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Soc. Nat; Soc. Bact. (v. pres.) ; Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust. Bacteriology, especially in- 

 dustrial; water bacteriology; enzymes. General 

 problems of fermentation. 



Prescott, Dr. W(illiam) H(erbert), 285 Marl- 

 borough St, Boston, Mass. Medicine. Con- 

 cord, Mass, Aug. 30, 60. M.D, Harvard, 88. 

 Asst. supt, Boston City Hosp, 88-90; med. di- 

 rector, Boston Pub. Inst, 96-97. Ass. Path, 

 and Bact. 



Pressey, Prof. Henry A(lbert), U. S. Geological 

 Survey, Washington, D. C. Hydraulic engi- 

 neering. Lewiston, Me, Sept. 24, 73. B.S, 

 Columbian, 93; C.E, Mass. Inst. Tech, 96; Ph.D, 

 George Washington, 05. Instr. civil eng, George 

 "Washington, 98, prof, 99-; hydrographer, U. 8. 

 Geol. Surv, 98- Consulting engineer. Civil 

 Eng. Hydrography. Water powers in United 

 States. 



Preston, Dr. Carleton E(stey), 1000 Essex St, 

 Lawrence, Mass. Botany. Boston, Mass, 

 Nov. 21, 78. A.B, Harvard, 99, A.M, 00, 

 traveling fellow, 00-01, Ph.D, 02. Asst, Dept. 

 Bot, Harvard, 00, temporary asst, Gray Herbar- 

 ium, 01; asst, Yale Forest Sch, 01-02; with 

 Manning Bros, landscape architects, Boston, 02- 

 03; teacher nat. sciences, High Sch, Lawrence, 

 Mass, 03- Temporary asst. micros, food anal, 

 Conn. Agr. Exp. Sta, 02. Structure of flower- 

 ing plants, especially desert vegetation. 



Preston, E(rasmus) D(arwin), 44 M St, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. Geodesy, Terrestrial phys- 

 ics. Lancaster Co, Pa, March 28, 51. C.E, 

 Cornell, 75; fellow, Hopkins, 77-78; Paris, 

 78-79; Vienna, 93-94. Instr. civil eng, Cor- 

 nell, 76; executive officer, U. S. Coast and 

 Geod. Surv, 95-99; ed, 'Publications,' 99-00. 

 With French Transit of Venus Commission, 82; 

 U. S. Solar Eclipse Party, S. Pacific Ocean, 83 ; 

 astronomer, Nat. Observatory, Cordoba, Argen- 

 tine Rep, 84; astron. work, Hawaiian Govt, 87; 

 U. S. Sci. Expedition to Africa, 89; Int. Lat. 

 Observations, Honolulu, 91-92. U. S. delegate, 

 Int. Geod. Ass, Stuttgart, 98. Variations of lat- 

 itude; terrestrial magnetism; force of gravity. 



Price, Overon W(estfeldt), Forest Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Forestry. Liverpool, England, 

 Jan. 27, 73. Virginia; Munich. Agent, Bur. 

 Forestry, U. 8. Dept. Agr, 99-00, field asst, 00- 

 01, asst. forester, 01-03, assoc. forester, 0/f- 

 Lecturer field methods, Yale Forest Sch, 04. 

 Forestry Ass; Soc. Foresters; Nat. Geog. Soc. 

 Forest management and measurements. 



Price, Dr. T(homas) M(alcolm), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Physiological 

 chemistry. Darlington, Md, April 11, 78. B.S, 

 Md. Agr. Col, 99 ; M.S, Columbian, 00, Ph.D, 03. 

 Chemist, Md. Agr. Exp. Sta, 99-02; physiol. 

 chemist, V. 8. Dept. Agr, 02-; instr. chem, 

 George Washington, and biochem, Med. Sch, 02- 

 M.A.A; Chem. Soc. Digestibility of plain, 

 cooked and pasteurized milk; digestibility of 

 milk treated with preservatives; effects of bak- 

 ing powders and preservatives on digestion; the 



isolation of animal and bacterial enzymes; vege- 

 table enzymes and their toxic effects. 



