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chcm, Nat. Col. of Pharmacy, 85-87; Trinity 

 (Conn.), 87- F.A.A; Chem. Soc. Constitu- 

 tion of tourmalin. 



Riley, Dr. I(saac) Woodbridge, Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. Philosophy. New 

 York, N. Y, May 20, 69. A.B, Yale, 92, A.M, 

 98, Ph.D, 02. Instr. English, N. Y. Univ, 97- 

 98 ; acting prof, philos, New Brunswick, 02-04 ; 

 Henri/ E. Johnston scholar, Hopkins, 01/- 

 Assoc. ed, ' Psychol. Bui '. F.A.A; Philos. Ass; 

 Psychol. Ass. Speculative movements in Amer- 

 ica; Italian psychology. History of philosophy 

 in America. 



Riley, Dr. W(illia)m A(lbert), Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Entomology. Mankato, Minn, 

 Jan. 10, 76. B.S, De Pauw, 97; fellow, Cor- 

 nell, 9S-99, Ph.D, 03. Asst. zool, De Pauw, 

 96-98; entom, Cornell, 99-01, instr, 01- M.A.A. 

 Development of the skeleton of the head of 

 Blatta. Insect histology and embryology. 



Ripley, Dr. W(illiam) Z(ebina), Newton Centre, 

 Mass. Economics, Sociology. Medford, Mass, 

 Oct. 13, 67. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 90; fellow, 

 Columbia, 91-93, A.M, 92, Ph.D, 93. Instr. 

 econ, Mass. Inst. Tech, 93-95, asst. prof, 96- 

 97, assoc. prof, 97-99, prof, 00-02; Harvard, 

 02- Lecturer demography, Columbia, 93-01; 

 expert in transportation, U. S. Indust. Commis- 

 sion, 00-01. Bertillon prize, Soc. d'Anthrop. de 

 Paris, 01. Econ. Ass. (v. pres, 99-00) ; hon. 

 cor. mem. Soc. d'Anthrop. de Paris; Rome Soc. 

 d'Antrop; Cherbourg Acad; Holland Zeeuwsch 

 Genootschop por Wetenschappen. Demography 

 of Europe and United States; transportation. 

 Railroad economics; corporations. 



Rising, Prof. W(illard) B(radley), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Cal. * Chemistry. Mech- 

 lenburg, N. Y, Sept. 26, 39. A.B, Hamilton, 

 64; M.E, Michigan, 67; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 71. 

 Instr. chem, California, 66-67, prof. nat. sci- 

 ence, 67-69, chem, 72- Chem. Soc. Thermal 

 chemistry. 



Risley, Dr. Samuel D(oty), 1728 Chestnut St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Ophthalmology, Otology. 

 Cincinnati, 0, Jan. 17, 45. Iowa, 65-68; 

 M.D, Pennsylvania, 70. Chief, Eye Clinic, 

 lecturer ophthal. and asst. ophthal. surgeon, 

 Pennsylvania, 72-89; attending surgeon, Wills 

 Eye Hosp, Phila, 89-; prof, ophthal, Phila. 

 Polyclinic, 90-01, emer. prof, 01- Ophthal. 

 surgeon to various hospitals; manager, Elwyn 

 Training Sch. for Feeble-minded Children, 97- 

 Hon. A.M, Iowa, 83; Ph.D, Wagner Free Inst. 

 Ophthal. Soc. (pres, Sect, 93) ; Otol. Soc; Am. 

 Med. Ass. (chairman, Ophthal. Sect, 93) ; Am. 

 Acad. Med. (pres, 01) ; Climat. Ass; Phila. 

 Co. Med. Soc; Phila. Col. Physicians. The use 

 of mydriatics; hygiene of vision in the school; 

 social evolution. 



Risser, Jonathan, Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. 

