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Thomas Washington Talley is a native of Bedford County, Tenn. His boyhood was spent upon his father's farm where he imbibed a love for nature. Some of the experiments made by him, as a child, with some of the lower animals, have proven most valuable aids in answering scientific problems encountered in later years. In 1883 he entered the preparatory department of Fisk University, and after three years of study was admitted to college. He began teaching in the public schools of his native state at the age of twelve. By teaching during his summer vacations, and by obtaining state scholarships through competitive examinations, he secured the larger portion of the means necessary for his support in college. He graduated from the classical course of Fisk University in 1890, receiving the degree of A. B. From 1890 to 1891 he was a member of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, who raised funds for the building of the Fisk Theological Seminary. In this company it was his duty aside from singing to present the needs of the school. This he did with much eloquence and his appeals were always answered by liberal contributions. In 1892 he received the degree A. M. from his alma mater for special work done in Natural Philosophy, Latin and German. On October he matriculated in the Graduate Department of Central Tennessee College (now Walden University), having spent the two preceding summers in resident work along the lines indicated by his courses of study in the Institution. He selected courses leading to the degree of Doctor of Science. He has been chiefly engaged in educational work and has held the following positions. Instructor in Mathematics and Music, Alcorn A. & M. College, Westside, Miss., two years; Professor of Natural sciences, five years, and Vice-President two years in the State N. & 1. College, Tallahassee, Fla. He at present occupies the chair of Natural Philosophy and General, Analytical and Industrial Chemistry in the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. He is a member of the American Ornithologists Union, the Michigan Ornithological Club, a Vice-President of the Florida Audubon Society, and a Fellow of the American Negro Academy. He Is considered an authority In Biology and Chemistry.