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nat. science, Friends Acad, and Rowland Inst, 

 Union Springs, N. Y, 59-68 ; prof, bot, Chicago, 

 * 68-70; lecturer, Mich. Agr. Col, 70-71, prof, 

 bot. and hort, 71-81, bot. and forestry and 

 curator, museum, 82-03, lot, 03-10, emer. prof, 

 10- Director, State Forestry Commission, Mich, 

 88-92. Wilder silver medal, Pomol. Soc. A. A. 

 (v. pres, 83); Bot. Soc; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 

 (pres, 82); Pomol. Soc; Bot. Cent. States; Mich. 

 Acad, (pres, 92). Grasses; seed dispersal; pol- 

 lination of plants; trees; weeds; how plants 

 protect themselves. 



Beal, W(iUiam) O(tis), University of Minnesota, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. Astronomy. Eollin. Mich, 

 Feb. 18, 74. B.S, Earlham, 96; Earlham fellow, 

 Haverford, 96-97, A.M, 97; fellow, Chicago, 01^ 

 02, 12-13, M.S, 02. Instr. math, Mich. Agr. 

 Col, 97-00; Chicago Manual Training High Sch, 

 02-03; 111. Col, 03-04; asst. prof, 04-05, prof, 

 05-12; asst. astronomer, Minnesota, 13- A.A; 

 Astron. Soc; Math. Soc; Cent. Ass. Sci. and 

 Math. Teachers. Periodic orbits ; proper motion 

 of stars; comet positions. 



Bean, Barton A(ppler), U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. Ichthyology. Bainbridge, 

 Pa, May 21, 60. Academy; private study. 

 Clerk, aid, asst. curator and later acting cura- 

 tor. If. S. Nat. Museum, 81- Mem. Baltimore 

 Geog. Soc. exped. to the Bahamas, 03; various 

 minor expeditions to Wash, Oregon and Fla. for 

 U. S. Fish Commission and U. S. Nat. Museum. 

 Medal, Columbian Expos, 93; Atlanta, Nash- 

 ville, Omaha, Pan-Am, Charleston and La. Pur- 

 chase; silver medal and diploma, Paris Expos, 

 00. Fisheries Soc; Wash. Biol. Soc. Fishes of 

 the Atlantic coast, especially of Florida, the 

 Bahamas and deep water; the poisonous toad 

 fishes (Thalassophryne) ; genus Lepomis; deep- 

 water skates off south Atlantic coast; reports 

 on fishes of the earlier explorations by United 

 States Government; Rhinodon on the Atlantic 

 coast of America; fishes of Vancouver Island, 

 B. C. 



Bean, Prof. C(harles) Homer, 622 Boyd Ave, 

 Baton Eouge, La. Psychology. Petersburg, 

 Ohio, Feb. 28, 70. A.B, Nebraska, 99; Chicago; 

 Ph.D, Columbia, 12. Asst. prof, psychol, Ind. 

 State Nor. Sch, 04-14; prof, psychol. and educ. 

 Louisiana, 15- A.A ; Psychol. Ass. Educational 

 psycholog;v' ; reviews; standard tests; forget- 

 ting; temporary blindness. 



Bean, E(mest) F, Science Hall, Madison, Wis. 

 Geology. Zearing, Iowa, Jan. 30, 82. A.B, 

 Wisconsin, 09, A.M. 11. Instr. geol, Wisconsin, 

 11-15, asst. prof, 15-17; asst. Nat. Geog. Soc 

 exped. to Alaska, 09-10; geologist. Wis. Geol. 

 Surv, 11, chief of parties, 13-15, asst. state 

 geologist, 16- A.A. Economic geology of the 

 Pre-Cambrian ; areal and glacial geology. 



Bean, Prof. Il(obert) Bennett, University, Va. 

 Anatomy, Anthropologu. Gala Water, Va, March 

 24, 74. ' B.S, Virginia Polytech, 00 ; M.D, Hop- 

 kins, 04. Asst. anat, Hophiius, 04-05; instr, 

 Michigan, 05-07; asst. prof, Univ. Philippines, 

 07-08, assoc. prof, 08-10; Tulane, 10-16; prof, 

 Virginia, 16- Lecturer heredity. Teachers' As- 

 sembly, Baguio, 08; govt, investigator Benguet 

 Tgorots, 08. A.A; Ass. Anat; Anthrop. Ass. 

