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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Geol. Surv, 82-S5. F.A.A; Min. Eng; Chem. 

 Soc. Chemistry of ores; field work in struc- 

 tural and mining geology. 



Cheesman, Dr. T(imothy) M(atlack), Garrison, 

 N. Y. Medicine, Bacteriology. New York, N. 

 Y, Jan. 29, 53. A.B, Columbia, 74, A.M, 77, 

 M.D, 78. Interne, Bellevue Hosp, 77-79; 

 surgeon, Throat Dept, N. Y. Dispensary, and 

 Eye and Ear Dept, Denult Dispensary, 82; asst. 

 surgeon, Out-patient Dept, N. Y. Hosp, 82-84; 

 attending surgeon, Colored Home Hosp, St. 

 Andrews Convalesc. Hosp, and demonstrator 

 anat, Woman's Med. Col, 82-85; asst. bacter, 

 Columbia, 88-93, instr, 93-99. F.A.A; Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact; N. Y. Acad. Med; 

 N. Y. Co. Med. Soc; N. Y. Path. Soc; fel. N. Y. 

 Acad. Laboratory methods; water and milk 

 analysis and the relations of bacterial infected 

 water and milk to health. 



Cheever, Dr. David W(illiam), 557 Boylston St, 

 Boston, Mass. Medicine, Surgery. Ports- 

 mouth, N. H, Nov. 30, 31. A.B, Harvard, 52, 

 M.D, 58. Surgeon, Boston City Hosp, 6%-; 

 prof, surg, Harvard, 82-92, emer. prof, 92- 

 Pres, Boston Med. Library. LL.D, Harvard, 

 92. Surg. Ass. (pres.) ; Mass. Med. Soc. 

 (pres.) ; Acad, de Chirurg. de Paris. 



Cheney, Prof. L(ellen) S(terling), 318 Bruen St, 

 Madison, Wis. Botany. Essex, 0, Dec. 4, 58. 

 B.S, Wisconsin, 91, fellow, 91-92, M.S, 96. 

 Instr. pharmacog. and pharmaceut. bot, Wis- 

 consin, 92-96, asst. prof, pharmaceut. bot, 96- 

 F.A.A; Forestry Ass; Bot. Cent. States; Wis. 

 Acad, (treas, 95-99) ; Wis. Forestry Ass. 

 (sec'y, 95-96, and treas, 96-00). The forest 

 flora and Bryophyta of Wisconsin. The forest 

 trees of Wisconsin. 



Cherrie, Geo(rge) K(ruck), 27 Fairview Place, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. Ornithology, Mammalogy. 



Knoxville, la, Aug. 22, 65. Iowa State, 81- 

 83. Curator birds, mammals and reptiles and 

 taxidermist, Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, 89- 

 93; asst. curator ornith, Field Columbian Mus, 

 93-97; curator birds and mammals, Mus, 

 Brooklyn Inst, 99- Exploration in Orinoco 

 Valley for Zool. Mus. of Tring, England, 97- 

 99. Mem. Ornith. Union. Birds of Costa Rica 

 and Santo Domingo. Nesting habits and dis- 

 tribution of birds of the Orinoco region; birds 

 of Long Island, New York. 



Chesney, C(ummings) C, Dawes Ave, Pitts - 

 field, Mass. Electrical engineering. Selins- 

 grove, Pa, Oct. 28, 63. B.S, Pa. State, 85. 



Chemist, Pa. State, 85-86; prof. chem. and 

 math, Doylestown Sem, 86-88; chief elec. engi- 

 neer, Stanley Elec. Mfg. Co, 91-; consulting 

 elec. engineer, 'Northern Elec. Mfg. Co, 00- 

 Elec. Eng; London Soc. Arts. Design of elec- 

 trical machinery; methods of transmission of 

 energy by electricity. 



Chesnut, V(ictor) K(ing), Montana Experiment 

 Station, Bozeman, Mont. *Chemical botany. 

 Nevada City, Cal, June 28, 67. B.S, California, 

 90; Chicago, 93. Instr. chem, California, 93; 

 botanist in charge poisonous plant investiga- 



tions, U. S. Dept. Agr, 90-04; chemist, Mont. 

