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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENGE 



Cement Co, 10-12; Bur. Standards, 12-17, 

 assoc. chemist, 17- Chem. Soc. Chemistry and 

 physical chemistry of gases. 



Weaver, Floyd C(alvin), 1515 Park Road, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Physics. La Fayette, Ind, July 

 24, 87. B.S, Purdue, 10. Assoc, physicist, Bur. 

 Standards, 10- Optical Soc; Astron. Soc; 

 Wash. Philos. Soc. Optical surfaces; design of 

 optical systems. 



Weaver, Prof. Greorge H(owitt), 629 S. Wood St, 

 Chicago, 111. Pathology. Sussex, Wis. Oct. 22, 

 66. Carroll, 82-85; Wooster, 85-86; M.D, Rush 

 Med. Col, 89. Prof, path. Women's Med. Sch, 

 Northwestern, 93-97; asst. prof, i?tis7i Med. Col, 

 99-18, prof, 18- Physician in charge, Durand 

 Hosp, McCormick Inst, for Infectious Diseases, 

 Chicago, 02- ; attending physician contagious 

 diseases. Cook Co. Hosp, 05-13. A.A; Ass. Path, 

 and Bact; Soc. Bact; Am. Physicians ; Am. Med. 

 Ass; Chicago Path. Soc. (sec'y, 94-); Chicago 

 Soc. Med. Hist. Bacteriology and immunity in 

 contagious diseases. 



Weaver, Dr. J(ames) H(enry), Hilliards, Ohio. 

 Mathematics. Madison Co, Ohio, June 19, 83. 

 A.B, Otterbein, 08; A.M, Ohio State, 11; Ph.D, 

 Pennsylvania, 16. Teacher, high sch, Plain City, 

 Ohio, 08-10; instr. math, Ohio State, 10-12; 

 head of dept. high sch. West Chester, Pa, 12-15; 

 instr, Ohio State, 17- A.A; Math. Soc; Math. 

 Ass. History of mathematics; geometry. 



Weaver, Prof. J(ohn) E(m3t), Station A, Lin- 

 coln, Nebr. Botany. Villisca, Iowa, May 5, 84. 

 B.S, Nebraska, 09, A.M, 11; Ph.D, Minnesota. 

 16. Instr. bot, Wash. State, 12-13, asst. prof, 

 13-14; instr, Minnesota, 14-15; asst. prof, Ne- 

 iraska, 15-17, prof, plant ecol, 17- A.A; Bot. 

 Soc; Ecol. Soc; Nebr. Acad. Plant ecology, 

 physiology and pathology. 



Webb, Prof. Hanor A, Peabody College for Teach- 

 ers, Nashville, Tenn. Chemistry. Nashville, 

 April 1, 88. A.B, Nashville, 08; M.S, Chicago, 

 11; Ph.D, Peabody Col. Teachers, 20. Asst. 

 chem, Chicago, 10-12; instr, W. Tenn. State 

 Nor. Sch, 12-17; Peabody Col. Teachers, 17-19, 

 as.1t. prof, 19- Chem. Soc. Food and agricul- 

 tural chemistry; teaching of science. 



Webb, Prof, Harold W(ortliington), Columbia 

 University, New York, N. Y. Physics. Ithaca, 

 N. Y, July 27, 84. A.B, Columbia, 05, Ph.D, 09. 

 Instr. and later as.it. prof, physics, Columbia, 

 09- Physical Soc. Short electric waves. 



Webb, J(essc) L(ee), U. S. Department of Agri- 

 . culture, Washington, D. C. Entomology. Bloom- 

 jngton, 111, April 9, 78. B.S, Wash. State, 00; 

 M.S, West' Virginia, 02. Special field agent, V. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 02-09. asst, hur. entom, 09-19, 

 acting in cluxrge south, field crop insect investi- 

 gations, 19- A.A; Ass. Econ. Entom; Wash. 

 Entom. Soc. Rice and forest insects; biology 

 of Taltanidae. 



Webb, Prof. L(ouie) W (infield), Northwestern 

 University, Evanston, 111. Psychology. Tex- 

 arkana. Ark, Sept. 8. 83. A.B, Ouachita, 06; 

 A.M. Chicago, 13, Ph.D, 16. Prof, philos. 

 Ouachita, 09-11; instr. psychol. and educ, 

 Nnrthwe.itern, 16-18, asst. prof, educ, 18- Instr. 

 psychol. 111. State Nor. Univ, summer, 16; lec- 

 turer business psychol, sch. commerce. North- 



western, 18- Psychol. Ass. Educational psy- 

 chology; transfer of training and retroaction; 

 methods of studying. 



