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William Morton Wheeler 
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spoke in good faith, however, and his opinions were almost 
always accepted in the spirit they were given. 
Much more could be said of Professor Wheeler’s academic 
career and scientific writings. A fine appreciation written 
by several of his colleagues has appeared in Science . 1 He 
received several honorary degrees and medals in recognition 
of his entomological investigations. He enjoyed member- 
ship in numerous important societies ; honorary membership 
in three foreign and two American entomological societies. 
During his long residence at Harvard he took a leading part 
in the activities of the Cambridge Entomological Club and a 
continued interest in its journal psyche to which he con- 
tributed several short articles in almost every volume. 
Wheeler was an unusually keen and enthusiastic collector. 
After the first few years, his immediate interest was cen- 
tered almost entirely on ants, but he never failed to bring 
back from any excursion many other valuable specimens. 
He traveled extensively through the United States, Mexico 
and other parts of tropical America and twice visited 
Australia ; also his visits to Europe and North Africa offered 
opportunities for collecting that were never neglected. He 
had returned from an extensive and strenuous trip with his 
wife into Mexico only a few weeks before his death. 
The list of titles in the appended bibliography is believed 
to be a practically complete list of Professor Wheeler’s 
biological books, memoirs and papers. It has been compiled 
primarily from a catalogue which he himself maintained, 
and I have one of his younger students, Professor F. M. 
Carpenter to thank for preparing the preliminary draft 
during my own protracted absence from America. 
This bibliography speaks for itself as to the varied inter- 
ests and accomplishments of Professor Wheeler. It cannot 
of course give any indication of the great clarity of his 
scientific statements and the fine literary style which per- 
vades all of his writings. From the latter standpoint alone 
several of his humorous and satirical addresses could lay 
claim to rank as classics. In addition each contains several 
cleverly concealed and well documented scientific pills which 
represent the real thesis of the communication. By far the 
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