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Tlie v/riter oi tliic uliesis was "born in Cromv/ell, 

 Conn., on the tv/enty-f ivr^t day oi' July 18(17, He received 

 hlG early education in the public schoolG of Cromv/ell ;jid 

 Middletomi Corin., an'J. tool: his colle^;e course at We^leyan 

 University, in the latter tovm, receiving th.e degree of 

 F. S. in 1S92. During tlie college year o: 1892-3, he v/ac 

 a gradua.te student at Wesleycin. Since ihe fall o..' 18Cr 

 he has "been a graduate student at Johjis Hopkinc Univerci-'y, 

 with Botpjiy as a major sv.'bject imd Zoology and Pliysiclogy 

 as minors. 



