The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



NO. 13] 1895 [JANUARY 



FRANCIS BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



IT is our sad duty to record the death, on 3rd December 

 i 894, at Perth, of one who has for the greater part of his 

 life been a very potent force in the great advance that has been 

 made in our knowledge of the fauna and flora of Scotland. 

 His wide and accurate acquaintance with animals and plants 

 alike, of many groups the knowledge of which is in these 

 days usually distributed among numerous specialists, and his 

 readiness to place that knowledge at the service of all who 

 sought his aid, early made him recognised as a leader in his 

 favourite studies. But the respect felt for his abilities soon 

 ripened into a warmer regard on the part of his correspondents, 

 who felt the healthy stimulus of contact with him. 



Dr. Buchanan White spent several summers in different 

 parts of Scotland in the practical study of natural history ; 

 but his memory will be linked especially with his native city, 

 Perth. It was chiefly due to him that the Perthshire Society 

 of Natural Science was founded in I 867, and that its museum 

 is a model of what such a museum should be. He was the 

 founder of the " Scottish Naturalist," of which the " Annals " 

 is the descendant. We hope in our April number to give a 

 more adequate sketch of his great services to natural history 

 in Scotland, with an enumeration of his varied writings. 

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