The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . animals of theAtlantic In 1871 he was given charge of thedeep-sea dredgings and investigations of marine in-vertebrates conducted under the auspices of theU. S. fish commis
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . animals of theAtlantic In 1871 he was given charge of thedeep-sea dredgings and investigations of marine in-vertebrates conducted under the auspices of theU. S. fish commission, a labor entered upon an-nually, the results of which are embodied in the re-ports made by various expeditions. Among these are: Report on the Cephalopods of the Blake Expedi-tion, and on some Additional Species dredged bythe U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk,during the summer of 1880; X^otice of Re-cent Additions to the Marine Invert ebrata of thenortheastern coast of America, with a Description ofanew Genera and Species; Report on the An-thozoa, and some Additional Species dredged by theBlake in 1877-79; Catalogue of Marine Molluscaadded to the Fauna of Xew England during the pastten years, with two supplements, bringing the%york down to 1885; and Results of the Explora-tions made by the Steamer Albatross oft the Xorthemcoast of the United States in 1883. In 1864 Prof. OF AMERICAN BIOGKAPHT. 101. ^.^.iC ^--t-4-t-^^ Verrill was called to the chair of zoology in Yalecollege, which he still (1893) retains. He is alsoinstructor on geology in the Sheffield ScientificSchool of Yale. Since 1867 he has been curator ofzoology in the Peabody museum in New Haven,where by his indefatigable industry he has built upa large and valuable collection,and one that ranks among the tirstin the country. While filling thesepositions in the eastern Verrill was made professorof entomology and comparativeanatomy in the University of Wis-consin. In connection with hiswork in th
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