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HISTORICAL SKETCH Of THE 



W. 0. Ayres, 

 Silas Durkee, 

 Samuel Kneeland, Jr., 



CURATORS OF FISHES. 



Elected. Retired. Elected. Retired. 



May 3, 1848. July 16, 1851. N. E. Atwood, Dec. 11, 1856. May 5, 1858. 



July 16, 1851. May 21, 1856. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., May 6, 1858. May 4, 1859. 



May 21, 1856. Sept. 3, 1856. F. W. Putnam, May 4, 1859. May 4, 1870. 



Thaddeus W. Harris, 

 Waldo I. Burnett, 

 Henry K. Oliver, Jr., 



T. J. Whittemore, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 A. E. Belknap, 

 Augustus A. Gould, 

 Edward Tuckerman, 

 John Bacon, Jr., 

 William Read, 



Amos Binney, 

 William 0. Ayres, 

 J. B. S. Jackson, 



H. E. Storer, 

 Albert Ordway, 



Theodore Lyman, 



J. E. Teschemaoher, 

 Charles James Sprague, 



Silas Durkee, 

 Charles T. Jackson, 



May 2, 1838. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 May 2, 1855. 



June 5, 1839. 

 May 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 



Feb. 3, 1841. 

 July 16, 1851. 

 May 18, 1853. 



CUKATOES OF INSECTS. 



May 3, 1848. Silas Durkee, 



July 1,1854.1 Alex. E. E. Agassiz, 



Sept. 5, 1855. Samuel H. Soudder, 



May 5, 1841. 

 May 17, 1843. 

 May 1, 1844. 

 May 14, 1845. 

 May 6, 1846. 

 May 3, 1848. 

 Nov. 20, 1850. 



CUBATOES OF MOLLUSKS. 



William Stimpson, 

 T. J. Whittemore, 

 Arthur T. Lyman, 

 Nathan Farrand, 

 Alpheus Hyatt, 

 Edward S. Morse, 



CUKATOES OF CRUSTACEANS AND RADIATES. 



May 5, 1841. John P. Eeynolds, 



May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1855. 



Theodore Lyman, 



Sept. 2, 1857. 

 May 4, 1859. 



Sept. 2, 1857. 



May 2, 1838. 

 May 5, 1852. 



June 3, 1857. 



The Guratorship was separated into two divisions in 1857. 



CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS. 



May 4, 1869. Alpheus S. Packard, Jr., 



Dec 18, 1861. 



CURATORS OF RADIATES. 



May 4, 1864. Addison E. Verrill, 



CURATORS OF BOTANY. 



May 5, 1862. Horace Mann, 



May 3, 1865. 



CURATORS OF MICROSCOPY. 



May 2, 1860. B. Joy Jefiries, 



May 21, 1856. 

 May 6, 1858. 

 Mar. 16, 1859. 



Deo. 4, 1850. 

 May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 June 6, 1860. 

 Oct. 21, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 



May 2, 1855. 

 May 6, 1867. 



Dec. 2, 1863. 



May 4, 1864. 

 May 3, 1865. 



May 2, 1860. 



Martin Gay, 



CURATORS OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (State Collection). 

 May 2, 1838. May 5, 1841. T. Bulflnch, May 6, 1841. 



CURATOR OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (Society collection). 

 May 2, 1838. May 4, 1842. 



May 5, 1858. 

 Mar. 2, 1859. 

 May 4, 1870. 



May 18, 1853. 

 May 2, 1860. 

 May 16, 1860. 

 May 4, 1863. 

 May 1, 1867. 

 May 4, 1870. 



May 6, 1857. 

 Sept. 2, 1857. 



May 4, 1870. 



May 4, 1870. 

 Nov. 11, 1868.1 



May 4, 1870. 

 May 4, 1842. 



The State Collection was withdrawn from the Society's Museum, and the Curatorship of Mineralogy and Geology divided, in 1842. 



CURATORS OF MINERALS. 



Martin Gay, 

 Francis Alger, 

 John Bacon, 



May 4, 1842. 

 May 2, 1849. 

 May 21, 1856. 



May 2, 1849. 

 May 21, 1856. 

 May 4, 1863. 



William T. Brigham, 

 Thomas T. Bouv^, 



May 4, 1863. 

 May 3, 1865. 



May 3, 1865. 

 May 4, 1870. 



Thomas T. Bouv^, 



May 4, 1842. 



CURATORS OF GEOLOGY. 



May 4, 1863. William T. Brigham, Jan. 2, 1867. 



The department of Palaeontology was added to that of Geology in 1863, and raised to a separate department in 1867. 

 Thomas T. Bouv«, May 4, 1863. 



May 4, 1870. 



CURATOR OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Jan. 2, 1867. 



CURATORS OF PALAEONTOLOGY. 



Thomas T. Bouv4, Jan. 2, 1867. May 1, 1867. Alpheus Hyatt, May 1, 1867. May 4, 1870. 



The office of Curator was abolished May 4, 1870 and Committees on the several departments were elected. 



> By death. 



