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histories and habits of insects injuring shade 

 and forest trees in New York; mosquitoes. 



Fenneman, Prof. N(evin) M(elanchthon), Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Geology. 

 Lima, 0, Dec. 26, 65. A.B, Heidelberg (Ohio), 

 83; AM, Chicago, 00, Ph.D, 01. Prof, physical 

 sciences, Colo. State Nor. Sch, 92-00; geol, 

 Colorado, 02-03; Wisconsin, 03- In charge, 

 Dept. Geol, summer session, Wisconsin, 00-03; 

 asst. geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv. F.A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Geog. Ass; Nat. Geog. Soc; Colo. Sci. 

 Teachers' Ass. ( pres, 00 ) . Work of waves on 

 shores; survey of Wisconsin lakes; oil fields of 

 Boulder, Colo, and of Texas. Louisiana and 

 Texas coastal plain; geological map of vicinity 

 of Boulder, Colo; coal deposits of northwestern 

 Colorado. 



Fenner, R(obert) Coyner, 531 E. State St, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Physics. Baltimore, Md, Aug. 28, 80. 

 M.E, Cornell, 03. Instr. physics, Cornell, 03- 

 M.A.A; Physical Soc. Thermal properties of 

 liquid air and gases at the temperature of 

 liquid air. Specific heats of gases at low tem- 

 peratures. 



Ferguson, Alexander McGowen, University of 

 Texas, Austin, Tex. Botany. Belton, Tex, 

 Jan. 7, 74. B.S.H, Tex. Agr. and Mech. Col, 

 94, M.S, 96; Mo. Bot. Garden, 97-98; Cornell, 

 01- Asst. prof. hort. and mycol, Tex. Agr. and 

 Mech. Col, 99-00 ; instr. bot, Texas, 00- Special 

 agent, U. S. Dept. Agr, 03-04. F.A.A; 

 Pomol. Soc; Soc. Hort. Sci; fel. Tex. Acad. 

 Crotons of the United States ; ant fungus gar- 

 dens. Embryology of Ephedra; plant physiol- 

 ogy; fungi cultivated by ants of Texas; flora 

 of Austin quadrangle ; mushrooms ; plant breed- 

 ing. 



Ferguson, Dr. J(eremiah) S(weetser), 330 W. 28th 

 St, New York, N. Y. Histology, Anatomy. 

 Searsport, Me, May 31, 71. B.S, Maine, 89, 

 M.S. 92; M.D, N. Y. Univ, 92. Asst. histol, 

 N. Y. Univ, 92-96, instr, 96-98; Med. Col, Cor- 

 nell, 98- Tutor physiol, N. Y. Univ, 97-98. 

 Ass. Anat; N. Y. State Med. Ass; N. Y. Co. 

 Med. Ass; N. Y. Co. Med. Soc; N. Y. Acad. 

 Med; N. Y. Path. Soc. Thyroid and adrenal 

 glands. Parathyroid glands. 



Ferguson, Dr. Margaret C(lay), Welleslev, Mass. 

 Botany. Phelps, N. Y, Aug. 20, 63. Wellesley, 

 89-91; B.S, Cornell, 99, fellow, 99-00, Ph.D, 01. 

 Teacher and principal, pub. schools, 86-88 ; 

 Dept. Science, Harcourt Place Sem, Gambier, O, 

 92-93; instr. bot, Wellesley, 94-96, 02-04, 

 assoc. prof, and head, Dept. Bot, 0-'i- Asst. 

 bot, Summer Sch, Cornell, 01, 02, instr, 03, 04. 

 Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. Fertilization and related phenom- 

 ena; origin of germ cell in Pinus; the phys- 

 iology of the germination of the sporeSi of 

 basidiomycetous fungi; spongy tissue of Stras- 

 burger; life history of Pinus. 



Ferguson, Dr. Meade, Blacksburg, Va. Bacteriol- 

 ogy. Appomattox, Va, March 17, 69. B.S, Va. 

