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Wheeler, Prof. H(erbert) A(llen), 3439 Lucas Ave, 

 St. Louis, Mo. Mining engineering. Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y, 59. E.M, Columbia, 80. Prof, min- 

 ing, Washington (St. Louis), 83-95; consulting 

 engineer, 95- Asst. geologist, Mo. Geol. Surv, 

 90-95. Min. Eng; Mech. Eng; Ceramic Soc. 

 (pres, 99) ; St. Louis Acad. Clays; ore dress- 

 ing; economic geology. 



Wheeler, Director H(omer) J (ay), Kingston, R. I. 

 Agricultural chemistry. Bolton, Mass, Sept. 2, 

 61. B.S, Mass. Agr. Col, 83; Ph.D, Gottingen, 

 89. Asst. chemist, Mass. Agr. Exp. Sta, 83-87 ; 

 chemist, R. I. Agr. Exp. Sta, 89-, director, 01-; 

 prof, geol, R. I. Col. Agr. and Mech. Arts, 89- 

 M.A.A; Chem. Soc; Ass. Agr. Chemists (pres, 

 02) ; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Forestry Ass; Chem. 

 Gesell. Soils; manures; the occurrence of in- 

 jurious acidity in upland soils; etc. Crop rota- 

 tions; grass manuring and composition of the 

 crop; sodium salts and their functions in soils 

 and plants. 



Wheeler, Dr. L(ynde) P(helps), 1331 Chapel St, 

 New Haven, Conn. Physics. Bridgeport, Conn, 

 July 27, 74. Ph.B, Yale, 94, Ph.D, 02. Lab. 

 asst. physics, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 95-97, 

 asst, 97-01, instr, 01- Physical Soc; Conn. 

 Acad. Physical optics; thermodynamics; elec- 

 trical theory. Metallic reflection in various 

 media; radio-activity. 



Wheeler, Prof. W(illiam) A(rchie), Brookings, S. 

 Dak. Botany. Stockton, Minn, June 28, 76. 

 B.Agr, Minnesota, 00, M.S, 01. Asst. hort. and 

 forestry, Minnesota, 97-98, bot, 98-00, instr, 

 00-01, Sch. Agr, 01-03; prof. bot. and entom, 

 S. Dak. Agr. Col. and Exp. Sta, 03- In charge 

 herbarium work, Minn. Bot. Surv, 00-03; bota- 

 nist, S. Dak. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv, 03- 

 Fel. Minn. Bot. Soc. Agricultual botany; fung- 

 ous diseases of cultivated plants; grasses and 

 forage plants. 



Wheeler, Prof. W(illiam) M(orton), American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. 

 *Zoology. Milwaukee, Wis, March 19, 65. Ger- 

 man-American Nor. Col; Ph.D, Clark, 92; 

 Wiirzburg and Liege, 93-94; Smithsonian table, 

 Naples Zool. Sta, 93-94. Instr. embryol, Chi- 

 cago, 92-96, asst. prof, 96-99; prof, zool, Texas, 

 99-03 ; curator invert, zool, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 03- Assoc, ed, ' Am. Naturalist ' and ' Biol. 

 Bui.' F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Psychol. 

 Ass; Tex. Acad; N. Y. Acad; Wash. Acad; cor. 

 mem. Phila. Acad. Embryology of insects; 

 anatomy and embryology of animals, mainly 

 invertebrates; habits and taxonomy of insects; 

 comparative psychology. North American ants 

 (Formicidae) ; habits and psychology of ants 

 and other invertebrates. 



Wherry, Dr. W(illia)m B(uchanan), 278 Ashland 

 Ave, River Forest, Ills. Bacteriology. Lodi- 

 ana, India, Dec. 24, 75. A.B, Washington and 

 Jefferson, 97; M.D, Rush Med. Col, 01. Asst. 

 bacter, Chicago, 01-02, assoc, 02-03; bacteri- 

 ologist, Govt. Laboratories, Manila, P. I, 03-05. 



Soc. Bact; Chicago Path. Soc; Manila Med. 

 Soc. 



Whipple, George C (handler), 220 Broadway, New 

 York, N. Y. Sanitary science. New Boston, 

 N. H, March 2, 66. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 89. 

 Biologist, Boston Water Works, 89-97 ; biologist 

 and director, Mt. Prospect Lab, Dept. Water 

 Supply, Gas and Elec, New York, 97-04; con- 

 sulting sanitary engineer. Lecturer micros, 

 exam, of water supplies, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 98-00; dept. engineer, Commission on Addi- 

 tional Water Supply, New York City, 03; con- 

 sulting prof, water supply, Brooklyn Polytech, 

 04-; consulting chemist and water analyst for 

 several cities; expert for State of Missouri in 

 Chicago Drainage Canal case. F.A.A; Soc. 

 Bact; Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Soc. 

 Munic. Improv; assoc. Civil Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 Pub. Health Ass; Micros. Soc; Am. Water 

 Works Ass; New Eng. Water Works Ass; 

 Brooklyn Eng. Club; fel. Royal Micros. Soc. 

 Microscopy of drinking water; temperature of 

 water; water analysis; water purification; 

 sanitary science; typhoid fever. 



Whipple, Prof. Guy Montrose, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Psychology, Education. Dan- 

 vers. Mass, June 12, 76. A.B, Brown, 97; 

 Clark, 97-98; Ph.D, Cornell, 00. Asst. psychol, 

 Clark, 97-98; Cornell, 98-02, lecturer educ, 

 02-04, asst. prof, 04- Time order of disparate 

 stimuli; synaesthesia ; analysis of recognitor^ 

 judgment in discrimination of pitch after vari- 

 ous time intervals; discrimination of pitch of 

 chords and melodies. The educational value of 

 various mental tests of students and children ; 

 transference of specific habits (formal disci- 

 pline) ; legibility of various kinds of type. 



White, Prof. Alfred H(olmes), 1017 Hill St, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. Chemistry. Peoria, Ills, April 

 29, 73. McGill, 89-90; A.B, Michigan, 93; 

 Polytech, Zurich, 96-97; B.S, Michigan, 04. 

 Asst. chem, Illinois, 93-96; instr. chem. technol, 

 Michigan, 97-04, asst. prof, Q!f- Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust. Economic utilization of 

 coal gas; gas analysis. Theory of the incan- 

 descent gas mantle; decomposition of ammonia 

 by heat; formation of nitrides; microscopic ex- 

 amination of hydraulic cement. , 



White, Dr. C(harles) A(biathar), 330 T St, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. *Geology, Paleontology, 

 Zoology. North Disditon, Mass, Jan. 26, 26. 

 M.D, Rush Med. Col, 64; A.M, Iowa (Grinnell), 

 66. State geologist, la, 66-70; prof. nat. hist, 

 Iowa, 67-73; Bowdoin, 73-75; geologist and 

 paleontologist, U. S. Geol. Surv. Territories, 

 (Powell), 75, (Hayden), 75-79; acting curator, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus, 79-95; assoc. paleont, Smithso- 

 nian Inst, 95- Paleontologist, U. S. Geog. and 

 Geol. Surveys West of 100th Meridian, 74; 

 chief, Artesian Wells Commission on Great 

 Plains, U. S. Dept. Agr, 81; geologist and pa- 

 leontologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 83-92. LL.D, 

 Iowa, 93. Nat. Acad; Phila. Acad; St. Louis 

 Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc. (pres, 83-84); Daven- 

 port Acad; for. mem. London Geol. Soc; cor. 



