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PROF. THOMAS W. TURNER, A. M.
Prof, of Applied Biology and Nature Study, Howard University.

Was born in Hughesville, Charles County, Md., in 1877. He re-
ceived his early and secondary education in the public schools of
the county ^nd in an Episcopal High School at Charlotte Hall, Md.
He entered Howard University in 1896; graduated with honor in
1901 with the degree of A. B., giving special attention during his
collegiate courses to the sciences. Immediately after graduation he
was awarded scholarship by the Catholic University of America (D.
C.) to pursue graduate work in Chemistry and allied sciences in
that institution. He left, however, early in the year 1901-1902 to
accept position at Tuskegee Institute, Ala.

In the fall of 1902 he accepted position in the elementary schools
of Baltimore, was advanced to the High School before the end of
the year and given the task of establishing courses in the biological
sciences in that school. He was called to Sumner High School, St.
Louis, Mo., 1910; called back to Baltimore 1911; was appointed
professor at Howard University, 1913, to fill the new chair of Ap-
plied Biology and Nature Study.

He pursued graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, Uni-
versity of Rochester, Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory
(N. Y.), Columbia University and Cornell University (one year).
He received the degree A. M. from Howard University, his thesis
being "A Review of the Classification of Cryptogams."

He is at present carrying on researches on the potato in connec-
tion with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He is a member of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the
Nature Study Society of America, the American School Garden
Association, and the School Men's Club. He is a member of many
other organizations for spiritual and racial uplift.

He has contributed articles of biological nature to current mag-
azines, such as "Education" and "Southern Workman." He married
Miss Laura E. Miller, of Hampton, Va., in 1907, a graduate of
Hampton Institute and of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.