Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Baker. Hugh NJ. Smith and William


its membership as can any of the other
scientific organizations here. In several
instances the men who stand at the front
rank Of prominence in this body are also
equally active in other societies of a SCI
entific nature. Thus Prof c. V. Riley,
one of the founders of the Biological So
ciety, was also one of those who formed
the chronological Society, and DIR. l. O..
Howard, a past president of the Biologi-
cal Society, is active in the chronological
Society as well. Frederick Y. Coville. one
of the past presidents of the Biological
Society Is an active member Of the Bo-
tanical Society. as we'll as being the pres
ident of the Washington Academy of
Sciences. In the same way conSidera-
BILE proportion of the membership Of the
Biological Society can be found scattered
through various other scientific societies.
The names Of those men who have
served as presidents of the Biological So
ciety, serve as a good ex-
Eminent ample of the class of men
$751;, who make up the mem
bership of the organiza-
ton, including, as the list does. most of
those men who have stood at the head of
biology in the city. The list includes, in
the order of their serving in office Theo-
dore n. Gill, Charles A. White. w. II.
Dali. Lester F. Ward. c. Hart Merriam.
George NJ. Sternberg. l.. o. Howard, Fred
er!ck v Coville. F. A. Lucas. Barton w.
Evermann. F. III. knowfton. l.. Stejneger.
T. S. Palmer and David White. each pres
ident having served two years.
Theodore n Gill ranks one of the
highest authorities of systematic biology.
He was assistant librarian of the Library
of Congress for nearly ten years. and
lot }hr.Y dom l1a ft
sonian Institution. Among his many valu-
able additions to biological data is cata-
logue of the fishes of the eastern coast
of North America, an account of the
progress in zoology. and a book entitled
Parental Care Among Fresh Water
Fishes" DR.. GIL wrote the greater por-
ton of the volume on fish In the set
known as the Standard Natural History
and acted as associate editor of Johnson :
New Universal Encyclopedia. He like
wise assisted in compiling the definitions
pertaining to fish in the Century and
Standard dictionaries. DIR. Gill comes
/ from New York. Charles \. White is a
geologist, having been state geologist OF
sor Of natural history at the State Cniver-
! sity of the same state, and later still al
| Bowdoin College, Me. He is honoraril,
connected with the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. and the United States National Mu-
| scum, and has written several valuable
/ from MaSSa chuSettS.
| X
| w. II. Dali, also from Massachusetts,
! is naturalist at the National Museum,
| where he has been honorary
| Other curator since 1850. His
| w. works include several mono
A'"AeS' graphs, and Alaska and Its
| u pao1-
ogist, having been born in Illinois and
saw service during the civil war. His
chief ciaim to prominence lies in his
| research work in paleobotany. His
works include a Guide to Flora of Wash
of New York is a physician and natur-
| sNst, being at present time chief biologist
| of the Department of Agriculture. In
| 1870 he visited the arctic seal fisheries
as surgeon of the S. $. Proteus. and In
addition has conducted many biological
explora tons in the far west. Included in
his writings are Birds of Connecticut.
Trees. Shrubs. Cactuses and Yucca of
Death Valley Expedition, 1893, Life
Zones and Life Crops of the United
States" and The Indian Population of
California" He has also written some
300 papers on botany, zoology and eth
nology.
Brig. Gen. George NJ Sternberg, who is
Of several scientific societies, but in many
philanthropic movements as well. has
served through cholera and yellow fever
epidemics. and had command of the med
icaI service during the Spanish war. DR..
L. O. Howard. chief of the bureau of en-
tomology since 1894 has also been con-
sulting entomologist of the United States
public health and marine hospital service
since 1904. He is the permanent score
tary of the American Academy for the
Of a
the chronological definitions for the Cen
fury and Standard dictionaries. while
among his principle works are papers
dealing with his researches IN connection
with mosquitoes He is an honorary
curator of the department of insects at
the National Museum, and has been since
1895.
Frederick V Covlle is a botanist and
has been the curator of the United States
national h e r b a r / Il m
Prominent since 1893. He secured
=. the foundation of the
OpccldilSIS. Desert Botanical Labo-
ratory NV the Carnegie Institute. His
nrincinal works include the Botany of
Death Valley "Our Public Grazing
Lands" and the result of discoveries on
tho cultivation of the blueherry He is
the botanist of the Department of Agri-
culture F. A. Lucas is curator. being
at the present time curator in charge OF
the museums Of the Brooklyn institute
which office he was appointed in 1901 His
works include animals of the Past,
and animals Before Man in North
America Barton w. E>verman. natur-
alist is now in charge or the DIVISION ol
Alaska fisheries at the bureau of fish,
cries For ten years he was teacher
and superintendent in the SCHOOLS or
Indiana and California. and later profess
or of biology at the Indiana state Nor
NAL School F. III. knowlton is bota-
MIST and palaeontologist, and since 1907
has been a geologist in the geological
smrvev He was for many years editor
Of the Plant World, which paper he
founded He prepared large per cent
of the botanical definitions for the Cen
tury dictionary and all those used in the
Flora. of Alaska" Fossil Flora of Vel
lowstone National Park" and Birds OF
the world.
J Leonard Stejneger. naturalist, came
, TO this country from Norway in 1881
on a natural history exploration to the
now head curator at the National
Museum. He contributed a large por-
ton of the definitions on birds for
Standard Natural History. T. s. Palmer
Of California is assistant chief of the
biological survey, and has charge of
game preservation, which position he
has held for the past ten years. He has
contributed largely to biological writings
on g wide variety of subjects. and Is
well known authority on game preserva-
ton. David White of New York is
geologist in the geological survey. and
botany Of the Smithsonian Institution
since 1908. E w. Nelson. the present