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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Min. and Metal. Geology of southeastern 

 Alaska. 

 Wright, Dr. Douglas, Jr, 2333 Channing Way, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Chemistry. Virginia, 111, May 

 20, 91. B.S, Illinois, 16; fellow, California, IS- 

 19, Ph.D, 19. In charge culture media work. 

 Cutter Lab, 19- Soil chemistry; bacteriology; 

 biochemistry; decomposition of minerals by bac- 

 teria. 

 Wright, Prof. Frank J(ames), Bridge water, Va. 

 Physiography. Bridgewater, Nov. 22, 88. A.B, 

 Bridgewater, 08; A.M, Virginia, 11; Ph.D, Co- 

 lumbia, 18. Prof. geol. and biol, Bridgewater, 

 11-16; assoc. geol. Bryn Mawr, 18; prof, 

 Bridgewater, 19- From field asst. to asst. geol- 

 ogist, Va. Geol. Surv, 12- Fel. Am. Geog. See. 

 Physiography of Upper James River Basin and 

 the Appalachians. 

 Wright, Dr. Fred(erick) E(ugene), Geophysical 

 Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 

 D. C. *Geology. Marquette, Mich, Oct. 16, 77. 

 Ph.D, Heidelberg, 00. Instr. petrog, Mich. Col. 

 Mines, 01-04; asst. state geologist, Mich, 02-04; 

 asst. geologist, TJ. S. Geol. Surv, 04-06, geol- 

 ogist, 06-; petrologist, geophys. lab, Carnegie 

 Institution, 06- Capt, ordnance dept, O.R.C, 

 17-18, major, ordnance dept, 18-19, lieut. col, 

 O.R.C, 19-; army representative, mil. optical 

 glass and instrument sect, W.I.B, 18-19. A.A; 

 Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Chem. Soc; Physical Soc; 

 Philos. Soc; Optical Soc. (pres, 18-19); Wash. 

 Acad. (cor. sec'y, 16); Wash. Geol. Soc; Wash. 

 Philos. Soc. Physical crystallography; experi- 

 mental petrology. 

 Wright, Prof. G(eorge) Frederick, 145 Elm St, 

 Oberlin, Ohio. Geology. Whitehall, N. Y, 

 Jan. 22, 38. A.B, Oberlin, 59, A.M, 62; D.D. 

 Brown, 87; LL.D, Drury, 87. Pastor, Congre- 

 gational Church, Bakersfield, Vt, 62-72; An- 

 dover. Mass, 72-81; prof, language and lit. of 

 New Testament, Oberlin Theol. Sem, 81-92, har- 

 mony of science and revelation, 92-07, enter, 

 prof, 07- Asst. geologist. Pa. Geol. Surv, 81- 

 82; U. S. Geol. Surv, 84-92; ed, 'Bibliotheca 

 Sacra,' 84-; 'Records of the Past,' 05-13; lec- 

 turer. Lowell Inst, 87, 92, 96; Peabody Inst, 88; 

 Brookh-n Inst, 89 ; Stone lecturer, Princeton, 04. 

 A.A; Geol. Soc; Anthrop. Ass; Archeol. Inst; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Essex Inst; Ohio Acad; 

 Ohio Archeol. and Hist. Soc. (pres, 07-18). 

 Archeology; glacial phenomena; loess deposits; 

 antiquity of man; esker terraces. 

 Wright, Pres. Harry Noble, 533 Earlham Drive, 

 Whittier, Calif. Mathematics. Shelbyville, Ind, 

 Oct. 3, 81. B.S, Earlham, 04; M.S, California, 

 11, fellow, 12-13, Ph.D, 13. Prof, math. Pa- 

 cific (Oregon), 04-05; Whittier, 08-10; asst, 

 Calif, 10-12, instr, 13-17; prof, Whittier, 17-, 

 dean, 17-18, pres, 18- Math. Ass; Astron. Soc. 

 Number theory; analytical geometry; synthetic 

 projective geometry. 

 Wright, Dr. James H(omer), Massachusetts Gen- 

 eral Hospital, Boston, Mass. *Pathology. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. A.B, Hopkins, 90; M.D, Mary- 

 land, 92, hon. Sc.D, 07; fellow, Penn.sylvania, 

 92-93; A.M, Harvard, 95, hon. Sc.D, 05. Asst. 

 path. Harvard, 93-96, instr, 96-07, asst. prof, 

 07-; director, path, lab, Mass. Gen. Hosp, 96- 

 Gross prize, Phila. Acad. Surg, 05; Boylston 



med. prize. Harvard, 03. Emer. mem. Am. 

