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Born in Wilton, N. H., in 1872, educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Abbot has been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1895. Able scientists who preceded Dr. Abbot as Secretary of the Smithsonian were: Joseph Henry, who like famed Faraday, worked in early electrical experiments; Spencer Fullerton Baird, naturalist; Samuel Pierpont Langley, father of aerodynamics, whom Dr. Abbot assisted in solar work; Charles Doolittle Walcott, geologist...
...Tilden, Philadelphia. No. 2-M. Alonso, Fullerton, Pa. No. 3-T. Harada, Boston. No. 4-W. Johnston, San Francisco. No. 5-E. Chandler, San Francisco. No. 6-L. White, Austin, Texas. No. 7-A. Chapin, Springfield, Mass. No. 8-B. Norton, Dallas. No. 9-G. Lott, Chicago. No. 10-G. King, New York...
...Boston Transcript reads and judges every year the short stories that appear in the worth-while magazines. Going through one of his recent compilations. I find that he considers 63 stories of the year's output enduring. Forty six writers produced them, some wrote more than one. Katherine Fullerton Gerould, of Radcliffe, wrote five. Of the 46 writers, I am not sure of the education of four, but of the remaining 42, 26 went to college, 16 did not. Harvard leads in the number of graduates who have been successful in literature. Of the 28 collegians who were among...
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...history, biography and novels who wait for Mr. O'Brien's annual pronouncement to see what has been what in the short-story field, will applaud three rising young men this year, Barry Benefield, Nathan Asch, Glenway Wescott. The hardy perennials are welcome: Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ring Lardner, Wilbur Daniel Steele and Elinor Wylie. Others: Sandra Alexander, Bella Cohen, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Rudolph Fisher, Walter Gilkyson, Manuel Komroff, Robert Robinson, Evelyn Scott, May Stanley, Milton Waldman, Barrett Willoughby...