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The author of this thesis, Robert Pa;/ne Bigelow, is the 

 son of Otis and Margaret Payne Bigelow, and was born in Bald- 

 winsville. Mew York, July 10th, 1863. Since 1868 he has resi- 

 ded in the city of Washington, where he attended the public 

 schools ar.d ai'tenvards stuaied for two years, until 1882, in 

 the Preparatory School of Columbian University. A year was 

 then spent as book-keeper for the firm of Otis Bigelow & Co., 

 after which he entered the Scientific School at Harvard Uni- 

 versity, whence he was graduated in 1887, with trie degree of 

 Bachelor of Science, ma,gyia cum laude. 



Another year was spent in business, and then he entered 

 the Johns Hopkins University, taking Animal Morphology as his 

 principal study, with Physiology and Botany as subordinate sub- 

 jects. I'.'hile in this University he has held the positions of 

 University Scholar, Fellow, and Enice Fellow. 



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