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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Wliittier, Prof, r(rank) N(atliamel), Bowdoin 

 College, Brunswick, Maine. Pathology, Bac- 

 teriology. Farmington, Maine, Dec, 12, 61, 

 A.B, Bowdoin, 85, A.M, 88, M.D, 89. Lecturer 

 hygiene, Bowdoin, 88-08, demonstrator path, 

 and bacter, 97-01, prof, 01-, hygiene and phys- 

 ical training, OS- Pathologist, Maine Gen. 

 Hosp, 09-; med. examiner, Cumberland Co, 

 Maine, 09-; major, M.E.C, 19, A. A; Ass. 

 Path, and Bact. Action of disinfectants. 



Whittle, Charles L(ivy), 50 Congress St, Boston, 

 Mass. Geology. Deering, N. H, Oct, 1, 62, 

 Harvard, 87, U, S. Geol, Surv, 87-92; mining 

 geologist and manufacturer of Whittle Diamond 

 Saws, 92- Geology; lithology; ore deposits, 



Wholey, Dr, C(omellus) C(ollins), 4616 Bayard 

 St, Pittsburgh, Pa. Psychiatry. Staunton, Va, 

 75, A.B, Eock Hill, 95, hon, A,M, 02; M.D, 

 A'irginia, 98, fellow, 98-99; Vienna, 00-01; 

 Hopkins, 01-03, Instr. psychiat, Pittsburgh, 

 15- Mem, psychiat, staff, St, Francis Hosp, 

 Pittsburgh, 13-; asst. neurologist, W, Pa. Hosp, 

 15- Medico-Psychol. Ass; Psychopath, Ass; 

 Am, Med, Ass; Ass, Study Int, Secretions, 

 Nervous and mental diseases; drug addictions. 



Wiancko, Prof, A(lfred) T(heodor), Purdue Uni- 

 versity, La Fayette, Ind, Agronomy. Ont, Can, 

 Oct, 16, 72, B.S.A, Ont. Agr. Col, 95. Asst, 

 librarian and instr, German, Ont. Agr, Col, 

 98-01; instr, agr, Nebraska, and asst. agricul- 

 turist, Exp. Sta, 01-03 ; prof, agron, Purdue, and 

 chief, dept. soils and crops, Exp. Sta, 03- A.A ; 

 Soc. Agron; Ind, Acad, Soil fertility; crop 

 improvement. * 



Wichers, Dr, Edward, W. Woodbine St, Chevy 

 Chase, Md. Chemistry. Zeeland, Mich, March 

 25, 92, A,B, Hope, 13, hon, A.M, 16; M.S, Illi- 

 nois, 15, fellow, 16-17, Ph.D, 17, Asst, chemist, 

 Bur. Standards, 17-19, a^soc. chemist, 19- 

 Chem, Soc. Inorganic chemistry; rare earths; 

 platinum metals. 



Wick, Dr, Frances G(ertrnde), Vassar College, 

 Poughkeepsie, N, Y, Physics. Butler, Pa, Oct, 

 2, 75. A.B, Wilson, 97; A.B, Cornell, 05, A.M, 

 06, fellow, 07-08, Ph,D, 08, Instr, high sch, 

 Butler, Pa, 98-04; instr, physics, Simmons, 08- 

 10; Vassar, 10-15, asst. prof, 15-19, assoc. prof, 

 19- Acting asst, prof, physics, Cornell, 18-19, 

 A.A; Physical Soc; Ass. Prof, Electrical prop- 

 erties of silicon; the silicon detector; fluores- 

 cence; phosphorescence; luminescence; absorb- 

 ing power; phos-phorescence of hexagonite and 

 fluorite, 



Wickenden, Prof. W(illiain) E(Igin), Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Tcchnolog}', Cambridge, Mass, 

 Electrical engineering. Toledo, Ohio, Dec, 24, 

 82. B.S, Denison, 04; Wisconsin, 05-08, Instr, 

 physics. Mechanics' Inst, Rochester, N. Y, 04- 

 05; asst, Wisconsin, 05-06, instr. elec. eng, 06- 

 09; asst. prof, Mass. I7ist. Tech, 09- Assoc. 

 Elec. Eng. Illumination; photometry. 



Wickham, Miss Evelyn W(om]iam), 45 Adriance 

 Ave, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Astrophysics. 

