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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE 



W. 0. Ayres, 

 Silas Durkee, 

 Samuel Kneeland, Jr., 



CURATORS OF FISHES. 



Elected. Retired. Elected. Retired. 



May 3, 1848. July 16, 1861. N. E. Atwood, Dec. 17, 1856. May 5, 1858. 



July 16, 1851. May 21, 1856. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., May 5, 1858. May 4, 1859. 



May 21, 1856. Sept. 3, 1856. F. W. Putnam, . May 4, 1859. May 4, 1870. 



Thaddeus W. Harris, 

 Waldo I. Burnett, 

 Henry K. Oliver, Jr., 



T. J. Whittemore, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 A. E. Belknap, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 Edward Tuckerman, 

 John Bacon, Jr., 

 William Read, 



May 2, 1838. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 May 2, 1855. 



June 5, 1839. 

 May 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 



CURATORS OF INSECTS. 



May 3, 1848. Silas Durkee, 



July 1,1854.1 Alex. E. R. Agassiz, 



Sept. 5, 1855. Samuel H. Scudder, 



CURATORS 

 May 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. . 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 Nov. 20, 1850. 



OF MOLLUSKS. 



William Stimpson, 

 T. J. Whittemore, 

 Arthur T. Lyman, 

 Nathan Fiirrand, 

 Alpheus Hyatt, 

 Edward S. Morse, 



May 21, 1856. 

 May 5, 1858. 

 Mar. 16, 1859. 



Dec. 4, 1850. 

 May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 June 6, 1860. 

 Oct. 21, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 



May 5, 1858. 

 Mar. 2, 1859. 

 May 4, 1870. 



May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 May 16, 1860. 

 May 4, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 

 May 4, 1870. 



CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS AND RADIATES. 



Amos Binney, Feb. 3, 1841. May 5, 1841. John P. Reynolds, 



William 0. Ayres, July 16, 1851. May 18, 1853. Theodore Lyman, 



J. B. S. Jackson, May 18, 1853. May 2, 1855. 



The Curatorship was separated into two divisions in 1857. 



May 2, 1855. 

 May 6, 1857. 



May 0, 1857. 

 Sept. 2, 1857. 



H. R. Storer, 

 Albert Ordway, 



CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS. 



Sept. 2, 1857. May 4, 1859. Alpheus S. Packard, Jr., Dec. 2, 1863. 



May 4, 1869. Dec 18, 1861. 



May 4, 1870. 



Theodore Lyman, 



J. E. Teschemacher, 

 Charles James Sprague, 



CURATORS OF RADIATES. 



Sept. 2, 1857. May 4, 1864. Addison E. Verrill, May 4, 1864. May 4, 1870. 



CURATORS OF BOTANY. 



May 2, 1838. May 6, 1852. Horace Mann, May 3, 1865. Nov. 11, 1868.1 



May 6, 1852. May 3, 1865. 



Silas Durkee, 



Charles T. Jackson, 



Martin Gay, 



The State Collection 



CURATORS OF MICROSCOPY. 



June 3, 1857. May 2, 1860. B. Joy Jeffries, 



May 2, 1860. 



CURATORS OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (State collection). 



May 2, 1838. May 6, 1841. T. Bulfinch, May 5, 1841. 



May 4, 1870. 



t 



May 4, 1842. 



CURATOR OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (Society Collection). 



May 2, 1838. May 4, 1842. 



was withdrawn from the Society's Museum, and the Curatorship of Mineralogy and Geology divided, in 1842. 



Martin Gay, 

 Francis Alger, 

 John Bacon, 



CURATORS OF MINERALS. 



May 4, 1842. May 2, 1849. William T. Brigham, May 4, 1863. May 3, 1865. 



May 2, 1849. May 21, 1856. Thomas T. Bouve', May 3, 1865. May 4, 1870. 



May 21, 1866. May 4, 1863. 



CURATORS OF GEOLOGY. 



Thomas T. Bouve", May 4, 1842. May 4, 1863. William T. Brigham, Jan. 2, 1867. May 4, 1870. 



The department of Palaeontology was added to that of Geology in 1863, and raised to a separate department in 1867. 



CURATOR OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Thomas T. Bouv, May 4, 1863. Jan. 2, 1867. 



CURATORS OF PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Thomas T. Bouv<5, Jan. 2, 1867. May 1, 1867. Alpheus Hyatt, May 1, 1867. May 4, 1870. 



The office of Curator was abolished May 4, 1870 and Committees on the several departments were elected. 



1 By death. 



