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Nelson, E(lnathan) K(emper), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Chemistry. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 25, 70. B.S, Illinois, 

 94. Chemist, Swift and Co, 95-02; Morris and 

 Co, 03-04 ; anal, and consulting chemist, 04-09 ; 

 asst. chemist, bur. chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 09- 

 12, chief, essential oils lab, 12- Chem. Soc. 

 Essential oils; pungent principles. 



Nelson, Dr. Ja(me)s A (lien), E. F. D. 3, Mt. 

 Vernon, Ohio. Zoology, Entomology. Urbana, 

 Ohio, April 29, 75. Ph.B, Kenyon, 98; Ph.D, 

 Pennsylvania, 03 ; hon. fellow, Cornell, 04-08. 

 Asst. zool, Pennsylvania, 03-04; expert in api- 

 culture, bur. entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 08-18, col- 

 laborator, 18- A.A; Soc. Zool; Entom. Soc; 

 Ass. Econ. Entom; Ohio Acad; Wash. Entom. 

 Soc; Phila. Acad. Embryology and anatomy of 

 Dinophilus; structure of palpi of male spiders; 

 development of the honey bee. 



Nelson, James C(arlton), 531 N. Cottage St, 

 Salem, Oregon. Botany. Grant, Ky, Dec. 11, 

 67. B.S, Hanover, 90, A.M, 93. Instr, Carth- 

 age, 91-92; Hull Acad, Hull, Iowa, 92-94; high 

 sch, Princeton, 111, 94-99; Dubuque, Iowa, 99- 

 07; principal, Marshalltown, Iowa, 07-12; 

 Wenatchee, Wash, 12-14; Senior High Sch, 

 Salem, 14- Collaborator 'Bot. Abstracts.' Bot. 

 Soc; Fern Soc. Systematic botany; vascular 

 plants of Oregon; botanical biography. 



Nelson, Prof. John M(aurice), Columbia Univer- 

 sity, New York, N. Y. Chemistry. West Point, 

 Nebr, Oct. 19, 76. B.S, Nebraska, 01; Ph.D, 

 Columbia, 07. Chemist, Nebr. Food Commis- 

 sion, 01-03 ; instr. chem, Rose, 03-04 ; Rens- 

 selaer, 07; tutor, Columbia, 08-15, asst. prof, 

 15-16, assoc. prof, 16- Chem. Soc. Hydrolysis 

 of cane sugar; Grignard reaction; starch; de- 

 rivatives of ihosite; invertase; valence. 



Nelson, Prof. Martin, Fayetteville, Ark. Agricul- 

 ture. Seneca, Wis, Sept. 12, 71. B.S.A, Wis- 

 consin, 05, M.S, 06. Field asst, dept. soils, 

 Wisconsin, 06; adj. prof, field crops and soils, 

 Nebraska, 06-07, assoc. prof, field crops, 07-08; 

 prof, agron, col. agr. and Exp. Sta, Arlcansas, 

 08- Soc. Agron. Agronomy; acidity of soils 

 and its influence upon farm crops, upon am- 

 monification and nitrification; cross inoculation 

 of legumes; the physical and chemical require- 

 ments of Southern soils; the control of rice 

 blight; breeding grains and cotton adapted to 

 Arkansas conditions. 



Nelson, N(els) C Christian), American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, N. Y. * Anthro- 

 pology. Denmark, April 9, 75. B.L, California, 

 07, M.L, 08. Asst. curator, museum anthrop, 

 California, 09-12, instr. anthrop, 10-12; asst. 

 curator. Am. Museum Nat. Hist, 12- Field 

 asat, TI. S. Geol. Surv, 08; lecturer, Archeol. 

 Inst, 11; archeol. expeditions to San Francisco 

 Bay region and to southwest. U. S, 12-17; Ky, 

 Fla, Spain and France. A.A; Anthrop. Ass; 

 Ethnol. Soc. Tho archeology of the San Fran- 

 cisco Bay region, southwestern United States. 

 Kentucky, Florida, Spain and France. 



Nelson, Dr. N(elson) L(awrence) T, Goodhue, 

 Minn. Botany. B.S, Carleton, 91; Ph.D, Chi- 

 cago, 99. Principal, high sch. Pine Island, 

 Minn, 91-93 ; supt. pub. schools, Benson, Minn, 

 94-96; dean, Defiance, 00-01; instr. bot, Cent. 



