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important results, and is widely known as
| teacher and writer, as well as most successful
practitioner.
| Prof. George J. Brush, of New Haven, to
| whose energy and judgment the Sheffield
! scientific school largely owes its eminence,
has been member since 1868. He is distin-
| gulshed as a mineralogist, and was an associate
| OF benjamin Silliman. jr.
Prof. Chas. L. Chandler. of New York. who
| for many years has held a professorship in the
| Columbia college, was chosen to a seat in the
| academy IN 1874. His most important work,
perhaps. has been in the sanitary reforms he
has brought about in New York through his
connection with the board of health
Prof. Seth c. Chandler, of Harvard, is one of
the newest members of the academy, having
been elected last year on account of his scien-
| tific work.
Prof. John H. c. Coffin. U. s. N, of this city,
was one of the incorporators of the academy.
/ He Is eminent as a mathematician and as a
| professor of mathematics in the navy had
charge at different times of the naval observa-
tory and of the nautical almanac. He was
placed on the retired list in 1877.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Cyrus b. Comstock, whose
membership dates from 1884 is one of the most
distinguished engineer officers of the army.
he served efficiently during the war, and since
has had the direction of surveys, and has been
| member of important boards.
Prof. Geo. H. Cook. of New Brunswick. n. }.
who was made a member in 1887, well known
! as geologist has done much service to science
| as professor at Rensselaer, Polytechnic Insti-
tute, as state geologist of New Jersey, and as
director of the New Jersey gricultural-experi-
ment station.
Prot. Josiah P. Cooke, who has been men,
Der since 1872, has, as director of the famous
chemical laboratory of Harvard which was
established through his efforts, conducted sue
cessfully some of the most important investiga-
lions ever undertaken in this country.
Prof. Edward D. Cope, of Philadelphia, was
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a member of the academy in 1872. As college
professor, as palaeontologist TO the U. S. geo.
logical survey. member of the scientific staff
of the Smithsonian Institution. and in other
positions Prof. Cope has pursued Investigations
Ill many fields with much energy and made
many important contributions to scientific
literature.
DIR. Elliott Coues of this city, who was
elected a member of the academy in 1877. is
well known as a naturalist. and especially for
his extensive researches in ornithOogy. He
has held several positions in connection with
the scientific bureaux of the government.
Within a few years he has become permanently
identified with the theosophist movement in
this country.
Prof James NJ. Crafts. whose researches in
chemistry won for him the honor of election to
the academy in 1872. has conducted for many
years important chemical Investigations largely
in connection with Prof. Charles Friedel in
Paris.
The election of Dr. John c. Dalton. of New
York. to the academy in 1864 was mainly due
to the extended reputation he has made as a
Psychologist. He is the author of a number of
works on this subject, and is recognized au-
thority.
Prof. James Dwight Dana, of New Haven
was one of the original members of the academy.
His record Is full of achievements III the line of
mineralogy. and he is to-day the senior editor
of the American Journal of Science and Arts.
Edward Salisbury Dana, his son, is associated
with him i'll the publication. He follows his
fathers line of research, and was elected a
member of the academy i'll 1884.
Geo. Davidson. astronomer, is a native of
England. but now a resident of San Francisco
He was made a member of the Academy of
Sciences in 1874.
Clarence Edward DuttOn is officially known
as soldier, being captain i'll the regular
army of the United States. He is at present as
sistant to the director of the geological survey
In 1884 he was elected to the academy in recog-
milton OF his valuable researches and writings
in the field of geology. He is If not the orig
inator. one of the planners of the scheme to re-
claim vast quantities of the arid lands of the
southwest.
Vim. q. Farlow, of Cambridge. received an
election to the academy in 1879 on account of
his botanical Investigations. At present he &C.
cuples the chair of cryptogamic botany at Har-
ward.
VIM Ferret. of Kansas City. has been a MEM
Der OF the academy since 1868. He was for four
years professor i'll the signal service. His sci
entitc contributions have been mainly III the
line of meteorO!ogy.
Frederick Augustus Genth a native of Ger
many. Is now professor of chemistry and min
eralOgy III the university of Pennsylvania He
has achieved the reputation of being i'll the
front rank of analytical chemists in this cOun-
try. He was elected member of the academy
i'll 1872.
Prof. Josiah Willard Gibbs was made MEM
her Of ba in Qon ~
researches in the subject of thermodynamics.
He has occupied the chair OF mathematical
physics at Tale since 1871.
Prof. Oliver WOlcOtt Gibbs. of Newport, an
original member of the Academy of Sciences,
Is now its foreign secretary. He has pub
lished no book. but is an indefatigable original
investigator i'll the domain of chemistry and
phsyics.
Grove Karl Gilbert is Washingtonan and
Is one of the younger scientists, but is rapidly
making name as IA leader i'll geology. He was
elected to membership in the academy in 1888
He is at present geolOgist to the L. s. geologi-
cal survey.
DIR. Theodore Nicholas Gill is a naturalist
and has been assistant in the Smithsonian
senior assistant librarian of Congress and pro-
fessor of zoology in the Columbian university
He received his certificate of membership in
the academy of sciences i'll 1873 He has de-
voted considerable attention of late to the
study of mOllusks.
DIR. G. Brown Goode, the assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian, i'll charge of the National
museum, Is young member of the academy,
having been elected last year. but his work as IA
naturalist has won him distinction. His especial
line is ichthyology. From 1874 to 1887 he was
chief Of the division of fisheries in the Smith
sonian, and on the organization of the National
museum became its assistant director Upon
the death of Prof. Baird. at the request of
President Cleveland, he filled the office of
United States commissioner of fisheries until
Congress provided for the establishment of
that office on an independent footing.
Benjamin ApthOrp Gould. the distinguished
astronomer, OF Cambridge, was an original
member of the academy. He is also a member
of the Royal astronomical society of London,
and of the French Russian, Prussian and Aus
trian academies Of sciences.
Prof. Arnold Hague. of the geological survey,
owes his election to the academy of science to
his extensive and valuable work ON geology
His writings Oh this subject have given him q
deserved reputation i'll the scientific world. He
has been government geologist for Guatemala
and China. He was elected to the Academy of
Science four years ago.
Prof. Asaph Hall, of the national observa-
tory at Washington, has been member of the
Academy of Science since 1875 and for the
past six years has been home secretary He
has long enjoyed an international reputation
as astronomer. He has been connected
with all the important astronomical expedi-
tions sent out by the United States. In 1917 he
discovered the moons of Mars. The Loyal
Astronomical Society of London awarded him
a gold medal for his discoveries.
Prof. James Hail. of Albany, won a member
| ship of the Academy of Science by his work as
| paleontologist In 1887 he state geologist
| for the fourth district of New York, and six
years later. still retaining that title. he was
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