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  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Oliver 
  Payson 
  Hubbard 
  died 
  at 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  City, 
  on 
  March 
  9th, 
  in 
  his 
  ninety-first 
  year. 
  His 
  long 
  

   life 
  spanned 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  century 
  now 
  closing, 
  and 
  

   his 
  death 
  thus 
  takes 
  away 
  almost 
  the 
  last 
  survivor 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  

   of 
  teachers 
  who 
  were 
  actively 
  interested 
  in, 
  and 
  engaged 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   moting, 
  the 
  first 
  beginnings 
  of 
  science 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Pomfret, 
  Conn., 
  in 
  1809, 
  but 
  his 
  youth, 
  after 
  

   1811, 
  was 
  spent 
  at 
  Rome, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  He 
  entered 
  Hamilton 
  College, 
  

   in 
  Clinton, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  1825, 
  and 
  a 
  year 
  later 
  joined 
  Yale 
  College, 
  

   where 
  he 
  was 
  graduated 
  with 
  the 
  class 
  of 
  1828. 
  Of 
  this 
  class 
  he 
  

   was 
  the 
  last 
  survivor. 
  After 
  graduation 
  he 
  spent 
  three 
  years 
  in 
  

   teaching 
  and 
  from 
  1831 
  till 
  1836 
  was 
  assistant 
  to 
  Professor 
  

   Benjamin 
  Silliman 
  in 
  the 
  Yale 
  Chemical 
  Laboratory. 
  Of 
  his 
  work 
  

   here, 
  Professor 
  Silliman 
  speaks 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Hubbard 
  

   remained 
  with 
  me 
  five 
  years, 
  and 
  his 
  services 
  were 
  very 
  impor- 
  

   tant. 
  His 
  intelligence 
  and 
  gentlemanly 
  bearing 
  made 
  him 
  very 
  

   acceptable 
  to 
  the 
  strangers 
  who 
  often 
  called 
  upon 
  us. 
  He 
  was 
  

   also 
  highly 
  acceptable 
  to 
  the 
  students, 
  whom 
  he 
  treated 
  with 
  

   affability 
  and 
  kindness. 
  His 
  punctuality, 
  his 
  exactness 
  in 
  affairs, 
  

   and 
  perfect 
  integrity, 
  made 
  him 
  entirely 
  reliable, 
  while 
  his 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  science 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  branches 
  that 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

   department 
  qualified 
  him 
  to 
  render 
  efficient 
  assistance." 
  

  

  In 
  1836 
  he 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  the 
  Professorship 
  of 
  Chemistry, 
  

   Mineralogy 
  and 
  Geology 
  in 
  Dartmouth 
  College, 
  at 
  Hanover, 
  

   N. 
  H., 
  i*etaining 
  that 
  position 
  for 
  thirty 
  years. 
  He 
  resigned 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  that 
  chair 
  in 
  1866, 
  but 
  retained 
  his 
  lectures 
  in 
  the 
  Medi- 
  

   cal 
  School 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  college 
  until 
  1883, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  

   made 
  Professor 
  Emeritus. 
  Professor 
  Hubbard 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   founders 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  

   Science 
  in 
  1848, 
  and 
  was 
  Secretary, 
  Vice-President 
  and 
  later 
  

   President 
  (1892-93) 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  He 
  

   was 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  founders 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  of 
  American 
  

   Geologists 
  and 
  Naturalists. 
  He 
  was 
  keenly 
  interested 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range 
  of 
  subjects 
  in 
  chemistry, 
  mineralogy 
  and 
  geology, 
  also 
  in 
  

   geography 
  and 
  in 
  medicine 
  ; 
  this 
  interest 
  remained 
  unabated 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  his 
  life. 
  Early 
  papers 
  by 
  him, 
  published 
  in 
  this 
  

   Journal 
  (1837) 
  describe 
  the 
  calcareous 
  rocks 
  of 
  Boonville, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   with 
  the 
  minerals 
  and 
  bowlders 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  ; 
  another 
  

   paper 
  (1838) 
  gives 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  geological 
  observations 
  in 
  the 
  

   White 
  Mountains 
  ; 
  still 
  another 
  (1842) 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  chemical 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  bituminous 
  coal 
  of 
  Chesterfield 
  County, 
  Va. 
  He 
  

   received 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  M.A. 
  from 
  Yale 
  and 
  Dartmouth, 
  of 
  M.D. 
  

   from 
  South 
  Carolina 
  Medical 
  College 
  and 
  of 
  LL.D 
  from 
  Hamilton 
  

   College. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Hubbard 
  was 
  married 
  May 
  17, 
  1837, 
  to 
  Faith 
  

   Wadsworth, 
  daughter 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Benjamin 
  Silliman 
  ; 
  she 
  died 
  in 
  

   1887. 
  Two 
  children 
  survive 
  him. 
  From 
  1874 
  until 
  his 
  death 
  he 
  

   made 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  ; 
  the 
  bright, 
  genial 
  serenity 
  of 
  

   his 
  declining 
  years 
  made 
  him 
  a 
  charming 
  companion 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  

   had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  to 
  meet 
  him. 
  

  

  