Journal of 



Applied Microscopy. 



Volume I. MAY, 1898. Number 5 



pv AVID SIMONS KELLICOTT, born at Hastings Centre, New York, 

 •'— ' January 22, 1842, died at Columbus, Ohio, April 13, 1898. Profes- 

 sor Kellicott died on the above date after an illness of ten days with 

 pneumonia. 



He graduated from Syracuse University, then Genesee College, with 

 the degree of B. Sc, in 1869, and took the D. Ph. degree here in 18S2. His 

 college career was interrupted on occasions when he taught at Scioto 

 Furnace, Ohio, and at Mexico Academy, New York. He was teacher of 

 science in the Keystone State Normal School from 1870 to 1872, and 

 teacher of natural sciences in the Buffalo State Normal School from 1872 

 to 1888. In 1888 he was appointed professor of zoology and entomology 

 at the Ohio State University, and held this position until the time of his 

 death. 



As a man he was modest, yet strong, honest in all his undertakings. 

 The universal esteem and respect of his large circle of friends testify to 

 his character. As a teacher, he was painstaking, of inexhaustible patience, 

 and with a personal interest in each one of his students. He holds not 

 only their admiration, but also their love. His colleagues in the faculty 

 evidenced their estimate of him by their helpful sympathy and keen 

 interest during his illness. 



As a scientific worker, the numerous contributions he made through 

 journals and scientific societies, speak of his untiring energy and attain- 

 ments. He was a keen and accurate observer, all of his work marked by 

 a characteristic honesty, and his communications were never biased by 

 personalities. He was elected president of the American Microscopical 

 Society in 1888 and again for the current year. He was now serving his 

 term as general secretary of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. In the Ohio Academy of Science he had served as treasurer 

 and as president. In local scientific societies he was prominent and, as 

 always, an interested worker. His family, his university, his societies, will 

 always feel the void made by his absence. a. m. bleile. 



Columbus, Ohio, April 18, 1898. 



