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trees, fruits, flowers, vegetables, grains, grasses; 

 origin of new types of plants. 

 Burbeck, Allan Beal, Concord, Mass. Astronomy. 

 North Abington, Mass, July 31, 82. High sch. 

 Astron. Soc; Ass. Var. Star Observers (treas, 

 17-) ; British Astron. Assj^ Soc. astron. de 

 France. Variable stars. 

 Burbridge, Dr. Harry C(arleton), 2i37 Shat- 

 tuck Ave, Berkeley, Calif. Physics. Greeley, 

 Iowa, July 4, 85. A.B, Stanford, 08, Ph.D, 13. 

 Teacher science, high sch, 08-09 ; instr. physics, 

 Stanford, 13-14; assoc. physicist, Bur. Stand- 

 ards, 18-20; with Assoc. Oil Co, 20- Lubri- 

 cation; Volta effect. 

 Burchard, Ernest F(rancis), U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C. Economic geology. In- 

 dependence, Kans, May 20, 75. Lehigh, 97; 

 B.S, Northwestern, 00, M.S, 03. Instr. chem. 

 and geol, high sch, Sioux City, Iowa, 00-03; 

 asst. geologist, Wis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv, 

 03; geol. aid, TJ. S. Geol. Surv, 04-06, asst. 

 geologist, 06-10, geologist, 11-, in charge, sect, 

 iron and steel metals, 17- Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; 

 Wash. Geol. Soc; 111. Acad; Sioux City Acad. 

 Chemistry; physiography; areal geology of Ne- 

 braska lignite deposits; lead and zinc ores in 

 Arkansas and Wisconsin; iron ore deposits in 

 Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Tennessee; mar- 

 ble resources of Alaska; chromite and man- 

 ganese of Cuba; petroleum resources of Philip- 

 pine Islands; utilization of ores and nonmetallic 

 minerals as pigments; origin of the Clinton iron 

 ores. 

 Burckhalter, Clia(rle)3, Leona Heights, Oakland, 

 Calif. Astronomy. Taylorsville, Ohio, Jan. 5, 

 49. High sch. and special study. Astronomer 

 in charge, Chdbot Observatory, 85- Mem. Calif. 

 State Earthquake Investigation Commission. 

 Seismol. Soc. (director, 07) ; Pacific Astron. 

 Soc. (past pres. and sec'y); Calif. Acad; Brit- 

 ish Astron. Ass; fel. Eoyal Astron. Soc. Solar 

 corona; stellar photography. 

 Burge, Prof. W(illiam) E(dward), University of 

 Illinois, Urbana. 111. Physiology. Lynchburg, 

 Va, Sept. 17, 81. A.B, Randolph-Macon, 03, 

 A.M, 06; fellow, Hopkins, 08-09, Ph.D, 09. 

 Physical director, Randolph-Macon, 04-06; 

 instr. physiol, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. 

 Col, 09-10; asst, Hopkins, 10-11, instr, 11-12; 

 assoc. prof, and acting head of dept, Illinois, 12- 

 With Nela Research Lab, 16, 17, 18. Ninth Int. 

 Physiol. Cong ; Physiol Cong, Paris, 20. Physiol. 

 Soc ; Nat. Anasthesia Research Soc. Normal and 

 cataractous lenses; effect of radiant energy on 

 lenses; separation of rennin and pepsin; oxida- 

 tion of enzymes and pro-enzymes; effect on 

 catalase of phosphorus poisoning; thyroid feed- 

 ing; pyretics; starvation; alcohol; narcotics; 

 diabetes; acidosis; ndronalin. 

 Burger, Dr. O(wen) F(rancis), Mt. Ranier, Md. 

 Plant pathology. ^ Freeland, Pa, June 8, 85. 

 A.B, Indiana, 09; M.S, Florida, 11; Harvard, 

 15, Sc.D, 16. Asst. to plant pathologist, Fla. 

 Exp. Sta, 09-11, asst. pathologist, 11-13; instr. 

 plant path, California, 16-18; pathologist, fruit 

 disease investigations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 18- 

 A.A; Phytopath. Soc. Diseases of vegetables 

 and peaches in Florida ; variations in Collelo- 

 trichen; sexuality in the genus Cunninghamella. 



Burger, Prof. William H(enry), College of En- 

 gineering, Evanstoa, 111. Civil engineering. 

