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lege in 1844, and was graduated in 1848. After leaving college 

 he devoted himself to civil engineering, and served his apprentice- 

 ship upon the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy & Boston Railroad. Re- 

 moving to the west, he became engaged as engineer in the survey 

 and construction of various roads in Michigan, Wisconsin, and 

 Illinois. Was Professor of Mathematics in the Chicago High 

 School, 1867-68, and of Mathematics and Civil Engineering in 

 the Mass. Agricultural College, 1868-70. Was appointed by the 

 governor, surveyor of Meridian Lines, and established in different 

 parts of Massachusetts, the true north and south line, as the 

 basis of all surveys. Surveyed the line of the Mass. Central 

 Railroad from Belchertown to Northampton ; assisted in locating 

 and grading numerous walks and roads in Arnherst ; prepared a 

 plan for the introduction of water from Pelham, and wrote a prize 

 essay on the highways of the State and the best method of con- 

 structing and repairing them. 



Died from a cancerous affection of the bowels, at Amherst, 28th 

 October, 1870. Married first, 18th June, 1851, Charlotte, daugh- 

 ter of William Howe, of Brookfield, who died 25th November, 

 1863; second. 27th August, 1867, Alma F., daughter of Dr. 

 Joseph Emerson, of Amherst. Six children. 



HENRY JAMES CLARK, B.A., B.Sc., the first professor of Natu- 

 ral History at the Mass. Agricultural College, was the son of Rev. 

 Henry Porter and Abigail Jackson (Orton) Clark, and was born 

 22d June, 1826, at Easton, Mass. His father removed to Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., where he lived many years and where his son received 

 much of his early training. He received his collegiate education 

 at the University of the City of New York, graduating B. A., in 

 1848. Immediately after leaving college he taught for some time 

 at White Plains, N. Y. He commenced the study of botany 

 under Dr. Asa Gray, at Cambridge, in 1850. While a student at 

 the Botanic Garden, he taught in the academy at Westfield, Mass., 

 for a single term, apparently achieving much success as a teacher, 

 and forming life-long friendships. Soon after this he became a 

 student of Professor Agassiz, and for several years was his pri- 

 vate assistant. Professor Agassiz, early in 1857, spoke of him 

 enthusiastically, remarking to a friend, "Clark has become the 

 most accurate observer in the country." He graduated from the 

 Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, in 1854, taking the de- 



