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 MALLET

MALLORY

D.C.; president of the Philosophical society, and of the Literary society of Washington, and of the joint commission of the scientific societies of Washington; also ciiairman of the Anthropolog- ical section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1881. He is the author of: A Calendar of the Dakota Nation (1877); The Former and Present Number of our Indians (1878); Introduction to the Study of the Sign Language among the North American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind (1880); Gesture Signs and Signals of the North Amei'ican Indians ivith some Compari- sons (1880); Sign Language among the North American Indians compared loith that of other Peoples and Deaf Mutes (1881); Pictographs of the North American Indians (1886); Manners and Meals (1888); Philosophy and Specialties (1889); Israelite and Indian, a Parallel in Planes of Cul- ture (1889); Custom of Courtesy (1890). He died in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 1894.

MALLET, John William, chemist, was born in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1832; son of Robert Mallet, civil engineer, a fellow of the Royal Society of London. He was graduated at Trinity college, Dublin, A.B., 1853; studied chemistry at

the University of Gottingen, and re- ceived there the de- gree of Ph.D. in 1852. He came to the United States in 1853. He was assist- ant professor of ana- lytical chemistry at Amherst college,

Mass., 1854; chemist to the geological survey of Alabama, ,1855-56; professor

/^U/TJ^ a/^n6«--^v of chemistry at the

University of Alaba- ma, 1856-60. In 1861 he entered the service of the Confederate States on the staff of Gen. R. E. Rodes in the Array of Northern Virginia; was superintendent of C.S. ordnance laboratories, 1862-65, and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel of artillery. He was professor of chemistry in the medical depart- ment of the University of Louisiana, 1865-68; of analytical, industrial and agricultural chemistry in the University of Virginia, 1868-72; and of general and industrial chemistry there, 1872-83. He was a lecturer at Johns Hopkins university on the *' Utilization of Waste Materials," in 1877, and on "The Early History of Chemical Industries" in 1878. He was professor of chemistry and physics and chairman of the faculty in the Uni- versity of Texas, 1883-84; was professor of chem-

istry at Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, 1884-85, and in 1885 became again professor of general and industrial chemistry at the Univer- sity of Virginia. He investigated the chemical methods used for determining organic matters in j)otable waters and made a study of the water supply of various cities in the United States, comparing both the methods and the waters, for the National Board of Health in 1880-82. The report on this investigation was published by the board in 1882. He was the author of sundry scientific papers published in the trans- actions of learned societies in America and Europe. He received the honorary degree of M.D. from the University of Louisiana in 1868 and that of LL.D. from the College of William and Mary and from the University of Missis- sippi in 1872, and from Princeton university at the sesqui-centennial celebration of 1890. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1877, was president of the American Chemical society in 1882, a vice-president of the Chemical Society of London in 1888-90; fellow of the London Chemical society; a mem- ber of the Chemical Society of Paris and the German Chemical society, and one of the original members of the American Chemical society; as- sociate fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston; corresponding member of the New York Academy of Sciences: mem- ber of the American Philosophical society, and fellow of the College of Physicians, Philadel- phia; honorary member of the Medical and Chirurgical faculty of Maryland; member of Washington Academy of Sciences, Washing- ton; fellow of the Medical Society of Virginia, and member of scientific societies in Mexico and Brazil. He three times served as a member of the assay commission of the United States. He was married in 1857 to Mary E., daughter of Judge John J. Ormond of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and secondly in 1888 to Mi-s. Josephine Burthe of New Orleans, La. , daughter of Joseph Pag^s of Tou- louse, France.

MALLORY, Francis, representative, was born in Brunswick county, Va., where he was brought up and educated. He settled at Hampton, Va., as a planter. He was a representative from Vir- ginia in the 25th, 26th and 27th congresses, serv- ing from Sept. 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843. He was appointed U.S. naval agent at Norfolk, Va.. Nov. 1. 1850, by President Fillmore and held this office until his death in Norfolk, March 26, 1860.

MALLORY, aeorg:e Scovill, educator and editor, was born in Watertown, Conn., June 5,

1838; son of George and (Scovill)

Mallory. His father was an inventor and one of the founders of the Wheeler & Wilson Manu- facturing company of Bridgeport, Conn. George