also of Baltimore 
TISia, c xixcx ui. 
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Dr. W. a Longley, 
T» • I • . T rk ‘ 1 
gist, Is Dead 
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Baltimore. March 10 (£>).— Dr, Wil- 
liam Harding Longley, profi 
biology at Goucher Collei 
director of the Marine Labe 
of the Carnegie institution of Wash- 
ington. died tonight in Johns Hop- 
kins Hospital. He was 56. 
Dr. Longley. an authority on trop- 
ical undersea life, was born in Para- 
dise, Nova Scotia. He was graduated 
from Acadia University in Nova 
Scotia, and received three subse- 
quent degrees from Yale. He served 
for a year as an instructor 
later institution. 
Dr. Longley wrote extensively on 
biological subjects and conducted 
field work in 12 foreign countries 
and many tropical islands. 
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Hazel Fowler Baird Longley; two 
sons, Dr. William H. Longley, jr., 
of New York City, and James Baird 
Longley, of Baltimore, and one 
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Fowler 
