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ness. In 1855 he became connected with Lieut. U. S. \Yilliston's sur- 

 vey in California, and later with that of the Ives Expedition to explore 

 the Colorado, as well as with that of Capt. J. N. Macomb to explore 

 the San Juan region of Colorado and adjacent portions of Arizona, 

 Utah, and New Mexico, as noted. In 1857 he became attached to the 

 Smithsonian Institution in Washington and also accepted a professor- 

 ship in Columbian University in the same city. 



During the civil war he was attached to the Sanitary Commission, 

 and in 1866 became professor of geology and paleontology in the 

 School of Mines of Columbia College. New York, with which institu- 

 tion he remained connected until the time of his death in 1892. In 

 1869 he assumed charge of the geological survey of Ohio, as noted 

 elsewhere. That the survey, in common with most "others of its kind, 

 came to an untimely end was no serious reflection upon Doctor New- 

 berry, though, as his biographer remarks, a mistake was undoubtedly 

 made in postponing the economic portions of the work until the last, 

 and thereby arousing the antagonism of the rural members, one of 

 whom is quoted as Inning remarked that too much money was devoted 

 to "clams and salamanders." Newberry also did a large amount of 

 paleontological work in connection with the surveys of Illinois. New 

 Jersey, and the United States surveys under Hayden and Powell. His 

 most important Avorks were those in connection with the Illinois and 

 Ohio surveys, and two monographs published by the United States 

 Survey, one on the Paleozoic Fishes of North America, and the other 

 on the Flora of the Ambov Clays of New Jersey, the latter being 

 edited by Dr. Arthur Hollick after Newberry's death. 



Newberry is described as a man whose personality inspired confi- 

 dence in others, though possessing little of what is known as executive 

 ability — a man of kindly, cheerful disposition, and whose desire for 

 fame never went so far as to cause him to assume credit for others 

 work. A pleasing writer and conversationalist and accomplished mu- 

 sician, he made many friends and retained to the end the respect and 

 love of all who knew him. 



His .shortcomings were known to his friends as well as were his excellencies; lie 

 was impetuous and sometimes he was severe, possibly unjust, in judging men or in 

 dealing with them. But of bitterness he knew little; of forgiveness he knew much. 

 His defects were those of a strong man; in many they would have been sources oi 

 weakness, but somehow they seemed to make his friends stand more firmly by linn. 



Newberry's work received prompt and ready recognition both at 

 home and abroad. He was a charter member of the National Academy 

 of Sciences; foreign correspondent of the London Geological Society, 

 receiving the Murchison medal in 1888; president of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science in 1867; president of the 

 New York Academy of Science for twenty-five years; vice-president 



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