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private person in the west. He was connected with the museum longer 

 than any of the other curators have been and brought to it its most 

 unique specimens not by purchase, but by his own indefatigable labor 



The excellence of his scientific work was recognized by fellow work- 

 ers at home and abroad. He was a gentleman of the highest type, both 

 in his private and public life. 



E. O. Ulrich.J who was intimately acquainted with him, says concern- 

 ing his character: "Its salient features were: great love for scientific 

 truth and justice; simplicity, unbounded affability, unswerving integ- 

 rity coupled with an unpretentious yet strong desire to accomplish a 

 useful career. His generosity and charity scarce knew bounds, while in 

 his public and private life his frank and sympathetic nature and un- 

 assuming yet dignified demeanor won the esteem of all with whom he 

 came in contact." 



Shortly after Prof. Worthen's death a very fitting appointment was 

 made in that of Prof. Josua Lindahl, Ph. D., to the curatorship on June 

 9, 1888. The appointee, the son of an eminent Swedish minister, bom 

 January i, 1844, at Kongsbacka, is a graduate of the University of 

 Lund where he pursued post graduate studies and taught for seven 

 years. Before coming to this county he was assistant in the Royal 

 Museum of Natural History at Stockholm. He was a member of a 



Republished in Economical Geology of Illinois, Vol. 1, pp. 291-319, Springfield, 

 1882. 



Geol. Surv. Illinois, Vol. 4, geology and palaeeontology, pp. 345-346, Chicago. 

 1870. Calhoun (Pike, Adams, Brown, Schuyler and Fulton) counties. 

 Geol. Surv. Illinois, Vol. 4, geology and palseontology, pp. 1-110, Chicago, 1870. 

 Keprlnted In Economical Geology of Illinois, pp. 237-360, Springfield, 1882. 



1870. Remarks on the relative age of the Niagara and the so-called Lower Helder- 

 berg groups. 



Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Proc, Vol. 19, pp. 172-175. 



1871. (Synchronism of coal beds of Illinois with those of Kentucky.) 

 Am. Nat., Vol. 5, p. 558, 1871. 



1873. (Peoria, McDonough, Monroe, Macoupin and Sangamon counties.) 

 Geol. Surv. Illinois, Vol. 5, geology and palaeontology, pp. 235-319. 

 Reprinted in Economical Geology of Illinois, Vol. 3, pp. 246-337, Springfield, 1882. 

 1875. Coal measures. 



Geol. Surv. of Illinois, Vol. 6, pp. 1-8, Boston. 1875. 



1875. Clark (Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richmond. Wabash, Edwards, White, 

 Clay, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Williamson and Franklin) counties. 

 Geol. Surv. Illinois, vol. 6. pp. 9-127. Boston. 



Reprinted in Economical Geology of Illinois, vol. 3, pp. 337-467, Springfield, 1882. 

 1875. Geological map of Illinois, in two large sheets, Boston. 

 1879. Illinois (geological formations.) 

 Macfarlane's Am. Geol. R. R. Guide, pp. 129-138. 



1882, The coal field of Illinois. 



Economical Geology of Illinois, vol. 1, pp. 163-177, Springfield, 1882. 



1883. Economical geology. 



Geol. Surv. Illinois, vol. 7, pp. 1-38, 1883. 



1883. Notes on Lasalle county. 



Geol. Surv. Illinois, vol. 7, pp. 39-51. 



1886. The Quaternary deposits of Illinois. 



Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. Proc, vol. 34, pp. 214. 



Abstracts Am. Jour. Sci., 3d series, vol. 30, pp.315-316, 1885 ; Science, vol. 6, 

 p. 221. 1886. 



1890. Illinois. 



Macfarlane's Geol. Rwy. Guide, 2d edition, pp. 209-221. 

 .,.^?^Q-. Approximate geological map of the State of Illinois reduced from the man 

 published in 1875, with vol. 6, Geological Survey of Illinois. 



• Geol. Surv. Illinois, geology and palaeontology, vol. 8, plate at end, Sorinefield 



Black and white map, scale 32 miles to the inch. <=pi lufcueia. 



1890. Drift deposits of Illinois. 



Geol. Surv. Illinois, geology and palasontology. Vol. 8, pp. 1-24, Springfield 1890 



Abstract Geol. Mag. 3d decade, vol. 8, p. 322, 1891. •'PimsneiQ, isau. 



1890. Economical Geology. 



Geol. Surv. Illinois, geol. and palaeontology, Vol. 8, pp. 25-67, Springfield 



+ .\ppendix of Vol. VIII, Geol. Survey of 111., p. 3-.<iT. 



X Geol. Survey of Ills., vol. 8, 1890, p. 15. 



