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Ass. Medical pathology; psychiatry; physiol- 

 ogy. 

 Edgar, Prof. Graham, University, Va. Chemistry. 

 Fayetteville, Ark, Sept. 19, 87. B.S, Kentucky, 

 07; Ph.D, Yale, 09. Instr. chem, Virginia, 09- 

 10, adj. prof, 10-12, assoc. prof, 12-17; prof, 

 Throop, 17-18; Virginia, 19- Exec, sec'y, re- 

 search information service, Nat. Kesearch Coun- 

 cil, 18-19; consulting chemist, nitrate div, 

 ordnance dept, 19. A. A; Chem. Soc. Physical 

 and analytical chemistry; analysis of vanadium; 

 reaction velocity in heterogeneous systems; dif- 

 fusion of iodin. 



Edgar, Prof. J(ames) Clifton, 28 W. 56th St, New 

 York, N. Y. Obstetrics. New York, June 14, 

 59. Ph.B, Lafayette, 82, A.B. A.M, 85; M.D, 

 N. Y. Univ, 85. Prof, obstet. and din. mid- 

 wifery, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col, 85- 

 98; med. col, Cornell, 98- Attending obstetri- 

 cian, Bellevue Hosp; obstet. surgeon, Manhattan 

 Maternity and Dispensary; consulting obstetri- 

 cian, N. Y. Maternity and Jewish Hospitals. 

 Gynec. Soc. (v. pres, 04) ; Am. Med. Ass; N. Y. 

 Obstet. Soc. (pres, 08); N. Y. Acad. Med. 

 Toxemia of pregnancy; hepatic insufl&eiency ; 

 instrumental dilatation of the pregnant and par- 

 turient cervix; obstetric teaching; urine of 

 pregnancy; ophthalmia of the newly-born.^ 



Edgerton, Dr. C(laude) WCilbur), Louisiana Ex- 

 periment Station, Baton Eouge, La. Mycology, 

 Plant pathology. Woodbine, Iowa, March 9, 80. 

 B.S, Nebraska, 03; Ph.D, Cornell, 08. Asst. 

 bot, Cornell, 05-07, instr, 07-08; plant patholo- 

 gist, La. Exp. Sta, 08- Assoc, ed, 'Phytopath,' 

 16-18. A.A; Phytopath. Soc; Bot. Soc. An- 

 thraenose diseases of plants; diseases of cotton, 

 rice, sugar-cane, alfalfa and truck crops. 



Edison, Dr. Tho(ma)s A(lva), Orange, N. J. 

 *Pliysics. Milan, Ohio, Feb. 11, 47. Self edu- 

 cated; hon. Ph.D, Union, 78; hon. Sc.D, 

 Princeton, 15; LL.D, Univ. State N. Y. Tele- 

 graph operator up to 69; elec. engineer aiid 

 inventor, 69- Commander Legion d'honneur; 

 Adelskiold gold medal, Eoyal Acad, Stock- 

 holm. A.A; Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng; Min. Eng; 

 Philos. Soc; Eoyal Swedish Acad. Science as 

 applied to invention; quadruples and sextuplex 

 telegraphic transmission; microtastimeter ; pho- 

 nograph; aeroplane; incandescent lamp and 

 light system; moving pictures; alkaline storage 

 battery; mimeograph; poured concrete houses; 

 transmitter of the telephone. 



Edmonds, Dr. Harry M(arcus) W(eston), De- 

 partment of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Physics. Oshkosh, Wis, June 25, 62. 

 A.B, California, 82; M.D, Hahnemann Med. 

 Col, 93; Grottingen, Bonn, Leipzig. Observer 



and magnetic observer in charge, Sitka Magnetic 

 Observatory, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 89- 

 09; magnetician, dept. terrestrial magnetism, 

 Carnegie Institution, 09- Commander, yacht 

 'Carnegie,' Carnegie Institution, 17-18; in 

 charge, Huancayo Magnetic Observatory, Peru, 

 19-21. Magnetism. ' 



Edmondson, Prof. C(liarles) H(oward), University* 

 of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, Zoology. Milton, 

 Iowa, Oct. 14, 76. Ph.B, Iowa, 03, M.S, 04,' 

 Ph.D, 06. Prof, biol, Iowa Wesleyan, 06-07; 

 nat. hist, Washburn, 07-08, zool. and physiol, 



.08-13; asst. prof, and later prof, zool, Oregon, 

 13-20; U7iiv. of Hawaii, 20- A.A; Soc. Zool; 

 West. Soc. Nat; Micros. Soc; Calif. Acad. 

