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Ornith. Union; New Eng. Bot. Club. Distribu- 

 tion and habits of New England birds. Flora 

 of Berkshire County, Mass. 



Hofman, Dr. H(einrich) O(scar), 88 Robinwood 

 Ave, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Metallurgy. 

 Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 13, 52. Heidelberg, 

 71-73; E.M, Met. E, Pvoyal Sch. of Mines, 

 Clausthal, 77; Ph.D, Ohio (Athens), 89. 

 Practising metallurgist, 77-87; lecturer, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 87-88; prof, metal and assaying, 

 Dak. Sch. of Mines, 87-89; asst. prof, mining 

 and metal, Mass. Inst. Tech, 89-91, assoc. prof, 

 91-98, prof, metal, 98- Min. Eng. (manager, 95- 

 97) ; Eng. Educ; fel. Am. Acad. Metallurgical 

 chemistry. Eutectics in ferrocalcic silicates. 



Holden, Dr. Edward S(ingleton), U. S. Military 

 Academy, West Point, N. Y. * Astronomy. 

 St. Louis, Mo, Nov. 5, 46. B.S, Washington 

 (St. Louis), 66; grad, U. S. Mil. Acad, 70; 

 A.M, Washington (St. Louis), 70. Lieut, of 

 arty, U. S. A, 70-71, lieut. of engineers, 71-73; 

 prof, math, U. S. N, 73-82; director, Wash- 

 burn Observatory, 81-85; pres, California, 85- 

 88; director, Lick Observatory, 88-98; librar- 

 ian, U. S. Mil. Acad, 01- Mem. Board of Visi- 

 tors, U. S. Mil. Acad, 85; U. S. Naval Acad, 96. 

 Knight-commander Ernestine Order, Saxony, 

 94; Order of Bolivar, 96; Knight Royal Order 

 of Danebrog, Denmark, 95; LL.D, Wisconsin, 

 87; Columbia, 88; lion. Sc.D, Pacific, 96. Nat. 

 Acad; Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; assoc. Royal 

 Astron. Soc; Soc. astron. de France; Soc. Ital. 

 di Spettroscop. Positions of standard stars ; 

 brightness and figures of nebulae; lunar pho- 

 tography; astronomical and other bibliography. 



Holder, Cha(rle)s F(rederick), 475 Belief ontaine 

 Drive, Pasadena, Cal. Zoology, Archeology. 

 Lynn, Mass, Aug. 5, 51. U. S. Naval Acad, 

 69-71. Asst. curator, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 71- 

 75; prof, zool, Throop, 88. Cor. mem. N. Y. 

 Linnean Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad; Pasadena Acad, 

 (pres.). General zoology; archeology of the 

 Pacific Coast islands; animal phosphorescence. 

 Archeology of the Pacific Coast islands. 



Holferty, Dr. G(eorge) M(ellinger), Central High 

 School, St. Louis, Mo. Botany, Geology. Caze- 

 novia, Ills, Nov. 17, 59. B.S, Wisconsin, 93; 

 Leipzig, 94-95; M.S, Cincinnati, 97; Ph.D, Chi- 

 cago, 03. Principal, High Sch, Oconto, Wis, 

 87-90; asst, Biol. Lab, Wisconsin, 93-94 ;instr. 

 biol, Cincinnati, 95-99; bot, Illinois, 00-01; 

 Chicago, 01-03; Central High Sch, St. Louis, 

 OS- F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. Cent. States. 

 Botany; root pressure and its transformation 

 into work effects; ovule and embryo of Potamo- 

 geton natans. Archegonium of the Bryophyta. 



Holgate, Prof. Thomas F(ranklin), 617 Library 

 St, Evanston, Ills. * Mathematics. Hastings 

 Co, Ont, April 8, 59. A.B, Victoria, 84, A.M, 

 89; fellow, Clark, 90-93, Ph.D, 93. Master 

 math, Albert, 84-90; instr, Northwestern, 93- 

 94, prof, applied math, 94-05, math, 05-, dean 

 of Col, 02-, acting pres, 04- LL.D, Illinois, 05. 

 Math. Soc. (sec'y, Chicago Sect, 97-). Ruled 

 surfaces of the fourth order. 



