es TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
the degrees of Ay Ban 1862, S. B: in 1864, and Sc=i ius 
1888. He was well known in England as a geologist, and 
some of his scientific papers written in this country were 
published there. He came to America in 1872 and served 
as Professor of Natural Sciences in Antioch College, at 
Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 1873 to 1881. For two years 
he was paleontologist to the Pennsylvania Geological Sur- 
vey, and published the report on the Geology of Perry 
County. From 1883 to 1898 he was Professor of the Nat- 
ural Sciences in Buchtel College at Akron, Ohio. On 
account of the failing health of his wife, he resigned this 
position and sought a southwestern climate. During the 
last three years of his life he was Professor of Geology and 
Biology in Throop Polytechnic Institute at Pasadena, 
California. 
The range of his studies and of his knowledge was 
very wide. He was not only a contributor to the facts and 
general principles of Geology and Paleontology, but was at 
home in various branches of Zoology and Botany, and was 
versed in the principles of Chemistry and Physics. He 
was a Fellow of the Geological Societies of America, Lon- 
don and Edinburgh, and of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science. He was a member of the 
American Entomological Society and of the American 
Microscopical Society. He was an associate editor of the 
American Gedlogist from its beginning in 1888. To the pal- 
eontology of Ohio he contributed some important descrip- 
tions of Devonian fishes, enlarging the bounds of the strik- 
ing fauna first made known by Dr. Newberry. 
His personal qualities were such as to draw others to 
him in a remarkable degree. He was the personification of 
modesty, simplicity and sincerity, and at the same time a 
fountain of overflowine regard for others. His compre- 
hensive interest in the problems of science, and his delight 
in the companionship of others, enabled him to inspire his 
pupils and to exert a stimulating influence upon his asso- 
ciates. In speaking, his thought was always clear and 
consecutive, his language was choice Enelish which came 
