March '^\, M)l I | 



SCIENCE 



449 



ciiMii.i'.H II nail nil AW 

 'I'lin Hiib,i(H'l; of tln'H Hkotcdi wns bovii lu^ni- 

 Dolnwnro, Ohio, July H, 1870. ITo whs cdii- 

 enk'd In [\\t\ piililit^ sclioola of Doliiwiiri! 

 Ooiinl.v ;iii<l cil.v iiiiil ill Ohio WohIo.vhii lliii- 

 vorsil,,V l(wiil,c(l liiinl li.y. JIo rccoivod tlio do- 

 greo (if I'h.l). rrom 1;ho lJnivor,sit,y of IN^ini- 

 sylvHiiin in June, lOOO, at tlu) iiR'o of twiMily- 

 fivc. 



Sliiiw very riiidy (^\l1illil,(■d ii hIi-iiii;;' IcniiinK' 

 to tlio iinturid hcIoikjos and while hI.III in the 

 pnhlio a(diool lio bocaino tlioronrshly ni'i|iiiiinl,iMl 

 Willi l,ho h.ciil Ilin'M. in coIIckv iindrr llu. di 

 rccl,i,.n (if Dr. i'l. (). ('(HiMin, nl, iJiiil. lime 

 linifcHHor of liioloH'y in Ohio VV(wl(iynii, lie wiih 



ai)pointod an aHsiHtant ciiarKod witli 1,1 !■ 



loctiou and i)r(!M(!i'vation of a, (Miniploto hcr- 

 baiMMMi of tliiit (lorn. Under tlui iMH|iiral,ioii 

 of tho Haiiio iiiHtnielor lie nmntori;d tlio ele- 

 iTintits of zoology, and l)0(ranio sntnratc^d wilh 

 tlio priiicipluH of organio ovolntion. When l>r. 

 Gonlclin was fallod to NortliwoHtcMMi IIiiiv(M'- 

 sity liin Hiu^coHHor wiim a hol,aniHt and Sliinv 

 WHH (vtnployed to continiii^ tho inHtniotion in 

 zoology, which he diil for two yc^ar.s witii great 

 orodit to himwiir. 



Immediately aft(M' liin gradual ion in |KI)7, 

 ho took up tlin advaneod Hj-ndy of botany at 

 PeiiiiHylvaiiin iiiiihu' Prol'oHHor J. M. Maefar- 

 Innc!, whom ho had iru^t tho pnwionn Hniniiier 

 at Woods iroln. While oarrying on bin gradii- 

 uto Htndies and for F(^v(^ral yours tli(M'eMfl,(!r ho 

 gave instruetion in lii'ology at Tointilo (Joll(!g(!. 

 Tho year lie received his doctorate \u\ ac- 

 cepted a plaoe also in the faculty of the IVIc<li- 

 co-Ohirurgical College of Philadelphia, lien; 

 ho was promoted throiigli tho various ranks 

 and becamo full professor of botany in l!)()7. 

 Kosigning his place in Temple Oollegc! in lOO.'i, 

 ho became professor of biology at UrsiniiH 

 Colloge near Phihidelphia, and continued to 

 liold tho two positions, that ut the M(!dical 

 College and at IlrHiiius, for four years. IFpon 

 attaining full rank at tho Medieval (Jollege ho 

 gave ui) the work at IJrsinus, and just a few 

 months bcjl'oro his death he resigned at tlie 

 Medico-Chirurgieal to a(^eept an assistant 

 professorship in plant physiology at tho Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Shaw was a lie!,! Imtanist of lJi(> lirst 

 r.'nik. Il<< had colK'cte,! aii.l Mtndied phints 

 liver ninny |iiii'Im ef Hie virivin Iniid el' tlio 

 United States. Ciinndii m\A I'lnrope. Tho 

 Hiinimer of IHDI) he spent with (locbel in 

 Miinieh ami tho siininier of l!)0(t with l<'laluuit 



in MnrseilleM. The hiiii rs of lilOl, '1).^), '07, 



'IIS, 'Hi) ami 'III he i Iiie|,ed bntiinieal I'.selir- 



siniiM In iJie Selkirks and Cniindian K'oekies, 

 and it was while en Uie Insl, of tlicMii that ho 

 niel hin ilentli h.v drewiiiiic; in Kiiilumket Lake, 

 l;. ('., .Iiil.v ;!0, l!Ml». 



Shaw's hi I grasp of botanical si;ieneo is 



indiealed by llie following diverse titles among 

 his iiiihliHJied Kindies: " Clcistonnniy in I'oly- 



I'iihi," " Miiibryiiliiny of iJii! I'n|iiiven ic," 



" Developnieiil, of Vi'getatloii in MoriiinnI De- 

 presHions," "The Cnnses nf tin? Tiniher Line," 

 etc. Diiriii)-': recent .^■ear•s bis interest (tentored 

 mere and iiKire in cceliigicid and physiological 

 jn-nhleniM, and at the lime of his death be was 

 engaged on Home fiiiHhiiiM'ii t.'il inveMtit';ations 

 hearing on the inlhience of elininle and of <lir- 

 rerciil, light waves on plnnts. lie lel'l a hii-fJii 

 iiiimher of instriinient reiidin|j,H on iJie rate of 

 e\'n|ioralinii, l,eiii|ierii In re, liiiniidily and iiiso- 

 hitien ohlained at widely dillereiit all.ilndi'S 

 and e.xpiiHiireH in the Kolkirks which doiihtlcHS 

 will he given III science in due lime. 



While he was an original and clear thinker 

 on scicnl.ilie problems, Shaw was even more 

 siicitessl'iil as a ti^acluir. I'rofessor Ooorgo 

 I'almer a, few years ago (anpbasized four es- 

 sential qualities of the sii('(;cssfnl tca(^hor: (1) 

 knowledge!; (Si) vii^arionsncss, i. «., tho ability 

 to take tlai point of view of the student, C!) 

 clear expoHilimi iiiiil (I) cnthnsiaHin or the 

 ability to inspire. I have ofren thonphl, of 

 Di'. Shaw as cnibodying iJiene I'linr (|inilil,ien 

 in a very high degree. His knowledge was not 

 enc^yelopmdic, but was broad and fiindanaintal. 

 Ifo cared nol, for the on t-ol'-tlie-way facts, but 

 rejoiced in Ijie large |iriiiei|il(« of his science!. 

 It was for (Jiis riiason that lu! udvo(!uted the 

 (ihoice in elementary teaching of only Hueh 

 topics UH would rouso the student to make 

 original observations and to draw ind(!p(!tidont 

 conclusions. His views on tliis principle in 



