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, Four hundred and t'^ventietli meeting. 



November 14, 1855. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the 

 Academy, viz. : — 



John C. Gray, of Boston, Professor James Russell Lowell, 

 of Cambridge, Professor Francis J. Child, of Cambridge, and 

 Richard Greenough, of Boston, in the Section of Literature 

 and Fine Arts. 



Rev. William A. Stearns, D. D., of Amherst, in the Section 

 of Philosophy and Jurisprudence, 



Professor Albert N. Arnold, of Newton, in the Section of 

 Philology and Archaeology. 



The following, nominated by the Council, were elected 

 Foreign Honorary Members, viz. : — 



Dr. Fr. W. A. Argelander, of Bonn, in the Section of As- 

 tronomy. 



Victor Regnault, of Paris, in the Section of Physics and 

 Chemistry. 



L. D. Vicat, of Paris, in the Section of Technology and 

 Engineering. 



Richard Owen, of London, in the Section of Zoology and 

 Physiology. 



Sir Benjamin Brodie, of London, and P. Rayer, of Paris, in 

 the Section of Medicine and Surgery. 



Archbishop Whately, of Dublin, and Victor Cousin, of Paris, 

 in the Section of Philosophy and Jurisprudence. 



Franz Bopp, of Berlin, and Friedrich von Thiersch, of 

 Munich, in the Section of Philology and Archasology. 



Francois Guizot, of Paris, in the Section of Political Econ- 

 omy and History. 



Professor Gray laid before the meeting a bronze medal 

 commemorating the three eminent botanists, Bernard, Antoine 

 Laurent, and the late Adrien de Jussieu : presented by the 

 Jussieu family. 



