Maltby, Albert E
educator, was born Oct. 27, 1850, in Pulaski, N. Y. He received his education at the Fayetteville academy, and at Cornell university. As a pupil of Agassiz and Goldwin Smith, he enjoyed unusual advantages in science and history. He commenced educational work as a teacher in the Ury school of Philadelphia, and in 1878 was appointed engineer on the survey of the boundary line between Guatemala and Mexico. In 1880 he filled the chair of mathematics and astronomy in St. Lawrence university, New York; in 1884 became professor of natural sciences in the State Normal school of Indiana, Pa., and since 1890 Dr.
Maltby has been principal of the State Normal school of Slippery Rock, Pa. He is a successful writer on the theoretical and practical in school methods; and hás the power to inspire others to think and to work.