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five years. In 1863 he was placed in charge of the mollusk col- 

 lection at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge by 

 Prof. Louis Agassiz, whom he accompanied to Brazil on the 

 Thayer expedition in 1865. Mr. Anthony was a man of small 

 and delicate frame, with a well-shaped head, whose brilliant dark 

 eyes were a marked feature in his countenance. He suffered in 

 later years from an affection which impaired his sight, and at 

 times prevented him from doing any work. To this cause is due 

 the fact that some of his later work was occasionally wanting in 

 the precision and accuracy which characterized that of an earlier 

 time. He wrote a very beautiful, clear hand, and his labels were 

 as elegant as if engraved on copper. The attractiveness of the 

 Cambridge collection is largely due to his unwearied efforts. A 

 portrait of Mr. Anthony, though not a very good one, was pub- 

 lished in the American Journal of Conchology, vol. ii, part 2, 

 1866. His collection was added to that of the museum at Cam- 

 bridge. 



Samuel Stehman Haldeman. 



Samuel Stehman Haldeman was born at Locust Grove, Penn- 

 sylvania, Aug. 13, 181 3, and died at Chickies on the loth of 

 September, 1880. 



He studied in a classical school at Harrisburg and for two years 

 at Dickinson College, but did not graduate. In 1836 he was 

 called to assist the late H. D. Rogers in the geological survey of 

 New Jersey, and from 1S37 ^^ 1843 was engaged in geological 

 work on the State Survey of Pennsylvania. In 185 1 he was pro- 

 fessor of natural science in the University or Pennsylvania, and 

 from 1869-80 professor of comparative philology in the same 

 institution. He was a member of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. His papers number over two hundred titles, and in- 

 clude such subjects as chess, thq natural sciences, and especially 

 philology. He was a distinguished philologist, but to American 



