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since 1881 professor of paleontology and geol- 

 ogy in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences and had recently been appointed 

 lecturer on physical geography at Tale Uni- 

 versity. 



Dr. August Dupee, F.K.S., chemical ad- 

 viser to the explosive department of the Home 

 Office of the British government, and the 

 author of papers on chemical and other scien- 

 tific subjects, died on July 16. He was born 

 in Maintz in 1835, and went to London in 

 1855. 



ADMraAL John Maclear, of the British 

 navy, commander of the Challenger on its 

 scientific voyage from 1872-6 and captain of 

 the Alert, and the Flying Fish, with which 

 much important hydrographic work was done, 

 died at Niagara Falls on July 17, at the age 

 of sixty-nine years. He was the son of Sir 

 T. Maclear, formerly astronomer royal at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. His wife was a daughter 

 of Sir John Herschel. 



Professor Heinrich Kreutz, associate pro- 

 fessor of astronomy at Kiel and editor of the 

 Astronomische NachricMen, died on July 16. 



Professor J. J. Grancher, an eminent 

 French physician, known especially for his 

 efforts to combat tuberculosis, has died at the 

 age of sixty-four years. 



M. Andre Prosper Paul Crova, professor 

 of physics at Montpellier and known for his 

 researches on radiation and other subjects, has 

 died at the age of seventy-four years. 



The French government has recommended 

 a grant of $60,000 for a French expedition to 

 the antarctic regions. 



By the will of the late Mr. Mark Stirrup 

 Manchester University has received specimens 

 of volcanic rocks and fossils; £1,000 for the 

 maintentoce of a geological and paleontolog- 

 ical collection and £1,500 for the foundation 

 of a paleontological scholarship. 



A telegram has been received at Harvard 

 College Observatory from Professor Percival 

 Lowell, director of the Lowell Observatory, 

 stating " Martian double canal Gihon photo- 

 graphed double by Lampland and also by me." 



Nature states that a small exhibition of 

 scientific apparatus, mostly for chemistry and 



physics, is being arranged by Mr. R. E. 

 Thwaites, of Wyggeston Grammar School, in 

 connection with the meeting of the British 

 Association, which opened this week at 

 Leicester. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Dr. Geo. L. Steeeter, associate professor 

 of neurology at the Wistar Institute of 

 Anatomy, Philadelphia, has been elected pro- 

 fessor of anatomy at the University of 

 Michigan. 



Dr. J. Heath Bawden, of Vassar College, 

 has accepted the professorship of philosophy 

 at the University of Cincinnati. 



Dr. R. p. Stephens, instructor in mathe- 

 matics in Wesleyan University, has been 

 elected adjunct professor of mathematics in 

 the University of Georgia. Mr. Berton H. 

 Camp has been appointed instructor in mathe- 

 matics in Wesleyan University. 



Appointments at Syracuse University have 

 been made as follows: Joseph E. Kirkwood, 

 professor of botany; W. M. Smallwood, pro- 

 fessor of compaiative anatomy; Charles G. 

 Rogers, associate professor of physiology; C. 

 H. Richardson, associate professor of geology 

 and mineralogy; Daniel Pratt, assistant pro- 

 fessor of mathematics; Herbert A. Clark, as- 

 sistant professor of physics; Howard F. Hart, 

 instructor in mathematics; Roger F. Brinell, 

 instructor in chemistry; Burnett Smith, in- 

 structor in geology; George D. Babcock, pro- 

 fessor of practical mechanics ; Forrest E. Car- 

 dullo, associate professor of machine design; 

 Carl H. Beach, assistant professor of machine 

 design; James B. Faulks, associate professor 

 of experimental engineering; Dr. Harold D. 

 Senior, professor of anatomy and director of 

 the anatomical laboratory; Dr. L. D. Bristol, 

 instructor in pathology and bacteriology. 



Mr. J. W. Bews has been appointed to a 

 newly-established lectureship of economic bot- 

 any at Manchester. 



Dr. F. R. Noll, of the Agricultural Acad- 

 emy at Poppelsdorff, has been made professor 

 of botany at Halle, and Dr. Gerhard Hassen- 

 berg acting professor at Poppelsdorf. 



