 75-78; asst. 

 prof, mech, Rensselaer, 78-80; chief engineer, 

 Raymond and Campbell, bridge builders, Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, la, 81-82; prof, civil eng, Imp. Univ. 

 Japan, Tokio, 82-86 ; consulting engineer, 87- 

 Knight Commander, Japanese Order of the 

 Rising Sun, 88; LL.D, Missouri, 04. Civil 

 Eng; Eng. Educ; Rensselaer Soc. Eng; British 

 Inst. Civil Eng; Soc. Ing. civile de France; hon. 

 mem. Japanese Eng. Soc. Railroading; bridges; 

 engineering education; foundations. Nickel 

 steel for bridges. 



Wadsworth, Dr. Augustus, 112 W. 55th St, New 

 York, N. Y. Infectious diseases. Brooklyn, 

 N. Y, Oct. 25, 72. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 93; 

 M.D, Columbia, 96; St. Luke's Hosp, 97-99; 

 Alumni fellow, Columbia, 99-05, Alonzo Clark 

 scholar, 05- Asst. and later instr. bacter. and 

 hygiene, Columbia, 99- Asst. physician, Out- 

 patient Dept, Roosevelt Hosp. Ass. Path, and 

 Bact; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; N. Y. Path. 

 Soc. Puerperal infection; etiology of acute 

 pneumonitis ; pneumococcus agglutination ; 

 mouth disinfection in the prophylaxis and treat- 

 ment of pneumonia. 



Wadsworth, F(rank) L(awton) O(lcott), Morgan- 

 town, W. Va. * Astronomy, Astrophysics, Geo- 

 physics, Engineering. Wellington, O, Oct. 

 21, 67. E.M, Ohio State, 88, B.S, M.E, 89; 

 Clark, 89-90. Asst. physics, Ohio State, 89; 

 Clark, 90-92; senior asst. in charge, Astrophys. 

 Observatory, Smithsonian Inst, 92-94; asst. 

 prof, physics, Chicago, 94-96; astrophys, 

 Yerkes Observatory, 96-97, assoc. prof, 97-98; 

 director, Allegheny Observatory, 00-04; gen. 

 manager, Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co, 05- 

 Asst. ed, Astrophys. Jour ' ; assoc. ed, * Har- 

 per's Scientific Memoirs.' Delegate from 

 Smithsonian Inst, to Int. Bur. of Weights and 

 Measures, Paris, 92. F.A.A; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc; Physical Soc; Mech. Eng; 

 Electrochem. Soc; West Pa. Eng. Soc; hon. 



mem. Soc. Astron. de Mex; for. mem. Soc. Ital. 

 di Spettroscop; assoc. Wash. Acad. Theory of 

 the spectroscope; astronomical photography; 

 velocity of light; Newtonian constant of gravi- 

 tation; solar structure; ruling of large grat- 

 ing plates (up to 15 in.) ; photography with 

 curved plate camera; reduction of eclipse obser- 

 vations; inventor pressed prism plate glass. 



Wadsworth, Dr. M(arshman) E(dward), State 

 College, Pa. *Mineralogy, Petrography, Geol- 

 ogy. Livermore Falls, Me, May 6, 47. A.B, 

 Bowdoin, 69, A.M, 72 ; A.M, Harvard, 74, Ph.D, 

 79; Heidelberg, 84-85. Principal and supt. of 

 schools, 63-73 ; prof, chem, Boston Dental Col, 

 73-74; instr. math, and miner, Harvard, 74- 

 77, asst. geol, Mus. Comp. Zool, 77-87 ; prof, 

 miner, and geol, Colby, 85-87 ; pres. and prof, 

 miner, petrog. and geol, Mich. Col. Mines, 87- 

 99 ; state geologist, Mich, 88-93 ; geologist and 

 mining expert, Keweenawan Ass, 98-02 ; prof, 

 mining and geol, Pa. State, 01-; geologist, Pa. 

 State Board of Agr, 02- Asst, N. H. Geol. 

 Surv, 74; asst. geologist, Minn. Geol. Surv, 

 86-87; asst. ed, 'Am. Geologist.' F.A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Min. Eng; Eng. Educ; Nat. Geog. Soc; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; fel. London Geol. Soc. 

 The physical side of mineralogy; petrography; 

 general and economic geology; educational 

 methods. Origin, alteration and classification 

 of minerals and rocks, including meteorites, ore 

 and other economic deposits. 



Wadsworth, Dr. (liver) F (airfield), 526 Beacon 

 St, Boston, Mass. Ophthalmology. Boston, 

 April 26, 38. A.B, Harvard, 60, A.M, 63, M.D, 

 65. Visiting ophthal. surgeon, Boston City 

 Hosp, 70-; instr. ophthal, Harvard Med. Sch, 

 81-91, prof, 91-03; ophthal. surgeon, Mass. 

 Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 92- 

 Ophthal. surgeon to out-patients, Mass. Gen. 

 Hosp, 73-00, mem. consulting board, 00- 

 Ophthal. Soc. (pres, 98-02) ; fel. Am. Acad; 

 Boston Soc. Med. Improv; Boston Soc. Med. 

 Sci; Heidelberg Ophthal. Gesell. Regeneration 

 of the epithelium of the cornea; improvement 

 of the ophthalmoscope. 



Wagner, Prof. Frank C(aspar), 1111 S. Sixth St, 

 Terre Haute, Ind. Steam and electrical engi- 

 neering. Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 5, 64. A.M, 

 Michigan, 84, B.S, 85. Asst. physics, Michigan, 

 84-85; with Thomson-Houston Elec. Co, 86-89; 

 asst. prof. mech. eng, Michigan, 90-96; assoc. 

 prof, steam and elec. eng, Rose, 96-04, prof, 

 steam eng, 0^- F.A.A; Mech. Eng. Dynamo 

 and electromagnet design; steam-engine test- 

 ing. Electromagnet design; steam turbines; 

 pyrometer measurements in furnaces. 



Wagner, Prof. George, 1901 Jefferson St, Madison, 

 Wis. Zoology. New Ulm, Minn, Feb. 4, 73. 

 Ph.C, Michigan, 93; A.B, Kansas, 99; A.M, 

 Michigan, 03. Instr. pharmacog, Northwestern, 

 93-95; pharmacy and pharmacog, Kansas, 95- 

 97, asst. prof, 97-99, assoc. prof, 99; asst. zool, 

 Michigan, 99-02; instr, Wisconsin, 03- M.A.A; 

 Kas. Acad, (curator, 97-99). Zoology; paleon- 

 tology. Animal behavior; Arachnoidea. 



