APPENDIX P.: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 701 



1872-1880; geologist on United States survey under Powell, 1880-1889. Curator, 

 U. S. National Museum, 1882-1893; archaeologist in explorations of IT. S. Bureau 

 Ethnology, 1889-1893; curator anthropology, Field Columbian Museum, 1894-1S98; 

 head curator of anthropology, U. S. National Museum, 1898-1904; Director, Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, since 1905. 

 Houghton, Douglass. Explorer and geologist. 



Born at Fredonia, N.Y., September 21, 1809; drowned near mouth of Eagle River, 

 Lake Superior, October 13, 1845. Assistant to Eaton in natural sciences at the 

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1828. Admitted to practice of medicine in 1831. 

 Surgeon and botanist to the Schoolcraft Exploring Expedition to the source of the 

 Mississippi River; State geologist of Michigan, 1837-1845. 



Biogr. Alvah Bradish. Mem. of Douglas Houghton, Detroit, 1889. 



Alex. Winchell. Am. Geol., IV, Sept., 1889, pp. 129-139. 



Am. Jour. Sci., V, 1848, pp. 217-227. 



Howell, Edwin Eugene. 



Born in Genesee County, N. Y., March 12, 1845. In 1872-1873, geologist with 

 Wheeler survey west of one-hundredth meridian. In 1874, connected with the 

 Powell survey of Rocky Mountain region. 

 Hubbard, Bela. 



Born in Hamilton, Madison County, N. Y., April 23, 1814; died in Detroit, Mich., 

 June 13, 1896. Graduated from Hamilton College in 1834. Removed to Detroit, 

 Mich., in 1835. Assistant State geologist of Michigan, 1838-1841. 



Biogr. Mag. of Western History, IV, 1886. 

 Hubbard, Oliver Payson. Chemist. 



Born in Pomfret, Conn., March 31, 1809; died in New York City, March 9, 1900. 

 Assistant to B. Silliman in chemistry at Yale, 1831-1836. In 1836-1866, professor of 

 chemistry, mineralogy, and geology in Darmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Lecturer 

 on chemistry and pharmacy at same institution, 1866-1883. 



Biogr. E. O. Hovey. Am. Geol., June, 1900, p. 360. 

 Hunt, Thomas Sterry. Chemist. 



Born in Norwich, Conn., September 5, 1826; died in New York City, February 12, 

 1892. In 1846-47, chemist to the geological survey of Vermont under C. B. Adams. 

 In 1847-1872, chemist and mineralogist to the geological survey of Canada. In 1856- 

 1862, lecturer on chemical geology in Laval University of Quebec; subsequently pro- 

 fessor of chemistry and mineralogy in McGill University, Montreal. In 1872-1878, 

 professor of geology in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



Biogr. Persifor Frazer. Am. Geol., XI, 1893, pp. 1-13. 

 Canadian Record of Science, V, 1892-93, pp. 145-149. 



Hyatt, Alphei's. Biologist and paleontologist. 



Born in Washington City, April 5, 1838; died in Cambridge, Mass., January 15, 

 1902. In 1867, curator in Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. In 1871, elected custodian 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History, and in 1881, curator; professor zoology and 

 paleontology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



Biogr. R. S. Tarr. Pop. Sci. Monthly, Dec, 1885, pp. 261-267. 



W. O. Crosby. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., XVI, 1903. 



Irving, Roland Duek. Geologist. 



Born in New York, April 29, 1847; died in Madison, Wis., May 30, 1888. Began 

 active life as superintendent of smelting works at Greenville, N. J. Assistant on 

 State geological survey of Ohio. In 1870-1888, professor of geology, mineralogy, and 

 metallurgy in University of Wisconsin. In 1873-1879, assistant geologiston geologi- 

 cal survey of Wisconsin. In 1880-1888, connected with U. S. Geological Survey, 

 working in Lake Superior region. 



Biogr. T. C. Chamberlin. Am. Geol., Ill, 1889, pp. 1-6. 



