614 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Hooker, Lady. Wife of Sir Joseph D. Hooker, of the Royal Kew Gar- 

 dens. Translator of Decaisne and Le Maout's "Traite general de Bota- 

 nique." Died November 13. 



JaCObi, Dr. Moriz VOn. Inventor of the galvano-plastie art. Died 

 at St. Petersburg, March 10, 1874, at the age of seventy. 



Jardine, Sir William. A well-known British naturalist, and distin- 

 guished especially in ornithology, to which he contributed numerous costly 

 publications. Owned a very extensive private cabinet of birds and ornitho- 

 logical library. Died in the Isle of Wight, November 21, aged seventy-four. 



Johnson, T. MaiT. A British engineer. 



Joubert, M. A French explorer. Killed on the 1 7th of April by some 

 natives while exploring in the Sahara Desert. 



Kettlitz, Dr. F. H. A German naturalist, formerly quite prominent, 

 but less conspicuous of later years. Known as the companion of Admiral 

 Liitke in his circumnavigation of the globe, and an author of various zoolog- 

 ical and botanical treatises relative to the objects collected, especially in 

 Chile and Russian America. Died at Mainz, April 5, aged seventy-five. 



LegrOS, Dr. Poisoned in the course of some histological researches. 



Libessart, M. Leger de. Ex-Consul-General of France in Bolivia, and 

 much interested in the development of the resources of South America. 



Lincecum, Dr. Gideon. A physician of Texas, and much interested in 

 natural history, as shown by numerous collections and communications to 

 scientific journals, and an extensive correspondence. Died at Long Point, 

 Texas, November 28, aged eighty-two. 



Lowe, Rev. R. T. An eminent naturalist. Lost his life by the wreck 

 of the steamship Liberia. 



Liihders, Dr. W. A member of the German Arctic Expedition on board 

 the Hansa. Died in Western Africa. 



Maedler, J. H. An eminent German astronomer ; the author of nu- 

 merous astronomical treatises and memoirs. Died at Hanover, March 14, 

 at the age of eighty. 



Maltzan-Penzlin, von, Baron Heinrich. A traveler, as well as a 



naturalist and an ethnologist. The author of several important works. Died 

 at Pisa, February 24, 1874, at the age offorty-eight. 



MaW, Henry Lister. A British naval officer, and the first English- 

 man to descend the Amazon from its source to its mouth. Died December 

 7, aged seventy-three. 



Mennier, M. Louis-Francis. A distinguished French philologist. 



Died at the age of forty-nine. 

 Miani. An Italian explorer. 



Michelet, Mr. Jules. Historian, politician, and author of several works 

 on natural history, especially on "The Bird" and "The Insect/' Died in 

 February, 1 874, at the age of seventy-six. 



