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and for a time connected with the medical department of the University of 

 Michigan. Died at Detroit, April 5th, aged 75. 



Perry, Professor J. B. Lately in charge of the department of primor- 

 dial geology in Harvard College, and associated with Professor Agassiz in 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Died October 30th, aged 47. 



Pouchet, Dr. Well known for his support of the doctrine of spontane- 

 ous generation. Died at Rouen, December 21st, aged 72. 



Ravenel, Edmund. A leading naturalist of the South, known espe- 

 cially as a conchologist. Died at Charleston, South Carolina. 



Reuter, G. F. Botanist and curator of the Herbarium of Boissier. Died 

 in June a-t Geneva. 



Sartorius, Dr. Charles. A German naturalist, long resident in the de- 

 partment of Vera Cruz, at Mirador, and distinguished for his zeal as a stu- 

 dent and collector of plants and animals, and for the extent of his contribu- 

 tions to the principal cabinets in America and Europe. 



Siebe, Augustus. An eminent mechanician, and well known for his im- 

 provements in diving-bell apparatus. Died in London, April 15th, aged 84. 



Smith, Commander Alexander John. Formerly lieutenant on board 

 the Erebus, under the command of Sir James Clark Ross, and subsequently 

 in charge of the Magnetic Observatory at Hobart-Town. Died at Sandhurst, 

 Victoria. 



Smith, Sir Andrew. A distinguished African explorer, and author of 

 a work on the zoology of South Africa. Died in August, aged 75. 



Somerville, Mrs. Mary. A mathematician and physicist, known for 

 the publication of several important text-books in connection with physical 

 science and physical geography. Died near Naples, November 29th, aged 92. 



StimpSOn, Dr. William. One of the most distinguished of American 

 naturalists, and especially in the line of marine invertebrates ; author of nu- 

 merous memoirs and separate works on these subjects. Late secretary of the 

 Academy of Sciences, Chicago. Died, May 26th, near Baltimore, aged 42. 



Swift, Robert. A native of Philadelphia, and for a long time resident 

 on the island of St. Thomas. Much interested in shells, of which he made 

 large collections illustrative of the species of the West Indies. # Died at St. 

 Thomas, May 5th, aged 77. 



SykeS, Colonel William Henry. Author of several papers upon the 

 mammals and birds of India, published by the Zoological Society. Died 

 June lGth, aged 83. 



Upham, Professor T. C. Born at Deerfield, New Hampshire, and grad- 

 uated in 1818 at Dartmouth College. In 1825 elected to the chair of mental 

 and moral philosophy in Bowdoin College. Best known as an author by his 

 "Elements of Mental Philosophy," for a long time the principal text-book 

 in American colleges on that subject. Published also in 1857 a volume of 

 travels in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. Died April, 1872. 



Von der Leuth, Arnold Escher. A distinguished geologist. Born 

 at Zurich, June 8th, 1807. Died in the same city, July 12th. Professor of 



