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to disease; yellow fever organism; flies in pub- 

 lic markets; plague. 

 Beyer, Prof. S(amuel) W(alker), Iowa State Col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. Geology. Clearfield, Pa, May 

 15, 65. B.S, Iowa State, 89 ; Ph.D, Hopkins, 95'. 

 Instr. geol, Iowa State, 91-95, asst. prof, 95-98, 

 prof, 98-, V. dean, eng. div, 08-17, dean, 17-18, 

 indust. science div, 19- Asst, Iowa Geol. Surv, 

 92-; asst. geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 01- A.A; 

 Geol. Soc. (councilor, 13) ; Min. Eng; Eng 

 Educ; Wash. Geol. Soc; fel. Iowa Acad. (v. 

 pres, 08). Economic geology; Iowa clays, 

 quarry products and peat deposits; Iowa road 

 and concrete materials. 



Bibbiiis, Prof. A(rthur Bameveld), Lee Mineral 

 Co, 201 Park Ave, Baltimore, Md. Geology. 

 Hanover, Mich, Aug. 6, 60. Ph.B, Albion, 87; 

 Hopkins, 87-89. Curator and head, dept. geol. 

 and miner, Goucher, 92-16; investigator for oil 

 and gas. Mem. Md. Geol. Surv; U. S. Geol. 

 Surv. A. A; Md. Acad, (pres, 20-). The Po- 

 tomac group. 



Bichowsky, Dr. F(rancis) Russell v, Geophysical 

 Laboratory, Washington, D. C. Physical chem- 

 istry. San Gabriel, Calif, Feb. 19, 89. A.B, 

 Pomona, 12; M.S, California, 14, Ph.D, 16. 

 Physical chemist, geophys. lab, Carnegie Institu- 

 tion, 16-19; research felloio, Nat. Research 

 Council, California, 19- Chem. Soc; Physical 

 Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Equilibria in the hy- 

 drogen-sulphur-oxygen system ; atom structure ; 

 radiation law; low temperature calorimetry. 



Bicknell, "E(ugene) P(intard), 30 Pine St, New 

 York, X. Y. Botany, Ornithology. Woodmere, 

 L. I, N. Y. A.A; Bot. Soc; fel. Ornith. Union; 

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Biddle, Dr. H(enry) C(halmers), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. Chemistry. Kirk- 

 wood, 111, Oct. 4, 69. A.B, Monmouth, 91; 

 grad, McCormick Theol. Sem, 96; fellow, Chi- 

 cago, 97-99, Ph.D, 00. Instr. chem. and physics, 

 Monmouth, 91-92, prof, 92-93; chem, Mary\alle, 

 99-00; asst, Chicago, 00-01; instr, California, 

 01-06, a.<ist. prof, 06- Chem. Soc; CTiem. Gesell. 

 Derivatives of formhydroxamic acid and their 

 relation to fulminie acid; the reduction of cop- 

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Bidwell, Dr. Charles C(larence), 105 Valentine 



Place, Ithaca, N. Y. Physics. Rochester, N. Y, 

 Oct. 23, 81. A.B. Rochester, 04; Ph.D, Cornell, 

 14. Instr, high sch, Cranford, N. J, 08-10; 

 physics, Cor7iell, 11-17; asst. prof, 17- Re- 

 search fellow, Carnegie Institution, 14-15. A.A; 

 Physical Soc. Thermo-electric relations in oxids; 

 carlion-graphite thermo-junction ; actual and 

 blnck-body toniporatures for various metals. 



Biefeld, Prof. P(aul), Denison University, Gran- 

 ville, Ohio. Physical chemistry. Konigswalde, 

 Germany, March 22, 67. B.S, Wisconsin, 94; 

 Ph.D, Ziirich, 00. Asst, high sch, Appleton, 

 Wis, 94-97; asst. jjhysics to Prof. H. F. Weber, 

 Ziirich, 99-00; prof, physics and math, Tech. 

 Ilildburghauson, Germany, 00-06; physics and 

 astron, Buchtel, 06-11; prof, astron. and di- 

 rector Swasey Observatory, Denison, 11- Asst, 

 Yerkes Observatory, summer, 19 ; mem. solar 



eclipse exped. to Colo, 18. Hon. mem. Sta. 

 Eng; Pacific Astron. Soc. Physics; electrical 

 engineering; electrolysis; constant of diffusion. 



Biehn, Prof. J(oseph) F(avll), 5444 Lakewood 

 Ave, Chicago, 111. Bacteriology. Chicago, April 

 1, 78. A.M, Northwestern, 98, M.D, 01; Post- 

 Grad. Med. Sch, 01-02. Instr. bacter. and clin. 

 path, Northwestern, 99-02; asst. prof, path, 

 Post-Grad. Med. Sch, 01-02; prof, bacter, 

 sanit. sciences and pub. health, Dearborn Med. 

 Sch, 03-05; supt. and bacteriologist, Munic. Lab, 

 Chicago, 04-09; director, scientific and research 

 laboratories, Abbott Allcaloidal Co, 09- Bacteri- 

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 Hosp. Training Schools, 01-04; prof, bacter. 

 and special path, Am. Med. Col; path, and 

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 value of antiseptics; bacteriology of scarlet 

 fever; methods of preserving vaccine; hemolytic 

 action of streptococci serums ; diphtheria ; water 

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 ventilation of street cars; opsonic therapy; 

 pasteurization of milk; sanitary examination of 

 waters of south shore of Lake Michigan; anti- 

 pneumococcus serums and opsonins. 



Bierring, Dr. Walter Ij(awrence), Bankers Trust 

 Building, Des Moines, Iowa. Pathology. Daven- 

 port, Iowa, July 15, 68. M.D, Iowa, 92, 94; 

 Vienna and Heidelberg, 92; Vienna, 93, 96, 01; 

 Pasteur Inst, Paris, 94. Prof. path, and bacter, 

 Iowa, 93-03, theory and practise of med. and 

 clin. med, 03-10; med, Drake, 10-13; pres, Iowa 

 State Board of Health, and med. examiner, 

 Iowa, 13- Mem. Nat. Board Med. Examiners, 

 16- A.A; Am. Med. Ass. (chairman, sect, 

 med, 19); Ass. Tuber; Am. Acad. Med. Bac- 

 teriology; hematology; pernicious anemia; chlo- 

 roma ; cardio-vascular diseases. 



Bigelow, Dr. Edward F(uller), Arcadia, Sound 

 Beach, Conn. Biology. Colchester, Conn, Jan. 

 14, 60. Yale, 96-97; Cold Spring Harbor, 99; 

 R. I. Col, 99; Woods Hole, 00-01; A.M, Ph.D, 

 Taylor, 99. Ed, various scientific magazines, 

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 Mag,' 20-; director, summer schools of nature 

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 Ass. (pres, 07-) ; Brooklyn Inst ; N. Y. Micros. 

 Soc. Germination of seeds and artificial growth 

 of plants with Sachs' solution; aquatic micros- 

 copy; life histories of insects; rabbits; honey 

 boes. 



Bigelow, Prof. Frank H(agar), Observatorio 

 Magnetico, Pilar, F. 0. C. A, Argentina. Meteor- 

 ology, Solar physics. Concord, Mass, Aug. 28, 

 51. A.B, Harvard, 73, A.M, 80; B.D, Episcopal 

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