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a member of many .scientific societies both in this country and abroad. 

 The University of Heidelberg conferred upon him in 1886 the 

 degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and Harvard University about the 

 same time gave him the degree of Doctor of Laws. He became a 

 correspondent of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France 

 in 1898, and as winner of the Cuvier prize he was the recipient of 

 one of the greatest honors ever conferred upon an Americ^m scientific 

 man. 



Through the influence of Doctor Marsh, his uncle, George Peabody, 

 made gifts to Yale University' which resulted in the establishment of 

 the Peabodv Museum. 



