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O. NECROLOGY. 



Angelin, Nils Peter. For many years Superintendent of the Paleon- 

 tological Department of the Royal jMuseum at Stockholm, and author of nu- 

 merous memoirs on the geology and paleontology of Sweden. Died Febru- 

 ary 13th, at the age of seventy. 



Balard, M. Member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, and Profess- 

 or of Chemistry at the Sorbonne. Died in Paris, at the age of seventy-four. 



Baudeira, Marquis Sa de. Author of several papers on the Portu- 

 guese possessions in Africa. Died at Lisbon, February 6th, at the age of 

 eighty-one. 



Becher, Rear-Admiral A. B. Entered the British navy ill 1812, and 

 became editor of the Nautical Magazine^ after a period of sei'vice in survey- 

 ing on the Canadian lakes, in the Hydrographic Office, and in the Admiral- 

 ty. In 1856 published "The Landfall of Columbus," identifying Watling 

 Island with Guanahani. Died February 14th, in the eighty-fourth year of 

 his age. 



Bird, Frederick. An astronomer ; specially skilled in polishing mirrors 

 of telescopes. Died at Birmingham, September 27th, aged sixty. 



Bleek, Dr. W. H. D. Born in Berlin in 1827. Distinguished as a phi- 

 lologist, and an author of several works upon the languages of South Africa, 

 Australia, and Polynesia. Died August 17th, at Capetown, in the fiftieth 

 year of his age. 



Boeck, Dr. William. Author of important w^orks on elephantiasis and 

 other diseases. Died at Christiania, December 10th. 



Bollaert, William. An explorer in Central and South America ; espe- 

 cially interested in geology and archaeology. Died November 15th. 



Borlan, Alexander. A local botanist of Angers, France. 



Brongniart, Adolphe. An eminent French naturalist. Born January 

 11th, 1801. Author of many important botanical works, and one of the 

 founders of the Annates des Sciences Naturelles. Died February 18th, at the 

 age of seventy-five. 



Buchholz, Dr. R. Well known in connection with polar exploration, 

 and more recently with travels in Central Africa. Died April 17th. 



Carrington, R. C. Known as the proprietor of Red Hill Observatory, 

 and subsequently of the observatory at Churt, near Farnham, where he died, 

 November 1 st ; author of a catalogue of circumpolar stars. 



ChekanoVSky, M. An exile to Siberia, he devoted many years to the 

 study of the geology of that country, and made extensive collections on the 

 shores of the Polar Sea. Died in October. 



