MERCER, inieser, Henry Chapman, American anthropologist : b. Doylestown, Pa., 24 June 1856. He was graduated from Harvard in 1879; was curator from 1894 to 1897 of American and prehistoric archeology at the University of Pennsylvania; honorary member of the United States Archeological Commis sion, Madrid, 1893. He was editor for anthro pology in American Naturalist, 1893 to 1897; made extensive investigations and studies in anthropology in America, discovering serveral unknown extinct species, and 1897 to 1917, made and presented to the Historical Society of Bucks County, Pa., an extensive collection of objects illustrating the Colonial and early history of the United States by means of the implements and handiwork of the pioneer set tlers. In 1916 he built and presented to the society a fireproof museum for preserving the above collection. He established a pottery at Doylestown, Pa., in 1898, experimented upon and developed the processes of the Pennsyl vania Germans for making and decorating pot tery, inventing in 1899 a new method of manu facturing tiles for mural decoration and in 1902 a new process for making mosaics; was awarded the Grand Prize, Saint Louis Exposi tion, 1904, and bronze medal for archaeological work, Madrid, 1893; also bronze medal for tile work, Massachusetts Society of Arts and Crafts. He is a Fellow American Association
for the Advancement of Science and member of the American Philosophical Society, the Academy of Natural Sci"nces of Philadelphia, the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Geographical Society of Philadel phia. He has published