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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Parr, Prof. S(arauel) W(ilson), 1011 W. Green 

 St, Urbana, 111. *Cliemistry. Granville, 111, 

 Jan. 21, 57. B.S, Illinois, 84; M.S, Cornell, 85; 

 Berlin and Zurich, 00-01. Instr. and prof, science, 

 Illinois Col, 85-91; prof, chem, Illinois, 01- 

 A.A; Chem. Soe; Electrochem. Soc; Soc. Test. 

 Mat; Chem. Eng; Min. and Metal. Eng; Wash. 

 Acad. Composition, weathering and spontaneous 

 combustion of coals; calorimetry of fuels; met- 

 allurgical chemistry ; boiler waters ; low tem- 

 perature carbonization of coals; acid-resisting 

 alloys; platinum substitutes; potash shales of 

 Illinois. 



Parrott, P(ercival) J(olin), Geneva, N. Y. Ento- 

 mology. Croydon, England, May 28, 74. A.B, 

 Kansas, 97, A.M, 98. Asst. entomologist, Kans. 

 Exp. Sta, 98-99; N. Y. Exp. Sta, Geneva, 00- 

 02; entomologist, Ohio Exp. Sta, 02-04; N. Y. 

 Exp. Sta, Geneva, 04- Entomologist, Kans. 

 Hort. Soc, 99-00. A.A; Ass. Econ. Entom. (v. 

 pres, 10. pres, 13); Entom. Soc. Economic en- 

 tomology. 



Parshley, Prof. H(oward) M(adison), Smith Col- 

 lege, Northampton, Mass. Entomology. Hal- 

 lowell, Maine, Aug, 7, 84. A.B, Harvard, 09, 

 A.M, 10, Sc.D, 17. Instr. sool, Maine, 11-14; 

 asst. prof, Smith, 17-19, assoc. prof, 19- Assoc, 

 field zool, biol. lab, Cold Spring Harbor, 19- 

 A.A; Soc. Zool; Entom. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Soc. 

 entom. de France; Soc. entom. de Belgique. 

 North American Hemiptera. 



Parsons, Arthur L(eonard), University of To- 

 ronto, Toronto, Can. Mineralogy. jNlt. Morris, 

 N. Y, Sept. 16. 73. A.B, N. Y. Univ, 96. Asst. 

 miner, N. Y. State Museum, 00-02; field asst, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 02-03; instr, Minnesota. 03- 

 07; lecturer, Toronto, 07-13, asst. prof, 13-19, 

 assoc. prof, 19- Asst. in charge of N. Y. state 

 sci. exhibit, Pan- Am. Expos 01; field geologist, 

 Ont. Bur. Mines, 07, 10-12, 14-20. A.A; fel. 

 Mineral. Soc; Can. Min. Inst. Crystallography; 

 economic geology of iron; crystallography of 

 gothite ; a new sclerometer. 



Parsons, Dr. Charles L(athrop), Bureau of Mines, 

 Washington, D. C. *Chcmistry. New Marlboro, 

 Mass, March 23, 67. B.S, Cornell, 88 ; hon. Sc.D, 

 Maine, 11; hon. D.Chem, Pittsburgh, 14. Asst, 

 N. H. Exp. Sta, 88; instr. chem, N. H. Col, 90- 

 92, prof, 92-11; chief mineral chemist, IT. S. 

 Bur. Mines, 11-16, chief chemist, 16-19; sec'y, 

 Chem. Soc, 19-; consulting chemist, 19- Nichols 

 medal, Chem. Soc, 04; mem. Nitrate Commis- 

 sion; advisory board on gas warfare; chairman, 

 committee on use of zirconium in light armor; 

 special investigator in Europe on nitrogen fixa- 

 tion, War Dept, 19. Chairman, inorg. sect, 

 Eighth Int. Cong. Applied Chem; v. pres. Inter- 

 allied Union of Pure and Applied Chem. A.A. 

 (sec'y, C, 04-08); Chem. Soc. (sec'y, 07-). 

 Mineralogy; crystallography; blow pipe analy- 

 sis; atomic weights; compounds of beryllium; 

 solution in binary solvent; basic nitrnto 

 polyiodids; mineral Avaters; fuller's earth; ex- 

 traction of radium from its ores; cyanids; nitro- 

 gen fixation. 



