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ford. To live out of doors in the country with his family was an ideal 

 vacation for him. 



Dr. Chandler was an entertaining conversationalist, and a delightful 

 companion, an English astronomer remarking that it was worth cross- 

 ing the Atlantic to visit him. He was cordial and constant in friend- 

 ship, so unpretentious that many who met him only in later life were 

 unaware that he had any claim to distinction. To those who know his 

 work, " he has left the remembrance not so much of mere talent as of 

 positive genius." The creative power of his intellect combined with 

 courageous and unflagging industry produced a record of notable 

 achievements, linking his name inseparably with the history of 

 astronomy of his time. 



Edward S. King. 



ELIOT CHANNING CLARKE (1845-1921). 



Fellow in Class I, Section 4, 1887. 



Mr. Clarke was born in Boston on May 6, 1845, and was the son of 

 the Rev. James Freeman Clarke and Anna H. Clarke. His father 

 was one of the most distinguished Unitarian clergymen of his day, a 

 leader in thought, and the author, among other things, of a book 

 entitled "Ten Great Religions," which occupies a high place in theo- 

 logical literature. 



The first ten years of Mr. Clarke's life were passed in Boston and in 

 Meadville, Pa., the home of his mother's family. In 1855 his parents 

 settled at Jamaica Plain. He was educated in the public schools, 

 preparing for college at the Eliot High School, and was graduated 

 from Harvard College in 1867. He was Chief Marshal of his class. 

 He took some special studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology in 1867-68, and in February, 1868, he began his career as a 

 civil engineer on the bridge then building over the Mississippi River 

 at Quincy, Illinois. His uncle, Thomas Curtis Clarke, was a noted 

 civil engineer, a member of the firm of Clarke, Reeves & Co., Bridge 

 Builders, of Phoenix, Pa., and in 1896 President of the American 

 Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Clarke's firm was building the bridge 

 over the Mississippi River and the work offered a good opportunity 

 for the nephew to begin his engineering experience. Later, he was 



