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Am. Commission to Negotiate Peace. 19. A. A; 

 Library Ass; Zool. Gesell; Anat. Gesell; Sec. 

 zool. de France; Schweiz. Nat. Gesell; hon. 

 mem. Leipzig Nat. Gesell ; Ziirich Nat. Gesell ; 

 Unione Zool. Ital. Development of the pro- 

 nephric system, the vascular system and the 

 spinal column; pronephros in Amphiuma ; lym- 

 phatics of the frog; microscopic technique; 

 scientific bibliography. [Died April 5, 21.] 

 Field, Prof. I(rving) A(ngell), Clark College, 

 Worcester, Mass. Zoology. Winona, Minn, 

 Juno 16, 79. B.S, Denison,'03; Harvard, 03-06, 

 A.M, 12; hon. fellow, Clark, 11-19, Ph.D. 13. 

 Instr. ornith, Denison, 02-03 ; asst. zool, Har- 

 vard, 03-05, Austin teaching fellow, 05-06; 

 prof. chem. and biol. West. Maryland, 06-11; 

 instr. liol, Clark Col, 11-13, asst. prof, 13-16, 

 assoe. prof, 16-18, prof, 18- Scientific asst, 

 IT. S. Bur. Fisheries, summers, 02-16, surv. mus- 

 sel beds, North Atlantic Coast, summers, 17, 18. 

 Seventh Int. Zool. Cong. Boston; fourth Int. 

 Fisheries Cong, Washington, D. C. A. A; Fish- 

 eries Soc; Wilson Ornith. Club. Ornithology; 

 fisheries; biology and economic value of Mytilus 

 edulis; algal gelatins. 

 Field, Prof. Peter, 904 Olivia Ave, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. Mathematics. Mitchell Co, Iowa, Sept. 

 1, 76. B.S, Minnesota, 96, M.S, 97; fellow, 

 Cornell, 98-99, Ph.D, 02. Prof, math, Carthage, 

 99-03; instr, Michigan, 03-07, asst. prof, 07- 

 13, assoc. prof, 13-19, prof, 19- Asst. math, 

 Cornell, 01-02. A.A; Math. Soc, Analytical 

 mechanics; forms of quintic curves; the circuits 

 of a plane curve; plane quintic curve with five 

 real cusps; theory of friction. 

 Field, Prof. Richard M(ontgomery), Brown "Uni- 

 versity, Providence, E. I. Geology. Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass, April 21, 85. B.S, Harvard, 10, 

 A.M, 14, Ph.D, 19. Asst. geol, Harvard, 15; 

 lecturer and instr. geol. Brown, 16-19; asst. 

 invert, paleont, museum comp. zool, Harvard, 

 18; asst. prof, geol. Brown, 20- A.A; Paleont. 

 Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Paleontology; 

 stratigraphy; historical geology; X-ray photog- 

 raphy of fossils; origin of limestones; intra- 

 form'ational structures; stratigraphy of Penn- 

 sylvania. 

 Field, Robert F(ranklin), 132 Appleton St, Cam- 

 bridgre, Mass. Physics. Center Tuftsboro. N. 

 H, July 10, 85. a!b. Brown, 06, A.M, 07 ; Har- 

 vard, 16. Instr. physics, 10-15; Harvard, 17- 

 A.A; Physical Soc; Radio Eng. High fre- 

 quency resistance of coils and condensers; se- 

 lective radio telegraphic sets. 

 Field, William L(usk) WCebster), Milton Acad- 

 emy, Milton, Mass. Zoology. Milton, July 17, 

 76. Harvard, 94-98. Instr. nat. science. Milton 

 Acad, 00-14, asst. head master, 14-17, head 

 master, 17- Instr, Alstead Sch, Nat. Hist, sum- 

 mers, 99-04; ed, 'Psyche,' 04-09. A.A; Soc. 

 Nat; Entom. Soc; New Eng. Bot. Club; Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist; Cambridge Entom. Club; Har- 

 vard Travellers Club; Harvard Teachers Ass; 

 Harvard Eng. Soc. Experimental evolution; 

 insects; variation; variation and inheritance in 

 Lepidoptera. 

