Hovey
EDMUND OTIS, an American geologist; born in New Haven, Conn., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1884, and afterward studied in Germany.
He served as principal and superintendent of schools for several years and in 1886 was appointed assistant in the mineralogical laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School. He left this to become principal of the Waterbury, Conn., high school, serving until 1892. In 1894 he was appointed assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History and in 1910 was made curator of the Geological Department of that institute.
He was assistant of the United States Geological Survey in 1890 and again from 1901 to 1906. He published many papers on geological subjects and technical journals. He was also the author of "Martinique and St. Vincent" (1902); "1902-1903 Eruptions of Mt. Pelée" (1903). He was a member of many scientific societies. an