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aborigines. It is understood that his -writings were bequeathed to the Ber- 

 lin Museum. Died at Guatemala City, April 12th. 



Bibra, Baron VOIl. A remarkable combination of savant and naturalist, 

 having written many important papers on chemical subjects, on the diseases 

 of workmen in match-factories, on materia medica, and on archaeology ; also 

 the author of many interesting novels and sketches. Died at Nuremberg on 

 the oth of June. 



Blackmore, William. An eminent lawyer in London ; the founder of 

 the Blackmore Museum of Ethnology at Salisbury, England, which he en- 

 dowed with a sufficient sum for its support. Died in April last. 



Bleeker, Dr. Peter VOn. An eminent ichthyologist, who, at nineteen, 

 went to Batavia on the medical staff of the East Indian army, where he studied 

 zealously the natural history of the country, especially that of the fishes. Of 

 these he made large collections, which served as material for extended publi- 

 cations, and which are now deposited in the British, Hamburg, and Nether- 

 lands museums. Died at the Hague, January 21th, at the age of fifty-nine. 



Bloxam, Rev. Andrew. Well known as a botanist, especially in con- 

 nection with the study of certain forms of'Rosacece. Died February 2d, at 

 the age of seventy-six. 



Bonomi, Joseph. A distinguished Egyptian explorer, commencing his 

 labors in 1824, and resuming them in 1812, after a visit to England. He ar- 

 ranged the Egyptian collections of the British Museum, and was for sixteen 

 years Curator of the Soane Museum. Died March 3d, near London, at the 

 age of eighty-two. 



Booth, Rev. James. Known as an author of several mathematical pa- 

 pers. Eeceived the presentation to the Vicarage of Stone from the Royal 

 Astronomical Society, which holds the right of appointment. Died April 

 loth, at the age of seventy-one. 



Boi'SZCZOW, Elias. A Russian botanist. Director of the Botanic Gar- 

 den of Kiew. Died at Kiew, May 12th. 



Briiggemann, Dr. F. A valued collaborator of the British Museum, 

 having been engaged about a year before his death in arranging and cata- 

 loguing its corals, of which he had determined 1500 species. For many 

 years an assistant of Professor Haeckel. 



Buxton, C. E. A student of the ornithology of Sumatra, of which he 

 collected many rare species. Died while engaged in an exploration on the 

 Niger. 



Church, Professor Albert E. In charge of the chair of mathematics 

 at West Point, having been connected with the institution for forty years. 

 Author of "Elements of Differential and Integral Calculus," and "Ele- 

 ments of Analytical Geometry." Died March 30th. 



Clarke, Rev. W. B. A well-known Australian geologist. Died at 

 Sydney. 



