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STEPHEN VINCENT BENET. 
Georgetown University, from which he received the degree 
of Doctor of Philosophy. He was frequently in request as 
a lecturer before scientific bodies, and was connected with 
many scientific societies, such as the Royal College of Sur¬ 
geons, England; the Royal Dublin Society, the Geological 
Society of Dublin, the Philosophical Society of Washington, 
and corresponding member of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia, and the Geological Society of New 
York; also Fellow of the American Association for the Ad¬ 
vancement of Science. He was one of the original founders 
of the Washington Chemical Society, being its first president, 
elected January 31, 1884; and he was the only honorary 
member ever elected of the Medical Association of the District 
of Columbia. Before leaving Ireland he published some 
small works, such as a “ Manual of Agricultural Chemistry 
with its Application to the Soils of Ireland,” Hodges & Smith, 
Grafton street, Dublin, 1845, and “ Irish Geology,” in 1846, 
and after his arrival at New York he wrote a “ Home En¬ 
cyclopedia of Arts and Manufactures,” 12mo, 1855, and a 
book on the “ Manufacture of Photogenic or Hydrocarbon 
Oils from Coal,” etc., 8vo, New York, 1859. He also made 
numerous contributions to technical literature in the shape 
of essays in Government reports, and addresses before scien¬ 
tific and educational associations, especially the colleges with 
which he was connected. 
W m. H. Seaman. 
STEPHEN VINCENT BEN^T. 
1827-1895. 
[Read before the Society, May 23, 1896.] 
Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benet, United States 
Army, died January 22,1895, at his home, 1717 I street north¬ 
west, in this city, aged just 68 years, having been born at 
Saint Augustine, Florida, January 22, 1827. He entered as 