 (councilor, 19). Human types and their geo- 



graphical distribution; Filipinos; American ne- 

 groes; growth; weight of organs; weight of 

 parts of the leg in living men; sitting height; 

 relation of ear form to susceptibility and im- 

 munity to disease and to race and type. 



Beans, Prof, Hal T(rueman), Columbia Universi- 

 ty, New York^ N. Y. Chemistry. Pleasanton, 

 lians, Aug. 20, 76. B.S, Nebraska, 99, A.M, 

 00 ; Ph.D, Columbia, 04. Instr. chem, Columbii, 

 03-11, asst. prof, and later assoc. prof, 11- 

 Chem. Soc. Inorganic, physical and analytical 

 chemistrj"; colloids. 



Bear, Prof. Firman E(dward), Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Colum.bus, Ohio. Agriculture. German- 

 town, Ohio, May 21, 84. B.S, Ohio State, 08, 

 M.S, 10; Ph.D, Wisconsin, 17. Instr. agr. chem. 

 and soils, Ohio State, 08-10, asst. prof, 10-13; 

 prof, soils in charge soil investigations, West 

 Virginia, 14-16; prof. agr. chem. and soils, 

 Ohio State, 16- A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Agron. 

 Agricultural chemistry; lime and bacteria in 

 soils; nitrogen fixation and loss. 



Beard, J(ames) T(hom), 58 Washington Ave, 

 Danbury, Conn. Civil and mining engineering. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 19, 55. C.E, E.M, Colum- 

 bia, 77. Asst. engineer, N. Y. and Brooklyn 

 Bridge, 77-80; asst. and div. eng, C. B. and Q. 

 R. E, 80-83; U. S. Dept. Min. Surv, 83-85; 

 mining engineer, Colo. Fuel and Iron Co, 85-96; 

 principal, sch. mines. Int. Cor. Schools, and 

 assoc. ed, 'Mines and Minerals,' 96-11; senior 

 assoc. ed, 'Coal Age,' 11- A.A.; Min. Eng; 

 Min. and Metal. Soc; Mine Inspectors' Inst; 

 N, of England Inst. Min. and Mech. Eng. 

 Mine ventilation, gases and explosions; safety 

 lamps; design of centrifugal ventilators; detec- 

 tion of mine gases. 



Beard, Dr. J(oseph) H(oward), University of 

 Illinois, Urbana, 111. Physiology. Linden Hill, 

 Md, Jan. 12, 83. A.B, St. John's (Md), 02, 

 A.M, 12; M.D, Hopkins. Instr. physiol, Illi- 

 nois, 12-18, prof, hygiene a7id univ. health offi- 

 cer, 18- Am. Med. Ass; Pub. Health Ass. In- 

 ternal medicine; urinalysis during pregnancy; 

 the relations of certain industries to disease; 

 nervousness; health education. 



Beard, Dr. R(ichard) O(lding), tjniversity of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Physiology. 

 Middlesex, England, Dee. 20, 56. M.D, North- 

 western, 82. Prof, physiol. and director, dept. 

 physiol. and Pharmacol, Minnesota, 87- Assoc. 

 Am. Med. Ass; Pub. Health Ass; Minn. Acad. 

 Med. (past pres). NerA^ous system; dietetics; 

 physiological chemistry; food adulteration. 



Beardslee, H(enry) C(urtis), Perry, Ohio. Bot- 

 any. Painesville, Ohio, Sept. 28, 65. A.B, 

 Western Reserve, 89, A.M, 92. Teacher science, 

 Univ. Sch, Cleveland, 90-01 ; senior master, 

 Asheville Sch, 01-20. A.A; Phytopath. Soc; 

 Ohio Acad, (trustee, 97-00) ; N. C. Acad. 

 Fleshy fungi; fungous flora of North Carolina. 



Beardsley, J(ames) W(allace), 134 Eider Ave. 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Civil engineering. Coventry. N.Y, 

 Sept. 11, 60. C.E, Cornell, 91. Asst. engineer, 

 sanit. dist, Chicago, 92-98; Deep Waterway 

 Commission, 98-00; with canal and harbor 

 works, corps engineers, U.S. A, 00-02; consult- 

 ing engineer, Philippine Commission, and direc- 

 tor, pub. workSj P. 1, 02-08; investigator of 



