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Brown, Prof. Julius Arthur, American Univer- 

 sity, Beirut, Syria. Astronomy. New York, N. 

 Y, May 8, 80. A.B, Dartmouth, 02, A.M, 04; 

 Rhodes scholar, Oxford, 04-07, B.Sc, 06. Instr. 

 phvsics, Dartmouth, 03-04; demonstrator, Ox- 

 ford, 07; asst. prof, Dartmouth, 08-09; prof, 

 Syrian Protestant Col, Beirut, Syria, 09-14; 

 lecturer, Columbia, 15-17; prof, astron. and 

 director, Observatory, Am. Univ, Beirut, Syria, 

 17- Research asst, Yerkcs Observatory, 04. 

 A.A; Physical Soc. Conduction of electricity 

 in gases; meteorology. 

 Brown, Dr. Lawrason, 104 Main St, Saranac 

 Lake, N. Y. Clinical medicine. Baltimore, 

 Md, Sept. 29, 71. A.B, Hopkins, 95, M.D, 00. 

 Res. physician, Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, 

 01-12. A.A; Climat. Ass; Ass. Tuber; Am. 

 Physicians. Pulmonary tu))erculosis ; immunity 

 from tuberculosis. 

 Brown, Prof. Linwood A (mold), 819 S. Limestone 

 St, Lexington, Ky. ChcmiMry. Hawesville, Ky, 

 Sept. 21, 81. Phar.D, Louisville Col. Pharmacy, 

 03; Ph.C, Michigan, 04. Asst. chem, Michigan, 

 " 04-05 ; asst. chemist, Canadian Copper Co, 05 ; 

 Merck and Co, 05-06; asst. prof, pharmacy, N. 

 Dak. Col, 06-08, prof, 08-09, drug chemist, Exp. 

 Sta, 06-09; chemist, drug div, Ky. Exp. Sta, 

 09- A.A; Chem. Soc; Pharmaceut. Ass; Ky. 

 Pharmaceut. Ass. Pharmacy; analytical chem- 

 istry. 

 Brown, Lucius P(olk), Franklin, Tenn. Chem- 

 istry. Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 1, 67. Grad, Vir- 

 ginia, 89. Cliemist, Tenn. Exp. Sta, 89-90; anal, 

 chemist, Nashville, 93-15; state food commis- 

 sioner and chemist, Tenn, 08-15; director, Bur. 

 Food and Drugs, N. Y. City, 15-20. Capt, Sanit. 

 C, 18-19. A.A; Chem. Soc; Tenn. Acad; N. Y. 

 Acad. Chemistry and geology of phosphates; 

 food inspection; food supply. 

 Brown, Dr. Mabel Mary, Madbury Eoad, Dur- 

 ham, N. H. Botany. Belmont, Wis, March 

 17, 90. A.B, Wisconsin, 15, A.M, 16, fellow, 

 18-19, Ph.D, 19. Asst. bat, Wisconsin, 15- 

 18; instr, Missouri, 19-20; asst. prof, N. E. 

 Col, 20- A.A; Bot. Soc; Wis. Acad. Plant 

 embryology. 

 Brown, Dr. Mortimer Jay, 706 Marsh-Strong 

 Building, Los Angeles, Calif. Chemistry. Ches- 

 ter, Nebr, Dec. 25, 82. B.S, Nebraska, 05 ; Ph.D. 

 Cornell, 11. Chief chemist, works manager and 

 later asst. to tech. director, Niagara Electrochem. 

 Co. and Roessler and Hasslacher Chem. Co, 11- 

 19; V. pres. and executive. Pacific R and H 

 Chem. Corp, 19- Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; 

 Electrochem. Soc. Electrolysis of fused salts; 

 production of alkali metals; silver peroxyni- 

 trate; fixation of nitrogen; bleaching; fumi- 

 gating. 

 Brown, Nathan Clifford, 218 Middle St, Portland, 

 Maine. Ornithology. Portland, Oct. 13, 56. 

 A.B, Bowdoin, 83. Fel. Ornith. Union; Nat. 

 Ass. Audubon Societies; hon. mem. Maine Or- 

 nith, Soc; Portland Soc. Nat. Hist. Distribu- 

 tion and habits of North American birds. 

