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he was Curator of the Illinois State Museum of Natural His- 

 tory at Springfield. During the year 1894 he was Professor 

 of Greek in Augustana College, and the following year he was 

 Professor of Botany at Martin Luther College, Chicago. Late 

 in the year 1(S95 he became the Director of the Museum of the 

 Cincinnati Society of Natural History, and continued until 

 1906, when he removed to Chicago, and set up a laboratory 

 for the manufacture in America of a chemical preparation 

 known as Salubrin, after the formula of his friend, Dr. Hakans- 

 son, of Eslof, Sweden. He was manager of this laboratory 

 at the time of his death. In forty-two years of active partici- 

 pation in the world's affairs, he had contributed in no small 

 way to the advancement of human knowledge. His mind 

 seemed specially adapted to the reception and rapid assimila- 

 tion of scientific intelligence of any character. He was in- 

 tensely interested in every phase of scientific endeavor. His 

 place among the scientists of his day was fittingly recognized, 

 when, in 1876, he was made a member of the French Academy 

 of Sciences, upon whose lists are inscribed the names of such 

 zoologists as Baron Georges Cuvier and the two Geoffroy-Saint 

 Plilaires. Two years later, in 1878, he was decorated by King 

 Oscar II of Sweden with the Royal Order of Vasa. He served 

 a term as the President of the Swedish Historical Society of 

 America, and in 1900 he was President of the Ohio Academy 

 of Science. He was a member of the American Society of 

 Vertebrate Paleontologists ; of the American Association of 

 Museums, and of the American Association for the x\dvance- 

 ment of Science. In 1908 he was elected a life member of 

 the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. He was the author 

 of various scientific papers and a frequent contributor to 

 American and European scientific journals. His place among 

 the men of science of his day is secure. In this Society, which 

 he served so long and well, he is held in most affectionate 

 remembrance. He came among us a total stranger, but speedily 

 won our admiration and regard. He was as gentle and lovable 

 in disposition as a child and compelled the instant affection of 