 Caribou, Colo, Mav 1, 74. B.S, Colorado, 96, 

 96-97. With eng. dept, Colo. N. W. E. R, 97- 

 99; aid, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 99-03, 

 asst, 03-10; asst. prof, civil eng, col. eng. North- 

 western, 10-15, prof, 15- A.A; Civil Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; West. Soc. Eng; 111. Soc. Eng. 



Burgess, A(lbert) F(raiiklin), U. S. Bureau of 

 Entomology, Melrose Highlands, Mass. Ento- 

 mology. Rockland, Mass, Oct. 2, 73. B.S, Mass. 

 Col, 95, M.S, 97. AjBSt. entomologist, Mass. 

 State Board of Agr, 95-99 ; asst. entom, Illinois, 

 99-00; asst. inspector of nurseries and orchards, 

 Ohio, 00-02, chief inspector, 02-07 ;,assf. ento- 

 mologist, hur. entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 07- 

 A.A; Ass. Econ. Entom. (sec'y, 03, 06-, assoc. 

 ed, 'Jour,' 08-09, business manager, 10-); 

 Entom. Soc; assoc. mem. Soc. Foresters; Wash. 

 Acad; Wash. Entom. Soc; Cambridge Entom. 

 Club (pres, 15); Ohio Acad. Economic en- 

 tomology; insecticides and fungicides; horticul- 

 ture; predatory insects. 

 Burgess, Prof. C(harles) F(rederick), 625 Wil- 

 liams St, Madison, Wis. * Electrochemistry. 

 Oshkosh, Wis, Jan. 5, 73. B.S, Wisconsin, 95, 

 E.E, 98. Instr. elec. eng, Wisconsin, 95-00, 

 asst. prof, 00-04, assoc. prof, 04-05, prof, ap- 

 plied electrochem, 05-09; chem. eng, 09-; pres, 

 C. F. Burgess Lab, 10- Pres, Burgess Battery 

 Co. Electrochem. Soc. (past pres); Elec. Eng; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Eng. Educ. 

 Electrolytic rectifiers; electrolytic purification 

 of iron; separation and concentration of ores; 

 electric furnace applications; electrolytic cor- 

 rosion of undergrormd structures; dry batteries. 

 Burgess, Prof. Edward S(andford), Hunter Col- 

 lege, New York, N. Y. Botany. Little Val- 

 ley, N. Y, Jan. 19, 55. A.B, Hamilton, 79, 

 A.M, 82, hon. Sc.D, 04 ; fellow, Hopkins, 81-82 ; 

 Ph.D, Columbia, 99. Instr. bot, Del. Lit. Inst, 

 Franklin, N. Y, 79-80; high schools, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 82-95; prof. nat. science, Hunter, 95- 

 Instr. bot, Summer Inst, Marthas Vineyard, 80- 

 95; Hopkins, 85. A.A; Bot. Soc; Anthrop. 

 Ass; Folk-lore Soc; Am. Scenic Soc; Torrey 

 Bot. Club (sec'y, 97, v. pres, 06-) ; Wash. Geol. 

 Soc. Asters and related Compositae; flora. In- 

 dian history and locality-lore of Marthas Vine- 

 yard; American plant-lore. 

 Burgess, Dr. Geo(rge) K(imball), Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, Washington, D. C. *Physics. Newton, 

 Mass, Jan. 4, 74. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 96, 

 fellow, 98-00; Sc.D, Paris, 01. Asst. physics, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 96-98 ; instr, Michigan, 00-01 ; 

 California, 01-03; asst. physicist, Bur. Stand- 

 ards, 03-05, assoc. physicist, 05-13, physicist and 

 chief, div. metal, 13- Mem. various committees, 

 Nat. Research Council, 17-; requirements div, 

 W. I. B, 18; adviser duplication in govt, depart- 

 ments. Bur. Efficiency, 19-; metal, ordnance 

 dept, U. S. A, 19-; chairman light alloys commit- 

 tee, Nat. Advisory Committee for Aeronaut, 17- 

 18, chairman committee on metals, 19-; mem. 

 Nat. Aircraft Standards Board, 17-18. Silver 

 medal, Pan-Am. Expos, 15. A.A; Physical Soc. 

 (councilor, 14-17, 19-, ed, 18-20) ; Automotive 

 Eng; Min. and INIetal. Eng. (v. pres, 15); Soc. 

 Test. Mat. (mem. exec, committee, 18) ; Wash. 

 Acad, (sec'v, 12-16, v. pres, IS); Wash. Philos. 



