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EDWARD BLANCHARD CHA"~'ERLA.PT. 
Edward Blanchard Chamberlain, son of Charles Edwin and Margaret J. 
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(Blanchard), Chamberlain, was born in 1&2-7, His early home was Bristol, 
Maine. As his father and mother had both been teachers, he received much 
of his early education at home, where his parents often turned his atten¬ 
tion to the interesting things of the natural world. He prepared for 
college at Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, Maine, where one of the teachers, 
J.E.Dinsmore, was an active amateur botanist, and a stimulating friend. 
Mr. Chamberlain entered Bowdoin College in the fall of 1895, follow¬ 
ing in the footsteps of his father, a member of the class 1868. He fell 
under the influence of Prof. Leslie A. Lee, an oldtime all-around scientist, 
and under his guidance toolc many of the scientific courses offered by the 
college. At graduation in 1899 he led his class, and became a member of 
Phi Beta Kappa. For two years he was a graduate student and instructor in 
botany at Brown University, receiving his degree of A.M. there in 1901. 
The lifework which Mr .Chamberlain entered upon was teaching in secondary 
schools. His first position, for one year only, was at Oak grove Seminary, 
Vassalboro, Maine. He taught in the University School (for boys) in 
Washington, D.C. from 1902 to 1906; since then he has been a teacher in the 
Franklin School (for boys) in New York City, where he taught till three days 
before his death. His teaching was mainly college preparatory science and 
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mathematics, andhe was very successful in it. He was also a strong man in 
the organization of the school, becoming senior master, "a most self-sacri¬ 
ficing and devoted member of its teaching staff," as one of his associates 
wrote of him. In recent years he has served as a reader in mathematics for 
the College Entrance Examination Board. 