Parsons, Cha(rle)s W(esley) D(arwin), 1612 Oak 

 Ave, Evanstoii, 111. Phi/.tic^. Clifton Springs, 

 N. Y, Aug. 25, 72. A.B, Cornell, 97; A.M, 

 Northwestern, 09. Instr, secondary schools, 97- 



07 ; prof, physics, Colorado Col, 07-09 ; asst, 

 Northwestern, 09-10; with Cent. Scientific Co, 

 Chicago, 10-18, 19- Lieut, Air Service, 18-19. 

 Assoc, mem. Physical Soc. Experime;ital evi- 

 dence for the presence of ions. 



Parsons, Dr. Elsie Clews, 7 E. 76th St, New York, 

 N. Y, Ethnology. New York, 75. A.B, Colum- 

 bia, 96, A.M, 97, Ph.D, 99. Hartley House fel- 

 low, Barnard, Columbia, 99-02, lecturer, 02-05. 

 A.A; Ethnol. Soe. (treas, 16-); Anthrop. Ass. 

 (mem, council, 19) ; Folk-lore Soc. (pres, 19-, 

 asst. ed, 'Jour'); Southwest Soc. (sec'y, 18-). 

 The family; Pueblo Indians; negro folk tales. 



Parsons, Miss Harriet McW(illiams), Vassar Col- 

 lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Astronomy. Troy, 

 Pa, Dec. 17, 92. A.B, Vassar, 15, fellow, at 

 Chicago, 15-16, 19-21, M.S, Chicago, 16. Asst. 

 astron, Vassar, 16-18, in^tr, 18- Astron. Soc. 

 Photographic photometry; proper motions of 

 stars. 



Parsons, Prof, H(arry) de B(erkeley), 22 Wil- 

 liam St, New York, N. Y. Engineering. New 

 York, Jan. 6, 62. B.S, Columbia, 82; M.E, 

 Stevens, 84. Prof, steam eng, Rensselaer, 91-07, 

 emer. prof, practical eng, 07- Cliairman, Com- 

 mission on Street Cleaning and Waste Disposal, 

 N. Y. City, 07 ; mem. Metropolitan Sewage Com- 

 mission, 08-14; mem. various commissions; con- 

 sulting engineer. Mech. Eng; Civil Eng; Naval 

 Archit. and Marine Eng. Steam boilers, their 

 theory and design; disposal of municipal re- 

 fuse; displacement and the area curves of fish; 

 influence of sugar on cement ; fire-proofing tests ; 

 fire hazards; tidal phenomena of the waters of 

 New York Bay. 



Parsons, Dr. J(oseph) G(reeley), Paulton Build- 

 ing, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Ophthalmology. Paw- 

 let, Vt, 71. M.D, Minnesota, 98. Practising 

 physician. Lecturer hygiene, S. Dak. Col; 

 Sioux Falls Col; Lutheran Nor. Sch. Delegate, 

 Fourth Int. Cong. Sch. Hygiene. A.A; Am. 

 Med. Ass; fel. Acad. Ophthal. and Oto-Laryngol; 

 S. Dak. Sch. Hygiene Ass. (pres). Otolaryngol- 

 ogy; public health. 



Parsons, Dr. Leon W(oodman), 78 Chester Eoad, 

 Belmont, Mass. Chemistry. Newburyport, Mass, 

 Sept. 22, 91. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 13; A.M, 

 Harvard, 16, Ph.D, 17. Asst. director, research 

 lab. applied chem, Ma^'^s. Inst. Tech, 19- Capt, 

 C.W.S, 17-19. Chem. Soc. Inorganic and phys- 

 ical chemistry; industrial chemistry. 



Parsons, Dr. Louis A(lexander), Pennsylvania 

 College, Gottvsburg, Pn. Physics. Burlington, 

 Iowa, April "9, 72. A.B, Iowa, 95, A.M, 99 ; 

 fellow. Hopkins, 00-02, Ph.D, 02. Instr, high 

 sch, Burlington, Iowa, 95-98; asst. physics, Hop- 

 kins, 08-03; instr, Utah, 03-04; California, 04- 

 07; prof, Pennsylvania Col, 07- Physical Soc; 

 Electrochem. Soc. The spectrum of hydrogen; 

 electric discharge in gases. 



Parsons, Prof. T(homas) S(mith), Laramie, Wyo. 

 Aaronomv. Ivinghoe, England, Aug. 5, 73. 

 B.S, S. Dak. Col, 97, M.S, 99. Principal and 

 instr. science, high schools, 00-10; prof, agron, 

 Wyoming, and agronomist, Exp. Sta, 10-18, 

 specialist, agron, extension div, 18- State seed 

 analyst, Wyo. Soc. Agron. Soils; forage crops; 

 irrigation. 



