CHARLES ROCHESTER EASTMAN. 



Born January 5, 1868; Died September 27, 1918. 



(Plate LX.) 



Although not connected with the Carnegie Museum at the time 

 of his death, Charles Rochester Eastman held more or less intimate 

 relations with the institution for more than sixteen years, during 

 three of which he was a member of its staff. 



Professor Eastman was born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on January 

 5, 1868, the son of Austin V. and Mary (m.n. Scoville) Eastman. 

 He was graduated B.A. at Harvard in 1890, and in the following 

 year received the degree of M.A. In 1893 he married Caroline A. 

 Clark, daughter of the late Alvan G. Clark, the famous maker of 

 telescopes, and with his bride repaired to Munich to prosecute his 

 studies under Professor Karl von Zittel, receiving his degree of 

 Ph.D. in 1894. He then returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

 and was given a post in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 

 He there continued his studies upon the fossil fishes begun at 

 Munich, and subsequently almost continuously devoted himself 

 to this, his chosen field of research. Later he studied at Johns 

 Hopkins, and also in Europe, whither he occasionally went. His 

 studies as a specialist were utilized in researches upon material 

 submitted to him by the Geological Survey of the United States, 

 and of several of the individual States, and he taught geology and 

 palaeontology in Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. 



The writer of these lines first became personally acquainted with 

 Dr. Eastman on the occasion of a visit which the latter paid to 

 Pittsburgh for the purpose of examining our collections and urging 

 upon Professor J. B. Hatcher the importance of endeavoring to make 

 a collection of Palaeozoic fishes. At this time the fact that the 

 collection belonging to Baron Ernst Bayet of Brussels was on the 

 market was mentioned, and Dr. Eastman volunteered to obtain 

 more information as to the collection than was in the possession 

 of Professor J. B. Hatcher and myself at that time. It was finalh' 



