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43. John Shaw Billings, 1839—1913, was admitted to the Medical Corps
of the United Stales and served in the Civil War. He took charge
of the Surgeon-General's library, published its Index—Catalogue
in 1890, having begun Index Medicus the year before. He was
instrumental in United States hospital re-organisation and was
closely associated with the foundation of the Johns Hopkins Medical
School and Hospital. After retiring from the Surgeon-General's office
he was appointed as the first Director of the New York Public Library
in 1896. He became President of the American Library Association
in 1902,
44, General Sebert, 1839—1930, graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in
the French Corps d'Artillerie de Marin in 1860. He spent some time in
the service in New Caledonia and was involved in the siege of Paris
in 1870. After notable research in ballistics he was placed in charge of
an artillery laboratory in the navy. He became President of the Association
francaise pour l'avancement des sciences, of the Federation esperantiste
de France, and the Societe francaise de photographic and was
one of the senior members of the Institut de France.