OBITUARY 



OF PERSONS EMINENT IN SCIENCE. 1861. 



ATKINSON, T. W., an eminent English traveller and explorer of Central and 

 Northern Asia. 



Audubon, Victor, an American ornithologist. 



Berthier, Pierre, an eminent French mineralogist. 



Berymann, Capt., U. S. N., well known for his connection with the Atlantic 

 Telegraph enterprise, and for his ocean soundings. 



Bishop, George, formerly President of the British Astronomical Society. 



Blunt, Edward M., the well-known author of the " American Coast Pilot," and 

 other nautical works. 



Burke, O'Hara, an Australian explorer. 



Burnett, Sir Wm., inventor of the " Burnettizing " process. 



.Casseday, S. A., an American geologist. 



Clegg, Samuel, an English chemist, well known for his attention to gas and 

 gas lighting. 



Colt, Sam., inventor of the well-known revolving pistol. 



Cordier, Pierre, Professor of Geology, Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 



Cubitt, Sir Wm., an eminent English engineer. 



Dauber, Hermann, an Austrian mineralogist of note. 



Douglass, Sir Howard, the well-known English authority on gunnery. 



Elderhorst, Wm., author of a work on the blow-pipe. 



Evans, Dr. John, an American geologist. 



Fairbairn, Sir Peter, an eminent Scotch engineer. 



Hackley, Charles W., Professor of Mathematics in Columbia College, N. Y. 



Henslow, Prof., an eminent English botanist and geologist. 



Hilaire, Geoffry St., an eminent French naturalist. 



Hodgkinson, Prof., an English engineer, best known for his researches on 

 iron. 



Ives, Dr. Eli, one of the earliest of American botanists. 



Jobart, M., an eminent scientist of Belgium. 



Kitchell, Wm., State geologist of New Jersey. 



Klotzchs, Dr. J. F., a well-known botanist of Berlin. 



Laird, McGregor, an English African explorer. 



Lehmann, J. D., a botanist of note in Hamburg. 



Paisley, Sir Charles, an eminent English military engineer and author. 



Quekett, Prof., a well-known English microscopist. 



Robb, Dr. C., Professor of Natural Sciences, University of New Brunswick. 



Smith, Dr. Southwood, an English physician, eminent for his labors in behalf 

 of sanitary reform. 



Sontag, August, the astronomer of the Hayes Arctic Exploring Expedition ; 

 died from exposure in the Arctic regions. 



Vilmorin, Louis, Dr., a French botanist, best known for his researches on the 



wheat plant. 



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