Identifier: naturalhistory07ameruoft (find matches)
Title: Natural history
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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oodward, President,Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C; Louis Agassi/,, a letter wasread from the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, an intimate personal friendof Professor Agassiz; James Dwight Dana, by Dr. Arthur TwiningHadley, President, Yale University, Xew Haven, Conn.; SpencerFullerton Baird, by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner, Bureauof Fisheries, Washington, D. C; Joseph Leidy, by Dr. William KeithBrooks, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Edward DrinkerCope, by Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Curator, Department of Verte-brate Palaeontology, American Museum of Natural Historv. The occasion was a notable event in the annals of the Museum andof American science in general. The auditorium was crowded to itsfull capacity with members of the Museum and visiting scientists, andhundreds were turned away from the hall for lack of space for theiraccommodation. The addresses were alive with interest and some ofthem were historic in value for their appreciation of great men of the 19
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WILLIAM COUPER The sculptor of the busts in the Foyer20 THE PROGRESS OF SCIEXCE 21 past by great men of the present who were their pupils or their friends.A pamphlet containing the addresses in full and illustrated with photo-graphs of the busts is now being prepared to serve as a worthy mementoof the occasion and a guide leaflet to the foyer. The artist who prepared the busts is Mr. William Couper of thiscity, a sculptor of international reputation. The busts are intended torepresent the subjects in the prime of life and at the zenith of their powers.The data used were photographs, painted and other portraits, descrip-tions by contemporaries and the criticisms and suggestions of friendsand relatives, as far as obtainable.

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