DALL, WILLIAM HEALEY

(1845), b. in Boston, Ma . Received his education in public schools and was a pupil in natural sciences under Louis Aga iz, also took special courses in anatomy and medicine (hon. A.M., Wesley an, 1888;.Sc., University of Pennsylvania, 1904; LL.D., George Washington University, 1915). Wasa Lt. in the International Telegraph Expedition to Alaska, 1865-8, and was connected with the U.S. Coast Survey in Alaska from 1871-84, In 1880 was made hon. curator of the U.S. National Museum, became profe or invertebrate paleontology at Wagner Institute of Science, Philadelphia, in 1893 and from 1884-1921 was paleontologist of the U.S. Geological Survey. Author: Tribes of the Extreme WNorthwest; Scientific Results of the Exploration of Alaska; Reports of the Mollusca of the Blake Expedition; Alaska and Its Resources; Coast Pilot of Alaska; Biography of Spencer Fuller ton Baird, and also various monographs,