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countries and of different languages but of course mainly 

 from Great Briiian and the colonies. Mr. Clayi»ole also 

 as long as lie had a residence in England and the state of 

 liis health permitted pursued a course of study and exami- 

 nation in connection with the same University. 



After several years ispentin the general work of college 

 teaching at liristol, England, Prof. Claypole, in 1872, 

 •came 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 Orion who 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 stratigra})hical and [)alaeontologica) of 

 Perry Co. His results are contained in numerous papers 

 in the American Naturalist, in the proceedings of the 

 American Philusophical 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 

 secondary, both being indispensable adjuncts to the 

 former. Papers by him on piicroscopical 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 



