The biographies of two groups of Fellows, 1137 from the 8th edition of American Men of Science and 300 others from the 9th, are examined geographically with respect to places of birth, of award of Ph.D. degree, and job. Age-number spectra are plotted for both groups. Academic origins of the smaller group are investigated.

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