Holland, Dr. W(illiam) J(acob), Fifth and Belle- 

 field Avenues, Pittsburg, Pa. *Zoology, Mu- 

 seum administration. Bethany, Jamaica, W. I, 

 Aug. 16, 48. Grad, Moravian Col. and Theol. 

 Sem, Bethlehem, Pa, 67; A.B, Amherst, 69; 

 med. student under preceptor, 69-71; Princeton 

 Theol. Sem, 74. Principal, High Sch, Amherst, 

 Mass, 64-70; Westborough, Mass, 70-71; pas- 

 tor, 74-91; prof. Latin, Pa. Col. for Women, 

 77-79; chancellor, Western Univ. of Pa, 

 91-01, prof, polit. econ. and ini. law, 92-97, 

 lecturer zool, 95-99; director, Carnegie M"us, 

 Pittsburg, 98- Naturalist, U. S. Eclipse Exped. 

 to Japan, 87, to Africa, 89; director, Sch. of 

 Design for Women, Pittsburg, 83-; trus- 

 tee, Pa. Col. for Women, 74-; Western Theol. 

 Sem. (v. pres, 80-) ; Western Univ. of Pa, 88-; 

 Washington and Jefferson, 89-91; Carnegie 

 Library, Pittsburg, 89-90; Carnegie Inst, 96- 

 01; mem. Pa. Col. and Univ. Council, 95-01. 

 Hon. Ph.D, Washington and Jefferson, 86; D.D, 

 Amherst, 88; LL.D, Dickinson, 96; N. V. Univ, 

 97; Sc.D, Washington and Jefferson, 02; LL.D, 

 St. Andrew's, 05. F.A.A; Phila. Acad; Wash. 

 Entom. Soc; cor. mem. N. Y. Entom. Soc; W. 

 Pa. Entom. Soc. (pres.); Cambridge Entom. 

 Club (pres, 89) ; Col. Ass. Middle States and 

 Md. (pres, 96) ; Pa. Hist. Soc; Moravian Hist. 

 Soc; London Zool. Soc; fel. London Entom. 

 Soc; Soc. entom. de France; Entom. Gesell. 

 Iris; lion. mem. Swedish Soc. Anthrop. and 

 Geog. Entomology; paleontology; ornithology; 

 history; archeology; museum administration. 

 Avi-fauna of East Africa; Lepidoptera of Co- 

 lombia, South America, of North America, trop- 

 ical West Africa and Malaysia; museum admin- 

 istration. 



Hollick, Dr. (Charles) Arthur, N. Y. Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y. *Geology, 

 Paleobotany. New Brighton, N. Y, Feb. 6, 57. 

 Ph.B, Columbia, 79; Ph.D, Columbian, 97. Pri- 

 vate asst. to Prof. J. S. Newberry, Dept. Geol, 

 Columbia, 81-91, asst. geol, Columbia, 91-92, 

 tutor, 93-00; asst. curator, Dept. Fossil Bot, N. 

 Y. Bot. Garden, 01- With U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 and N. Y, N. J, Md. and La. State Geol. Sur- 

 veys, 8 1- ; mem. Board of Health, New Brighton, 

 86-92; mem. and pres, Boulevard Commission, 

 Port Richmond, N. Y, 96; mem. and v. pres, 

 Park Commission, Richmond Co, N. Y, 97-00, 

 pres, 01-04. F.A.A. (sec'y, E, 99, mem. Council, 

 01); Geol. Soc; Bot. Soc. (treas, 96-); fel. N. 

 Y. Acad; Torrey Bot. Club (sec'y, 83-88); 

 Staten Isl. Nat. Sci. Ass. (sec'y, 81-). Ecology; 

 paleobotany; Miocene and Pleistocene floras of 

 Maryland. Miocene flora of New Jersey; Creta- 

 ceous flora of New Jersey, Staten Island, Long 

 Island, Block Island and Marthas Vineyard. 



Hollis, Dr. Frederick S (teams), 29 Norton St, 

 New Haven, Conn. Chemistry, Bacteriology, 

 Microscopy. Dedhani, Mass, Aug. 26, 67. B.S, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 90; Ph.D, Hopkins, 96. Asst. 

 chemist, Boston Water Board, 90-93, chemist 

 and biologist in charge of Lab, 96-98 ; Mass. 

 Metrop. Water Board, 98-00; instr. chem, Med. 

 Sch, Yale, and asst. chemist and biologist, State 