 Rensselaer, N, Y, June 7, 95, A,B, Vassar, 16; 

 M.S, Chicago, 17, Computer, Yerkes Observa- 

 tory, 16-19, observer, 17-19; asst. to engineer, 

 development and research branch. Am,. Tele- 

 phone and Telegraph Co, 19- Mem, Yerkes Ob- 



servatory eclipse exped, to Green River, Wyo, 

 19, Astron. Soc, Radial velocity. 



Wickham, Prof. H(enry) F(rederick), State Uni- 

 versity, Iowa City, Iowa, Entomology. Shrew- 

 ton, England, Oct, 26, 66. Iowa, 87-91, M.S, 

 94, Asst. curator, sool. museum, Iowa, 91-, 

 instr, and later asst. prof, zool, 94-03, prof, 

 entom, 03-, applied zool, 19- Temporary field 

 asst, bur, entom, U, S. Dept. Agr, 14-16," U, S. 

 Biol, Surv, 17-19, A.A; Entom. Soc; Iowa 

 Acad; Wash, Entom. Soc; cor. mem. Davenport 

 Acad; hon. mem. Ont, Entom, Soc; cor, mem. 

 Ottawa Field Njt, Club; Soc. entom, de 

 Belgique; Entom, Gesell. Geographical distri- 

 bution of Coleoptera; larvae of Coleoptera; 

 Cicindelidae; fossil Coleoptera; desert fauna, 



Wickson, Prof, E(dward) J(ames), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif, Horticulture. 

 Rochester^ N, Y, Aug, 3, 48. A.B, Hamilton, 

 69, A.M, 72. Lecturer dairy husbandry and agr, 

 California, 79-91, assoc, prof, agr, hort. and 

 entom, 91-97, prof, agr, practise, 97-12, dean, 

 col. agr, 05-15, acting director, Exp. Sta, 05- 

 07, director, 07-15, prof, hort, 12-15, emer. prof, 

 15- Horticulture ; irrigation practise. 



Widmann, Otto, 5105 Enright Ave, St, LouiB, 

 Mo, Ornithology. Karlsruhe, Germany, June 

 15, 41. Ph.G, Karlsruhe, 64, Fel, 'Ornith, 

 Union; Wilson Ornith, Club; Cooper Ornith, 

 Club; St. Louis Acad, Geographic distribution 

 and migration of birds; bird protection; cata- 

 logue of birds of Missouri; botany. 



Widtsoe, Pres. John A(ndreas), 1425 Sigsbee Ave, 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, Chemistry. Island of 

 Froyen, Norway, Jan, 31, 72. B.S, Harvard, 94; 

 Ph.b, G'ottingen, 99 ; Zurich, 99-00. Prof, chem, 

 Utah Col, 94-98, 00-05; chemist, Exp. Sta, 94- 

 98, director, 00-05; director, sch, agr, Brigham 

 Young, 05-07; pres, Utah Col, 07-16; Utah, 16- 

 A.A; Chem, Soc; Chem. Gesell. Carbohydrates; 

 desert soils and vegetation; chemical develop- 

 ment of plants; relations of soils and water to 

 plant growth and composition. 



Wiegand, Dr, K(arl) M(cKay), Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, N, Y. *Botany. Truxton, N. Y, 

 June 2, 73, B.S, Cornell, 94, Ph.D, 98, Asst, 

 bot, Cornell, 94-99, instr, 99-07; assoc, prof, 

 Wellesley, 07-13; prof, N. Y. State Col. Agr, 

 Cornell, IS- A, A; Bot, Soc, Taxonomy of 

 plants; plant geography. 



Wieland, Dr. G(eorge) K(ebr), Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn, *Paleontology. Center Co, 

 Pa, 65, B.S, Pa, State, 93; Ph,D, Yale, 00; 

 Pennsylvania; Gottingen, Teacher, Chester, Pa, 

 95-98; paleontologic research, Yale, 98-, lecturer 

 paleobot; assoc, Carnegie Institution. Paleon- 

 tologist, Geol, Inst, Mex; various explorations in 

 western Am, (especially Black Hills), Mex, and 

 S, Am; Archduke Rainer gold medal, Austrian 

 Zool. and Bot, Soc, 14, A, A; Geol. Soc; 

 Paleont. Soe; Bot. Soc; Soc, Geol, Mex; Bologna 

 Acad, Sci, Testudinata; paleobotany; geolog- 

 ical climatology and distribution; cycads and 

 cycadoids; Cretaceous turtles; polar climate as 

 a controlling factor in the evolution of plants 

 and animals, 



Wieman, Prof. Harry L(ewis), University of Cin- 

 cinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Zoology. Cincinnati, 



