Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
DR.. AMI, CANADIAN
GEOLOG|ST, DIES
Was Widely Known Here in
Scientific, Diplomatic and
Art Circles.

Funeral services for DR.. Henry NJ
Ami, Canadian geologist and archeolo-
gist, who died in France January 4,
probably will be held in Ottawa Tues
day, it was announced here yesterday.
DR.. Ami was widely known in this
city, particularly in scientific circles
He also had a wide acquaintance
among the members of the diplomatic
corps here.
Born in 1858 near Montreal, Canada,
DR.. Ami entered the geological service
of Canada after being graduated from
McGill University. He had established
an enviable reputation in the field OF
science.
During the 80 years spent in the
service Of the Canadian government he
won distinction for his work in the
study of fossil shells found in the older
geological formations His contribu
tons not only to geology and paleon-
tology, but to geography as well, gave
him international recognition. He was
author of Volume of Stanford's Com
pendulum of Geography.
Service in World War.
During the World War he devoted
his wide knowledge of the geology and
mineral resources of Canada in partic-
ular, to aid the British government,
and for a great part of the war was
located in Washington where he main
tanned cooperative contacts with the
civilian as well as military committees
concerned with the mineral supplies es-
sential to the successful military out
come.
He was a man of extraordinarily
wide acquaintance among public and
literary men, as well as scientists. AL
ways interested in all branches of SCI
ence, he became so deeply attracted by
the results of archaeological research
that after the war he concentrated his
attention on prehistoric archaeology and
the problems of the antiquity Of man.
Under arrangements effected with the
government of France, he organized
the Canadian School of Prehistory, I'M
der the auspices of which explorations
were for several years carried on in the
region OF Dordonne, in France.
The researches. mainly conducted
under his personal supervision. result
ed in recovery of great amount of
material, some of which was left in
France, while large part of it was
was brought to Ottawa, where extern
sive collections, embracing material of
great value and archaeological interest,
were deposited in the Canadian Ma
tional Museum.
tology and archaeology of the Canadian
National Museum and had contributed
toward its establishment and donated
exhibits to be shown there.
He was a permanent member of the
Royal Society of Canada, under aus
pieces of which the Canadian School
Of Prehistory was organized, and was
a fellow of the principal learned So
cieties of the United States. He was
a prolific writer and lecturer on So
cial as we'll as scientific subjects. Out
side of the organization of archeologi-
cal exploration. DR.. Amts principal
contribution in that field was his con-
clusion, founded upon evidence dis
covered in the Dordonne. that the Es-
kirno races now found in Northern Can
ada originated in Europe.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Clara j. Bourland Ami Their only
child a daughter, Marguerite. was
killed in an automobile accident early
in the Autumn.