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A petition signed by eleven members of the Academy was presented, requesting permission to set np a physics and chemistry section. This request was granted by the Council, Feb. 13, 1877. One meeting was held on March 2nd and a memo sent to the Academy signed by H. C. Lewis as temporary recorder, announcing the second Thrusday for monthly meetings. There is no evidence that any other meeting was held, nor that the group was formally organized.

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Overview Joseph Mellick Leidy (1823-1891), one of the great American scientists of the 19th century, possessed a vast knowledge of the natural world. Best known as the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, he also pioneered the fields of parasitology and protozoology, and was the preeminent anatomist of his time. He was also an influential teacher of natural history and an expert in areas as diverse as entomology, geology and pathology. The Joseph Leidy Correspondence collection contains...