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viously largely in his behalf, and also became a member of the 

 faculty of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. These positions 

 he retained until his death. His works on " The Climatic 

 Changes of Later Geologic Times " and on the " Azoic System " 

 were written during this period. For eight years Professor 

 Whitney gave his spare time to assisting his brother William 

 D. Whitney in connection with the scientific part of the Century 

 Dictionary. 



After thirty-one years of teaching at Harvard, Professor 

 Whitney died at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, August 19, 

 1896. He was buried at Northampton and a glacial boulder of 

 rose quartzite of the geological age of the lead district about 

 Galena and the rocks of the Upper Michigan which border the 

 " Azoic System," marks his grave. The highest peak of the 

 Sierra Nevada bears his name. 



( See EDWIN T. BREWSTER, " Life and Letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney," 

 Boston, 1909.) 



JOSEPH WINLOCK 

 Born, February 6, 1826; died, June u, 1875 



Though born in Kentucky, Joseph Winlock was of Virginia 

 stock. His grandfather, after whom he was named, was a 

 captain in the Revolution and in the War of 1812 held the rank 

 of brigadier-general. In the latter war his son, Fielding Win- 

 lock, served as his aid. 



Professor Joseph Winlock was educated at Shelby College, 

 Kentucky, and was graduated from that institution in 1845. 

 His abilities were already so manifest that he at once received 

 an appointment as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy 

 from his Alma Mater. In 1851 he became acquainted with " the 

 chief of American mathematicians," who recognized his intel- 

 lectual capacity, and induced him to join the corps of computers 

 in the Nautical Almanac Office in Cambridge the following 

 year. He served in this capacity until 1857, when he received 

 an appointment as Professor of Mathematics in the Naval Ob- 

 servatory at Washington. In this position he remained but a 



