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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE 



W. 0. Ayres, 

 Silas Durkee, 

 Samuel Kneeland, Jr., 



Thaddeus W. Harris, 

 Waldo I. Burnett, 

 Henry K. Oliver, Jr., 



T. J. Whittemore, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 A. E. Belknap, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 Edward Tuckerman, 

 John Bacon, Jr., 

 William Read, 



Amos Binney, 

 William 0. Ayres, 

 J. B. S. Jacksou, 



H. R. Storer, 

 Albert Ordway, 



Theodore Lyman, 



J. E. Teschemacher, 

 Charles James Sprague, 



Silas Durkee, 



Charles T. Jackson, 



Elected. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 July 16, 1851. 

 May 21, 1856. 



May 2, 1838. 

 M.ay 3, 1848. 

 May 2, 1855. 



June 5, 1839. 

 May 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 



CURATORS OF FISHES. 



Retired. 



July 16, 1851. N. E. Atwood, 



May 21, 1856. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., 



Sept. 3, 1856. F. W. Putnam, 



CURATORS OF INSECTS. 



May 3, 1848. Silas Durkee, 



July 1, 1854. 1 Alex. E. R. Agassiz, 



Sept. 5, 1855. Samuel H. Scudder, 



CURATORS OF MOLLUSKS. 



M.ay 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 Nov. 20, 1850. 



William Stirapson, 

 T. J. Whittemore, 

 Arthur T. Lyman, 

 Nathan Farrand, 

 Alpheus Hyatt, 

 Edwm-d S. Morse, 



Elected. 

 Dec. 17, 1856. 

 May 5, 1858. 

 May 4, 1859. 



May 21, 1856. 

 May 5, 1858. 

 Mar. 16, 1859. 



Dec. 4, 1850. 

 May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 June 6, 1860. 

 Oct. 21, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 



CURATORS OF CRUSTACE.ANS AND RADIATES. 



Feb. 3, 1841. May 5, 1841. John P. Reynolds, May 2, 1855. 



July 16, 1851. May 18, 1853. Theodore Lyman, May 6, 1857. 



May 18, 1853. May 2, 1855. 



The Curatorship was separated into two divisions in 1857. 



CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS. 



Alpheus S. Pack.ard, Jr., Dec. 2, 1863. 



Sept. 2, 1857. 

 May 4, 1859. 



Sept. 2, 1857. 



May 2, 1838. 

 May 5, 1852. 



June 3, 1857. 



May 4, 1859. 

 Dec 18, 1861. 



CURATORS OF RADIATES. 



May 4, 1864. Addison E. Verrill, 



CURATORS OF BOTANY. 



May 5, 1852. Horace Mann, 



May 3, 1865. 



CURATORS OP MICROSCOPY. 

 May 2, 1860. B. Joy Jefifries, 



May 4, 1864. 

 May 3, 1865. 



May 2, 1860. 



Martin Gay, 



CURATORS OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (State Collection). 

 May 2, 1838. May 5, 1841. T. Bulfiuch, May 5, 1841. 



CURATOR OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (Society collection). 

 May 2, 1838. May 4, 1842. 



Retired. 

 May 5, 1858. 

 May 4, 1859. 

 May 4, 1870. 



May 5, 1858. 

 Mar. 2, 1859. 



May 4, 1870. 



May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 May 16, 1860. 

 May 4, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 

 Mav 4, 1870. 



May 6, 1857. 

 Sept. 2, 1857. 



May 4, 1870. 



May 4, 1870. 

 Nov. 11, 1868.1 



May 4, 1870. 

 May 4, 1842. 



The State Collection was withdrawn from the Society's Museum, and the Curatorship of Mineralogy and Geology divided, in 1842. 



Martiu Gay, 

 Francis Alger, 

 John Bacon, 



CURATORS OF MINERALS. 



May 4, 1842. May 2, 1849. Willi.am T. Brigham, 



May 2, 1849. May 21, 1856. Thomas T. Bouv*-, 



May 21, 1856. May 4, 1863. 



May 4, 1863. 

 May 3, 1865. 



May 3, 1865. 

 May 4, 1870. 



Thomas T. Bouve, 



May 4, 1842. 



CURATORS OF GEOLOGY. 



May 4, 1863. William T. Brigham, Jan. 2, 1867. May 4, 1870. 



The department of Palaeontology was added to that of Geology m 1863, and raised to a separate department in 1867. 

 Thomas T. Bouv^, May 4, 1863. 



CURATOR OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Jan. 2, 1867. 



CUR.\T0R3 OF PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Thomas T. Bouv«, Jan. 2, 1867. May 1, 1867. Alpheus Hyatt, May 1, 1867. May 4, 1870. 



The office of Curator was ahoUshed May 4, 1670 and Committees on the several departments were elected. 



I By death. 



