SEARLE, George Mary, astronomer, born in London, England, 27 June, 1839. He was graduated at Harvard in 1857, and then became assistant at the Dudley observatory, Albany, where he discovered, on 11 September, 1858, the asteroid Pandora. In January, 1859, he entered the service of the United States coast survey, and in September, 1862, he was appointed assistant professor in the United States naval academy. He returned to Harvard as assistant in the observatory in June, 1866, and remained there until March, 1868, when he joined the Paulists, and was ordained as a priest in that community in March, 1871, having been converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1862. He has had charge of the science teaching of the seminary that forms part of the home in New York. Father Searle is also a photographer of considerable skill, and has advanced that art by his studies. He has contributed largely to the journals and reviews of the Roman Catholic church and to the "Astronomical Journal," and he is the author of "Elements of Geometry" (New York, 1877).--His brother, Arthur, astronomer, born in London, England, 21 October, 1837, was graduated at Harvard in 1856, and then was variously engaged for about twelve years. In 1869 he was appointed assistant at Harvard college observatory, where he has since continued in various offices until 1887, when he was made full professor of astronomy. His work has included photometric measurements of certain variable stars, researches in zodiacal phenomena, and observations with the meridian photometer during 1879-'82. Professor Searle's papers have appeared in scientific journals at home and abroad and in the " Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences," of which body he is a member. He is also the author of "Outlines of Astronomy" (Boston, 1874).