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^"^'^^"^'^^'"O'-iAge, July 13, "siarv I 

 Da\M/']n ?*r'«f..v"' Wim^m Morris 



SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923 



WIFE OF HARVARD GEOI-OGISX 



Mrs. Mary Wyman DutU Was n I.lfo ronfr 

 Resident of Cambrldse luid Descended 

 from a Distlnsulshed Family 



Mrs. Mary Morrill (Wyman) Davis, wife 

 of Professor "William Morris Davis, died 

 yesterday at her home, 31 Hawthorn street. 

 Cambriclge. after an illness of more than 

 a month, Mrs. Davis was married in iai4. 

 Her husband is professor emeritus at Har- 

 vard and is dlstingrui&hod as a geolog-ist, 

 aa a teacher, a scholar, and a writer. He 

 is the holder of many lionorary de^eea 

 from universities abroad. 



Mm. Davis was born in Cambridge on 

 May irj, isr,r,. and was a daughter of Ade- 

 line (Wheelwright) W>Tnan, who died soon 

 after Mrs. Davi.9's birth, .ind Jeffries Wy- 

 man, a member of tho class of 1833 at 

 .Harvard, and a scientist with a world- 

 wide reputation as an anatomist and aa a 

 teacher of natural history. She was a 

 granddaughtfr of the late Dr. Rufus Wy- 1 

 man, head of the McLean Asylum In Wav- I 

 eriey and a pioneer in the human© treat- 

 ■nent of the insane; and she was a niece 

 if Dr. Moi'rill Wyman. also a graduate of 

 he elnsa of 1S33 at Hari-ard. who tor 

 _nany years wa« one of the best-known 

 physicians In the State. \ 



Mrs. Davis spent her life In Cambridge 

 Id for many year.^ made her home with 

 >r sister, Miss Susan Wymnn. who died 

 prior to Mrs. Davis s marriage. 



