States". In 1943 Mosley was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters by Bowling Green State University. On April 28, 1948, in Dayton, Ohio, Moseley became ill; later dying on June 6, 1948, to coronary thrombosis. His will dedicated his estate, worth between $50,000 and $100,000 at the time of death, to create scholarships for students. Publications Moseley wrote Trees, Stars, and Birds, which was published in 1920 and featured illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Moseley wrote Other Worlds, a book on Astronomy published by The Appleton Century Company. The book was praised in a 1933 review published by the New York Times for its clear presentation of subject matter. The book was criticized by James Stokley in The Journal of the Franklin Institute for containing a number of inaccuracies known at the time. The book grew out of an earlier article published in Scientific American, which speculated on the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Personal life Moseley abstained from a number of substances, believing alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and opium to be particularly harmful. He also publicly admonished students working in chemistry labs for gaining a chloroform habit. Moseley had a number of frugal habits, such as making tomato soup from ketchup and hot water. He was known to avoid buying new clothes, and frequently wore a single blue suit made of serge that had received so much wear the fabric had become shiny. During World War II, Moseley served as a local representative of the Russian War Relief agency in Bowling Green, Ohio, and solicited donations for Russian war refugees. Moseley promoted the conservation of barn owls. References 1865 births 1948 deaths Deaths from coronary thrombosis 20th-century American botanists 19th-century American botanists American science writers American epidemiologists Dendrologists American temperance activists Misers Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science University of Michigan alumni Bowling Green State University faculty