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wrangler in 1841, and became Lucasian pro- 

 fessor of mathematics in 1849. He was fel- 

 low of Pembroke College, was compelled to 

 resign, by his marriage, but was reelected 

 under the statute of 1869 and became later 

 president of the college. He was secretary of 

 the Koyal Society from 1854-1885 and presi- 

 dent from 1885-1890, president of the British 

 Association in 1869, and member of parlia- 

 ment from Cambridge University from 1887- 

 1892. He was made a baronet in 1889 and 

 was a knight of the Prussian order 'pour le 

 merite.' Sir George Stokes' contributions 

 to mathematics and mathematical physics have 

 given him a foremost place among the men of 

 science of the world. 



Dr. Morrill Wyman, one of the best known 

 American physicians, died at Cambridge on 

 January 29, in his ninety-first year. He had 

 made important contributions to medical sci- 

 ence including the recognition of the disease 

 known as hay fever. He was a member of the 

 board of overseers of Harvard University, and 

 received from it the degree of LL.D. in 1886. 



It is reported in the daily papers that Mr. 

 John D. Rockefeller will build in New York 

 City, for the Institute for Medical Research, 

 which he has established, a research laboratory 

 to cost with the ground about $1,000,000. It 

 is said that the buildings will be situated on 

 the east side of the city in the neighborhood 

 of Eightieth St. 



The German government has appropriated 

 $15,000 for research for the study of the rela- 

 tion between tuberculosis in man and cattle. 



A BILL has been introduced in the House 

 by Mr. Slayden, of Texas, appropriating $50,- 

 000 to aid in the suppression of the bubonic 

 plague in Mexico, and to prevent its spread in 

 the United States. For this purpose the bill 

 authorizes and directs the President of the 

 United States to send a commission of three 

 medical officers of the army and navy to inves- 

 tigate and report the conditions as to this dis- 

 ease there prevalent. 



The Pennsylvania Legislature has repealed 

 the Fow Anti-hospital Law, and Philadelphia 

 can now accept the Henry Phipps proposed 

 gift of $1,000,000, and eredt near the center of 



population an institute for the study, treat- 

 ment and prevention of tuberculosis. 



Robert E. Woodward, of Brooklyn, has 

 given $25,000 to the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences, in memory of his brother, 

 the late General John B. Woodward, and an 

 additional $25,000 in memory of his wife. 



The British Medical Journal states that the 

 sum of £10,000 has been vested in trustees by 

 Mr. T. Sutton Timmis, for the purpose of 

 systematic investigations into the origin and 

 cure of cancer, which it is intended shall be 

 carried out in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary 

 and the new laboratories of experimental medi- 

 cine in the University College, Liverpool. 



An international conference to discuss the 

 question of erecting an international seismic 

 observatory in Europe will be held at Berne 

 in May. The principal European govern- 

 ments have agreed to send representatives. 



The Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture 

 is considering the preservation of a group of 

 three mounds located in State Fair Park at 

 West AUis near Milwaukee. The Wisconsin 

 Natural History Society is to see that these 

 mounds are labeled. There are about one 

 hundred large and several hundred small col- 

 lections of antiquities in Wisconsin. The 

 society is mali;ing efforts to have these placed 

 in various libraries, museums and schools. 



The Department of Superintendence of the 

 National Educational Association holds its 

 meeting at Cincinnati from February 24 to 26. 

 Among the addresses and papers are ' How to 

 utilize fully the plant of a city school system,' 

 President Eliot of Harvard University; 'The 

 University of Oxford and Rhodes Scholar- 

 ships,' Dr. W. T. Harris, commissioner of edu- 

 cation ; ' Some problems in manual training,' 

 Professor C. R. Richards, Columbia Univer- 

 sity ; and ' Coeducation in high schools and 

 universities,' Professor Albion W. Small, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. The National Society 

 for the Scientific Study of Education, The 

 Association of College Teachers of Education 

 and the Educational Press Association meet 

 at the same time and place. 



