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In IPmtfriam* 



At an Adjourned Meeting of the Trustees of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, held December 24, 1900, the Presi- 

 dent reported the death of Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer. The 

 following minute was unanimously adopted and the Secretary was 

 directed to present a copy of the same to the family of the 

 deceased. 



OSWALD OTTENDORFER, 



Died in this City, December 15, 1900. 



The Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History deem it fitting to 

 give expression upon their records, as nearly as the capacity of language will 

 permit, to their deep regret at the removal of their esteemed friend and associate. 



His membership of the Board of Trustees of the Museum dates from the 

 year 1886, and while he was deeply interested in forwarding its work, his 

 serious illness in the later years compelled his absence at its assemblings. 



The incidents of Mr. Ottendorfer' s early life attest his devotion to the 

 advancement of the best interests of the race. 



Born in the little Austrian town of Zwittau he early entered upon the pursuit 

 of liberal study, and while thus engaged the flames of a patriotic uprising in the 

 cause of human liberty that burst forth in his native land enlisted his ardent 

 sympathies and his personal prowess, involving great personal hardships, and at 

 the risk of penalties, the rigors of which he narrowly escaped while they were 

 enforced by the loss of life among his comrades in the great cause of liberty. 



