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Hector Tyndale fellow, 07-08, Ph.D, 10. Instr. 

 physics, Pennsylvania, 04-09; asst. physicist, 

 Bur. Standards, 09-18; investigator. Bur. Effi- 

 ciency, 18; physicist, Bur. Standards, 19- A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Wash. Acad; Wash. Philos. Soc; 

 Soc. de Physique. Thermometry and heat meas- 

 urements; internal combustion engines. 



Harper, Prof. E(ugene) H(oward), E. F. D. 2, 

 Bedford, Ya. Zoology. Port Byron, 111, July 

 7, 67. A.B, Oberlin, 90; A.M, Harvard, 95; 

 Ph.D, Chicago, 02. Instr. nat. science, Fargo, 

 96-99; biol, Alma, 02-04; zool, Northwestern, 

 04-09, asst. prof, 09-14. Soc. Zool. Fertiliza- 

 tion and development of the pigeon 's egg ; regu- 

 lation in Stylaria ; behavior of Pcrichaeta, Cor- 

 ethra and Paramecium. 



Harper, Francis, 3101 24th St, N. E, Washington, 

 D. C. Vertebrate zoology. Southbridge, Mass, 

 Nov. 17, 86. A.B, Cornell, 14. Scientific asst,- 

 TJ. S. Fisheries Lab, Beaufort, N. C, 13; asst. 

 zool, Cornell, 13-14; asst. nat. science, Brooklyn 

 Museum, 15; special agent fisheries investiga- 

 tions, N. Y. State Conservation Commission, 16; 

 asst. tiologist, U. S. BioL Surv, 16-17, 19- 

 Zoologist, Can Geol. Surv. exped. to Great Slave 

 Lake, 14; lieut, S. C, A. E. F, 18-19. Soc. 

 Ichthyol. and Herp; Soc. Mammal; mem. Or- 

 nith. Union ; Wash. Biol. Soc; N. Y. Linnean 

 Soc. (sec'y, 10, 11). Birds of North America 

 and France; fauna of northwestern Canada and 

 Okefinokee swamp; Limicolae; Pclecanoididae; 

 conservation of swamp lands; hygiene. 



Harper, Dr. Henry Winston, 2216 Rio Grande 

 St, Austin, Tex. * Chemistry . Boonville, Mo, 

 Sept. 20, 59. Mound City Col, Boonville, 72-74; 

 Ph.G, Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 81; M.D, Virginia, 

 92, 94; Europe, 97; LL.t), Baylor, 14. Mfg. 

 chemist and perfumer, Ft. Worth, Tex, 81-84; 

 chemist and metallurgist, Colo, and Refugio 

 Mining and Smelting Co, 84-85; Compana La 

 Imogena, 86; chemist and pathologist to Drs. 

 Beall and Adams, Ft. Worth, Tex, 87-90; adj. 

 prof, chem, Texas, 94-97, assoc. prof, in charge, 

 sch. of chem, and director, chem. lab, 97-03, 

 prof, chem, 03-, dean, grad. sch, 13-, chemist, 

 Miner. Surv, 01-06. Fifth, Seventh and Eighth 

 Int. Congresses Applied Chem. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; Electrochem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Am. 

 Med. Ass; Ass. Prof; fel. Tex. Acad, (pres, 00, 

 v. pres, 01); fel. London Chem. Soc; Chem. 

 Gesell. Pharmacology; geology; pathology; 

 chemistry of fatigue; chemistry of asphalt; 

 amethystine blue; water analysis; analyses of 

 several artesian waters; municipal water supply 

 of El Paso, Tex; the waxes in the candalilla 

 plant; bituminous coal distillation; hydrolysis 

 of sawdust; bromids and iodids from deep wells 

 of Texas. 



Harper, Prof. M(erritt) W(esley), Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. Animal husbandry. 

 Grove" City, Ohio, Oct. 24, 77. B.S, Ohio State, 

 01 ; M.S, Illinois, 02. Asst. forage crop investi- 

 gation, U. S. Dept. Agr, 02-05; asst. animal 

 husbandry, Missouri, 03-05; Cornell, 05-06, 

 instr, 06-07, asst. prof, 07-11, prof, 11- A.A. 

 Forage crops for fattening cattle; animal breed- 

 ing; breeding of horses; training and breaking 

 of horses. 



