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ton spent from 1871 10 1874 ard
the year 1854 IN That dsIrist
scription % geography. Included the an
thropoloSy. natural history and geology q
che Alaskan and 1djaccnt regions. from
The field work and collections have re
suited maps. memoirs coast pilot and pa-
pers on tassa subjects or branches of them.
From 1874 10 1876 he vas paieontologiSt TO
The United Sfaies geological survey. ana
since isse has been honorary curator o.
the department. Of moiiGsks in the United
States national museum. In this onlce
he has made studies OF recent and fossil
North America. Mr.. Dali has been hon
cred with elections 80 nearly all of the
scientific societies in this country and to
many abroad In iSsa and 1885 he was vice
president Of the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science, and presided
ever the sections OF biology aud anthro-
poiosy- HIS scientific papers include go
Alaska and Its Resources Tribes OF
the Extreme Northwest" "Coas. Pilot Of
Alaska. Appendix l., Meteoroiogy and Biz
lures Of Boring Sea and the Adjacent Wat.
ers," Pacific Coast Pilot and Islands OF
Alaska, Dixon Entrance to fakatat Bay,
With the Inland Passage"
Robert swain Clifford.
Robert Swain Clifford. the artist. was
born al Naushon, Mass. December .. ls4s
He studied under Albert Van Beest, IN
Holland, the Dutch marine painter. and
opened studio i'm Boston in 1854. residing
there until he settled permanently IN New
York city In 1855. He was elected an assn-
ciz;e of the National Academy IN 1864. and
an academlcian in 1878 He made an extern
siye skeiehlng tour in oregon and eau.
fornia in 1852 and furnished views On
these states 10 Picturesque America
He went 20 Europe in 1870 and spent 1874
In Aigiers and the Great Desert. and III
1875 made a sketching tour In Brittany and
Southern France. He has been member
OF the American Society OF Painters in
Wafer Coiors since Its organization IN lste
Is a member OF the New York Etching
Club. The British Society Of Painter-.tcn-
ers. the Artists Fund Society. and the So
cieiy Of American Artists. He is best
life. Among his oil paintings are: Scene
al Manchester. Cape Ann" Mount Hood
Hating for Water" Passenger Bouts on
the Nile The Rosetti Garden. The
awarded medal at the Centennial expo
sition, In 1916; The Borders or the Deg
ert,~ New England Cedars.' Salt Boats
salon In 1878 Prominent among his water
eoiors are the following: Deserted Whal.
err" Day on the Sea Shore Block
House at Eas,port," Venetian Compan-
His recent works include: 'Nicauitt
clifr," New Zaandaam." The Shores OF
Buzxard Bay and Near the Coast" for
prize fund exhiolilon Ct the American Art
Association IN 1856 His wife, Frances r..
lot Swain. is also an artist CT much prom.
inence.
Robert Ridsway.
Robert Ridgway. curator OF birds in the
National Museum and president OF the
American Ornithologists' Union WAS born
a. Mount Carmel. Ill. July .. 1850. He re-
ceived a common school education. and a
correspondence with Spencer +. Baird led
to his appointment. In 1867. as naturalist
10 the United States geological exploration
Of the fortieth parallel. under Clarence
fRo 2fv&axs s.t.f
occupied in government, work and in 1879
he was appointed curator OF birds in the
National Museum, which position he still
the Geological society OF London. and the
Academies OF Science of New York Dav-
export and Chicago. foreign member of the
British ornithologists Union. and member
of the permanent ornitholcgical committee
tEiennal; also honorary member OF the
Nuttsn Ornitheiogical Club OF Cambridge,
Mass: the Brookville. Ind. Society OF
astrological Club, of Chicago His pub
lished papers exceed 30 In number. Many
or them have appeared in the Proceedings
OF the United States National Museum"
and are descriptive Of new species and
races az American birds. as we'll sever
al catalogues Of North American and other
birds contained in the National Museum.
He was Joint author with Spencer F. Baird
and Thomas NJ. Brewer OF "A History of
North American Birds, g vois.t and CT
The Water Birds OF North America u
parts. He is the author OF Report on
urnsthoiogy Of the F'ortieth Parallel" A
Nomenclature OF Coiors for Naturalists'f
ard Manual Of North American Birds
William Henry Brewer.
William Henry Brewer. OF the Shelf
a. Poughkeepsie. y, y. September IL.
rs. lie graduated from the school NTH
which =. is now connected In isas, and AFT.
stward spent some time In Germany.
rsss yati
and Munich In lsas he became professor
Ct chemistry and geology al Washington
college. Pennsylvania. From 1850 "a 1874
ne was Hrst assistant Ell the geological
survey of California. and during isfs and
1874 @ss professor uf chemistry In the gns.
FeFsiiF of that state. In isss its wss call
- - shw chair OF agriculture Al Yale. lie
= Il member Of numerous scientific socI-
e'teS and sY $50 " - elsefed q member 0f
he National Academy az Sciences. For
@anS years nc was a member af The STATE
hpsFt of AealfA OF Connecticut. and has
contributed papers ~ itS reports tie has
also e"ntrseused analyses of minerals 30
para Minefaiosy 9u; his scientific
sNfiCaltars. Hc has edited the "Bosary 81
taHfoThiA aE3 ''GHccat Production III 3ae
United sites
pr. Clinton Hart Merriam
IT & hart Merriam. chief % she United
aefk city hecessihor ). isa5. graduated
iTefn faF ~ae6sala scientific sCfuul at
asfr university. NEs pat1T& list 80 fE8%
HAYDEN survey f3 }Ssz assistant 'aifsd
~tste$ Ish cstuGnlas!o0eg fsi assS. ~ charge
~ fr~ division ~ @r0SEt8icGw &Ua Fsstss-
if4a4aSF IA fa@ department % agriculture
So isNs @T& N8s size &c fhe EtsytHE ssA
rs fefaa9ssfs9s7 s 1N iSsi and iN4s Ests sfutl5es
~ Anssffeaa s@u}4ks ttrlr r4fnet4e.A
tarF. at@4f}Hsit4Ga ASA N8E4ts. have been
exhaustive and ase e gyrat Sa}us. Among
TEE faes5 Important 81 his monographs
are tAcSc birds Il Connecticut - Nam
nisi$ - tsar Adirondack and 'ssess-
graphs lssStrsssutl-u a. t5re M <aszh
AFuHFst8
John Muir.
John Mir. the famosss authority ga gia-
csers was ss1Ia tu Scotia 40 t.. iSss f{ES
PARENTS nsGye6 "a the United States ara
setsles3 tn Wiscanzsn n sNsL lga moved
"a California ln tNAS YssAksf< BIS htzts~
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