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admitted to the privilege of his intimacy bear unanimous testi- 

 mony to his unvarying kindness of heart, the genial warmth of his 

 feelings, and the pure benevolence of his disposition. To a mind 

 stored with anecdote he united a strong sense of humour, and a 

 happy facility in its expression, which rendered him a most de- 

 lightful companion. And when to these qualities we add his per- 

 fect simple-mindedness, his unswerving devotion to truth, and that 

 singular uprightness of judgment, which rendered him on all diffi- 

 cult occasions a most invaluable counsellor, we shall easily per- 

 ceive how it was that he became so warmly endeared to the hearts 

 of his friends. From the death of Sir Joseph Banks, who be- 

 queathed to him his house in Soho Square, he continued to occupy 

 that portion of it which opened upon Dean Street ; and it was in 

 the library of that illustrious man, the scene of his labours for 

 sixty years, surrounded by his books and by his collections, that 

 he breathed his last, on the 10th of June in the present year, and 

 in the eighty-fifth year of his age. 



John Cator, JSsq., of Beckenham Place, in the county of Kent, 

 is referred to by Mr. Lambert as connected with Natural History 

 by his uncle's marriage with the daughter of Peter CoUinson, and 

 the consequent possession of those MS. Notes on Botanical sub- 

 jects, by CoUinson, which Mr. Lambert made the foundation of a 

 Paper in the tenth volume of our * Transactions,' and which the 

 late Mr. Dillwyn subsequently printed separately under the title 

 of ' Hortus CoUinsonianus ' 8vo : Swansea, 1843. Mr. Cator be- 

 came a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1811, and died at his 

 house at Beckenham on the 20th of August, 1858, at the age 

 of 76. 



Richard Chambers, Esq., was born in London, in 1784. He 

 was educated for the profession of a schoolmaster, and for many 

 years had one of the largest private schools in the metropolis. 

 Early in life he evinced a fondness for the study of natural history. 

 He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1822, and con- 

 tinued so to the close of his life, making occasional communica- 

 tions to the Society, besides being the author of ' An Introduction 

 to the Study of Botany,' Lond. 16mo, 1847, and of many scattered 

 Papers on kindred subjects in different periodicals. He was also 

 one of the first members of the Zoological Society, having been 

 one of the Zoological Club — the parent of that Society. As a 

 teacher, he contributed largely to the cause of popular education. 

 He was associated with Earl Stanhope and Lord Brougham in the 

 first endeavours to establish schools for all, and the present system 



