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out regaining his health, he died in Minneapolis April 26th, 1901. 

 He willed his property to the University of Minnesota, and this 

 bequest was carried out by his widow. The Elliott Memorial 

 Hospital, of the University of Minnesota, is the product of this 

 fund. (In the Civil War Dr. Elliott served in the 3rd Minne- 

 sota regiment. He was promoted from First to Second Lieu- 

 tenant and after the surrender at Murphreesboro, along with 

 other officers, including the colonel (Lester), he was dismissed 

 from the service.) 



As a member of the Academy, he was one of the most active 

 in building up the Museum. He made the first, or very nearly 

 the first, contributions to its cases. He was a member of the 

 Museum Committee in 1874 and chairman of it in 1876, as well 

 as a member of the committees on Mineralogy and on Botany. 

 He served also as secretary in 1877 and 1878, vice-president in 

 1880, and became president in 1882. He succeeded himself in 

 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889, and when he re- 

 tired permanently the Board of Trustees, under date of Janu- 

 ary 16, 1890, entered the following preamble and resolutions 

 upon their records : 



"Whereas, Dr. A. F. Elliott has now retired from the presi- 

 dency of the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences and from 

 membership in this Board, 



"Resolved, That the Board of Trustees recognize in his re- 

 tirement the loss of a tireless worker, one who at all times and 

 under all circumstances was loyal to the interests of the Acad- 

 emy and eager to advance its work in the community, and one 

 whose enthusiasm in this w r ork commanded the respect of all. 



"Resolved, That we extend our thanks as a Board to Dr. 

 Elliott for his efficient labors as president during the past eight 

 years, and that we wish him a speedy and perfect recovery to 

 many years more of work in advancing the interests of the Acad- 

 emy. 



"Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the forth- 

 coming proceedings of the Academy." 



After this Dr. Elliott contributed to the collections of the 

 Academy some minerals and ores and some photographs of pre- 

 historic articles from California. Thereafter for about ten years, 

 while Dr. Elliott was struggling against disease, we heard but 