 Protozoa of Iowa; high mountain lakes of Colo- 

 rado, Japan and of De\-irs Lake; reformation 

 of the crystalline style in Mya arenaria; shell- 

 fish of northwest coast. 



Edmondson, Prof. C(larence) E(dmund), Bloom- 



ington, Ind. Physiology, Hygiene. Ellettsville, 

 Ind, April 9, 83. A.B, Indiana, 06, A.M, 12, 

 Ph.D, 14. Instr. physiol, Indiana, 12-16, asst. 

 prof, 16-19, assoc. prof, physiol. and director, 

 dept. hygiene, 19- A.A; Ind. Acad. Physiol- 

 ogy of the thyroid and thymus glands. 



Edmondson, Prof. T(homas) W(illiam), 141 

 Franklin Ave, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Mathematics. 

 Skipton, England, June 26, 69. A.B, London, 

 88; A.B, Cambridge, 91; fellow, Clark, 94-96, 

 Ph.D, 96. Asst. prof, physics, N. Y. Univ, 96- 

 03, assoc. prof, 03-05, prof, math, 05- Acting 

 dean, grad. sch, 16- Asst. tutor math, and 

 physics, Univ. Correspondence Col, Cambridge, 

 England, 89-93. Math. Soc; Math. Ass. Spark 

 discharge in dielectrics; theory of potential; 

 spherical harmonic analysis; theory of curves. 



Edmonston, W(illiam) D(ouglas), Tucson, Ariz. 

 Entomology. Edinburgh, Scotland, 70. Grad, 

 Eoyal Inst. Edinburgh, 87. Forest agent, 

 U. S, Dept. Interior, 01-05; U. S. Forest 

 Service, 05-10; entom. asst, in charge South. 

 IRocTcy Mt. Sta, bur. entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 10- 

 Bronze medal, Int. Forestry Exhibit, Edinburgh, 

 84. A.A; Entom. Soc; cor. mem. Wash. Entom. 

 Soc. Forest insects; relation of lightning and 

 insects to the death of trees. 



Edmunds, Dr. Clia(rle)s K(eyser), Canton, China. 

 Physics, Electrical engineering. Baltimore, ^Md, 

 Sept. 21, 76. Baltimore City Col, 90-93; A.B, 

 Hopkins, 97, fellow, 02-03, Ph.D, 03. Acting 

 prof, physics, Utah, 98-99; magnetic observer, 

 U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 00; instr. physics, 

 high sch, Washington, D. C, 00-01 ; prof, physics 

 and elec. eng. Canton Christian Col, China, 03-, 

 pres, 08-; observer in charge. Magnetic Surv. of 

 China Coast, Carnegie Institution, 06-17. A.A; 

 Physical Soc; assoc. Elec. Eng; Am. Ass. of 

 China. Optical properties of selenium; the mag- 

 netic field of the earth in China; geographical 

 studies in China. 



Edmunds, Prof. C(harles) W(allis), University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Pharmacology, 

 Therapeutics. Bridport, England, Feb. 22, 73. 

 Indiana, 94r-95; M.D, Michigan, 01, A.B, 04. 

 Prof. mat. med. and therapeut, Michigan, 07-, 

 asst. dean and sec'y, med. sch. Mem. com- 

 mittee of revision, U. S. Pharmacopoeia, 10- 

 Physiol. Soc; Am. Med. Ass; Soc. Pharmacol; 

 assoc. mem. Am. Physicians; Soc. Exp. Biol. 



Edquist, Prof. J(oshua) A(nderson), St. Peter, 



Minn. Biology. Knoxville, 111, April 16, 62. 

 A.B, Augustana, 86, A.M, 95; M.Di, Iowa State 

 Teachers' Col, 89; Minnesota, 94; Wisconsin, 

 02; Woods Hole, 04. Asst. science, Gu^tavv^ 

 Adolphus, 89-94, prof, nat. science, 95-15, 

 biol, 15- 



Edsall, Dr. David L(inn), Harvard Medical 

 School, Boston, Mass. ^Medicine. Hamburg, 

 N. J, July 6, 69. A.B, Princeton, 90, hon. Sc.D, 



