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the Appalachian Mountain Club and its first President. Music was 

 an inspiration to him in his work, not as a relaxation alone, but as a 

 stimulant which helped him to solve mathematical and physical 

 problems. 



He had the cooperative mind and the highest unselfishness actuated 

 all his relations with his fellow astronomers. He subordinated his 

 own individuality in his work and even the interests of his observatory 

 to the good of astronomical science. All the honors of the astronomical 

 world were showered upon him and upon the institution which under 

 his direction had led the c[ueen of sciences into new triumphs in un- 

 trodden fields. 



As it was said of Sir Christopher Wren that his monument was Saint 

 Paul's Cathedral, so the monument of Professor Pickering is found in 

 the ninety volumes of the Annals of Harvard College Observatory, a 

 monument which as long as man looks up at the heavens and wonders 

 and interprets, should be an honorable and enduring one. 



Joel H. Metcalf. 

 JOHN ELLIOTT PILLSBURY (1846-1919). 



Fellow in Class II, Section 1, 1893. 



This distinguished naAal officer and oceanographer was born at 

 Lowell, Massachusetts, December 15, 1846, the son of John Oilman 

 and Elizabeth Wimble (Smith) Pillsbury. His early education was 

 received in the public schools, and at the age of fourteen he was ap- 

 pointed a page in the House of Representatives. 



In 1862 he received from President Lincoln a nomination to the 

 U. S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1867, being com- 

 missioned ensign in 1868 and lieutenant in 1872. 



He married Florence Greenwood Aitchison of Portland, Maine, " 

 August 26, 1873. Elsie Greenwood, later wife of Edward B. Richard- 

 son of Brookline, Mass., was the only issue of this marriage. 



In 1875 he was ordered to the Hydrographic Ofiice of the Navy 

 Department and the following year detailed to the JJ. S. Coast Survey, 

 where he gave ten years of service and placed his name permanently 

 on the roll of those who have materially added to our knowledge of the 

 secrets of the Ocean. 



