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Subsequently having studied theology, he became a Presby- 

 terian minister, and was installed over the Parish of Bally- 

 goney during the period of ISGl to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 

 he was the Secretary of the Bible and Colportage Society. 

 When he was called to the chair of biology in Princeton in 

 1874, where he has been since. Professor Macloskie received 

 the honorary degree of D. Sc. from Queen's University 

 and that of LL. D. from London University, where, in 

 1871, he received a gold medal for special excellence in a 

 law examination. He is a member of several scientific 

 societies, and is a Fellow of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. His writings, include papers 

 on entomology and on botany, publislied in the American 

 Katuralist and in Psyche, and he has published a book on 

 " Elementary Botany " (New York, 1883, second edition 

 1887). A few of his most important publications have been 

 printed in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, ''Veget- 

 able Spiralism," XXII : 4G5 ; " Observations on Antidromy,'' 

 XXIII: 202; "Further Observations on Antidromy," 

 XXIII: 240; " Internal Antidromy," XXIII : 536 ; " Heat of 

 Imbibition by Seeds," XXV : 272. 



J. BERNARD BRINTON. 



Dr. J. Bernard Brinton '^- was born near Waynesburg, 

 Chester County, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1835. His 

 parents belonged to the religious Society of Friends. His 

 early education was received at this place, and subsequently 

 at the High School in Philadelphia, during the short 

 residence of the family in that city, previous to removal to 

 a farm in Maryland, in 1848. He began the study of 



*1S95. Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, XXII : March, 3893, with portrait. 



