Word: assoc
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...largely due to his energy. In 1867-76 he was connected with the United States Coast Survey. In 1868-9 he was granted a year's absence and in 1879 received the degree of LL. D. from Harvard. From 1854 to 1873 he was permanent secretary of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science and edited fifteen volumes of its proceedings. He had been elected a member of the American Acad. of Arts and Sciences in 1839 and was its corresponding secretary from 1869-73, vice-president, 1873-80 and president...