AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 
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Aaron, S(amuel) Frank, 23 S. 34th St, J, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. Entomology. Mt. Holly, N. J, 
March 5, 62. Common schools. Jesup scholar, 
Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila, 83-84, custodian in¬ 
sects, 84—86; eco«. entomologist, Phila. Com¬ 
mercial Mus, 9G- Psocida;; Pseudoneuroptera; 
Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; general and eco¬ 
nomic entomology; trees.—Popular entomology; 
the black ant; parasites of wood-boring beetles; 
forestry. 
Abbe, Prof. Cleveland, 2017 I St, N. W, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. * Meteorology. New York, N. Y, Dec. 
3, 38. A.B, Col. City of N. Y, 57, A.M, 60; B.S, 
Harvard, as of 64. Tutor math, Trinity Sch, 
N. Y, 57-58; asst. prof, eng, Mich. Agr. 
Col, 59; tutor eng, Michigan, 59-60; aid astron, 
U. S. Coast Surv, and with B. A. Gould at Cam¬ 
bridge, 60-64; resident, Poulkova Observatory, 
65-66; aid, U. S. Naval Observatory, 67-68; 
director, Cincinnati Observatory, 68-73; prof, 
meteorol. and civilian asst, office of chief signal 
officer, U. S. A, 71-91; prof, meteorol, George 
Washington, 86-; prof, U. S. Weather Bur, 01-; 
lecturer, Hopkins, 96- Ed, ‘ Monthly Weather 
Rev’; chairman, Committee on Meteorol, Car¬ 
negie Inst, 02. Officier d’Acad, 89; hon. Ph.D, 
Col. City of N. Y, 91; LL.D, Michigan, 88; 
Glasgow, 96. Delegate, Am. Forestry Cong, 
Cincinnati, 82; Elec. Cong, Phila, 84; Int. 
Meridian and Time Standard Cong, 84; Int. 
Meteorol. Cong, Munich, 91; Int. Cong. Physi¬ 
cists, Paris, 00. Nat. Acad; F.A.A. (v. pres, 
90) ; Math. Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 
Physical Soc; Metrol. Soc; Geog. Ass; assoc, 
mem. Elec. Eng; cor. mem. Am. Geog. Soc; 
Nat. Geog. Soc; Forestry Ass; Am. Hist. Ass; 
Philos. Soc; assoc, fel. Am. Acad; New Eng. 
Meteor. Soc; Wash. Acad; cor. mem. N. Y. 
Acad; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Phila. Geog. 
Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc; cor. mem. Conn. Hist. 
Ass; Ohio Hist. Soc; N. Y. Hist. Soc; Co¬ 
lumbian Hist. Soc; cor. mcm. British Ass; fel. 
Royal Astron. Soc; fel. Royal Meteor. Soc; assoc. 
British Victoria Inst; Math. Verein; cor. mem. 
Astron. Gesell; cor. and hon. mem. Meteor. 
Gesell; Oester. Gesell. Meteor; Ass. francaise; 
Soc. mgtgor. de France; Soc. Meteor. Ital. As¬ 
tronomy; meteorology.—Long range predictions 
in meteorology. 
Abbe, Cleveland, Jr, U. S. Geological Survey, 
Washington, D. C. Geography, Geology. 
Washington, March 25, 72. A.B, Harvard, 94, 
A.M, 96; Ph.D, Hopkins, 98; Vienna and Paris, 
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01-03. Prof. nat. sciences, Winthrop Nor. and 
Indust. Col, 98-01; aid, U. 8. Geol. Surv, 06- 
Instr. physiog, Corcoran Sci. Sch, Washington, 
95-98; asst, Md. Geol. Surv, 97-01; instr. geol. 
and biol, Western Md. Col, 98-99; State Sum¬ 
mer Nor. Sch, Rock Hill, S. C, 99. F.A.A; Geol. 
Soc; Min. Eng; Geog. Ass; Nat. Geog. Soc; 
Wash. Geol. Soc; Berlin Gesell. fur Erdkunde. 
Topographic development.—Fall line of east 
North America; lakes of southern Scandinavia; 
Canadian and Baltic ‘shields’; the climate of 
the Great Lakes region and Agafla, Guam; dic¬ 
tionary of geographic terms. 
Abbe, Dr. Robert, 13 W. 50th St, New York, N. Y. 
Surgery. New York, April 13, 51. A.B, Col. 
City of N. Y, 70; M.D, Columbia, 74. Prof, surg, 
Woman’s Med. Col, N. Y, 86-88; Post-Grad. 
Med. Sch, N. Y, 88-96; clin. instr. surg, Colum¬ 
bia, 01f- Attending surgeon, St. Luke’s Hosp, 
84- F.A.A; Surg. Ass. Surgery. 
Abbot, C(harles) G(reeley), 36 Q St, N. E, 
Washington, D. C. * Astrophysics. Wilton, N. 
