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Instr. in charge physics, high sch, Decatur, 111, 

 03-04; instr. physics, Illinois, 04-07; Iowa, 09- 

 10, asst. prof, 10-13, assoc. prof, Iowa, 13-19; 

 major, ordnance dept, U.S. A, 18-19; scientific 

 asst. to director, Bur. Standards, 19- A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Wash. Acad. Physical properties 

 of selenium cells and selenium crystals; heats 

 of solution of milk sugars; radioactivity and 

 thermionics; electron theory; process of freez- 

 ing; ballistics of airplane drop bombs. 



Brown, Dr. Forest B(uffen) H(arkness), Bishop 

 Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Botany. Rushville, 

 N. Y, Dec. 11, 73. A.B, Michigan, 02, M.S, 03; 

 Ph.D, Yale, 18. Instr, Mich. Nor. Col, 98-00; 

 curator, bot. garden, Michigan, 08-09; in charge 

 bot. gardens and instr. plant anat, Ohio State, 

 11-16; research fellow, Yale, 18-19; botanist, 

 Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 19- With Mich. Biol. 

 Surv, 03-15. A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Mich. 

 Acad; Ohio Acad. Plant anatomy; ecology; 

 Hawaiian woody plants. 



Brown, Prof. F(rank) E(merson), Iowa State 

 College, Ames, Iowa. Chemistry. Cuba, Kans, 

 Feb. 5, 82. B.S, Chicago, 13, Ph.D, 18. Teacher, 

 pub. schools. Republic Co, Kans, 99-02; princi- 

 pal, Portis, 05-07; supt. Hill City, 07-09; Col- 

 linsville, Okla, 11-12; teacher chem, junior col. 

 and high sch, Fresno, Calif, 14; Cent. Y. M. C. 

 A, Chicago, 14-16; asst. prof, loica State, 17- 

 18, assoe. prof, 18- Chem. Soc. (sec'y-treas, 

 Ames sect, 18) ; Iowa Acad. Surface tension; 

 methyl chlorid; hydrogen concentration in soils; 

 potassium chlorate; manganese salts. 



Brown, Frederick L(yons), 1107 Cleveland St, 

 Kvanston, 111. Astronomy, Physics. Mexico 

 City, Mex, Oct. 23, 90. A.B, Park, 14; A.M, 

 Northwestern, 16. Instr. astron, Northwestern, 

 16-17, math, 19- With Sig. C, U.S.A, 17-19. 

 Astron. Soc. Physical optics ; the cluster N.G.C 

 6633. 



Brown, G(eorge) H(erbert), Rutgers College, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. Ceramics. Miamisburg, Ohio, 

 May 18, 84. Cer.E, Ohio State, 08. Asst. 

 ceramic chemist. Bur. Standards, 10-14, assoc, 

 14-16; director, dept. ceramics, Eutgers, 16- 

 Ceramic engineer, Hydraulic Press Brick Co. 

 A.A; Ceramic Soc. (pres, 17) ; Chem. Soc. 

 Porcelain; kaolins; refractories; structural clay 

 products; enameled iron. 



Brown, Prof. G(eorge) L(lncolii), Brookings, S. 

 Dak. Mathematics, Astronomy. Bates Co, Mo, 

 .Ian. 25, 69. B.S, Missouri, 92, fellow, 92-93, 

 M.S, 93; fellow, Chicago, 94-96, Ph.D, 00. 

 Instr. math, high sch, Rock Island, 111, 96; 

 prof, S. Dale. Col, 97-, acting pres, 08, dean of 

 faculty. 10-, acting pres, 14, 18-19. A.A; Math. 

 Soc. The linear tran.sformation group of order 

 3 X 360. 



Brown, Prof. Glenn V(inton), Bucknell Univer- 

 sity, Lcwisburg, Pa. Chemistry. Baltimore, Md, 

 June 7, 75. Ph.B, Dickinson, 98, A.M, 99; Hop- 

 kins, 98-99; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 10. Instr. 

 physics, Pennsylvania, 07-09; prof, St. John's 

 (Brooklvn, N. Y), 10-11; Teachers Col. 

 (H.M.S), 11-12; chcm.eng,Bucl-ncll, 12- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Ass. Prof; N. Y. Chemists Club. 

