OBITUARY 



OF MEN EMINENT IN SCIENCE, 1863. 



Alger, Francis, of Boston, a distinguished American mineralogist. 



Bell, Luther V., an American physician, distinguished for his researches on 

 insanity. 



Bcurmann, Moritz Von, an African explorer, murdered by the Sultan of Wuddi. 



Blyth, Prof. M. N., an eminent Norwegian botanist. 



Bravais, August, a French physicist. 



Borgnis, Signer De, an eminent Italian engineer. 



Cartwright, Dr. Samuel, a naturalist of New Orleans. 



Chilton, James R., an American chemist. 



Clapp, Dr. Asahel, of Indiana, an American botanist. 



Darlington, Dr. William, a distinguished American botanist. 



Desprctz, Cesar Mansuete, the eminent French chemist. 



Emmons, Dr. Ebenezer, one of the most eminent of American geologists; au- 

 thor of the " Taconic System." 



Fitz, Henry, a distinguished American optician. 



Green, Benjamin D., of Boston, an American botanist. 



Grimm, Jacob, the well-known German philologist. 



Hall, Samuel, a distinguished English engineer and inventor. 



Hildreth, Dr. Samuel P., of Ohio, eminent as a geologist and naturalist. 



Hubbard, Prof. J. S., an American astronomer. 



Hunt, E. B., Maj. U. S. A., a distinguished American physicist, killed while 

 experimenting upon ordnance. 



Kieser, Dr.Von, late president of the German Society of naturalists. 



Kiiiahau, Dr. John R., Prof. Zoology, Gov. School of Mines, G. B. 



Leaveuworth, Dr. Melines C., U. S. A., an eminent American botanist. 



Lehmanu, Prof., the eminent German physiological chemist. 



Lewis, Sir G. Cornwall, author of the " Astronomy of the Ancients," &c. 



Masterman, Stillmau, an American astronomer. 



Mitscherlich, Eilhard, Prof, of Berlin; one of the first chemists of the age. 



Moquin-tandon M., Prof, of Botany to the Faculty of Medicine, Paris. 



Pike, Benjamin, an'eminent American optician and mechanician. 



Short, Dr. Charles Wilkyus, an eminent American botanist. 



Stansbury, Maj. Howard, U.S.A.; the explorer of the Great Salt Lake of 

 Utah. 



Studner, Dr. Henry, an explorer of Central Africa ; died in service. 



Thornton, Richard, geologist to Livingstone's expedition to Central Africa. 



Weale, John, an eminent publisher of English scientific works; " Weale's 

 Series," &c. 



Weisse, Maximilian Von, director of Obsevatory at Cracow, Poland. 

 Whipple, A. W., Gen. U. S. A. ; distinguished for his exploration in connection 

 with the Pacific Railroad ; killed in battle. 



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