Dean
BASHFORD, an American zoölogist; born in New York City in 1867. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1886 and afterward took post-graduate courses at Columbia. He served as tutor of natural history at the College of the City of New York from 1886 to 1890. In 1891 he was appointed instructor of biology at Columbia University and became successively adjunct professor of zoölogy and professor of vertebrate zoölogy at that university. He was assistant of the New York State Fish Commission from 1886 to 1888, and served as special investigator of the United States Fish Commission. He was for a time director of the Biological Laboratory of Cold Spring Harbor, New York. From 1903 he was curator of herpetology and ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History. He was also curator of arms and armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was a member of many learned societies. During the World War he served as major of ord- DEATH nance in the United States Army, and was a member of the Mission to France, Belgium, and England in 1917. He was author of several works on biological subjects.