700 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Hildreth, Samuel Prescott. Physician. 

 Born in Methuen, Mass., September 30, 1783; died in Marietta, Ohio, July 24, 



1863. Settled in Ohio at Belpre in 1806, and in 1808 removed to Marietta, where he 

 began the first meteorological register in the State, keeping it up for fifty years. 

 One of a commission of three in 1836 to report on geological survey of Ohio. Served 

 a's assistant geologist for a time under Mather. His work is largely of an historical 

 nature. 



Biogr. Chas. Whittlesey, Mag. of Western History, 1881. 

 Amer. Journ. Sci., XXXVI, 1863, p. 312. 



Hilgard, Eugene Waldemar. Chemist and geologist. 



Born in Zweibrueken, Rhenish Bavaria, January 5, 1833. Came to America in 

 1835. Educated in Germany, returning to America in 1855. In 1855-1856, assistant 

 to B. L. C. Wailes on State geological survey of Mississippi. In 1856-1857, chemist 

 of the Smithsonian Institution and lecturer on chemistry in National Medical Col- 

 lege. In 1858-1860, State geologist of Mississippi. In 1865-1873, professor of chem- 

 istry at University of Mississippi. In 1873-1875, professor of geology and natural 

 history, University of Michigan. Since 1875, professor of agricultural chemistry in 

 University of California. 



Biogr. Nat, Cyclo. Amer. Biog., X, p. 308. 

 Hind, Henry Youle. Chemist and geologist. 



Born in Nottingham, England, June, 1823. Educated at Leipzig and Cambridge. 

 Came to America in 1846 and the following year settled in Canada. In 1851, became 

 professor of chemistry and geology in Trinity College, Toronto. In 1857, geologist to 

 Red River Exploring Expedition. In 1858, in charge of exploration of country 

 between Red River and Saskatchewan. In 1861, made explorations in Labrador, 

 and in 1864, appointed director of geological survey of New Brunswick. Professor 

 of chemistry and natural history in Kings College, Nova Scotia. 



Hitchcock, Charles Henry. Geologist. 



Born in Amherst, Mass., August 23, 1836. Graduated from Amherst College, 1856. 

 Assistant State geologist of Vermont, 1857-1861; State geologist of Maine, 1861-1862; 

 State geologist of New Hampshire, 1868-1878. In 1866, elected professor of geology in 

 Lafayette College. Since 1868, professor of geology in Dartmouth College. 



Hitchcock, Edward. Geologist, clergyman, and educator. 

 Born in Deerfield, Mass., May 23, 1793; died in Amherst, Mass., February 27, 



1864. Educated as a clergyman and settled over a Congregational Church at Con- 

 way, Mass. , from 1821-1825. In 1825-1845, professor of chemistry and natural history 

 at Amherst College; in 1845-1855, president of Amherst College; in 1855-1864, pro- 

 fessor of geology in Amherst College. In 1830-1833 and 1841-1844, State geologist of 

 Massachusetts; in 1857-1860, State geologist of Vermont. Is best remembered for his 

 work on the drift and the fossil footprints of the sandstones of the Connecticut Valley. 



Biogr. C. H. Hitchcock. Am. Geol. XVI, 1895, pp. 133-149. 

 Pop. Sci. Monthly, XLVII, Sept., 1895, pp. 689-696. 

 Am. Jour. Sci., XXXVII, May, 1864, p. 302. 

 Biogr. Mems., Natl. Acad. Sci., I, 1877. 



Hodge, James Thatcher. Geologist 



Born in Plymouth, Mass., March 12, 1816; drowned in Lake Huron, October 20, 

 1871. Assistant on State geological survey of Maine under C. T. Jackson and on that 

 of Pennsylvania under H. D. Rogers. Also served on geological surveys of New 

 Hampshire and Ohio. Was engaged in exploration of mining regions of Lake 

 Superior when drowned in wreck of steamer R. O. Coburn, on Lake Huron. 

 Holmes, William Henry. Ethnologist, 



Born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 1, 1846. Graduated from McNeely 

 Normal College, 1870. Assistant on United States geological survey under Hayden, 