Prime, Dr. Frederick, 1008 Spruce St, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. Geology, Mineralogy. Philadelphia, 

 March 1, 46. A.B, Columbia, 65, A.M, 70. 

 Asst, Sch. of Mines, Columbia, 69-70; prof. 

 metal and miner, Lafayette, 70-81; nat. hist, 

 Girard, 95- Asst. state geologist, Pa, 74-79. 

 Hon. Ph.D, Lafayette. Philos. Soc; Phila. 

 Acad. Economic geology; mineralogy. 



Primrose, Prof. A(lexander), 100 College St, 

 Toronto, Can. Anatomy, Surgery. Pictou, N. 

 S, 61. M.B, CM, Edinburgh, 86; Middlesex 

 Hosp, London, 87; M.R.C.S, 88. Prof, anat, 

 Toronto, 92-, assoc. prof. clin. surg, 91- Sur- 

 geon to Hosp. for Sick Children, etc. Ass. 

 Anat; London Path. Soc. Myology of the an- 

 thropoid ape; anatomy; surgery. Regional 

 anatomy; anatomy of the epiphyses. 



Prince, Prof. Morton, 458 Beacon St, Boston, Mass. 

 Medicine. Boston, Dec. 21, 54. A.B, Harvard, 

 75, M.D, 79. Physician nose and throat, Bos- 

 ton City Hosp, 82-85, neurologist, 85-; instr. 

 neur, Harvard Med. Sch, 95-98; prof, Med. 

 Sch, Tufts, 02- District physician, Boston Dis- 

 pensary, 81-82, neurologist, 81-86. Am. Physi- 

 cians; Neur. Ass; Boston Soc. Neur. and 

 Psychiat; Boston Soc. Med. Improv; Boston 

 Soc. Med. Sci. General medicine; neurology; 

 psychology. Disintegrated personality and al- 

 lied problems in abnormal psychology. 



Prindle, Louis M(arcus), U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. Geology. Great Barring- 

 ton, Mass, Aug. 28, 65. A.B, Williams, 87; 

 Munich, 90-91; Hopkins, 93; Harvard, 00-01. 

 Geol. aid, U. S. Geol. Surv, 02-03, asst. geolo- 

 gist, OJf- Wash. Geol. Soc. Alaskan geology. 



Pringle, C(yrus) G(uernsey), University of Ver- 

 mont, Burlington, Vt. Botany. Charlotte, Vt, 

 May 6, 38. Classical educ. Botanical collec- 

 tor, Harvard, 93-; keeper, Herbarium, Vermont, 

 02- Hon. A.M, Middlebury, 76. Assoc, fel. 

 Am. Acad. Botanical exploration of Mexico. 



Pritchett, Pres. Henry S(mith), 174 Bay State 

 Road, Boston, Mass. * Astronomy, Geodesy. Fay- 

 ette, Mo, April 16, 57. A.B, Pritchett, 75; 

 Ph.D, Munich, 95. Asst. astronomer, U. S. 

 Naval Observatory, 78-80; astronomer, Morri- 

 son Observatory, 80-81; prof, astron. and direc- 

 tor, Observatory, Washington (St. Louis); 81- 

 97; supt, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 97-00; 

 pres, Mass. Inst. Tech, 00-06; Carnegie Founda- 

 tion for Pensioning Col. and Univ. Professors, 

 06 LL.D, Hamilton, 00; Pennsylvania, Har- 

 vard and Yale, 01; Hopkins, 02; Michigan, 05. 

 F.A.A; Astron. and. Astrophys. Soc; Am. Acad; 

 Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad: Astron. Gesell. Posi- 

 tions of fixed stars; double star systems; comet 

 orbits; orbits of satellites; stellar parallax. 



Proctor, Miss Mary, 70 W. 47th St, New York, 

 N. Y. Astronomy. Dublin, Ireland. Grad, , 

 Col. of Preceptors, London, England. Teacher, 

 private sch, N. Y. City; lecturer popular as- 

 tron, N. Y. Board of Educ. and elsewhere. 



