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Mrs. Howell, who was Annie H. Williams, died in 1893. A 

 son and daughter are living. 



, H. L. Fairchild. 



SAMUEL ALLAN LATTIMORE 

 (Read to the Academy, February 24, 1913.) 



In the death of Dr. S. A. Lattimore, the Rochester Academy of 

 Science loses one of its oldest members, and it is fitting that the 

 Society should make acknowledgment of its appreciation of his 

 character and his work as a scientist, and give expression to its 

 deep sense of loss. 



Professor Lattimore was born in Union County, Indiana, May 

 31, 1828, and died February 13, 1913. He graduated at DePauw 

 University in 1850, and remained there as classical tutor two years 

 and as Professor of Greek until 1860. He then went to Genesee 

 College, at Lima, N. Y. as Professor of Chemistry, and in 1867 

 was called to the similar chair in the University of Rochester, 

 where he remained until his retitrement in 1908. He received the 

 A, M. degree in 1853 from DePauw, and the Ph.D. from both 

 DePauw and Iowa Wesleyan University in 1873 ; and the same 

 year the LL.D. degree from Hamilton College. 



In 1896-1898 he was acting President of the University of Roch- 

 ester. After 1881 he was chemist to the New York State Board 

 of Health, and to the New York Dairy Commission after 1886. 



The Rochester Microscopical Society, from which the Academy 

 of Science sprang, was organized in January, 1879. The first meet- 

 ing, as a conference, was held in Professor Lattimore's lecture 

 room in chemistry, the southeast room on the first floor of Ander- 

 son Hall. On the formal organization of the Society Professor 

 Lattimore was elected President, continuing in office one year. 



The Microscopical Society was started at a time when there was 

 popular interest in the use of the microscope and its accessories, 

 and the enthusiasm of its members soon made it a great success. 

 In 1881 it had become the largest organization of the kind in 

 America, and its annual public exhibitions, or Soirees, were occas- 

 ions of great popular interest and largely attended. 



The Microscopical Society having been so successful and the 



