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inspiration of his work. In the article already referred to, Pro- 

 fessor Harold Jacoby says of him, ''Great as were his abilities as 

 an astronomer, he was yet at his best as a teacher." The influ- 

 ence he exercised over a few bright students who resorted to 

 Williamstown to profit by his instruction was undoubtedly 

 great. On the other hand it has been said of him that his in- 

 struction was not adapted to the student not well advanced in 

 his work. He himself probably realized this weakness as thor- 

 oughly as any one, for in the monograph on mathematical teach- 

 ing, already mentioned, he insists strongly that we fail to rec- 

 ognize the difficulties that beset a beginner. 



His range of information v/as very broad, not only along all 

 lines of physical and natural science but in literature and in 

 music as well. Says Professor Charles Forster Smith, "If, as a 

 professor in Williams College, I became interested along any 

 line of work whatever, I was sure of a cordial and sympathetic 

 interest on the part of Professor Saiford." 



His home life is said to have been singularly happy. Care- 

 less and inattentive to the petty details of practical every day 

 life, he gave these things over to the charge of his devoted wife, 

 who took delight in relieving him from care and making it pos- 

 sible to g"ive himself wholly to his books a,nd his telescope. Pro- 

 fessor Jacoby sa^^s, "He was a man of simple and genuine piety 

 for whom the conflict of scieoice and religion had no terrors. 

 He knew that no such conflict exists." As a teacher, as an in- 

 vestigator and as a man he did honor to the college to which he 



gave the best years of his life. 



Eei^est B. Skinnek. 



eist of publicatiol^s of the eate peofessoe saffoed. 



The following list of Professor Safford's writings has been 

 prepared through the kindness of Pev. Charles H. Burr, Li- 

 brarian of Williams College. It is believed to be substantially 

 complete : 



S AFFORD, Tkuman Henry. Catalogue of declinations of 532 

 stars near the zenith of the observatorv of Harvard Col- 

 lege. (From American Academy, Memoir*. J^. S. YoL 

 8). Camb. 1861. folio. Welch, Bigelow & Co. 