Webb, Walter Loring, 31 Runnymede Ave, Lans- 

 downe, Pa. Civil engineering. Rye, N. Y, June 

 25, 63. B.C.E, Cornell, 84, C.E, 89. Instr. civil 

 eng. Cornell, 88-92; asst. prof, Pennsylvania, 

 93-01; consulting engineer, 01- Major and 

 chief engineer, renting, requisitions and claims 

 service, corps engineers, A.E.F, 17-20. Civil 

 Eng; R. R. Eng; Phila. Eng. Club. Railroad 

 engineering; reinforced concrete. 



Webber, Dr. H(erbert) J(ohn), Pedigreed Seed 

 Co, Hartsville, S. C. *Plant physiology. Law- 

 ton, Mich, Dec. 27. 65. B.S, Nebraska", 89, A.M, 

 90, Agr.D, 13; Ph.D, Washington (St._Louis), 

 01. Instr. bot. Nebraska, 89-90; Washington 

 (St. Louis), 90-92; pathologist, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 92-99, physiologist in charge, plant breed- 

 ing lab, 00-07;" prof, plant biol, Cornell, 07-08, 

 exp. plant breeding, 08-12, acting director, col. 

 agr, 09-10; dean, grad. sch. trop. agr, Califor- 

 nia, and director, Citrus Exp. Sta, 13-19, di- 

 rector, Calif. Exp. Sta, 19-20; gen. manager. 

 Pedigreed Seed Co. SO- Rep. of U. S. Dept, 

 Agr, Int. Conf. on Hybridization, 98. A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Ecol. Soc; Soc. Hort. Sci; Bot. Soc. 

 Plant reproduction; Zamia and Ginkgo; orange 

 diseases; plant breeding; breeding of oranges, 

 cotton, corn, pineapples, timothy, potatoes, etc. 



Webber, Dr. W(infield) Paul, University of Pitts- 

 1)urgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mathematics. 74. A.M, 

 Defiance, 03; Cincinnati, 08, Ph.D, 11. Instr, 

 pub. and private schools, 97-02; math, and phys- 

 ics. Defiance, 03-04; Lebanon. 04-06; math, 

 Cincinnati, 06-09; Okla. Col, 09-11; Bethanv, 

 11-13; Pittsburgh, 13- A.A. Theory of func- 

 tions of complex variable; teaching of secondary 

 mathematics. 



Webster, Prof. A(rthur) G(ordon), 85 William St, 

 Worcester. Mass. *Physics. Brookline. Mass, 

 Nov. 28, 63. A.B, Harvard, 85, Parker fellow, 

 (Berlin, Paris and Stockholm), 86-90; Ph.D, 

 Berlin, 90; hon. Sc.D, Tufts, 05; LL.D. Hobart, 

 08. Instr. math. Harvard, 85-86; docent 

 physics, Clarl-, 90-92, asst. prof, 92-00. prof, 

 00- Lecturer, Lowell Inst, Boston, 97; Harri- 

 son lecturer, Pennsylvania, 11. Elihu Thomson 

 prize, Paris, 95. Nat. Acad; A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Physical Soc. (mem. council, 99-01, 05-08, v. 

 pres. 01, 02, pres, 03, 04, ed. board, 14-16) ; 

 Am. Acad; Philos. Soc; Royal Inst; Math. 

 Verein; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Pure and ap- 

 plied dynamics; thermodynamics; sound vibra- 

 tions; electricity; gyroscopes; ballistics; pres- 

 sure gage for guns. 



Webster, Prof. David L(ocke), Stanford Univer- 

 sity, Calif. * Physics. Boston, Mass, Nov. 6, 

 88. A.B, Harvard, 10, Ph.D. 13. Instr. math, 

 Harvard, 09-12; asst. physics, 11-14, instr, 15- 

 17; asst. prof, Michigan, 17, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 19-20; prof, Stanford. SO- A.A; Physical Soc; 

 Am. Acad. Light and electron theory; X-ray 

 spectra . 



Webster, Prof. Ed (win) H(arrison), 425 Bnttpry 

 St, San Francisco, Calif. Agricirture. Yates 

 Center, Kan^, Fob. 25, 71. B.S, Kansas State, 

 96, M.S, 01; B.S.A, Iowa State, 01. Asst. 

 dairying, Iowa State, 00-01 ; prof, Kansas 



