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Soc. (sec'y> 05-09, v. pres, 11-17, pres, 18); 

 British Iron and Steel Inst; Soc. de Physique. 

 Gravitation constant; vapor pressure of solu- 

 tions; physical metallurgy; pyrometry; radia- 

 tion. 



Burgess, Prof. Horace T(homas), 812 W, Dayton 

 St, Madison, Wis. Mathematics. Harveysburg, 

 Ohio, Oct. 17, 81. A.B, Yale, 06, A.M, 07, Ph.D, 

 09. Instr. Tuuth, Yale, 07-09; Wisconsin, 09-13, 

 asst. prof, 13- A.A ; Math. Soc. Modern geom- 

 etry from standpoint of transformation theory; 

 point-circle transformations. 



Burgess, Dr. L(aurie) L(ome), Box 525, Jackson 

 Laboratory, Wilmington, Del. Chemistry. Kins- 

 mans Corners, N. S, Oct. 21, 82. B.S, Dalhousie, 

 05; A.M, Harvard, 06, Thayer scholar, 07, 09, 

 Ph.D, 09. Asst. chem, Harvard, 05-08; instr, 

 Hlinois, 09-12; asst. prof. anal, chem, Sas- 

 katchewan, 12-14, prof, 14-16; chief chemist 

 and asst. supt, Allegheny By-Product Coke Co, 

 16-17; research chemist, E. I. duPont de Ne- 

 mours and Co, 17- Instr. chem, Maine, sum- 

 mers, 07-09. Chem. Soc. Heats of solution of 

 metals in acids; refractive index of water; 

 spark spectrum of cadmium. 



Burgess, Prof. Robert W(ilbur), Brov?n Univer- 

 sity, Providence, E. I. Mathematics. Newport, 

 E. I, July 25, 87. A.B, Brown, 08; B.A, Ox- 

 ford, 10, Bkt[efl eckelar, 08-11; Ph.D, Cornell, 

 14. Instr. m#ft, Purdue, 11-12; asst, Cornell, 

 12-14, instr, 14r-16; Brown, 16-17, asst. Tprof, 

 19- Lieut, capt. and major, ordnance dept, and 

 statist, branch. Gen. Staff, 17-19. A.A; Math. 

 Soc; Statist. Ass. Approximate solutions of 

 differential equations; statistical analysis. 



Burgess, Prof. T(homas) J(oseph) W(orkman), 

 Protestant Hospital for Insane, Montreal, Can. 

 Botany, Psychology. Toronto, Can, March 11, 

 49. Upper Canada, 63-66; M.B, .Toronto, 70, 

 Surgeon, Her Majesty's B.N.A, Boundary Com- 

 mission, 71-76; asst. med. supt, London Asyliun, 

 75-87; Hamilton Asylum, 87-90; med. supt, 

 Protestant Hosp. for Insane, 90-; lecturer men- 

 ial diseases, McGill, 93-99, prof, 99- Pan-Am. 

 Med. Cong, 96 (hon. sec'y). A.A; Medico- 

 Psychol. Ass. (pres, 04) ; cor. mem. Torrey Bot. 

 Club; fel. Royal Soc. Can. (pres, nat. sci. sect, 

 98); Can. Inst; hon. mem. Hamilton Lit. and 

 Sci. Ass. 



Burget, Prof. G(eorge) E(mmanuel), University 

 of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon. 

 Physiology. Kempton, Ind, May 18, 89. A.B; 

 Ph.D, Chicago, 16. Assoc, physiol, Chicago, 16- 

 17; prof, physiol, Oregon, 17- Glands of in- 

 ternal secretion. 



Burka, Dr. Samuel M(oses), McCook Field, Day- 

 ton, Ohio. Physics. Union Springs, Ala, May 

 26, 91. A.B, Hopkins, 13, A.M, 16, Ph.D, 19. 

 Lab. asst. Bur. Standards, 17-18, asst. physicist, 

 18-20; eng. div, Air Service, TJ.S.A, 20- Phys- 

 ical Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Spectroscopy; 

 photography; red-sensitive photographic plates; 

 airplane photography; spectroscopic analysis; 

 rare gas vacuum tubes. 



Burke, Dr. C(harles) E(ldrid), Box 525, Wilming- 

 ton, Del. Chemistry. Hartford, Ont, July 7, 81. 

 A.B, McMaster, 07, A.M, 09; Ph.D, Illinois, 11. 