H, May 31, 72. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 94, M.S, 
95. Asst, Smithsonian Astrophys. Observatory, 
95-96, aid, acting in charge, 96- F.A.A; Astron. 
and Astrophys. Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Infra¬ 
red solar spectrum; sensitive galvanometer; os¬ 
motic pressure.—Solar physics; absolute re¬ 
cording pyr-lieliometer. 
Abbot, Gen. Henry L(arcom), U. S. A. (retired), 
23 Berkeley St, Cambridge, Mass. Engineering, 
Physics. Beverly, Mass, Aug. 13, 31. Grad, U. 
S. Mil. Acad, 54. All grades from second licut. 
to col, Corps Engineers, U. S. A, 54-95 (retired 
by law). Col, brevet brig, and maj. gen, U. S. 
Vols; chairman, Group XVI, Centennial Expos, 
76; Higher Jury of Awards, Atlanta Expos, 95; 
pres, Board of Consulting Engineers, Pittsburg 
and Lake Erie Canal, 95-96; mcm. Int. Com¬ 
mission Engineers, New Panama Canal Co, 97- 
00, consulting engineer, 00-04; mem. many 
govt, boards. LL.D, Harvard, 80. Nat. Acad; 
Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; New Orleans Acad; 
cor. mem. Austrian Imperial Royal Geol. Soc. 
River and harbor improvements; coast defence; 
submarine mining; explosives; electricity; ver¬ 
tical fire; astronomy; canals; river hydraulics; 
climatology of the Isthmus of Panama.—The 
Chagres River; the Panama Canal. 
Abbott, Dr. Albert H(olden), University College, 
Toronto, Can. Psychology. Brockville, Ont, 
Dec. 7, 71. A.B, Toronto, 95; Ph.D, WUrzburg, 
04. Asst, Psychol. Lab, Toronto, 95-99, instr. 
philos, 99-00, lecturer philos. and asst, Psychol. 
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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 
Lab, 00- Psychol. Ass. Sensations of color; 
psychology and epistemology of Hobbes.—Color 
saturation in its quantitative relations; British 
philosophy and psychology from Bacon to the 
present day. 
Abbott, Dr. A(lexander) C(rever), 4229 Baltimore 
Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. *Hygiene, Bacteriology. 
Baltimore, Md, Feb. 26, 60. Baltimore City 
Col, 77; M.D, Maryland, 84; Hopkins, 84- 
87; Munich, 87-88; Berlin, 88-89. Asst, hy¬ 
giene and bacter, Hopkins, 89 91; asst, in 
charge, Lab. of Hygiene, Pennsylvania, 91-96, 
prof, hygiene and bacter. and director, Lab. of 
Hygiene, .97-; director, Div. Path, Bacter. and 
Disinfection, Bur. of Health, Phila, 97; chief. 
Bur. of Health, and pres, Board of Health, 02- 
F.A.A; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact; Am. 
Physicians; Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol, and 
Med; Am. Med.'Ass; Pub. Health Ass; Philos. 
Soc; Wash. Acad; Phila. Co. Med. Soc; Phila. 
Path. Soc; fel. Phila. Col. Physicians. Bac¬ 
teriology and preventive medicine.—Certain 
phases of infection, intoxication and immunity. 
Abbott, Dr. C(liarles) C(onrad), Trenton, N. J. 
Zoology, A rcheology. Trenton, June 4, 43. M.D, 
Pennsylvania, 65. Asst, Peabody Mus, Harvard, 
76-89. Philos. Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; fel. 
Copenhagen Soc. of Antiquaries of the North. 
Primitive industry; natural science. — Animal 
intelligence; evidences of the antiquity of man 
in the valley of the Delaware River. 
Abbott, Prof. J(ames) F(rancis), Washington 
University, St. Louis, Mo. Zoology. Greeley, 
Colo, Sept. 27, 76. A.B, Stanford, 99; fellow, 
Chicago, 03-04; A.M, Stanford, 04. Instr. Eng¬ 
lish, Shigaken Shogyo Gakko, Japan, 00—01; 
prof. English lang, Imp. Naval Col, Etajiina, 
Japan, 01-03; asst. prof, zool, Washington {St. 
Louis), and assoc, prof, embryol, Med. Sch, 0 .)- 
Faunal ichthyology; ctenophore morphology.— 
Formative and trophic influences in avian em¬ 
bryology; tropisms in pathogenic bacteria. 
Abel, Prof. John J(acob), Station L, Baltimore, 
Md. * Pharmacology, Physiological chemistry. 
Cleveland, O, May 19, 57. Ph.B, Michigan, 83; 
Hopkins, 83-84; European universities, 84-90; 
M.D, Strasburg, 88. Principal, High Sch, La 
Porte, Ind, 79-80, supt. pub. schools, 80-82; 
lecturer mat. mod. and therapeut, Michigan, 90- 
91, prof, 91-93; pharmacol, Hopkins, 93- lion. 
