List of members of the National Academy of Sciences / 1879
In 1879 the United States National Academy of Sciences elected 4 people to its membership .
Newly elected members
- Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916)
- William Farlow (1844-1919)
- Josiah W. Gibbs (1839-1903)
- Horatio C. Wood, Jr. (1841-1920)