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AMEKICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



farm crops; fertilizers; agriculture for second- 

 ary schools. 



Hurlin, Dr. Ralph G(ibney), Kussell Sage Founda- 

 tion, 130 E. 22nd St, New York, N. Y. Biology. 

 Antrim, N. H, Sept. 30, 88. A.B, Brown, 12, 

 A.M, 13, Ph.D, 15. Asst. biol, Brown, 13-15; 

 instr. biol, Clark Col, 16, asst. prof, 17-18, docent 

 biol, Clark, 17-18; lieut, capt. and major, U.S. A, 

 and ed, 'Weekly Statist. Eeport, War Dept,' 

 18-19; statistician, Eussell Sage Foundation, 

 19- A.A. Histology; embryolog}'. 



Hursh, Prof. Ralph Kent, University of Illinois, 

 Urbana, 111. Ceramics. Woodstock, 111, Dec. 

 21, 85. B.S, Illinois, OS. Stock and shipping 

 clerk, Ohio Mining and ^Ifg. Co, 09 ; junior ce- 

 ramic chemist, Bur. Standards, 09-11; asst, 

 instr, assoc. and later asst. prof, ceramic eng, 

 Illinois, 11- Ceramic Soc. (treas) ; Chem. Soc. 

 Ceramic enginering; drying and burning of clay 

 wares; molding clay products. < 



Hurst, Lewis A(lexander), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Biochemistry. 

 Muncie, Ind, Dec. 14, 74. B.S, Purdue, 99. 

 Scientific asst, bur. soils, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01- 

 04, scientist, 04-06, biochemist, hur. plant in- 

 dust, 16- A.A; Chem. Soc. Biochemistry of 

 soils and plants; soil types; relation of soil con- 

 ditions to plant growth; fertilizers; plant dis- 

 eases. 

 Hurty, Dr. John Newell, 31 E. 11th St, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. Hygiene. Lebanon, Ohio, Feb. 21, 

 52. M.D, Indiana, 86; Phar.D, Purdue, 96. 

 Prof, hygiene and sanit. science, Indiana; state 

 health commissioner, Ind, 96- Supt. hygiene 

 exhibit, La. Purchase Expos, 04. A.A; Am. 

 Med. Ass; Pub. Health Ass. (pres, 12). 

 Hurwitz, Dr. Samuel H(ayman), 516 Sutter St, 

 San Francisco, Calif. Medicine. Poland, Sept. 

 6, 85. A.B, Harvard, 07, A.M, 08; M.D. Hop- 

 kins, 12. Instr. research med, Hooper Founda- 

 tion, California, 15-17, asst. prof. din. med, 17- 

 Soc. Exp. Biol; Physiol. Soc; Am. Med. Ass. 

 Experimental medicine and biology; functions 

 of liver and kidney; hemorrhagic diseases; blood 

 proteins. 

 Hurwitz, Prof. W(allie) A(braham), Cornell Uni- 

 versitv, Ithaca, N. Y. * Mathematics. Fulton, 

 Mo, Feb. ]8, 86. A.B, B.S, A.M, Missouri, 06; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 10. Asst. math, Missouri, 05- 

 06, summer, 08; instr, Cornell, 10-14, asst. prof, 

 14- Ed, 'Math. Monthly.' A.A; Math. Soc. 

 (assoc. ed, 'Trans,' mem. council, 19-); Math. 

 Ass. (mem. council, 19-). Analysis; differen- 

 tial and integral equations; infinite series. 

 Hus, Dr. Henri, New York Botanical Garden, 

 New York, N. Y. Botany. Leyden, Holland, 

 May 14, 76. B.S, California, 97, M.S, 99 ; Ph.D, 

 Washington (St. Louis), 08. Asst. bot, Amster- 

 dam, 01-03; experimenter, Mo. Bot. Garden, 05- 

 08; instr. bot, Michigan, 08; botanist, U. S. 

 Rubber Co. Exp. Sta, Sumatra; N. Y. Bot. 

 Garden. Expedition to West Indies and South 

 America, 03. Assoc, mem. Bot. Soc; TNIich. 

 Acad; St. Louis Acad. Marino algae; teratol- 

 ogy; heredity. 

 Husmann, Geo(rge) C(harles) (Frederick), U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Wa.shington, D. C. 

 Horticulture. Hermann, Mo, April 27, 61. 