 Colorimetry; manganese; electrolysis. 



Brown, Harry B(ates), Agricultural College, Miss. 

 Botany. Delphi, Ind, June 9, 76. A.B, Indiana, 

 06, A.M, 07. Instr. bot, Indiana, summer, 07 ; 

 Cornell, 08-11; 2'rof, Miss. Agr. Col, 11-15, 

 plant breeding, Exp. Sta, 15-, v. director, 19- 

 A.A; Bot. Soc. Algal periodicity; mycology; 

 development of Xylaria ; development and poi- 

 sonous properties of Claviceps paspali; anatomy 

 of plant hybrids; heredity in cotton and corn. 



Brown, Harry Fletcher, duPont Building, Wil- 

 mington, Del. Chemistry. Natick, Mass, July 

 10, 67. A.B, Harvard, 90, A.M, 92. Chief 

 chemist, torpedo sta, bur. of ordnance, U. S. 

 Navy Dept, 93-00 ; Int. Smokeless Powder and 

 Chemical Co, 00-01, general supt, 01-15; chem- 

 ical director, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co, 

 04-11, director, 11-15, v. pres, 15- Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Cliem. Eng. Smokeless powder. 



Brown, Dr. H(arry) P(hilip), New York State 

 College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y. Botany. 

 W. Winfield, N. Y, March 29, 87. A.B, Cornell, 

 09, A.M, 10, Ph.D, 14. Xylotomist, U. S. Forest 

 Service, 11; instr. bot, Cornell, 12-14; asst. prof . 

 forest bot, N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse, 

 15-17, prof, wood technol, 18- A.A; Bot. Soc. 

 Dendro-tcchnology ; growth in forest trees; 

 trees of NeAv York State; medullary spots. 



Brown, Prof. James Greenlief, 703 University 

 Ave, Tucson, Ariz. Botany. St. Clair, Mich. 

 Nov. 21, 80. B.S, Chicago, 16, M.S, 17. Teacher 

 science, Cebu Nor. Sch, P. I, 04-07; instr. bot, 

 Arizona, 09-15, asst. prof, 16-20, prof, plant 

 path, 20- Director, plant disease surv. of Ariz. 

 A.A; Ecol. Soc; West. Soc. Nat. Experimental 

 morphology and cytology. 



Brown, Dr. J(araes) Howard, Rockefeller Insti- 

 tute, Princeton, N. J. Bacteriology. Jackson- 

 ville, 111, May 18, 84. B.S, lU. Col, 06; M.S, 

 Illinois, 09; Ph.D, Harvard, 17. Austin teach- 

 ing fellow and asst. comp. path. Harvard Med. 

 Sch, 12-17; in charge sera production, Rocke- 

 feller Inst, and Auxiliary Lab. No. 1, U.S.A. and 

 N, 17-19, assoc, 19- Animal pathology; blood 

 transfusion; streptococci from milk-borne epi- 

 demics of tonsilitis; use of blood-agar for the 

 study of streptococci. 



Brown, Dr. John W(esley), Cleveland Electric 

 Metals Co, Cleveland, Ohio. Industrial clicm- 

 istry. Rye, N. H, July 23, 77. B.S, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 00; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 03. Asst. anal, 

 chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 00-01, instr. theoret. 

 chem, 03-06; director, research lab, Nat. Carbon 

 Co, 06-12; pres, Cleveland Electro Metals Co, 

 12- Chem. Soc. (treas, N. E. sect, 04) ; 

 Electrochem. Soc. Catalysis in sulphuric acid 

 solution; rate of the decomposition of hydrogen 

 peroxid complex compounds; partition coeffi- 

 cient of sulphurous and various other acids; in- 

 vestigation of dry cells, ^vith special reference 

 to ignition service; improvement of wet and dry 

 primary cells an<l of carbon products for elec- 

 trical uses; smelting of aluminum. 



Brown, Prof. Joseph G(rant), 1013 Ramona St, 

 Palo Alto, Calif. Phy.sics. Stillman A^alley, 111, 

 Feb. 8, 69. A.B, Stanford, 01, A.M, 03. Instr. 

 physics and chem. 111. Nor. Univ, 94-98 ; 

 physics, Stanford, 01-06, asst. prof, 06- A.A; 

 assoc. Phvsical Soc. 



