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Thompson, Dr. W(illiam) Gilman, 34 E. 31st St, 

 New York, N. Y. Medicine. New York, Dec. 

 25, 56. Tli.B, Yale, 77; M.D, Columbia, 81. 

 Visiting physician, Bellevue and Presbyterian 

 Hospitals; prof, med, Med. Col, Cornell, 98- 

 Visiting physician, N. Y. Hosp, 87-95; prof, 

 physiol. and mat. med, Med. Sch, N. Y. Univ, 

 87-98. F.A.A; Am. Physicians; Am. Med. Ass; 

 N. Y. State Med. Ass; N. Y. Med. and Surg. 

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

 Y. Clin. Soc; N. Y. Practitioners' Soc; fel. N. 

 Y. Acad. Medicine. 



Thomson, Elihu, 22 Monument Ave, Swampscott, 

 Mass. ^Electrical engineering. Manchester, 

 England, March 29, 53. A.B, A.M, Central 

 High Sch, Phila, 70. Asst. prof, chem, Central 

 High Sch, Phila, 70-75, prof, 75-80; electrician, 

 Thomson-Houston and Gen. Elec. Companies, 

 80- Mem. corporation, Mass. Inst. Tech. John 

 Scott medals, 88, 00; Grand Prix (elec. inven- 

 tion), Paris, 89, 00; Rumford medal, 01; Chev- 

 alier and Officier Le"gion d'honneur, 89; hon. 

 A.M, Yale, 90; Ph.D, Tufts, 96. U. S. dele- 

 gate, Int. Elec. Cong, 93; St. Louis, 04 (pres, 

 Chamber of Delegates, pres. of Cong.). F.A.A. 

 (v. pres, 99) ; Physical Soc; Elec. Eng. (past 

 pres.) ; Chem. Soc; Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; 

 hon. mem. British Inst. Elec. Eng; British Inst. 

 Civil Eng. Phenomena of alternating current 

 induction; high potentials and high frequency 

 apparatus; electric welding. General develop- 

 ment in electricity and allied fields. 



Thomson, Dr. William, 1426 Walnut St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Ophthalmology, Surgery. Cham- 

 bersburg, Pa, Jan. 28, 33. M.D, Jefferson Med. 

 Col, 55. Practising physician, 56-61; surgeon 

 and director of Govt, hospitals, U. S. A, 61-68; 

 asst. surgeon diseases of the eye, Wills Hosp, 

 Phila, 68-72, surgeon, 72-77, emer. surgeon, 

 77-96, surgeon, 96-; clin. lecturer diseases of 

 eye and ear, Jefferson Med. Col, 73-80 ; ophthal. 

 surgeon, Jefferson Med. Col. Hosp, 77-; hon. 

 prof, ophthal, Jefferson Med. Col, 80-95, prof, 

 95-97, emer. prof, 97- Eye and ear expert, 

 Pa. R. R. and Reading R. R, 80-; ed. path, 

 ' Annual of the Med. Sciences,' 89. Int. Med. 

 Cong, Phila. (v. pres, Ophthal. Sect.). F.A.A; 

 Am. Med. Ass; fel. Surg. Ass; Ophthal. Soc; 

 Otol. Soc; Philos. Soc; Pa. Med. Soc; Phila. Co. 

 Med. Soc; Phila. Ophthal. Soc; Phila. Acad; 

 fel. Phila. Col. Physicians; Phila. Path. Soc; 

 hon. mem. N. Y. Neur. Soc. Ophthalmology; 

 otology; color vision and color-blindness; acute- 

 ness of vision and hearing. 



Thornber, Prof. J(ohn) J(ames), University of 

 Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Botany, Biology. Ran- 

 toul, Ills, Feb. 8, 72. B.S, S. Dak. Agr. Col, 

 95; B.S, Nebraska, 97, A.M, 01. Instr. sci- 

 ences, High Sch, Nebr. City, 97-01; botanist, 

 Exp. Sta, and biologist, Arizona, 01- Asst, 

 Nebr. Bot. Surv, 97-01. F.A.A; Bot. Cent. 