 Brown, Miss Nellie Adalesa, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Plant pathol- 

 ogy. Marine City, Mich, Feb. 21, 77. A.B, 

 Michigan, 01. Teacher science, high sch, South 

 Haven, Mich, 01-03; Delray and Miami, Fla, 



03-05; scientific asstj sugar plant lab, bur. plant 

 indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 06-10, asst. pathologist, 

 lab. plant path, 10- A.A; Phytopath. Soc. Bac- 

 teriology ; plant tumors ; bacterial plant diseases. 



Brown, Prof. Nelson C(ourtlandt), N. Y. State 

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

 South Orange, N. J, March 1, 85. A.B, l''ale, 

 OG, M.F, 08. With U. S. Forest Service, 08-11; 

 asst. prof, forestry^ Iowa State, 11-12; prof, 

 forest utilisation, N. Y. State Col. Forestry, 

 Syracuse, 12- A.A; Soc. Foresters. Forest 

 products. 



Brown, Prof, Oliver W, Bloomington, Ind. Elec- 

 trochemistry. Vermilion Grove, 111, June 25, 

 73. B.S, Earlham, 95; A.M, Indiana, 96; Cor- 

 nell, 97-99; hon. fellow, Wisconsin, 03-04. 

 Demonstrator chem, Ind. Dental Col, and 

 cliemist, J. N. Hurty lab, Indianapolis, 96-97; 

 asst. chem, Cornell, 98-99; in.str. electrochem. 

 and quant, anal, Indiana, 99-04, assoc. prof, 04- 

 Chemist, Muneie Pulp Co, Ind, 99. Electro- 

 chem. Soc. Preparation of potassium persele- 

 nate ; distribution of mercuric chlorid between 

 toluene and water; efficiency of the nickel-plat- 

 ing tank; electric smelting of zinc and molyb- 

 denum ores; life and capacity of lead storage 

 batteries. 

 Brown, Dr. OrviUe Harry, 430 N. Central Ave, 

 Phoenix, Ariz. Pathology, Physiology. Sabetha, 

 Kans, July 18, 75. A.B, Kansas, 01; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 05; M.D, St. Louis, 05. Lab. asst. 

 physiol, Kansas, 01-02; asst. instr, Chicago, 

 02-04; asst. prof, pharmacol, St. Louis, 04- 

 07; physician-in-ehief. Mo. State Sanatorium 

 for Tuberculosis, 07-08, supt, 08-10; asst. prof, 

 physiol, St. Louis, 10, med, 10-lG; state supt. 

 pub. health, Ariz, and field director for Ariz, U. 

 S. Pub. Health Service, 18-19. Physiol. Soc; 

 Soc. Biol. Chem; Ass. Tuber; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Eoyal Soc. Med. Effects of ions on enzymes; 

 relative values of alkaloidal salts; tuberculosis; 

 asthma. , 



Brown, Prof, P(ercy) E(dgar), Iowa State Col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. Chemistry. Woodbridge, N. 

 J, Oct. 9, 85. B.S, Rutgers, 06, A.M, 09, Ph.D, 

 12. Asst. soil chem, Rutgers, 06-10; prof, Iowa 

 State, 10, chief soil chem. and bacter, and assoc. 

 in charge soil survey, Exp. Sta, 10- Expert, 

 Nat. Research Council. Consulting ed, ' Soil Sci- 

 ence.' A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Bact; Soc. Agron. 

 (councilor, 13) ; fel. Iowa Acad. Soil bacteriol- 

 ogy and chemistry; soil fertility and manage- 

 ment; soil survey. 

 Brown, Dr. Philip King, 909 Hyde St, San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif. Medicine. Napa, Calif, June 24, 

 69. A.B, Harvard, 90, M.D, 93. Assoc, prof, 

 clin. med, California, 96-98, instr. animal path, 

 vet. dept, 96-99; assoc. med, and instr. clin. 

 path. Cooper Med. Col, 99-02; instr. clin. path, 

 California, 02-08; prof, med, Polyclinic Post- 

 Grad. Sch, 07-17. Visiting physician and con- 

 sulting pathologist to various hospitals, San 

 Francisco ; founder and director, Arequipa Sana- 

 torium, Manor Marin Co, Calif. Am. Physi- 

 cians; Am. Med. Ass; Climat. Ass; Calif. Acad. 

 Med. Blood conditions in leprosy and bone tu- 

 berculosis; pathology of the nervous system of 

 animals; malarial fevers of the west coast of 

 ITnited States; intestinal parasites; muscular 



