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tology from 1847 to 1855, of Comparative Anatomy from 

 1855 to 1874. "While in these later years his duties may 

 have been almost nominal, it should be remembered that in 

 the earlier days a curator not only took charge of his portion 

 of the Museum, but in a great degree created it. Then for 

 fourteen years, from 1856 to 1870, he was the President of 

 this Society, as assiduous in all its duties as he was wise in 

 council; and he resigned the chair which he so long adorned 

 and dignified only when the increasing delicacy of his health, 

 to which night-exposure was prejudicial, made it unsafe for 

 him any longer to undertake its duties. The record shows 

 that he has made here one hundred and five scientific commu- 

 nications, 1 several of them very important papers, every one 

 of some positive value ; for you all know that Prof. Wyman 

 never spoke or wrote except to a direct purpose, and be- 

 cause there was something which it was worth while to 

 communicate. He bore his part also in the American Acad- 

 emy of Arts and Sciences, of which he was a Fellow from the 

 year 1843, and for many years a Councillor. To it he made 

 a good number of communications ; among them one of the 

 longest and ablest of his memoirs. 



Then he was from the first a member of the Faculty of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, where his services and his ]| 

 advice were highly valued. He was chosen President of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science for I 

 the year 1857, but did not assume the duties of the office. 



Some notice — brief and cursory though it must be — of 

 such portion of Dr. Wyman's scientific work as is recorded 

 in his published papers, should form a part of this account of 

 his life. 



1 The Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers enumerates sixty-four by 

 Prof. Wyman alone, and four in conjunction with others. 



