AMEEICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Meteor. Soc. Cyclones; climate of the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



AUan, Prof. F(rancls) B(arclay), 380 Brunswick 

 Ave, Toronto, Can. Chemistry. Simcoe Co, 

 Ont, Nov. 4, 67. B.A, Toronto, 93, fellow, 

 93-95, M.A, Ph.D, 00. Asst. lecturer chem, 

 Toronto, 95-00, lecturer, 00-07, assoc. prof. org. 

 chem, 07-19, prof, ID- Chem. Soc; Royal Soc. 

 Can; Chem. Gesell. Bismuth salts; derivatives 

 of phthalic acid. 



Allan, Prof. John A(ndrew), University of Al- 

 berta, Edmonton, Alta, Can. Geology. Aubrey, 

 Que, July 31, 84. B.A, McGill, 07, M.S, 08; 

 Ph.D, Mass Inst. Tech, 12. Asst. geol, Mase. 

 Inst. Tech, 08-11; prof. geol. and miner, Al- 

 herta, 12-, in charge, dept. mining eng, 14- 

 Field geologist. Can. Geol. Surv, 06-15. A.A; 

 Geol. Soc; Can. Min. Inst. Mining; petrog- 

 raphy; structural geology and physiography of 

 the Canadian Rocky Mountains; oil gas; coal; 

 experimental eeramics. 



AUard, H(arry) A(rdell), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Botany. Ox- 

 ford, Mass, Jan. 28, 80. B.S, North Carolina, 

 05. Scientist, bur. plant indus, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 06- Wash. Entom. Soc. Plant breeding and 

 nutrition ; cotton ; the distribution of Fowler 's 

 toad; musical Orthoptera; mosaic diseases of to- 

 bacco; day length and plant growth. 



Allardice, Prof. R(obert) E(dgar), Stanford Uni- 

 versity, Calif. * Mathematics. Edinburgh, Scot- 

 land, March 2. 62. M.A, Edinburgh, 82. Asst. 

 prof, math, Edinburgh, 82-92; prof, Stanford, 

 92- Math. Soc; fel. Edinburgh Royal Soc; 

 Edinburgh Math. Soc. (ed, 'Proc,' 89-91), Math. 

 Soc. Geometry; properties of certain systems of 

 conies. 



Allee, Prof. W (aider) C(lyde), University of Chi- 

 cago, Chicago, 111. *Zoology. Bloomingdale, 

 Ind, June 5, 85. B.S, Earlham, 08; M.S, Chi- 

 cago, 10, Ph.D, 12. Asst. zool, Chicago, 10-12; 

 instr. bot, Illinois, 12-13; zool, Williams, 13-14; 

 asst. prof, Oklahoma, 14-15 ; prof, biol. Lake 

 Forest Col, 15-21 ; assoc. prof, zoo], Chicago, 21- 

 Instr. zool, Woods Hole, summers, 14-, in charge 

 invert, zool, 18- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. 

 (sec'y); Ecol. Soc; Entom. Soc. Seasonal suc- 

 cession in ponds ; rheotaxis in Isopoda ; ecology 

 and behavior of isopods, fish, May-fly nymphs 

 and Woods Hole invertebrates. 



Alleman, Prof. Gellert, Swarthmove College, 

 Swarthmore, Pa. Chemistry. Littlestown, Pa, 

 July 23, 71. B.S, Pennsylvania Col, 93; Ph.D, 

 Hopkins, 97. Instr. chem, Maine, 97-98; Wash- 

 ington (St. Louis), 98-02; prof, Swarthmore, 

 02- A.A; Chem. Soc^ Eleetrochem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indus; Franklin Inst; CHiem. Gesell. 

 Diazo-compounds; Portland cements; action of 

 chemicals on wood fiber; phenol ethers; anti- 

 septics; coal tars; creosote oils; asphalts; 

 strength of treated timbers; oxidation of pe- 

 troleum; electrolysis; occluded gases in ferrous 

 alloys. 



Allen, Dr. Arthur A(ugTistus), Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, N. Y. Zooloqy. Buffalo, N. Y, 

 Dec. 28, 85. A.B, Cornell, 07, A.M, 08, fellow, 

 08-09, Ph.D, 11. Instr. zool, Cornell, 09-15, 

 asst, prof, ornith, 15- Am. Museum Nat. Hist, 

 exped. to S. Am, 12. A.A; mem. Ornith. Union; 



Soc. Mammal. Ornithology; mammalogy; con- 

 servation; ecology-. 

