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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Tned, Washington (St. Louis), 17- Soc. Clii. 

 Invest. Bacteriology; chemotherapy. 



Ohesney, C(ummings) C, Dawes Ave, Pittsfield, 

 Mass. Electrical engineering. Selinsgrove, Pa, 

 Oct. 28, 63. B.S, Pa. State, 85. Chemist, Pa. 

 State, 85-86; prof. chem. and math, Doylestown 

 Sem, 86-88; chief elec. engineer, Stanley Elec. 

 Mfg. Co, 91-01, V. pres. and chief engineer, 01- 

 06; manager and chief engineer, Pittsfield 

 works, Gen. Elec. Co, 06- Consulting elec. engi- 

 neer, Northern Elec. Mfg. Co, 00- Elec. Eng; 

 London Soc. Arts. Design of electrical ma- 

 chinery; methods of transmission of energy by 

 electricity. 



Ohesnut, V(ictor) K(ing), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. *Phytochem- 

 istry. Nevada City, Calif, June 28, 67. B.S, 

 California, 90; Chicago, 93. Instr. ehem, Cali- 

 fornia, 93; botanist in charge poisonous plant 

 investigations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 94-04; chemist, 

 Mont. Exp. Sta, and chemist and geologist, 

 Mont. Col, 04-07 ; asst. chemist, dvv. drugs and 

 phytochem. Idh, hur. chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 07- 

 Collaborator poisonous plant investigations, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 04-07. A. A; Chem. Soc; Agr. 

 Chem; "Wash. Acad; Wash. Chem. Soe. (pres. 

 01-) ; Wash. Bot. Soc. Poisonous plants; plants 

 used by Indians; active constituents of plants; 

 enzymes; fruit odors; analysis of patent medi- 

 cines and plants. 



Chessin, Prof. Alexander S, 13-21 Park Eow, 

 New York, N. Y. *Mathematics. St. Peters- 

 burg, Eussia, Dec. 11, 65. A.M, Imperial Inst. 

 Hist, and Philol, Petrograd, 84; Ph.D, St. 

 Petersburg, 89; C.E, Polytech. Ziirich, 92. Lec- 

 turer celestial mech, Hopkins, 94-95, assoc. prof, 

 math, and astron, 95-99; prof, math, Washing- 

 ton (St. Louis), 01-10; consulting engineer, 10- 

 Lecturer, Harvard, 94; Lowell Inst, Boston, 95; 

 Columbia, Cooper Union, N. Y, and the Chau- 

 tauqua Assembly, 00; Columbia, 09. Gold 

 medal, Russian Ministry of Pub. Instruction, 88 ; 

 special envoy to Italy, 89. Mechanics; astron- 

 omy; theory of functions; infinite series; dif- 

 ferential equations; Bessel's functions; rela- 

 tive motion, Foucault pendulum; development 

 of perturbative function; effect of the earth's 

 rotation on gyroscopes; strains and stresses in a 

 rapidly moving disc; gyroscopic devices. 



Chester, Rear Admiral C(olby) M(itchell), U.S.N, 

 1736 K St, N. W, Washington, D. C. Astron- 

 omy, Naval science. New London, Conn, Feb. 

 29, 54. Grad, U. S. Naval Acad, 63. Instr. sea- 

 manship and naval archit, U. S. Naval Acad, 

 74^77 ; in charge parties, hydrog. dept, U. S. 

 Coast and Geod. Surv, 77-80, in charge dept, 

 80-85; commandant cadets, U. S. Naval Acad, 

 90-94; supt, V. S. Naval Observatory, 02- In 

 charge, U. S. China and Corea Surveys, 71-73; 

 lecturer, U. S. Naval War Col, 01-02; in charge 

 U. S. eclipse exped. to Europe, 05; U. S. in- 

 spector, European astron. observatories, 08-11; 

 prof, naval science and int. law, Yale, 17-18. 

 A. A. Naval architecture; hydrography; inter- 

 national law. 



Chester, Prof. Frederick D(ixon), Chester Springs, 

 Pa. Bacteriology. Santo Domingo, Haiti, Oct. 

 8, 61. Washington (St. Louis), 76-78; B.S, 

 Cornell, 82, M.S, 85. Prof. geol. and bot, Del. 



Col, 82-92; bacteriologist and mycologist, Del. 