 Zoology. Summerfield, Ills, Jan. 29, 69. A.B, 

 Iowa (Grinnell), 97; A.M, Brown, 00. Instr. 

 biol, Iowa (Grinnell), 97-99; zool, Beloit, 01- 

 Investigator, R. I. Fish Commission, 00-01. 



Development and embryology of Pecten. Aortic 

 arches and vessels in Chelonia. 



Risteen, Dr. A(llan) D(ouglas), P. O. Drawer P, 



Hartford, Conn. Mathematical physics. Ames- 

 bury, Mass, Aug. 15, 66. B.S, Worcester, 85; 

 Ph.D, Yale, 03. With U. S. Coast Surv, 

 85-87; ed. with Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec- 

 tion and Ins. Co, 87- Asst. ed, ' Century Diet.' 

 Physical Soc. Absolute thermodynamic tem- 

 perature scale; effect of temperature on gravi- 

 tative attraction; theory of binary stars. Id; 

 differential equations of physics. 

 Ritchey, Prof. G(eorge) W(illis), Solar Observa- 

 tory Office, Pasadena, Cal. * Astronomy. Tup- 

 pers Plains, O, Dec. 31, 64. Cincinnati, 83-84, 

 86-87. Asst, Cincinnati Observatory, 86-87; 

 instr. manual training, Chicago Manual Train- 

 ing Sch, 88-96; optician, Yerkes Observatory, 

 96-99, supt. of instrument construction, 99-04; 

 instr. practical astron, Chicago, 01-04, asst. 

 prof, 04-05 ; astronomer and supt. of instrument 

 construction, Solar Observatory, Carnegie Inst, 

 05- Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; assoc. Royal 

 Astron. Soc. Photography of nebulae and star- 

 clusters in the attempt to detect evidence of 

 development; development of the reflecting tele- 

 scope as a photographic instrument; develop- 

 ment of the horizontal telescope; construction 

 of the two-foot reflecting telescope (Yerkes Ob- 

 servatory) ; construction of a two-foot hori- 

 zontal reflecting telescope of 145 feet focal 

 length with coelostat; photography of nebulae 

 and star-clusters with the two-foot reflector; 

 photography of star-clusters and the moon 

 with 40-inch refractor of Yerkes Observa- 

 tory with color screen. Construction and use 

 of a reflecting telescope of five-foot aperture 

 and 25 feet focal length for astronomical pho- 

 tography. 



Ritchie, John, Jr, Box 2795, Boston, Mass. As- 

 tronomy, Conchology. Boston, April 18, 53. 

 English High Sch, Boston. Asst, Harvard Col. 

 Observatory, 83-92. Fel. Am. Acad; Appala- 

 chian Mt. Club; Boston Sci. Soc; London 

 Malacol. Soc. Astronomy; conchology; ice 

 caves; bleaching processes. 



Ritter, Prof. W(illia)m E(merson), 2434 Durant 

 Ave, Berkeley, Cal. *Zoology. Otsego, Wis, 

 Nov. 19, 56. B.S, California, 88; A.M, Har- 

 vard, 91, Ph.D, 93. Instr. biol, California, 

 91-93, asst. prof, 93-98, assoc. prof, zool, 98-02, 

 prof, 02- Director, San Diego Mar. Biol. Sta; 

 ed, ' Zool. Publications,' Univ. of Cal ; assoc. 

 ed, 'Am. Naturalist.' F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. 

 Zool; Am. Geog. Soc; life mem. Cal. Acad, 

 (pres, 98-00). Pineal organ; eyes of Pt. Loma 

 blind fish ; budding in ascidians ; morphology 

 and systematic of ascidians and Enteropneusta ; 

 life histories of salamanders; multiple arms in 

 starfish. Morphology and systematic of Ascidia 

 and Enteropneusta; Ascidia and Enteropneusta 

 of the Pacific Coast. 



Robb, Dr. W(illia)m Lispenard, Electrical Labora- 

 tory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 

 N. Y. *Physics, Electrical engineering. Sara- 