 Exp. Sta, and chemist and geologist, Mont. Agr. 

 Col, 0J f - Collaborator poisonous plant in- 

 vestigations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 04- M.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; West. Ass. Tech. Chem. and Metal; 

 Wash. Acad; Wash. Chem. Soc. (pres, 01-). 

 Poisonous, medicinal and chemically economic 

 plants. Stock poisoning by lupines, by poison 

 camas and by locoweeds. 

 Chessin, Prof. Alexander, Washington Univer- 

 sity, St. Louis, Mo. ^Mathematics, Mechan- 

 ics, Astronomy. St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 

 11, 65. A.M, Imperial Inst. Hist, and Philol, 

 St. Petersburg, 84; Ph.D, St. Petersburg, 89; 

 C.E, Polytech, Zurich, 92. Lecturer celestial 

 mech, Hopkins, 94-95, assoc. prof. math, and 

 astron, 95-99; prof, math, Washington (St. 

 Louis), 01- Lecturer, Harvard, 94; Lowell 

 Inst, Boston, 95; Columbia, Cooper Union, N. 

 Y, and the Chautauqua Assembly, 00. Gold 

 medal, Russian Ministry of Pub. Instruction, 

 88; special envoy to Italy, 89. Math. Soc. 

 Theory of functions; infinite series; differential 

 equations; Bessel's functions; relative motion, 

 Foucault pendulum ; development of perturbative 

 function. Effect of the earth's rotation on 

 gyroscopes; strains and stresses in a rapidly 

 moving disc. 



Chester, Rear Admiral C(olby) M(itchell), U. S. N, 

 Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. Astron- 

 omy, Naval engineering. New London, Conn, 

 Feb. 29, 44. Grad, U. S. Naval Acad, 63. 



Instr. seamanship and naval archit, U. S. Naval 

 Acad, 74-77; in charge parties, Hydrog. Dept. 

 and U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 77-80, in 

 charge, Dept, 80-85; commandant cadets, U. S. 

 Naval Acad, 90-94; supt, V. S. Naval Observa- 

 tory, 02- In charge, U. S. China and Corea 

 Surveys, 71-73; lecturer, U. S. Naval War Col, 

 01-02. F.A.A; Nat. Geog. Soc. Naval archi- 

 tecture; hydrography; astronomy. 



Chester, Prof. Frederick D(ixon), Wilmington, 

 Del. Bacteriology, Mycology. Santo Domingo, 

 Haiti, Oct. 8, 61. Washington (St. Louis), 

 76-78; B.S, Cornell, 82, M.S, 85. Prof. geol. 

 and bot, Del. Col, 82-92; bacteriologist and 

 mycologist, Del. Col. Agr. Exp. Sta, 89-; di- 

 rector, State Bacter. Lab. of Del, 99- Soc. Bact. 

 (mem. Council, 02-04); Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 

 Mycology; bacteriology. 



Chester, Prof. W(ayland) M (organ), Hamilton, 

 N. Y. Biology. Noank, Conn, March 10, 70. 

 A.B, Colgate, 94, A.M, 96. Asst. geol. and nat. 

 hist, Colgate, 94-97, instr. biol, 97-00, assoc. 

 prof, 00-04, prof, Oh- M.A.A; Wash. Biol. Soc. 

 Hemiptera-heteroptera; anatomy and develop- 

 ment of the odoriferous glands. 



Chickering, Prof. J(ohn) W(hite), The Portner, 

 Washington, D. C. Botany, Pedagogy. Bolton, 

 Mass, Sept. 11, 31. A.B, Bowdoin, 52, A.M, 

 55; Bangor Theol. Sem, 59-60. Teacher and 

 ed, 52-56; principal, Seneca Col. Inst, 57-58; 

 pastor, 60-70; prof. nat. science, Gallaudet, 

 70-00; lecturer pedag, Gallaudet and How- 

 ard, 00- F.A.A. (sec'y, I, 85); Forestry Ass; 



