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escaped in 1842 and settled in Hungary, where Angelo was born, March 

 31, 1853. During the war for Hungarian freedom (1818-184:9) the 

 elder Heilprin was an associate of Kossuth, and, as a result of his activi- 

 ties in the revolution, was forced to flee, coming to America in 1856, 

 where he later pursued a literary career. 



Angelo Heilprin's early education was in the public schools of Brook- 

 lyn, but the most valuable instruction was undoubtedly that received in 

 the home, where, with his father and l^rother Louis, he was constantly in 

 an atmosphere of refinement and intellectual power. His taste for ex- 

 ploration and scientific study developed early. Throughout his bo3diood 

 he cared little for the ordinary light literature, but confined his reading 

 pretty largely to stories of travel, and while yet a boy undertook tramps 

 of considerable length in search of adventure. He early began to draw in 

 color, and it is related that at the age of six he made a map of Greenland 

 which was of unusual accuracy, and when this was shown to him later in 

 life he expressed his doubt that it could be the work of a schoolboy. In 

 the home circle he was constantly encouraged to read and to express him- 

 self in writing, as a result of which he was able when only in his twen- 

 tieth year to be of much help in the preparation of articles for the 

 American CyclopEedia, his sketch of John Tyndall in particular being a 

 very creditable piece of work. In 1876, at the age of twenty-four, he 

 decided to study with the famous masters of the day, and enrolled him- 

 self as a pupil in the Eoyal School of Mines, under the tutelage of Hux- 

 ley in biology, Etheridge in paleontology, and Judd in geology. Later 

 he studied in Paris, and in Geneva with Carl Vogt. Other European 

 centers of culture were visited, and in each place Heilprin made the most 

 of his opportunities, adding to his store of knowledge and developing his 

 methods of research and instruction. 



After three years of European study, Heilprin returned to America 

 and began his connection with the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, being elected professor of invertebrate paleontology in 1880, 

 curator in charge in 1883, and professor of geology in 1895, holding the 

 last position till 1899. He was also associated with the Wagner Free 

 Institute of Science, of which he became the curator. His connection 

 with these organizations, together with writing and lecturing, constituted 

 the chief routine of his life until 1904, when he came to Yale University 

 as lecturer in physical geography, a position which he occupied at the 

 time of his death. 



The geographic activity of Heilprin includes exploration, investiga- 

 tion, and educational work. As an explorer he turned liis attention to 

 widely separated parts of the world. His first important expedition, in 