 Instr. chem, California, 11-14; asst. prof, Ver- 

 mont, 14-18; research chemist, E. I. duPont de 



Nemours and Co, IS- Chem. Soc. (sec'y, Vt. 

 sect, 17). Terpenes and essential oils; nitrogen 

 derivatives and homologues of benzene. 



Burke, Edmund, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Bozeman, Mont. Chemistry. NUes, Mich, AprU 

 26, 65. iB.S, Mont. Col, 07. Instr. chem, Mont. 

 Col, 01-06, asst. prof, 06-07; asst, chemist, 

 Mont. Exp. Sta, 00-08. chemist, OS-, meteorolo- 

 gist, 06- Lecturer, farmers' institutes and 

 exten. service. Chem. Soc. Salicylic acid in 

 fruits; effect of alkali on Portland cement; ni- 

 trates in soil ; artificial incubation of eggs ; 

 Montana climate. 



Burke, H(arry) E(ugene), Los Gatos, Calif. "En- 

 tomology. Paradise Valley, Nev, May 19, 78. 

 B.S, Wash. State, 02, M.S, 08. Specialist for- 

 est entom, forest insect investigations, hur. 

 entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 02- A.A; Soc. Adv. 

 Forest Entom. (v. pres, 13); Ass. Econ. Entom; 

 Wash. Biol. Soc; Wash. Entom. Soc. (rec. sec'y, 

 08). Biology of insects injurious to forest and 

 shade trees; taxonomy of buprestid larvae. 



Burkett, Prof. Charles W(illiam), 660 Riverside 

 Drive, New York, N. Y. Agronomy. Thom- 

 ville, Ohio, Jan. 3, 73. B.S, Ohio State, 95, M.S, 

 98. Asst. agr, Ohio State, 95-98; prof, N. H. 

 Col, and agriculturist, Exp. Sta, 98-01; N. C. 

 Col, and Exp. Sta, 01-06; director, Kans. Exp. 

 Stations, 06-08; ed, 'Am. Agriculturist,' 08- 

 Kans, agr. investigator to Russia, f)7. Animal 

 husbandry and nutrition; soils; crops. 



Burkholder, Dr. W (alter) H, Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, N. Y. Plant pathology. Craw- 

 fordsville, Ind, Feb, 1, 91. A.B, Wabash, 13; 

 fellow, Cornell, 13-17, Ph.D, 17. Investigator 

 plant path, Cornell, 17- Collaborator, bur. plant 

 indust, U. S, Dept. Agr, 17- A.A; Bot. Soc; 

 Phytopath. Soc. Diseases of beans; anthraenose 

 of raspberry. 



Burling, I*ancaster D(emorest), 47 Parliament St, 

 Westminster, S.W.I, London, England. Geology. 

 Anita, Iowa, Nov. 2,82. B.S.Wisconsin, 05. Asst. 

 to Charles D. Walcott, 05-12; asst. geologist, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv, 05-07; asst. curator, U. S. Nat. 

 Museum, 07-12 ; invert, paleontologist. Can. 

 Geol. Surv, 13-20; geologist, Whitehall Petrol. 

 Corp, Ltd, London, 20- A.A; Geol. Soc; Pale- 

 ont. Soc; Min. and Metal. Eng; Wash. Geol. Soc; 

 Can. Min, Inst; Ottawa Field Nat. Club (sec'y, 

 18, V. pres, 19). Paleontology; stratigraphy; 

 paleoecology; experimental geology; Cambrian 

 and Pre-Cambrian rocks and faunas; bibliogra- 

 phy; education, 



Burlingame, Prof, Leonas L(ancelot), Stanford 

 University, Calif, Botany. Guernsey Co. Ohio, 

 Aug. 25, 76. Ph.B, Ohio Northern, "Ol ; 'fellow, 

 Chicago, 04-08, A.B, 06, Ph.D, 08. Prof. biol. 

 and geol, Ohio Northern, 02-04; acting prof, 

 East. 111. State Nor. Univ, summer, 06; asst. 

 hot, Chicago, 06-08; instr, Stanford, 08-09, 

 asst. prof, 09-16, assoc. prof, 16- Field asst, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, IS. A.A; Bot. Soc; Ass. Prof; 

 West. Soc. Nat. (sec'y, 17); Pacific Coast Biol. 

 Ass. (sec'y-treas, 15-17); Calif. Acad. Cytol- 

 ogy; genetics; morphology of pteridophytes and 

 gymnosperms. 



Burlingham, Dr. Gertrude S(immons), 556 Lafay- 

 ette Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. Botanv. Mexico, N. 

 Y, April 21, 72.' A.B, Syracuse, 96; Ph.D, Co- 



