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for him to perform the duties of the office, or even to attend 
the meeting. 
During the winter of 1889-90 Dr. Newberry was ill through 
exhaustion and a severe cold, from the effects of which he did 
not fully recover. The following summer vacation, which should 
have been wholly taken for recuperation, was used in close work 
upon the Amboy Clays flora. All his life his vacations had 
been periods of ardent scientific work and he could not realize 
the necessity of rest. On the 3rd of December, 1890, he was 
stricken with paralysis. Hor only a brief period in 1891 was 
he able to be in his rooms at the college for a few hours at a 
time. Restoration was sought in the South, in California, on 
the shore of Lake Superior and at his home of later years in 
New Haven, Conn., but the rest had been too long deferred. On 
the night of December 7, 1892, at his residence in New Haven, 
the honored scientist, the beloved teacher, the noble man went 
to his well-earned repose. 
Dr. Newberry’s oldest son died after beginning medical prac- 
tice in Cleveland, but Mrs. Newberry with five sons and one 
daughter are now living to do honor to the memory of the 
revered husband and father. 
SCIENTIFIC WORK. 
Dr. Newberry was perhaps the broadest minded, the most 
cultured, the best equipped by natural gifts, education and 
experience, of American geologists. Indeed, he was too broad, 
and deeply interested in too many branches of natural science 
to attain the very highest position in any one. He was too 
great a naturalist to be a specialist. His love of all sides of 
nature would not permit him to concentrate his work upon a 
single department. | 
That Dr. Newberry’s work covered a very wide range a 
glance at the list of his publications will show. In many 
branches of geology and paleontology he was conspicuous, and 
his work was recognized in allied sciences. The titles in the 
list of his papers and books may be classified as follows : 
Geology, general ° i cp Sith 
vi economic s ; 38 
tet 
Paleontology, vegetable. : 43 
ss animal, : . 25 
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