396 JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY, 



In 1867 lie was President of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. From 1868 until his death he was Presi- 

 dent of the Lyceum of Natural History, later the New York Acad- 

 em^' of Sciences. He was one of the judges at the Centennial 

 Exhibition in 1876. From 1880 to 1890 he was President of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club. In 1884 he was appointed one of the 

 Palaeontologists of the United States Geological Survey. In 1887 

 he was elected an Associate Fellow of our Academy. In 1888 the 

 Murchison Medal was awarded to him by the Geological Society 

 of London, and the following j^ear he was elected First Vice- 

 President of the Geological Society of America. 



In 1869, Dr. Newberry was appointed State Geologist of Ohio. 

 To this survey he devoted his energies, both as an administrator 

 and in the field. Aside from his own contributions to the strati- 

 graphy of the State, a large part of the scientific value of the 

 volumes consists in his description of the wonderful fossil Devonian 

 and Carboniferous fishes, and the fossil plants. 



He was one of the most highly esteemed members of the Centurj^ 

 Club of New York. He was also a member of the original com- 

 mittee appointed by the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science to call together an International Geological 

 Congress, and he was chosen as President of the Congress for its 

 first meeting in America, at Washington, in 1891. But he was 

 unable either to preside or to be present; the increasing overwork 

 carried on under high pressure for lialf a century had already 

 ended in paralysis. On December 7, 1892, at New Haven, after 

 nearly two years of illness, he ended a career of great and varied 

 usefulness to his science and to his country. 



The range covered by his scientific literary activity is shown by 

 the following classification of his publications given by Professor 

 Fairchild.* 



Geology (General) 73 



" Economic 38 



Palaeontology, Vegetable 43 



" Animal 25 



Botany 7 



Zoology " 



Physiography » . . . 6 



Archpeology ^ 



Biography 3 



Miscellaneous . . . « 5 



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* Transactions of the New York Academy of Science, Vol. XII. p. 159. 