 States; Int. Ass. Bot. Ecological aspects of 

 the flora of eastern Nebraska. Taxonomy and 

 ecology of the flora of Arizona. 



Thornburg, Prof. C(harles) L(ewis), 308 Packer 

 Ave, South Bethlehem, Pa. Mathematics, As- 

 tronomy. Barboursville, W. Va, April 17, 59. 

 Fellow, Vanderbilt, 80-83, B.S, 81, B.E, 82, C.E, 

 83, Ph.D, 84. Teacher, pub. schools, W. Va, 

 77-80; asst. eng, Vanderbilt, 84, instr, 85-87, 

 adj. prof, 87-95; prof. math, and astron, Le- 

 high, 95- F.A.A; Math. Soc; Eng. Educ. 



Thorndike, Prof. Edward L(ee), Teachers College, 

 New York, N. Y. *Psychology. Williamsburg, 

 Mass, Aug. 31, 74. A.B, Wesleyan, 95; A.B, 

 Harvard, 96, A.M, 97; Ph.D, Columbia, 98. 

 Instr. educ. and teaching, Col. for Women, 

 Western Reserve, 98-99; genetic psychol, Teach- 

 ers Col, Columbia, 99-01, adj. prof, 01-03, prof, 

 Off- Head, Dept. Comp. Psychol, Woods Hole, 

 00-02. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Psychol. Ass; Philos. 

 Ass; fel. N. Y. Acad. Animal psychology; edu- 

 cational psychology (fatigue, training, func- 

 tional relationships). Inheritance of mental 

 traits ; functional relationships of mental traits. 



Thorp, Prof. F(rank) H(all), 45 Oriole St, West 

 Roxbury, Mass. *Chemical technology. Bloom- 

 ington. Ills, Feb. 25, 64. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 89; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 93. Asst. chem, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 89-91, instr, 94-00, asst. prof, indust. 

 chem, 01- Field asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 86-87. 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Chem. Gesell. 

 The preparation of boiled linseed oil; oxims 

 of substituted benzophenones. 



Thruston, Gen. Gates P(hillips), Nashville, Tenn. 

 History, Archeology, Numismatics. Dayton, O, 

 June 11, 35. A.B, A.M, Miami, 55. Tenn. 

 commissioner, Paris Expos. L.H.D, Miami. 

 F.A.A; Tenn. Hist. Soc. (v. pres, 85-) ; cor. 

 mem. N. Y. Archeol. and Numis. Soc; cor. mem. 

 Phila. Numis. and Antiq. Soc. Archeology; 

 numismatics. Archeology and history of Ten- 

 nessee; history of the Civil War. 



Thruston, R(ogers) C(lark) Ballard, Louisville, 

 Ky. Mining, Geology. Louisville, Nov. 6, 

 58. Ph.B, Yale, 80. With Ky. Geol. Surv, 

 82-87; Ky. Union Land Co, 89-95; mining engi- 

 neer. F.A.A. Metallurgy of coal. 



Thwing, Prof. Charles B(urton), 121 Phelps Place, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. *Physics. Theresa, N. Y, 

 March 9, 60. A.B, Northwestern, 88; Ph.D, 

 Bonn, 94. Instr. physics, Acad, Northwestern, 

 88-93; Wisconsin, 94-96; prof, Knox, 96-01; 

 Syracuse, 01- Physical Soc. Dielectric con- 

 stant; gravitation; color photography; thermo- 

 electric properties of alloys; conductivity of 

 metals. 



Tight, Pres. W(illiam) G(eorge), Albuquerque, N. 

 Mex. Geology. Granville, O, March 12, 65. 

 A.B, Denison, 86, A.M, 87; Ph.D, Chicago, 02. 

 Prof. geol. and nat. hist, Denison, 87-01 ; 

 pres. and prof, geol, New Mexico, 01- F.A.A; 

 Geol. Soc. (pres, Cordilleran Sect, 05) ; Ohio 

 Acad. Physiography and glacial geology of 

 Ohio. Geological problems in New Mexico. 



Tilden, Prof. Josephine E(lizabeth), University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Botany. Daven- 

 port, la. B.S, Minnesota, 95. Instr. bot, Minne- 