 Polytech. Inst, 96, M.S, 98; Ph.D, Gottingen, 

 02. Assoc, prof, bacter, Va. Polytech. Inst, 



02- Consulting bacteriologist, Norfolk and 

 West. R. R. Soc. Bact; Micros. Soc. Fermen- 

 tation and decomposition of milk; nitrogen as- 

 similating and denitrifying bacteria. Soil in- 

 oculation. 



Fergusson, S(terling) P(rice), Blue Hill Observa- 

 tory, Hyde Park, Mass. Meteorology, Me- 

 chanics. Dixon's Spring, Tenn, Nov. 8, 68. 

 Grammar sch. Asst. in charge of instruments, 

 Blue Hill Observatory, 87- Boston Sci. Soc. 

 Anemometry; apparatus for meteorology and 

 aeronautics. Errors of absorption hygrometers; 

 meteorological exploration of the air with kites. 



Fernald, Prof. C(harles) H(enry), Amherst, Mass. 

 *Entomology. Mt. Desert, Me, March 16, 38. 

 A.M, Bowdoin, 71; Ph.D, Maine, 86. Principal, 

 Litchfield Acad, Me, 65-66; Houlton Acad, Me, 

 66-71; prof. nat. hist, Maine, 71-86; zool, 

 Mass. Agr. Col, 86- Acting pres, Mass. Agr. 

 Col, 91-92. Ass. Econ. Entom. (pres, 96); 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; fel. London Entom. Soc. 

 Insects; Crambidae and Pterophoridae of North 

 America. Pyralidae of North America; Tortri- 

 cidae. 



Fernald, Dr. H(enry) T(orsey), Amherst, Mass. 

 Entomology. Litchfield, Me, April 17, 66. B.S, 

 Maine, 85; Wesleyan, 85-86; M.S, Maine, 88; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 90. Prof, zool, Pa. State, 90- 

 99; state zoologist, Pa, 98-99; prof, entom, 

 Mass. Agr. Col, 99- State nursery inspector, 

 Mass. Soc. Nat; Ass. Econ. Entom. Histol- 

 ogy, embryology and economic problems concern- 

 ing insects. Sphecidae of America. 



Fernald, Prof. M(erritt) C(aldwell), 54 Main St, 



Orono, Me. Philosophy. South Levant, Me, 

 May 26, 38. A.B, Bowdoin, 61; Harvard, 63- 

 64 ; A.M, Bowdoin, 64. Prof. math, and physics 

 and acting pres, Maine State, 68-71, prof. math, 

 and physics, 71-79, pres, 79-93, emer. prof, 

 philos, Maine, 96- Hon. Ph.D, Bowdoin, 81, 

 LL.D, 02. Nat. Educ. Ass; Social Sci. Ass. 

 Education ; physics ; psychology. 



Fernald, Prof. M(erritt) L(yndon), 15 Ware Hall, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Botany. Orono, Me, Oct. 5, 

 73. B.S, Harvard, 97. Asst, Gray Herbarium, 

 Harvard, 91-; instr. bot, Harvard, 02-05, asst. 

 prof, 05- Instr. bot, Alstead Sch. Nat. Hist, 

 N. H, 99-01; assoc. ed, ' Rhodora,' 99- Fel. 

 Am. Acad; New Eng. Bot. Club. Relationships 

 and distribution of higher plants of North 

 America; relations of North American and old 

 world plants ; systematic and geographic botany 

 of North America, especially New England and 

 eastern* Canada. 



Fernekes, Dr. G(ustave), Box 125, Houghton, Mich. 

 Chemistry. Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 10, 78. B.S, 

 Wisconsin, 00; Berlin, 00-02; fellow, Wis- 

 consin, 02-03, Ph.D, 03. Instr. quant, anal, 

 Mich. Col. Mines, 03- Asst. instr, Wisconsin. 

 Action of amalgams on solutions; analytical 

 chemistry; catalytic reactions. Action of 

 mercuric chlorid on potassium ferrocyanid. 



Fernow, Prof. B(ernhard) E(duard), Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Forestry. Inowraclaw, Prussia, Jan. 7, 51. 

 Forest Acad, Miinden, 70-73; Konigsberg, 74. 