 Allen, Prof. B(emiet) M(ills), 1653 Indiana St, 

 Lawrence, Kans. *Emhryology. Greencastle, 

 Ind, July 4, 77. Ph.B, DePauw, 98 ; Ph.D, Chi- 

 cago, 03. Instr. anat, Wisconsin, 03-08, asst. 

 prof, 08-11, zool, 11-13 ; prof, Kan.ms, 13- A.A ; 

 Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Soc. Exp. Biol; Ass. Anat; 

 Wis. Acad. Embryonic development of ovary 

 and testis of the mammals; anatomy of Hirudo; 

 eye of Bdellostoma; development of rete cords, 

 sex cords and sex cells of Chrysemys; origin of 

 sex-cells; effect of extirpation of thyroid gland 

 and hypophysis of amphibians on bodily growth ; 

 influence of glands of internal secretion on 

 growth and differentiation. 



Allen, Prof. C(alvin) Frank (Francis), Montview 

 St, West Roxbury, Mass. Engineering. Rox- 

 bury. Mass, July 10, 51. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 72. Civil engineer, water works and sewerage, 

 72-78; railroad engineer, 79-85; attorney-at- 

 law, 85-86; asst. prof, later assoc. prof, and 

 prof, railroad eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 87-16. 

 Civil Eng; Eng. Edue. (sec'y and pres) ; R. R. 

 Eng; New Eng. R. R. Club* (pres, 06); Mass. 

 Highway Ass. (pres) ; Boston Soc. CJivil Eng. 

 (pres, 99). Railroad engineering. 



Allen, Prof. Charles E(lmer), 2014 Chamberlin 

 Ave, Madison, Wig. *Botany. Horicon, Wis, 

 Oct. 4, 72. B.S, Wisconsin, 99, Ph.D, 04. Instr. 

 iot, Wisconsin, 01-04, asst. prof, 04-07, assoc. 

 prof, 07-09, prof, 09- Research asst, Carnegie 

 Institution, 04-05; ed-in-chief, 'Am. Jour. Bot,' 

 18- A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc; Wis. Acad. 

 (sec'y, 05-07, v. pres, 15-18). Middle la- 

 mella in thickened cell walls; spindle forma- 

 tion in pollen mother-cells of larch; nuclear 

 division and chromosome reduction in pollen 

 mother-cells of lily; germination of egg and 

 chromosome reduction in Coleochaete; spermato- 

 genesis in mosses; inheritance in Sphaerocarpos. 



Allen, Prof. Charles M(etcalf), Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute, Worcester, Mass. Mechanical engineering. 

 Walpole, Mass, Dee. 12, 71. B.S, Worcester, 94, 

 M.S, 99. Asst. mech. eng, Worcester, 95-97, 

 instr. hydraul. and lab. work, 97-02, asst. prof, 

 exp. eng, 02-06, prof, 06-09, hydraul. eng, 09- 

 A.A; Mech. Eng; Eng. Educ; Civil Eng. Ab- 

 sorption dynamometers; application of the steam- 

 engine indicator to rowing; current meter rating 

 stations; water-wheels; absorption dynamometers 

 of large powers; large gears; rope and belt 

 drivers. 



Allen, Charles R(icketson), Federal Board for 

 Vocational Education, Washington, D. C. Chem- 

 istry, Education, Physics. New Bedford, Mass, 

 Aug. 6, 62. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 85; A.M, 

 Harvard, 02. Senior teacher science, high sch, 

 New Bedford, 86-09; director, New Bedford 

 Indus. Sch, 09-11; agent, Mass. Board of Educ, 

 11-17; with Emergency Fleet Corp, 17-18; 

 special agent. Fed. Board for Vocational Educ, 

 18- Asst. gen. chem, Ma.ss. Inst. Tech, 86; 

 private asst. to Prof. Wolcott Gibbs. Harvard, 

 86. Chem. Soc; Eastern Ass. Physics Teachers; 

 New Eng. Ass. Chem. Teachers. Nitrogen in 

 sewage; dissociation of acetylene; industrial 

 education. 



Allen, Dr. Edward Riley, E. I. du Pont de Ne- 

 mours and Co, Wilmington, Del. Chemistry. 