 Fieldner, A (mo) C(arl), Bureau of Mines, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. ^Chemistry. Ney, Ohio, Dec. 12, 

 81. B.S, Ohio State, 06. Indust. fuel engineer 



and chemist, 06-07 ; asst. chemist, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv. and Bur. Mines, 07-13 ; chemist in charge 

 fuels, chem. lab, Pittshurgh Exp. Sta, Bur. 

 Mines, 13-17, supervising chemist, 19- Chemist 

 in charge, gas mask research sect. Am. Univ. 

 Erp. Sta, U. S. Bur. Mines, 17-18; major, 

 C. W. S, 19. Chem. Soc. (chairman, Pittsburgh 

 sect, 15, councilor, 16-18); Soc. Test. Mat; 

 West. Pa. Eng. Soc. Fuels; gas; coal and coke; 

 coal ash and slags; gas masks. 



Fields, Dr. J(olin) Charles, University of Toronto, 

 Toronto, Can. Mathematics. Hamilton, Can, 

 :Mav 14, 63. B.A, Toronto, 84; fellow, Hop- 

 kins, 85-86, fellow by courtesy, 86-89, Ph.D, 

 87; Paris, Gottingen and Berlin, 93-00. Prof. 

 math, Allegheny, 89-92; special lecturer, To- 

 ronto, 02-04, assoc. prof, 04-14, prof, 14- A.A; 

 Math. Soc; fel. Royal Soc. Can. (pres, sect. 

 Ill); Can. Inst, (pres, 19); fel. Royal Soc; 

 London Math. Soc; Soc. math, de France. Al- 

 gebraic functions and Abelian integrals; theory 

 of the algebraic functions of one or more vari- 

 ables; theory of algebraic numbers. 



Fields, W (alter) S(amuel), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Plant pathol- 

 ogy. Buffalo, N. y, July 22, 86. B.S, Mich. 

 Agr. Col, 13. Instr. plant path, Arkansas, 13- 

 16, asst. prof, 16-18; asst. state pathologist, 

 Ark, 13-18; exten. pathologist, Miss, 18-19; 

 paih. inspector, fed. hort. board, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 19- Phytopath. Soc; Wash, Bot. Soc. 



Finch, J(ohn) W(eUington), 301 High St, Denver, 

 Colo. Geology. Earlville, N. Y, Nov. 3, 73. 

 A.B, Colgate, 97, A.M, 98; fellow, Chicago, 

 98-99. Instr. geol. and physics, Colgate, 98; 

 geol, Chicago, 99; consulting geologist, 01-16; 

 state geologist, Colo, 01-04 ; gen. manager, Gold- 

 field Cons. Mines Co, 06-07; v. pres. and gen. 

 manager, N. Y. Orient Mines Co, 16- A.A; 

 Min. Eng; Colo. Sci. Soc. 



Finch. Prof. V(emor) C(lifford), College Hitls, 

 Madison, Wis. Geography. Tecumseh, Mich, 

 83. B.S, Kalamazoo, 08; Chicago, 08; Ph.D, 

 Wisconsin, 16. Instr, asst. prof, and later assoc. 

 prof, geog, Wisconsin, 11- Asst. agr. geog, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 15; special expert foreign trade 

 and shipping, U. S. Shipping Board, 18-19. 

 Economic and agricultural geography. 



Findlay, Prof. M(erlin) C(haraberlin), Parkville, 

 Mo. Anatomy. Franklinville, N. Y, Oct. 24, 

 68. A.B, Hamilton, 92, A.M, 95; Chicago; 

 Minnesota; Sc.D, Park, 17. Prof, biol, Park, 

 92- A.A; Micros. Soc; Health League. 



Findlay, Dr. WiUiam, McMaster University, To- 

 ronto, Can. Mathematics. Glanford, Ont, June 

 21. 74. B.A, McMaster, 96. M.A, 98; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 01. Tutor math, Barnard, Columbia, 

 01-05 ; prof, McMaster, 05- Math. Soc. Finite 

 groups. 



Fine, Prof. H(enry) B(urchard), Princeton, N. J. 

 * Mathematics. Chambersburg, Pa, Sept. 14, 58. 

 A.B, Princeton, 80; Ph.D, Leipzig, 85; LL.D, 

 Williams, 09. Tutor math, Princeton, 81-84, 

 asst. prof, 85-90, prof, 91-, dean, 03-12, depart- 

 ments of science, IS- Math. Soc; Philos. Soc. 

 Singularities of curves; functions defined by 

 differential equations; number concept. 