B.S.A, Missouri, 82, M.S.A, 85. Foreman, 

 Talcoa vineyards and wineries, Napa, Calif, 82- 

 87; gen. foreman, Vina wineries, Vina, Calif, 

 87-90; supt, Kohler and Frohling vineyards and 

 wineries, Windsor and Glen Ellen, Calif, 90-92; 

 asst. and later pomologist in charge viticulture, 

 bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01- Grand 

 prize and gold medal, grape exhibit, Panama- 

 Pacific Expos, 15. A.A; Pomol. Soc; Soc. Hort. 

 Sci; Wash. Bot. Soc; Int. Viticul. Soc; hon. 

 mem, Soc. des Viticul. de France. Viticulture; 

 pomology. 



Hussakof, Dr. L(ouis), 1537 50th St, Borough 

 Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ichthyology, Zoology. 

 New York, Nov. 19, 81. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 

 00; Ph.D, Columbia, 06; Naples Zool. Sta, 09. 

 Teacher, pub. sch, N. Y, 01-02; asst, Am. Mu- 

 seum Nat. Hist, 04-08, asst. curator, dept. 

 ichthyol. and herpetol, 09-10, assoc. curator, 

 10-13, curator ichthyol, 14-16. A.A; Soc. Zool; 

 Geol. Soc ; Soc. Ichthyol. and Herp ; Paleont 

 Soc; Fisheries Soc; N. Y. Acad, (sec'y, sect. 

 biol, 09-12). Catalogs of fossil fish collec- 

 tions in the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory and in the Buffalo Museum; evolution of 

 fishes; fossil and existing sharks and devil fish; 

 variation in tree foliage; history of American 

 science. 



Hussey, Prof. W(illiam) J(oseph), Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. ^Astronomy. Mendon, Ohio, Aug. 10, 

 62. B.S, Michigan, 89; hon. Sc.D, Brown, 12. 

 Principal schools, Ohio and 111, 84-87; asst, 

 ' Nautical Almanac ' Office, 89 ; instr. math, 

 Michigan, 89-91; acting director, Detroit Ob- 

 servatory, 91-92; asst. prof, astron, Stanford, 

 92-93, assoc. prof, 9.3-94, prof, 94-96; as- 

 tronomer. Lick Observatory, 96-05; prof, astron. 

 and director, observatory, Michigan, 05- Di- 

 rector, Argentine Nat. Observatory, 11-17; expert 

 on observatory sites, Carnegie Institution, 03 ; in 

 charge, Lick Observatory eclipse exped. to Egypt, 

 05 ; LaPlata eclipse exped. to Brazil, 12. Lalande 

 Prize, French Acad, 06. "A.A; Astron. Soc. 

 (sec'y, 08-11); Math. Soc; Pacific Astron. Soc. 

 (pres, 96) ; hon. mem. Soc. Astron. de Mox; for. 

 assoc. Royal Astron. Soc. Theoretical and prac- 

 tical astronomy; micrometrical observations; 

 double stars. 



Huston,- Prof. Henry A, 42 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y. Agricultural chemistry. Damariscotta, 

 Maine, April 20, 58. A.B, Bowdoin, 79, A.M, 

 82; A.C, Purdue, 82. Asst. chem. and physics, 

 Bowdoin, 79-80; principal and science teacher, 

 high sch. La Fayette, Ind, 80-84 ; prof, physics, 

 Purdue, 84-88, agr. chem, Purdue, and state 

 chemist, Ind, 88-03, director, Ind. Exp. Sta, 02- 

 03 ; manager, western office of propaganda dept, 

 German Kali Works, St. Louis, 03-05, Chicago, 

 0.5-10, sec'y. Baltimore, 10-12. New York, 12- 

 19; tech. manager in the U. S, Potash Syiidi- 

 cate, 19- Asst. state chemist, Ind, 84-86; di- 

 rector, Ind. Weather Service, 84-96. A.A; Agr. 

 Chem. (pres, 95, committee on food preserva- 

 tives, 95-) ; Chem. Soc; Ind. Acad; N. Y. Cheni- 

 ists Club; Landwiss. Gesell. Methods of agri- 

 cultural analysis; soil improvement; swamp 

 lands; fertilizers; phosphates; potash; the 

 sugar-beet; composition of maize at different 

 periods of growth; symbiotic bacteria. 



