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THE BOSTON HERALD 



FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919. 



FUNERAL 



Prof. W. G. Farlow 



Funeral services for Prof. William Gil- 

 son Farlow of Harvard University were 

 held at the Appleton Chapel yesterday 

 afternoon. The Rev. Dr. Raymond Cal- 

 kins, pastor of the First Congregational 

 Church in Cambridge, officiated: There 

 was an organ recital by Howard Hin- 

 ness of Cambridge. 



Honorary pallbearers were President 

 A. Lawrence Lowell, Dr. Charles W. 

 Eliot, president emeritus; Dr. Henry P. 

 Walcott, Prof. G. L. Goodale, Prof. C. 

 S. Sargeflt, Prof. .John Trowbridge, 

 Samuel Henshaw, Prof. Roland Thaxter, 

 Prof. B. L. Robinson, Prof. T. W. Plicn- 

 ardson and Prof. W. J. V. Osterhout. 



The body was taken to Newton ceme- 

 tery for burial. 



PROF. W. G. FARLOW BURIED 



President, Former President and Members 

 of Harvard Faculty Act as Pallbearers at 

 Appleton Chapel Services 



Professor William Gilson Farlow of the 

 faculty of Harvard University, who was 

 disinguished in botany, was buried from 

 Appleton Chapel this noon. The attend- 

 ance included a large number of instructors 

 and students and family friends. Rev. 

 Raymond Calkins, D. D., pastor of the 

 First Congregational Church in Cambridge 

 officiated. In the absence of Professor 

 Archibald T. Davison of the department of 

 I music the organ in the chapel was presided 

 over by Howard Hinness. 



The honorary pallbearers were President 

 A. Lawrence Lowell, former President 

 Charles W. Eliot, Dr. Henry P. Walcott, 

 Professor G. L. Goodale, Professor C. S. 

 Sargent, Professor John Trowbridge, Sam- 

 uel Henshaw, Professor Roland Thaxter, 

 Professor B. L. Robinson, Professor T. W. 

 Richards and Professo. W. J. V. Osterhout. 



Those acting as ushers included E. B. 

 Drew, '63, Professor D. G. Lyon, Pro- 

 fessor C. H. Moore, Professor R. DeC. 

 Ward, Professor F. N. Robinson, Professor 

 E. K. Rand, Professor M. L. Fernald and 



Professor C. N. 



The body wa: 

 tery. 



Dr. Farlow 

 sarnie botany 



take 



ough. 



to Newton Ceme- 







324 Washington Stbeet, Boston, Mass. 



(Entered at the Post Office, Boston, Mast., 

 as i Second Glass Matt Matter) 





THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919 





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professor of crypto- 

 Harvard University, 

 _.t his home on Quincy street, 

 Cambridge, after an illness of several 

 weeks. He was born in Boston on Dec. 

 17 1844, and was graduated from Har- 

 vard College in the class of 1866, ob- 

 taining the degree of A. M. in 1868, and 

 of M. D. in 1S70. After graduation from 

 the Medical School he studied botany in 

 Europe for several years, for the most 

 part at Strassburg, in the laboratories of 

 the distinguished Professor A. de Bary. 

 On his return to America he was for a time 

 assistant to Professor Asa Gray and was 

 also connected with the Bussey Institution. 

 In 1874 he was appointetd assistant pro- 

 fessor of botany, receiving in 1879 the title 

 of professor of cryptogamie botany, which 

 he held for a period of forty years. On 

 June 10, 1900 he was married to Miss Lil- 

 ian Horsford, daughter of Eben N. Hors- 

 ford. 



Professor Farlow received the honorary 

 degree of LL. D. from Harvard in 1800, 

 from the University of Glasgow in 1901 

 and from the University of Wisconsin in 

 1904. In 1907 the degree of Ph. D. also was 

 conferred on him by the University ot 

 Upsala. He was a member of the National 

 Academy of Sciences, the American Philo- 

 sophical Society, American Academy ot 

 Arts and Sciences, the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy, the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, of which he was 

 president in 1906 and twice vice president; 

 the Linnaean Society of London ami di- 

 merous other scientific bodies In this 

 country and abroad. 



Professor Farlow was a pioneer m li'o 

 profession in this country and through hi? 

 numerous published writings^ the inspira- 

 tion of his teaching, his high ideals, ver- 

 satility and extraordinarily wide learning 

 he long occupied a notable position in his 

 chosen field and exercised an important 

 influence on the study of his subject. 



