Vol. XXVIII. LONDON, MAY, 1896. No. 5. 



JOHN M. DENTON. 



It is with profound regret that we record the death of our old friend 

 and highly-esteemed colleague, Mr. John M. Denton, of London, 

 Ontario, who was one of the early members of the Entomological Society 

 and always took a very lively interest in its welfare. For some months 

 he had been in poor health, owing to an affection of the liver, but was 

 able to attend his place of business from time to time, and to take part 

 in th'e proceedings of our annual meeting in November last, when many 

 of us saw him for the last time. In January his illness assumed a more 

 acute form and confined him to the house. On Tuesday, March 24th, 

 he was seized vsrith paralysis and before midnight passed peacefully away. 



Mr. Denton was born in Northampton, England, on the 19th of 

 September, 1829. His father was a farmer by occupation, and he was 

 consequently brought up in the country amidst rural scenes and learnt 

 there to love and observe the beauties of nature. At the age of fourteen 

 he was apprenticed to a woollen draper and tailor, and spent seven years 

 in thoroughly learning the trade and becoming proficient in all its details. 

 For a few years he was engaged in business on his own account, and in 

 1855 married Miss Ann Walker, of Somersetshire, England, who survives 

 him. He then emigrated to Canada and settled in London, and at once 

 resumed his occupation as a tailor, having but little to begin upon except 

 a hopeful heart and a thoroughly practical English training. By patient 

 industry, unfailing courtesy, and unswerving integrity, he built up by 

 degrees a most successful business as a merchant tailor, and won the 

 respect and esteem of the whole community. 



Living on a farm in his boyhood and apprenticed at so early an age, 

 he had but little opportunity of acquiring a literary education, but by 

 constant application and careful reading he overcame these disadvantages 



