THE AMERICAN 



MONTHLY 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. XVII. DECEIVIBER, 1896. No. 12 



Prof. E. W. Claypole, M. D. 



PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



WITH FRONTISPIECE. 



Dr. E. W. Claypole is now professor of Natural" Science 

 at Buchtel College, Akron, 0., and he was elected presi- 

 dent of the American Microscopical Society at the recent 

 meeting at Pittsburg. He was born in England in 1835. 

 His education was for the most part obtained at home and 

 from his father who was a good classical scholar and well 

 acquainted with the principles of raathetnatics. Leaving 

 home at 18 years of age he liegan work as a teacher and 

 was so employed for some years in schools of various 

 kinds and in different parts ofEngland but chiefly in the 

 southwest. During the spare hours of a busy life hi» 

 studies for graduation were carried on and he passed the 

 Matriculation Examination at the University of London 

 in 1854. Following on in the same course in later years 

 he successively took the degree of B. A,, B. Sc, and D. So., 

 in the same Institution. The University of London, it 

 must be remembered, does not, as do most Universities, 

 limit its degrees to those who have studied and resided 

 at any of the colleges connected with it but its examina- 

 tions are open to all comers on the sole condition of 

 satisfying the examiners who are appointed in consequence 

 of the high standing which they have obtained in their 

 respective departments. Hence the list of graduates con- 

 tains the names of men and women from diti'ereut 