 Physicians. Pathological anatomy, histology 

 and bacteriology. 



Wright, Dr. J(ames) E(emus), Standard Oil Co, 

 Whiting, Ind. Physics. Carrollton, Ohio. B.S, 

 Westminster (Pa), 05; fellow, Chicago, 08-09, 

 Ph.D, 11. Asst, Chicago, 10-11; prof, physics 

 and chief of dept, Univ. Philippines, 11-19; 

 chief physicist, Standard Oil Co. of Ind, 19- 

 A.A. Emission of electrons from metals; 

 radium emanation content of the atmosphere and 

 of soil gas; ionization of the atmosphere; radio- 

 activity of water. 



Wright, John S(hepard), Care Eli Lilly and Co, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. Botany, Pharmacognosy. 

 Clermont, Ind, Oct. 17, 70. B.S, Purdue, 92. 

 Field asst, N. Dak. Bot. Surv, 91; botanist, Eli 

 Lillv and Co, 92-04. Lecturer bot, Med. Col. 

 of ind, 96-04. A.A; Ind. Acad, (sec'y, 95- 

 04, pres, 04). Histology of crude drugs and 

 of vegetable articles of diet; microscopy of 

 powders, starches and other vegetable commodi- 

 ties; pharmacology of drugs of vegetable origin. 



Wright, Dr. Jonathan, Pleasantville, N. Y. 

 Medicine. Springboro, Ohio. Feb. 2. 60. Grad, 

 Miami Valley, 78 ; M.D, Columbia, 83. Director, 

 path, lab, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat 

 Hosp, 02-11; director, laboratories, N. Y. Post- 

 Grad. Med. Sch, 11-15; prof, laryngol. Woman's 

 Med. Col, N. Y; surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear 

 and Throat Hosp ; Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp ; 

 out-patient dept, Roosevelt Hosp. A.A; Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Laryngol. Ass; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Anthrop. Ass; Archeol. Inst; Am. Geog. Soc; 

 fel. N. Y. Acad; N. Y. Acad. Med; cor. mem. 

 Royal Soc. Med. Laryngology; pathology; his- 

 tory of medicine. 



Wright, Dr. Orville, 15 N. Broadway, Dayton, 

 Ohio. Aeronautics. Dayton, Aug. 19, 71. Hon. 

 Sc.D. Royal Tech. Col. "Munich, 09; hon. M.S, 

 Earlham, 09; LL.D, Oberlin, 10; hon. Sc.D, 

 Trinity (Conn), 15; Cincinnati, 17; hon. M.S, 

 Yale, 19. Pres, Wright Co, 12-15. Mem. 

 nat. advisory committee for aeronautics. Gold 

 medal, French Aero Club, 08; British Aero 

 Club, 08; French Acad. Sports, 08; Aeronaut. 

 Soc. Gt. Britain, 08 ;U. S. Cong, 09; State of 

 Ohio, 09; Aero Club, 09; French Acad, 09; 

 Chevalier Legion d'honneur, 09; Langley medal, 

 Smithsonian Inst, 10; Cresson medal, Franklin 

 Inst, 14; John Fritz medal. 20; Albert medal, 

 Royal Soc. Arts, 17; bronze medal, Int. Peace 

 Soc. Hon. mem. Mech. Eng; Automotive Eng; 

 hon. mem. Aero Club; Aeronaut. Soc; Franklin 

 Inst; hon. mem. Flying Club; hon. mem. Aero- 

 naut. Soc. Gt. Britain; hon. mem. British Aero 

 Club; hon. mem. Verein. Fliigtech; hon. mem. 

 Oester. Fliigtech. Verein; hon. mem. Sarthe 

 Aero Club, France. Construction and develop- 

 ment of the airplane. 



Wright, Dr. Ralph G(arrigue), Bishop Place, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. ChemiMry. St. Louis. Mo, 

 April 29, 75. B.S. Columbia, 99: Polytech, 

 Zurich, 99-02; Ph.D, Basel. 02. Private asst, 

 Columbia, 04-05; prof, chem, Washington and 

 Jefferson, 0.5-07; Futgers, 07- Chem. Soc. 

 Structure of dyestuffs; fluorescence of certain 

 carbon compounds; oxidation. 



