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OBITUARIES 



SAMUEL ALLPOET 



Born January 23, 1816. Died July 7, 1897 



We learn from the Geological Magazine of the death of the veteran 

 petrologist, Mr Samuel Allport, who was one of the pioneers in the 

 microscopical study of thin sections of rocks, and one of the most 

 generous helpers of the younger generation studying his favourite 

 subject. He was horn in Birmingham, where he resided for the 

 greater part of his life. For eight years only he was absent as 

 manager of a business at Bahia, in Brazil, and there he made his first 

 original observations on geology, collecting the cretaceous fossils from 

 the coast near Bahia and contributing a paper on the subject to the 

 Geological Society in London in 18G0. On returning again to Birming- 

 ham his interest was excited by the work of Dr Sorby on the micro- 

 scopical study of rocks, and thenceforward he became an accomplished 

 petrologist. He made his own sections with great skill, and amassed 

 a large collection of slides. His papers, chiefly published by the 

 Geological Society, were not numerous, but very valuable, and related 

 almost exclusively to the structure of igneous rocks. In 1887 he 

 received the Lyell Medal from this society in token of appreciation of 

 his researches. In 1880 he quitted business occupations and became 

 librarian of the Mason College, Birmingham, an office which he held 

 for seven years, until failing health necessitated his retirement. 



FRANCIS AURELIAN PULSKY 



Born 17th September 1814 Died 9th September 1897 



Francis Pulsky, the great Hungarian patriot, and the friend of 

 Kossuth, is dead. His political life needs no mention here. On his 

 return to Austria after the Imperial pardon, he became Director in 

 1869, and in 1872 General-Director, of Hungarian Museums and 

 Public Libraries. An archaeologist, Pulsky's chief claim to the re- 

 membrance of our readers is his " Copper Age in Hungary," which 

 was published both in Magyar and German. 



Thomas Brumby Johnston, the Queen's Geographer for Scotland, 

 died at Edinburgh on September 9th, in his eighty-fourth year. He 

 was the last of the firm, of which he became a partner in 1852. 



Sir Everett Millais died on September 7th. He was born in 1856, 

 and paid especial attention to the breeding of dogs and stock, and for 

 some time was editor of The Stock Breeder. 



