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lished, for the most part at Mr. Bowditch's expense, in six folio vol- 

 umes of Memoirs and several volumes of Papers. The collections 

 acquired by these expeditions now fill the greater part of two large 

 halls in the Museum. He brought together a large library of the 

 books and manuscripts relating to Mexico and Central America which 

 he gave to the Museum in addition to over fifty thousand pages of 

 photographic reproductions of early manuscripts and rare books on 

 the history and languages of these countries. He established Fellow- 

 ships in Maya research in the Archaeological Institute of America and 

 in the Peabody Museum. He was in great part responsible for the 

 establishment of the teaching of Anthropology in Harvard University. 



Mr. Bowditch's patronage of the study of Central American antiqui- 

 ties was a patronage based on personal investigations, study, and an 

 intimate knowledge of this field. American Antliropology has perhaps 

 no other case where an effort in one field of interest has been so long 

 continued, so intense, and so productive of results. 



A list of the published and unpublished articles written by him 

 together with a list of his editorial work is printed in the American 

 Anthropologist (N.S.) v. 23, 1921. 



Alfred M. Tozzer. 



SETH CARLO CHANDLER (1846-1913). 



Fellow in Class I, Section 1, 1883. 



Seth Carlo Chandler was born in Boston, Mass., on September 

 16, 1846, the son of Seth Carlo and Mary (Cheever) Chandler. He 

 died on December 31, 1913, after a career of remarkable achievement. 



As a boy he developed early, showing a fine combination of mental 

 and practical capability. AYhile still attending the English High 

 School of Boston, he was chosen to perform some computations for 

 Professor Benjamin Pierce of Harvard University. This circumstance 

 seems to have developed Chandler's mathematical bent and led him, 

 after graduation in 1861, to become the assistant to the distinguished 

 astronomer. Dr. B. A. Gould. ^Yhile the other lads of sixteen vears 

 may have pursued collegiate courses, Chandler found in Gould his 

 university. Here was the beginning of a life-long friendship. Under 

 Gould he worked with the title of Aid in the U. S. Coast Survey from 