High Sch, St. Louis, 01-09; prof, biol, Des 

 Moines, 09-12; Presbyterian (S. C), 12-14; 

 instr, Florida, 14-16; prof. biol. and geol, 

 Omaha, 17-18; assoc. prof. biol. and bot, Tex. 

 Col, 18- A.A; Bot. Cent. States; Sullivant 

 Moss Chapter (sec'y, 08). Taxonomy; ecology; 

 bryology; mycology. 



Nelson, E(alph) A(ugustus), 429 Crescent Ave, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Chemistry. Galesburg, 111, Aug. 

 31, 88. B.S, Illinois, 15; M.S, Northwestern, 

 16. Research chemist, 111. Exp. Sta, 15; Nat. 

 AniHne and Chem. Co, 16- Chem. Soc; Buf- 

 falo Eng. Soc. Physiological and organic 

 chemistry. 



Nelson, Prof. R(alph) E(mory), 232 Littleton St, 

 West Lafayette, Ind. Chemistry. Fowler, Ind, 

 Oct. 15, 86. B.S, Purdue, 11, M.S, 13; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 18. Asst. and later instr. chem, Pur- 

 due, 11-16, asst. prof, 19- Lieut, C. W. S, 18. 

 Chem. Soc; Ind. Acad. Physical -organic and 

 organic chemistry; molecular rearrangement. 



Nelson, Prof. Thurlow C Christian), 85 S. Adelaide 

 Ave, New Brunswick, N. J. Zoology. New 

 Brunswick, Sept. 22, 90. B.S, Rutgers, 13; 

 Ph.D, Wisconsin, 17. Asst, oyster culture lab, 

 N. J. Exp. Sta, 09-14, asst. biologist, 16-; asst. 

 prof, zool, Eutgers, 19- Asst, Bur. Fisheries, 

 summers, 14, 19. A.A; Soc. Zool. Oyster cul- 

 ture; physiology of lamellibraneh mollusks. 



Nelson, Prof. Victor ECmanuel), Iowa State Col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. Chemistry. Eau Claire, Wis, 

 Jan. 21, 88. B.S, Wisconsin, 12, M.S, 14. Asst. 

 agr. chem', Wisconsin, 12-14, instr, 14-17; assoc, 

 Hopkins, 17-19; asst. prof, physiol. chem, Iowa 

 State, 19- Ctem. Soc. Fermentation; animal 

 nutrition. 



Nelson, Dr. Walter CChadwick), National Sana- 

 torium, Johnson Citv, Tenn. Bacteriologxj. Fall 

 River, Mass, Feb. 20, 90. Ph.B, Brown, 12, A.M, 

 13, Ph.D, 17. Chemist, milk dept, Providence, 

 14-17; provisional physiol. chemist, N. Y. State 

 Board of Health, 17; director, lab, Johnson City 

 Nat. Sanatorium. Lieut. Sanit. C, 17-19. The 

 gas bacillus in milk. 



Nelson, Wilbur ACrmistead), Tennessee Geolog- 

 ical Survey, Nashville, Tenn. Economic qeoloqy. 

 Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 14, 89. B.S, Vanderbilt, 

 10, A.M, Stanford, 15. Asst. chem, Vanderbilt, 

 08-10; chemist, Tenn. Packing Co, 10-11; asst. 

 geologist, Tenn. Geol. Surv, 11-14; econ. geolo- 

 gist, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry, 

 14-16; mining geologist, Paga Mining Co, 16- 

 18; state geologist, Tenn, 18- Asst. ed, 'Re- 

 sources of Tenn,' 12-14; asst. geologist, Va. 

 Geol. Surv, summer, 12; Tenn. Highway Com- 

 mission, 18; exec, committee, advisory council, 

 U. S. Board Surveys and Maps, 20. A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Ass. Petrol. Geol; Seismol. Soc; Geol. Soc. 

 of Am. Univ; Min. Eng; Tenn. Acad, (sec'y, 

 11-13); Nashville Eng. Ass. Clays of west 

 Tennessee; southern Tennessee coal field; min- 

 erals of Tennessee; natural bridges; Monteagle 

 Wonder Cave; smoke. 



Ness, Helge, Texas Experiment Station, College 

 Station, Tex. Horticulture. Norway, Nov. 4, 

 61. B.S, Tex. Col, 89; M.S, Cornell, 98. Instr. 

 hort. and bot, Tex. Col, 91-99, prof, bot, 00-03, 

 horticulturist, Exp. Sta, 08- Soc. Hort. Sci. 



