]50 The Ottawa Naturalist. [March 



OBITUARY. 



William Hague Harrington. 



In the death of William Hague Harrington, the Ottawa Field- 

 Naturalists' Club lost one of its oldest members. Mr. Harrington was 

 not only a distinguished entomologist, but he was also a capable 

 botanist, as well as the possessor of a fund of knowledge on natural 

 history generally. 



In 1879, Mr. Harrington, with several other naturalists founded 

 the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club and was chosen as a member of 

 the Committee. In 1880 he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the 

 Club. In the following year he was re-elected to the same position 

 and in 1882 the position being divided he was elected Secretary, which 

 office he continued to hold until March, 1885. In that month he was 

 honoured by being elected President of the Club. 



At a council meeting of the Club held on March 15 it was re- 

 solved as follows : 



"The Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club has 

 learned with deep regret of the death on Wednesday, March 13, 

 of Mr. William Hague Harrington, F.R.S.C. Mr. Harrington 

 was known and highly respected by entomologists, botanists and 

 other scientific men not only in Canada but throughout the United 

 States as well. His studies, particularly on certain families of 

 insects had given him a wide reputation, and in his death the 

 science of entomology particularly has lost a devoted worker. As 

 a former Secretary and Past President of the Club he was held 

 in high regard by our members." 



Mr. Harrington was born at Sydney, Cape Breton, N.S., on April 

 19, 1852; he was thus almost 66 years old when he died. In 1870, he 

 came to Ottawa and entered the Post Office Department. Here his 

 ability was soon recognized and from one promotion to another he was 

 in 1908 appointed Superintendent of the Savings Bank Branch, an 

 important position in the above department. In June, 1916, after 45 

 years of public service he was granted superannuation and being thus 

 relieved of official duties he looked forward to being able to devote 

 himself more fully to entomological studies. Unfortunately, however, 

 this was not to be. More recently, particularly during the past two 

 years a continued anaemic condition gradually undermined his system. 

 Last November his condition became decidedly more serious and he 

 was compelled to take to his bed. About that time too, he had a slight 

 paralytic stroke. During the past winter, paralysis increased gradu- 

 ally and this with profound anaemia finally caused death. 



A more extended notice will appear in the June, 1918, issue of 

 The Canadian Entomologist. 



A. G. 



