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Soc; Chicago Acad. Pernicious anemia; spinal 

 cord, changes in pernicious anemia. Internal 

 medicine. 



Billings, Dr. Fraak S(eaver), Sharon, Mass. 

 Pathology, Anatomy, Bacteriology. Boston, 

 Mass, Jan. 15, 45. Vet. Sch. and Med. Dept, 

 Berlin, 75-79; special student with Rudolf 

 Virchow, 79-81, 83-85. Pathologist, N. Y. 

 Polyclin. Med. Sch, 85-86 ; founder and director, 

 Path. Lab, Nebraska, 86-93; prof. gen. path, 

 Chicago Vet. Col, 86-93. Assoc, ed, 'Jour. 

 Comp. Med,' 83-86. Hon. M.D, Medico-Chirurg. 

 Col, Phila. Am. Med. Ass; Boston Gynec. Soc. 

 Infectious diseases. Ethics. 



Billings, Dr. F(rederick) H(oratio), Baton Rouge, 

 La. Botany. Chicago, Ills, May 26, 69. A.B, 

 Stanford, 96; A.M, Harvard, 97; Ph.D, Munich, 

 01. Asst. prof. nat. science, Pomona; prof, hot, 

 Louisiana. La. Soc. Nat. Plant embryology. 



Billings, Dr. J(ohn) S(haw), 32 E. 31st St, New 

 York, N. Y. *Medicine, Bacteriology, Hygiene, 

 Bibliography. Switzerland Co, Ind, April 12, 

 38. A.B, Miami, 57, A.M, 60; M.D, Cincinnati, 

 60. Asst. surgeon, U. S. A, 61, lieut. col, 94; 

 prof, hygiene, Pennsylvania, 94-96; director, N. 

 Y. Pub. Library, 96- In charge vital statistics, 

 Tenth and Eleventh Censuses; curator, Army 

 Med. Mus. and Library. LL.D, Edinburgh, 84; 

 Harvard, 86; Yale, 01; Hopkins, 02; D.C.L, 

 Oxford, 89. Nat. Acad; Am. Acad; Philos. 

 Soc; Int. Statist. Inst. Minute fungi; bac- 

 teriology; vital statistics; hygiene; library 

 economy; medical education. Library work. 



Binns, Prof. Charles F(ergus), Alfred, N. Y. 

 Ceramics. Worcester, England, Oct. 4, 57. 

 King's scholar, Worcester Cathedral Sch, 68-72. 

 With Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, Eng- 

 land, 72-97; examiner in pottery and porcelain, 

 London, 95-97; principal, Tech. Sch, Trenton, 

 N. J, 98-00; director, N. Y. State Sch. Clay- 

 working and Ceramics, 00- Supt, Ceramic Art 

 Co, Trenton, N. J, 99. Silver medal, Paris, 

 00; hon. M.S, Alfred. Ceramic Soc. (v. pres, 

 00, pres, 01). Technology of clays, glazes and 

 fuels for potter's use ; art and history of pottery. 



Bird, H(enry), Rye, N. Y. Entomology. Rye, 

 Oct. 12, 69. Pub. schools. Building business. 

 N. Y. Entom. Soc. Noctuid moths of North 

 America. Life histories in the noctuid genus 

 Hydroecia. 



Bird, Dr. R(obert) M(ontgomery), Columbia, Mo. 

 Chemistry. Petersburg, Va, June 13, 67. A.B, 

 B.S, Hampden-Sidney, 97; Ph.D, Hopkins, 01. 

 Prof, science and math, Frederick Col, Md, 

 98-99 ; acting prof, chem, Miss. Agr. and Mech. 

 Col, 01-02; acting prof. agr. chem. and chem- 

 ist, Agr. Exp. Sta, Missouri, 02-03, instr. agr. 

 chem, 03-05, asst. prof, 05- Chem. Soc. Cer- 

 tain reactions of orthosulphobenzoic acid ; toxic 

 agents for treating trees against insect enemies; 

 methods of analysis. 



Bird, Prof. William W(arren), 10 Harvard St, 

 Worcester, Mass. Mechanical engineering. 