A.M, Michigan, 03. F.A.A; Physiol. Soc; 
Am. Physicians; Therapeut. Soc; Cliem. Soc; 
Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. Composition of ani¬ 
mal tissues and fluids; function and isolation 
of special chemical principles of the animal 
organism; ethyl sulphid; carbamic acid; pig¬ 
ment of negro’s skin.—The chemical nature of 
the blood-pressure-raising constituent of the 
suprarenal capsules. 
Abrams, Dr. Albert, Southwest Corner Van Ness 
Ave, San Francisco, Cal. Medicine. San Fran¬ 
cisco, Dec. 8, 63. M.D, Heidelberg, 82; Lon¬ 
don, Berlin, Vienna and Paris, 83, 84, 97; A.M, 
Portland, 94. Prof, path, Cooper Med. Col, 93- 
98; pres, Emanuel Polyclinic, San Francisco. 
Consulting physician diseases of chest, Mt. Zion 
and French Hospitals, San Francisco. Am. 
Med. Ass; fel. Royal Micros. Soc. Heart reflex 
and lung reflexes of contraction and dilatation; 
zones of atelectasis; the stethophonometer; light 
as a therapeutic agent; congelation in diagnosis 
and treatment.—Diseases of the heart and 
lungs. 
Abrams, L(e)R(oy), U. S. National Museum, 
Washington, D. C. Botany. Sheffield, la, Oct. 
1, 74. A.B, Stanford, 99, A.M, 02; fellow, 
Columbia, 04-05. Acting prof, bot, Idaho, 99- 
00; asst. syst. bot, Stanford, 00-03, instr, 03- 
04; asst, curator, Div. Plants, V. S. Nat. Mus, 
05- M.A.A; Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. Bot. Soc; 
Wash. Biol. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club. Flora of 
southern California. 
Acheson, Edward G(oodrich), Niagara Falls, N. Y, 
* Electrometallurgy, Chemistry. Washington, 
Pa, March 9, 56. Bellefonte Acad, Bellofonte, 
Pa. Civil engineer, 76-80; Edison’s Lab, 80-82; 
supt, Consol. Lamp Co, Brooklyn, N. Y, 84; 
electrician, Standard Underground Co, Pitts¬ 
burg, 86-89; pres, Carborundum Co, 91—01; Int. 
Acheson Graphite Co, 00- John Scott medals, 
Franklin Inst, 94, 01; Grand Prix, Paris, 00; 
La. Purchase Expos, 04. F.A.A; Elec. Eng; 
Electrochem. Soc. (manager, 02-03) ; Franklin 
Inst; London Soc. Arts. Electric furnaces 
and products. — Development of electric furnace 
methods; improvements in the methods of clay¬ 
working. 
Adami, Prof. J(olin) G(eorge), 331 Peel St, Mont¬ 
real, Can. Pathology, Bacteriology. Manches¬ 
ter, England, Jan. 12, 62. Owens Col, Man¬ 
chester, 77-80; A.B, Cambridge, 84; Breslau, 
84-85; Owens Col, 85-87; M.B, Cambridge. 86, 
A.M, 87; mem. Royal Col. Surg, 87; M.D, 
Cambridge, 90. House physician, Manchester 
Royal Infirmary, 86; demonstrator path, Cam¬ 
bridge, 87-90, John Lucas Walker student in 
path, 89, lecturer, 90, fellow and director nat. 
science, Jesus Col, 90-92; prof, path, McGill, 
92- Pathologist, Can. Dept. Agr, 97-02. A.M, 
M.D, McGill, 99; LL.D, New Brunswick. Soc. 
Nat; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact; Physiol. 
Soc; Am. Physicians; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; 
Can. Royal Soc; Montreal Medico-Chirurg. Soc. 
(pres, 98-00) ; British Med. Ass; London Path. 
Soc; London Physiol. Soc; fel. Royal Soc; 
Edinburgh Royal Soc; Cambridge Philos. Soc. 
Cardiac, renal and hepatic pathology; heredity 
of disease; causation of cancer, etc; variability 
of bacteria; colon bacillus; tuberculosis.— 
Heredity of disease; B. coli infection; experi¬ 
mental production of anemia; causation of 
goitre; degenerative processes. 
Adams, Alton Dermont, P. O. Box 478, Worcester, 
Mass. Electrical engineering. Biddeford, Me, 
June 28, 64. B.S, Harvard, 97, A.M, 03. Con¬ 
structing elec, engineer, 86-95; consulting en¬ 
gineer, 95- Elec. Eng. Electrical supply; cost 
of gas and electrical supply. 
Adams, Cha(rle)s C(hristopher), University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Zoology. Clinton, 
