696 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



1815, studied mineralogy and geology with Professor Silliman. Returned to Wil- 

 liams College and gave course of lectures on botany, geology, and mineralogy to vol- 

 unteer students. In 1820, appointed professor of natural history in Medical College 

 at Castleton, Vt. In 1820-21, engaged on geological and agricultural survey of Albany 

 and Rensselaer counties, N. Y. In 1823-24, on survey of district adjoining the Erie 

 Canal. In 1824, made senior professor of school of sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic 

 Institute, where he remained till his death. 



Biogr. Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXXVIII, November, 1890, pp. 113-118. 

 Emmons, Ebenezer. Geologist. 



Born in Middlerield, Mass., May 16, 1799; died in Brunswick County, N. C, Octo- 

 ber 1, 1863. Graduated at Williams College, Massachusetts, in 1820, and for fifteen 

 years practiced medicine and surgery in Berkshire. In 1838-1852, professor of chemis- 

 try at the Albany Medical School. In 1828, lecturer on chemistry in Williams Col- 

 lege. In 1833, appointed professor of natural history to succeed C. Dewey. In 1836, 

 appointed geologist of Second District New York State geological survey; from 1851 

 to 1863 State geologist of North Carolina. Is best remembered as the originator and 

 defender of the Taconic system in North America. 



Biogr. Jules Marcou. Amer. Geol., Jan., 1891, pp. 1-23. 



Am. Jour. Sci., XXXVII, May, 1864, p. 151. 



Pop. Sci. Monthly, Jan., 1896. 



Emmons, Samuel Franklin. Geologist. 



Born in Boston, Mass., March 29, 1841. Graduated from Harvard in 1861. Studied 

 in Paris and at Freiberg Mining School, Saxony, 1862-1865. Geologist Fourtieth 

 Parallel Survey, 1867-1877. On U. S. Geological Survey, 1879 to date. 

 Endlich, Frederic Miller. Mining engineer. 



Born in Reading, Pa., June 14, 1851; died in Tucson, Ariz., July 17, 1899. In 1872- 

 1880, mineralogist and chemist at Smithsonian Institution. In 1873-1879, assistant on 

 U. S. Geological and Geographical Surveys under F. V. Hayden. From 1880 to time 

 of his death engaged as mining engineer in various parts of the West. 

 Engelmann, George. Naturalist. 



Born in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, February 2, 1809; died in St. Louis, Mo., 

 February 4, 1884. Graduated at Wurzburg University in 1831. Came to America in 

 1832 and prepared specimens of plants for German museums. In 1835, began the 

 practice of medicine in St. Louis. His records of meteorological observations in the 

 Mississippi Valley are a most valuable source of information on climatology during 

 fifty jears. Voluminous writer on botany and other branches of natural history. 

 First president of Academy of Science of St. Louis. 



Biogr. Enno Sander. Trans. Acad, of Sci. St. Louis, IV, 1878-86, prelim, pages 1-13. 

 C. A. White. Biogr. Mems. Natl. Acad. Sci., IV., 1902, pp. 1-21. 



Evans, John. Physician and geologist. 



Born in Portsmouth, N. H., February 14, 1812; died in Washington, D. C, April 

 13, 1861. In 1847, was assistant to D. D. Owen in the Chippewa district. In 1851, 

 appointed to institute geological researches in Oregon and Washington. Went to 

 Central America with Chiriqui Exploring Expedition, 1860. 

 Biogr. Am. Jour. Sci., XXXII, Nov., 1861, p. 311. 



Featherstonhaugh, George William. 



Born in London, 1780; died in Havre, France, September 28, 1866. Came to 

 United States and in 1834, made examination of the region between the Missouri and 

 Red Rivers. In 1835, made geological reconnaissance from Washington to St. Pet tin 

 River. Appointed by Great Britain one of commission of two to settle boundary 

 dispute between United States and Canada. British Consul at Havre, assisting in 

 escape of Louis Phillipe in 1848. 



J. 1). Featnerstonhaugh. Am. Geol., April, 1889. 



