Juan Bautista Ambrosetti.
English: Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: MUSEUM NOTES 501 Dr. Juan B. Ambrosetti, a distinguished student and scientist of Argentina, whose death occurred in May of this year, was one of the most prolific investigators and writers in America. The literature of American archffiology has been greatly enriched by the published results of the researches of this explorer, who was generally regarded as the highest authority on the archaeology of Ar- gentina. Dr. Ambrosetti was director of the Ethnological Museum of the Faculty of Phi- losophy and Letters in the National Univer- sity of Argentina, and his reports, numbering about sev- enty-five, are proof of the energetic char- acter of his work, besides serving to enhance the standing of Argentina and South America in the scientific world. His position as an au- thority on archaeolog- ical matters brought him into touch with the leading scientists of the world, while articles dealing with his investigations ap- peared in nearly every journal of rec- ognized scientific standing in Argen- tina. Among the magazines to which he has contributed are the Bulletin of the A rgent ine Geographic Insti- tute; Annals of the Argentine Scientific So- ciety; Annals of the National Museum of Buenos Aires; Review of the La Plata Mu- seum; Bulletin of the National Academy of Sciences of Cordoba; Review of the Buenos Aires Zoological Garden; and the Review of Law, History, and Letters. Dr. Ambrosetti was named by the Argentine government as one of its official delegates to the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, which met in Washington, D. C, in December, 1915. He was also the accredited delegate from the following learned societies and educational institutions: Faculty of Philosophy and Lit- erature of the National University of Buenos Aires; Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine of the National University of Text Appearing After Image: The late Dr. Juan B. Ambrosetti, of Argentina Buenos Aires; Museum of the University of La Plata; National University of Cordoba; Museum of Natural History of Buenos Aires; Board of American History and Nu- mismatics; Argentine Scientific Society; and the Argentine Geographical Institute. He was president of the first session of the con- gress and was an honorary vice president of the Congress of Americanists. On the afternoon of September 29 a large and informal gathering of friends surprised Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn at his home at Garri- son - on - Hudson in honor of his sixtieth birthday. The visit had originally been planned for August 8, his birthday, but was necessarily de- ferred until Septem- ber 29, which chanced to be also the thirty- sixth anniversary of his marriage with Mrs. Osborn. The Museum was repre- sented by Mr. Madi- son Grant of the board of trustees, by the members of the scientific staff and their wives, by the members of the de- partment of verte- brate palaeontology and of the administrative and technical staffs and their wives. The New York Zoological Park and the New York Aquarium, Colum- bia University and Princeton University were also represented. The weather was favorable so that the arrangements for luncheon on the laAvn were enjoyably carried out. After the luncheon Professor Edmund B. Wilson of Columbia read congratulatory messages from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, President Nicholas Murray Butler, and Mayor Mitehel, and presided at the ad- dresses, the speakers including Mr. Madison Grant, Professor McClure of Princeton, Mr. William Church Osborn, Professor Bashford Dean, and Dr. Frank M. Chapman. Dr. F. A. Lucas gave a discourse on "Birthdays," after wliieh he presented to Professor Osborn Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.