 Somerville, Mass, April 11, 66. B.S, Worcester, 

 87. Asst. and instr. mech. eng, Worcester, 87- 



91, asst. prof, steam eng, 94-96, prof. mech. 

 eng, 04- Mech. Eng; Soc. Testing Materials. 

 Cylinder condensation; power transmission by 

 leather belting. 



Birge, Dr. E(dward) A(sahel), 744 Langdon St 

 Madison, Wis. Zoology. Troy, N. Y, Sept. 7 

 51. A.B, Williams, 73, A.M, 76; Ph.D, Har 

 vard, 78; Leipzig, 80-81. Instr. nat. hist 

 Wisconsin, 75-79, prof, zool, 79-, dean, Col 

 Letters and Science, 91-, acting pres, 00-03 

 Commissioner fisheries, Wis, 94-; director, Wis 

 Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv, 97- Hon. Sc.D 

 Western Univ. of Pa, 97; LL.D, Williams, 03 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Micros. Soc. (pres, 02-03 

 Wis. Acad, (pres, 90-91). Cladocera; limnol 

 ogy. Lake temperatures; biology of plankton 



Birkinbine, John, Odd Fellows' Temple, Philadel 

 phia, Pa. Hydraulics, Mining engineering 

 Berks Co, Pa, Nov. 16, 44. Pa. Polytech 

 64. Practising engineer, 6^- Min. Eng. (pres 

 91-92) ; Mech. Eng; Franklin Inst, (pres, 97-) 

 Phila. Eng. Club (pres, 93) ; hon. mem. Can. 

 Min. Inst, and Foundrymen's Ass. Water 

 powers and water supply ; iron and manganese 

 ore and blast furnace metallurgy. 



Birnie, Major R(ogers), U. S. A, Ordnance De- 

 partment, Governor's Island, New York Harbor, 

 N. Y. Mechanical engineering, Ordnance con- 

 struction. Glen Burn Farm, Md, April 5, 51. 

 Grad, U. S. Mil. Acad, 72. Lieut, 13th U. S. 

 Inf, 72-78; lieut, Ordnance Dept, U. S. A, 

 78-86, capt, 86-01, major, 01- Inf. service, 

 Camp Douglas, Utah, 72-74; in charge of party, 

 U. S. Geol. Surveys West of 100th Meridian, 

 74-78; chief ordnance officer, Seventh Army 

 Corps, 98-99 ; Div. of Cuba, 99 ; mem. Ordnance 

 Board, 99, pres, 00; Board of Engineers, 02. 

 Wash. Acad; Wash. Philos. Soc. Gun con- 

 struction. Ordnance materials; military engi- 

 neering. 



Bishop, Prof. Irving P(rescott), 109 Norwood Ave, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Geology. Burlington Flats, 

 N. Y, Nov. 18, 49. Cornell, 74-75. Principal, 

 New Berlin Acad, 75-76; High Sch, Perry, N. 

 Y, 78-85; Chatham, N. Y, 85-88; teacher sci- 

 ence, State ~Nor. Sch, Buffalo, N. Y, 8S- Instr. 

 geol. and physics, Chautauqua, 85-04. Hon. 

 A.M, Alfred, 01. Geol. Soc; N. Y. State Sci- 

 ence Teachers Ass. (pres, 03).. Stratigraph- 

 ical and economic geology; economic geology of 

 western New York. 



Bishop, Dr. Louis B(ennett), 356 Orange St, New 

 Haven, Conn. Medicine, Ornithology. Guil- 

 ford, Conn, June 5, 65. A.B, Yale, 86, M.D, 

 88. Head, Dept. Pediat, New Haven Dispen- 

 sary, 96-; instr. pediat, Med. Sch, Yale, 99- 

 M.A.A; fel. Ornith. Union; Conn. Acad; N. Y. 

 Linnean Soc; Conn. Med. Soc; New Haven Co. 

 and City Med. Societies; cor. mem. Nuttall 

 Ornith. Club; Cooper (Cal.) Ornith. Club; 

 Wilson Ornith. Club; Wash. Biol. Soc. Orni- 

 thology; pediatrics. 



Bissell, Prof. G(eorge) W(elton), Ames, la. 

 Mechanical engineering. Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 

 July 14, 66. M.E, Cornell, 88. Instr. exp. 



