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countries and of different langiinges but of couise nmiiily 

 from Great Britian and the colonies. Mr. Claypule also 

 ae long as lie had a rt-sidence in Enghind and the state of 

 ills health permitted pursued a coarse of study and exami- 

 nation in connection with the same University. 



After several years spent in the general work of college 

 leaching at Bristol, England, Prof. Claypole, in 1872, 

 ■ciame to the United States. He resided for twelve 

 months at Boston and then removed to Ohio where for 

 eight years he held the chair of Natural Science at 

 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, succeeding Prof. 

 Edward Ortonwho resigned to become President of the 

 new State University then just established at Columbus. 

 On the suspension of the College in 1881, he was ap- 

 pointed Palaeontologist-in-chief on the staff of the Second 

 Geological Survey of Pennsylvania and during 1882 and 

 1883 resided at New Bloomfield in that state conducting 

 the survey both stratigraphical and jialaeontologica) of 

 Perry Co. His results are contained in numerous papers 

 in the American Naturalist, in the proceedings of the 

 American Philosophical Society and in other periodicals 

 but chiefly in the volume (F,) of the Reports of the 

 Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, published at 

 Harrisburg. 



On the termination of his engagement in December 1883 

 Prof. Claypole received a call to the chair of Natural 

 Science in the Institution named at the beginning of this 

 notice. Here he has remained ever since engaged in 

 teaching and investigation. 



His work has been chiefly on geology and palaeontology 

 to which however Botany and Zoology have been only 

 «econdary, both being indispensable adjuncts to the 

 former. Papers by him on microscopical subjects con- 

 nected with his researches may be found in the proceed- 

 ings of the American Microscopical Society. 



Dr. Claypole was with other naturalists one of the 



