NECROLOGY. 



Anthony, J. G. Curator of the department of Conehology in the Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. Born at Providence in May, 



1804. Died in his seventv-third year. 



Apjohn, Richard. A young chemist of great promise, and author of a 

 number of essays and articles on chemical subjects. In 1874 elected Prie- 

 lector of Chemistry in Caius College, Cambridge. Died September 12th. 



Bain, Alexander. An eminent electrician, and inventor of the electro- 

 chemical telegraph and other devices in the application of electricity. Died 

 at Glasgow, January 2d, at the age of sixty-six. 



Barbot-de-Marny, Professor N. P. A Russian geologist. Died in 



May, at the age of forty-five. 



Barth, Baron. While engaged in making a geological and botanical 

 survey in Africa for the Portuguese Government, committed suicide at Lo- 

 anda, December 7th, 1876, under an attack of fever. 



Bary, Dr. Erwin VOn. A zealous African explorer, especially of the 

 interior of the Sahara. Died October 2d, from the effects of exposure and 

 privation. 



Belcher, Sir Edward. A well-known arctic explorer and hydrogra- 

 pher. Died in his seventv-ninth vear. 



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Bellynek, The Abbe. A distinguished Belgian botanist. Died at Xe- 

 mours, January 14th, at the age of sixty-seven. 



Bicknell, Edward. A well-known microscopist and writer on micro- 

 scopical subjects ; especially skilled in the preparation of injected objects. 

 Died at Lynn, Mass., March 19th, at the age of forty-seven. 



Bourgean, E. A well-known botanical collector in Mexico during 

 French occupation, and in other parts of North America. Died in France. 



Bowerbank, J. Scott. Author of many works on the lower organisms, 

 especially the sponges, and one of the founders of the Royal Microscopical 

 Society and the Paleontographical Society. Died at Hastings, March 8th, 

 in the eightieth year of his age. 



Braun, Dr. Alexander. A distinguished botanist. Born May lGth, 



1805, at Ratisbon. Died March 29th at Berlin, in the seventy-second year 

 of his age. 



Bremiker, Dr. C. An eminent astronomer. Died March 2Gth, in the 

 seventv-fourth vear of his age. 



