JOSIAH KEEP DEAD. 



Professor of Geology and Astronomy 

 In Mills College and Student of 

 Shells Passes Away. /f/f 



[BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE TIMES.] 



PACIFIC GROVE (Cal.) July 27.— 

 [Exclusive Dispatch.] Following an ill- 

 ness of little more than a week, Prof. 

 Josiah Keep, well known as a writer 

 and educator, died here today. 



Prof. Keep came to Pacific Grove 

 from Mills College, where for twenty- 

 six years he has been instructor in 

 geology and astronomy, to be in at- 

 tendance at the Chautauqua Assembly 

 and conduct a class in biology. On 

 Friday July 14, he developed auto- 

 toxenia. 



A native of Paxton, Mass., Prof. 

 Keep was educated at Amherst, re- 

 ceiving the xiegrees of A. M. and A. B. 

 He was married in 1877, coming to 

 California the same year. He was a 

 teacher of natural science at Golden 

 Gate Academy, and identified with the 

 Alameda High School as principal sev- 

 en years. He accepted the chairs of 

 geology and astronomj' in Mills Col- 

 lege in 1885. 



Prof. Keep was the author of three 

 publications on shells, the titjes of 

 which are "West American Shells," 

 "Sea Shells of California," and a re- 

 cently published work, "Tv^est Coast 

 Shells." Besides these a series of sci- 

 entific publications from his pen are 

 entitled "Shells and Sea Life. 



