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Dato. 1^* studied at AiBherst and receiving his 

 bBohelor's degfree from this college with 

 I the class of 1S60, he went to Bowdoln and 

 'entered the mtitllpal department of that In- 

 Btitiition, obtaining' thp doe,fcor's degree 

 I, three years later. The list oi^degrees with 

 which his scholastic attainments hare been 

 rewarded Is a considerable one. 

 I Six years after his graduation from Am- 

 herst he received the honorary degree of 

 ' master of arts from the same college, and 

 three years later received the same degree 

 from Bowdoln. From Harvard he also re- 

 ceived the degree of doctor of medicine, this 

 distinction bemg conferred In- the same year 

 In which he took hi.^i doctor's degree from 

 Bowdoln. A still greater recognition ot 

 scholarship came from Amherst in ISOO, 

 from Bowdoln In 1894, and from Princeton 

 TJnlverslty two years later, when thenc 

 three institutions conferred upon him the 

 degree of doctor of laws. 



As a teacher, hia Influence was wide- 

 spread. Hia first work In this c9.paclty Was 

 at Bowdoln, where from 1867 to 1872 he 

 held a professorship In natural science. 

 During this same period he also served as 

 professor of materia medica at the Viedicai 

 School of Maine. In 1872 his first ftctlvc 

 connection with Harvard began. Coming 

 to Cambridge for the tir.'it year as a lec- 

 turer on vegetable physiology and instructor 

 In botmy, ho l.etMme assistant professor In 

 the former subject in the following year, a 

 position which he ht'ld until 1878. In this 

 year he was appointed professor of botany, 

 a chair which he gave up ten years later to 

 become Fisher professor of natural history. 



After a long and Interesting career at 

 Harvard Professor Goodale resigned hi.'' 

 relation with the college in the spring of 

 1909 but the Harvard Corporation subse- 

 quently created him professor emeritus in 

 3 Fisher profesaorMhip of natural history, 

 s appointment dating from Sept 1, 19011. 

 His connection with the university, dating 

 from 1S72, has been surpassed by very few 

 members of the faculty body. 



