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in science. The direction of the performance of the rela- 

 tives is given at the right of the name. The handbook 

 or books containing his biographical account are shown 

 by the abbreviations at the right. These abbreviations 

 are to be understood as follows: A.M.S, American Men 

 of Science (if preceded by an asterisk the person is in 

 the starred group of men of science) ; W.W, Who's Who 

 in America; A.C, Appleton's Cyclopedia of American 

 Biography. 



Any degree of relationship can be conveniently and ac- 

 curately described by one, or a combination of two or 

 more, of the following seven letters: S for son, D for 

 daughter, B for brother, Si for sister, F for father, M for 

 mother. Thus, paternal grandfather can be w^ritten as 

 FF, meaning father's father, maternal grandfather, MF, 

 meaning mother's father, FBS meaning first cousin or 

 father's brother's son, etc. These symbols precede the 

 name and show the kinship of the person to the man of 

 science. 



The men of science are arranged according to the sci- 

 ence in which they were recorded as obtaining a place in 

 the starred group. The groups are arranged alphabeti- 

 cally, beginning with the anatomists and closing with the 

 zoologists. 



FBS Dwight, William 



Warfare 

 Warfare 



