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Bio
The Michigan Alumnus 102-109
James Barklay Pollock, who be comes this fall Assistant Professor of Botany, was born at Orangeville, Stephenson Co., Ill., Nov. 10, 1863. In 1886 he entered the Illinois State Normal University at Normal, Ill., and was graduated in 1891, receiving both a normal and a high school diploma. The same year he entered the University of Wisconsin from which he took the degree of B.S. in 1893.
The year 1893-94 was spent in graduate work in botany and chemistry, and the following year he was teacher of biology in the high school at Austin, Ill. He came to the University of Michigan in Sept. 1895, as labora tory assistant in botany, and also registered as a student in the Graduate School. In 1896 he received the degree of M.S. from the University of Wisconsin and in 1897 the degree of Sc.D. from the University of Mich igan. The year 1897-98 was spent at the University of Leipsic in Germany, pursuing work in his chosen subjects.