 Exp. Sta, 89-07; director, State Bacter. Lab, 

 Del, 99-07. Soc. Bact. (v. pres, 05) ; Soc. Prom. 

 Agr. Sci. Mycology. 



Chester, Prof. W(ayland) M(organ), Hamilton, 



N. Y. Biology. Noank, Conn, March 10, 70. 



A.B, Colgate, 00; A.M, Harvard, 08. Instr. 



hist, Colgate, 94-97, instr. iiol, 97-00, nssoc. 



prof, 00-04, prof, 04- A.A; Soe. Zool; Wash. 



Biol. Soc. Comparative anatomy of animals. 

 Chester, Prof. Webster, 47 Winter St, Waterville, 



Maine. Zoology. Noank, Conn, Oct. 31, 76. 



A.B, Colgate, 00; A.M, Harvard, 08. Instr. 



science and math, Colby Acad, New London, 



N. H, 00-02; prof, liol, Colby, 03- Instr. 



invert, zool. Woods Hole, 08. Lecturer biol. and 



evolution, Bangor Theol. Sem, 14- A.A. 



Chickering, Prof. A(rthur) M(erton), Albion, 

 Mich. Zoology. North Danville, Vt, March 23, 

 87. Ph.B, Yale, 13; M.S, Wisconsin, 16. Asst. 

 biol, Beloit, 13-16, instr, 16-18; prof, Albion, 

 18- Micros. Soc; Mich. Acad. (v. pres, sect, 

 zool, 19, 20). Chromosomes of Belostomn flu- 

 minea and of Ranatra; tentacles of Hydra fusca. 



Chidester, Dr. F(loyd) E(arle), University of 

 West Virginia, Morgantown, W. Va. Zoology. 

 Chicago, 111, Oct. 13, 84. Ph.B, Syracuse, 07; 

 fellow, Chicago, 08-09; A.M, Qark, 08, fellow, 

 10-11, Ph.D, 11. Instr. biol, DePauw, 09-10; 

 Rutgers, 11-13, asst. prof, 13-15, assoc. prof, 

 zool, 15-16, prof. zool. and chairman biol. and 

 sanit. science, Rutgers and New Jersey, 16-18; 

 lieut. Pub. Health Service, 18-19, capt, (re- 

 serve), 19-; assoc. prof, zool, West Virginia, 

 29- With Bur. Fisheries,- Woods Hole, sum- 

 mers, 10, 11, 19; research assoc, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, summer, 12. A.A; Ass. Anat; Soc. Exp. 

 Biol; N. B. Sci. Soc. (v. pres, 14, pres, 16). 

 Embryology; experimental zoology. 



Chilcott, Prof. E(llery) Charming, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Agri- 

 ctdture. Geology, Agronomy. East Hamburg, N. 

 Y, April 8, 59. M.S, S. Dak. Col, 88. Prof, 

 agr, S. Dak. Col, 93-97, geol. and agron, 95-05; 

 agriculturist in charge of dry land agr. investi- 

 gations, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 05- 

 U. S. deputy surveyor and compassman, 82-90; 

 agriculturist, S. Dak. Exp. Sta, 93-05, v. direc- 

 tor, 97-05; collaborator, U. S. Dept. Agr. A.A. 

 Soil physics; mechanical analysis of soils; crop 

 rotation and adaptation; plant breeding and se- 

 lection; animal nutrition; conservation and 

 movement of soil moisture; cultivation methods; 

 dry land agriculture investigations in the great 

 plains area. 



Child, Dr. C(harles) M(anning), University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. *Zoology. Ypsilanti, 

 Mich, Feb. 2, 69. Ph.B, Wesleyan, 90, M.S, 92 ; 

 Ph.D, Leipzig, 94. Asst. biol, Wesleyan, 90- 

 92; sool, Chicago, 95-96, assoc, 96-98, instr, 

 98-05, asst. prof, 05-09, assoc. prof, 09-16, 

 prof, 16- Instr, Woods Hole, 95-97; holder, 

 Agassiz table, Naples Zool. Sta, 94, Smithsonian 

 table, 02-03. A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Ecol. 

 Soc; Chem. Soc; Ass. Anat, Sense organs of 

 insects; cell lineage of annelids; form regula- 

 tion; occurrence and significance of amitosiB; 

 physiology of polarity and symmetry; physio- 

 logical correlation and integration. 



