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WE have received information of the death last November, at Baltimore, of Prof. Romyn Hitchcock, who did much to further the study of microscopy. Born in 1851, he studied science at the Cornell University and Columbia School of Mines, and his subsequent career was one of varied activities. He was assistant professor of chemistry, Lehigh University, 1872-74; professor of chemistry and toxicology, Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, 1876-77; judge of awards for the United States on several of the juries at the Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883; curator in the National Museum, Washington, 1883-86; and professor of English, Government School, Osaka, 1886-88. While at the last named he was in charge of the photographic work of the United States eclipse expedition, 1887. After his return from Japan, he spent a year in China as United States Commissioner in connexion with the World's Columbian Exhibition. Prof. Hitchcock's literary activities covered a wide range, and dealt with automatic telegraphy, mining, photography, and Japanese archeology. In later years he published papers on botanical subjects in the Bulletin of the Torrey Club, and at the time of his death he was investigating the staining reactions of the living nucleus of the vegetable cell.
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H., R. Prof. R. Hitchcock. Nature 113, 615–616 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113615b0
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