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The writer, Albert Moore Reese, was born at Lake 

 Roland, Maryland, on the first day of Aj^ril, 1872. Fis early 

 education was obtained at the Friends' Elementary and High 

 School, in Baltimore, and he entered Johns Hopkins University 

 in October, 1SB9, solricting the Dhemlcal-Fiological Course. 



After receiving the A, B. degree in June, 1892, he 

 taught for five years, during one of which years he was also 

 workflfng at the above University as a graduate student, with 

 Zoology as a major subject and Palaeontology and Botany as first 

 and second subordinates, respectively. He has continued this 

 line of work during the past three years and v/as appointed 

 University Scholar for the year 1899-1900. 



Baltimore, May 3, 1900, 