Harper, Prof. R(obert) A(lmer), Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York, N. Y. *Botany. Leclaire, 

 Iowa, Jan. 21, 62. A.B, Oberlin, 86, A.M, 91; 

 Hopkins, 88-89; Ph.D, Bonn, 96. Prof. Greek 

 and Latin, Gates, 86-88; instr. science, Lake 

 Forest Acad, 89-91 ; prof. bot. and geol. Lake 

 Forest, 91-98; bot, Wisconsin, 98-11; Torrey 

 prof, Columbia, 11- Nat. Acad; A. A. (v. pres, 

 10); Soc. Nat. (pres, cent, branch, 07, 08, 09); 

 Bot. Soc. (pres, 16); Phytopath. Soc; Ecol. 

 Soc; Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; Bot. Gesell. Phys- 

 iology of lower plants; cytology of the fungi; 

 fertilization in mildews; cell and nuclear divi- 

 sion in slime molds; morphogenesis in the algae. 

 Harper, Dr. Roland M(cMillan), College Point, 

 N. Y. Geography, Demography, Ecology. Farm- 

 ington, Maine, Aug. 11, 78. B.E, Georgia, 97; 

 Ph.D, Columbia, 05. Forestry collector, Ga. 

 Geol. Surv, 03-04 ; botanist and geographer, Ala. 

 Geol. Surv, 05-06, 11-13, 19; Fla. State Geol. 

 Surv, 08-10, 14-15; asst. agr. geog, office farm 

 management, U. S. Dept. Agr, 17, 18. A.A; 

 Ass. Geog; Soc. Foresters; New Eng. Bot. Club; 

 Torrey Bot. Club. Taxonomy; native weeds; 

 forestry; distribution and ecology of plants of 

 southern and eastern states; soils; agriculture; 

 illiteracy in the south; classification of occupa- 

 tions; population. 

 Harper, W(illiam) E(dniund), Dominion Astro- 

 physical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. Astro- 

 physics. Bruce Co, Ont, March 20, 78. A.B, 

 Toronto, 06, A.M, 07. Observer, Dominion Ob- 

 servatory, 06-14, astronomer, 14-19; research 

 astronomer. Dominion Astrophys. Observatory, 

 19- Medal, Royal Astron. Soc. Can. Fel. Royal 

 Astron. Soc. Can. Stellar radial velocities; 

 orbits of spectroscopic binaries. 

 Harriman, N(orman) F(ollett), Union Pacific 

 Laboratory, Omaha, Nebr. Experimental engi- 

 neering. Chemistry. Cameron, Mo, Jan. 12, 73. 

 Chemist and engineer of tests, U. P. H. B. Co, 

 02- Chem. Eng; Soc. Test. Mat; Chem. Soc; 

 Mech. Eng. Testing engineering materials. 

 Harrington, Prof. Elmer A(dna), Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. Physics. 

 Winchendon, Mass, Oct. 7, 84. A.B, Clark, 05, 

 A.M, 06, Ph.D, 15. , Asst. physics, Clark, 05-07 ; 

 instr, Williams, 09-12; Smith, 12-14; acting 

 prof. North Carolina, 15-16; instr, Michigan, 

 16-17; lieut, U.S.N, 17-19; asst. prof, physics, 

 Clark, 19-20; prof, Mass. Col, 20- A.A; Physi- 

 cal Soc; Physik. Gesell. Sound; the vibrations 

 of a tuning-fork; dielectric constants of water 

 solutions ; exterior and interior ballistics ; damp- 

 ing coefficient of quartz. 

 Harrington, Dr. E(rtle) L(eslie), Westinghouse 

 Lamp Co, Bloomfield, N. J. Physics. Bucklin, 

 Mo, March 7, 87. B.S, Missouri, 10, A.B, 11; 

 A.M, Harvard, 15; Ph.D, Chicago, 16. Supt. 

 schools, 10-11 ; head, dept. physics. State Teach- 

 ers Col, Mo, 11-17; instr. physics, Chicago, 18; 

 research physicist, Westinghotise Lamp Co, 18- 

 Mo. Sci. and Math. Soc. (pres, 14). Coefficient 

 of viscosity of air. 

 Harrington, Geo(rge) T(raver), Rock Ridge, 

 Greenwich, Conn. Botany. Randolph Center, 

 Vt, Oct. 18, 85. B.S, Vermont, 09 ; B.S, George 

 Washington, 12; Wisconsin; Chicago. Scienti- 

 fic asst, seed lab, U. S. Dept. Agr, 09-20; man- 



