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He was born at Morgantown, West Virginia in 1859, the son of Lycurgus Stephen and Annie (Fairchild) Hough.
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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Ethnological Exhibit From the United States National Museum: From the Report of the Madrid Commission, 1892 Specimens of arrows from North America - This collection comprises the kinds used by the aborigines of North America. By beginning the examination of the specimens contained in this case on the left, they may be studied in their order from Labrador (including West Green land) on the east and Alaska on the west, across the continent, to Mexico, above the Aztec territory. Plate armor. - Composed of three layers of ivory plates 1 inch wide and 6 inches long. Every plate contains 6 holes, through which passes a thong made of deer hide, which fastens them together. These plates are arranged like scales, in order to afford better protection in war against the enemy's missiles. The lower part contains 43 plates, and the middle 38. The upper row is composed of 2 sections One of 10 plates, protecting the breast, and the other of 8 plates, protecting the upper part of the back. The armor is kept in place by leather straps. This armor greatly resembles that formerly used in Japan, which fact has given rise to the supposition that the primitive inhabitants or aborigines of Alaska had some relations or connection with the Japanese. Length of the armor when opened, 3 feet 8 inches. Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, 1892. 153491. Collected by H. R. Thornton. Plate armor. - A fragment consisting of 9 iron plates, resembling those of the J apa nese suits of armor, fastened together by three thongs. This specimen was found in a marsh on Cape Prince of Wales, near the ivory armor (n 0. 153491) before described. Each plate measures 42 inches in length by 11} inches in width. 1892. 153492. Collected by H. R. Thornton. Armor. - Composed of 32 pieces of cedar and other kinds of wood, fastened together by a fine cord of sinew and other material. The breastplate and backpiece of the armor are separate. A section of 8 small pieces protects the throat, and another similiar set of 7 pieces protects the nape of the neck. The armor is fastened on the right side by a wide leather strap, and on the left by a strap and loop. A button placed on the front of the collar probably served to hang the quiver. Length, 21% inches; Width, 20 inches. Sitka, Alaska. 9243. Collected by Dr. A. H. Hoff, U. S. A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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He was born at Morgantown, West Virginia in 1859, the son of Lycurgus Stephen and Annie (Fairchild) Hough.
He received his preliminary education at the Morgantown Academy and the preparatory school of the West Virginia Agricultural College. In 1883 he received from West Virginia University the degree of A. B. , and in 1894, that of Ph. D.
Following his graduation Hough taught for a year in a boys' school in Alton, Ill. , and in January 1886 entered the United States National Museum as a copyist, becoming the following year an aid. In this position he was under the direct influence of Curator Otis T. Mason, a fact which had much to do with the character of Hough's later scientific work. In 1894 he became assistant curator of the division of ethnology, department of anthropology. On Mason's death in 1908, Hough was appointed acting head curator of the department; in 1920 he became curator of ethnology, and again acting curator of the department in 1920, which position he retained until 1923, when he was promoted to the head curatorship. This position he held until his death, an executive order continuing him in office beyond the period of compulsory retirement, so highly were his services and knowledge regarded.
From his earliest schooldays Hough was an avid reader, few available books of science escaping his attention. In this way he developed in his youth a remarkable knowledge of geology and botany. The interest thus awakened was stimulated by excursions, during which he collected natural science objects, and, doubtless more important to his later career, artifacts of former Indian inhabitants of the neighborhood. During his half-century of labor in the National Museum, he did not permit his multifarious administrative duties to retard his researches, for which the collections of the museum afforded abundant material.
He early devoted attention to aboriginal fire-making and illuminating apparatus and the methods of their use, on which themes he wrote many articles, while his numerous contributions to other subjects based on museum collections covered a wide range: aboriginal armor; Hopi ethnobotany, foodstuffs, and pigments; Korean and Malayan ethnography; in all of which, and many more, he was a high authority. His writings appear chiefly in the publications of the museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the American Anthropologist and similar journals.
He also carried on a heavy correspondence, answering inquiries carefully and thoroughly. He was a contributor of many articles to the Dictionary of American Biography. As an expert in the classification and arrangement of objects for exhibition, his services were often enlisted in connection with displays by the museum at various national and international expositions. He represented the Smithsonian Institution in 1892 at the Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid, to which he was also one of the United States commissioners.
Hough's first opportunity for field research came in 1896, when he joined Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes in archeological excavations in Arizona, an experience that led to other and independent journeys in Arizona and New Mexico for archeological and ethnological investigations, the results of which formed the subjects of other writings. He represented the Smithsonian Institution at the sessions of the International Congress of Americanists at Huelva (1892), Quebec (1906), Rio de Janeiro (1922), and New York City (1928).
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He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of many other American scientific organizations, and a corresponding member of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris and of the Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi.
Hough was a man of great personal charm.
Quotes from others about the person
"The personification of gentleness, he frequently and knowingly permitted himself to be imposed upon. " He rarely had the heart to destroy anyone's pet and untenable theories, and always found time to admire Indian relics brought in by schoolboys for his inspection (Science, December 6, 1935).
On December 29, 1897, he married Jennie Myrtle Zuck, of Holbrook, Ariz. , by whom he had three children – Ashbel, Francis, and Catherine.