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OBITUARY. 



Thomas William Butcher. 1868-1916. 



Dr. Butcher was a graduate in Medicine of Edinburgh University, 

 and after obtaining his degree he became a resident at a hospital, 

 where he acquired considerable professional experience. He then 

 settled down in practice at Blackpool. He held several medical 

 appointments in that town, and for the last year or more of his 

 life was Chairman of the Blackpool Insurance Committee, and for 

 some time was President of the Blackpool Microscopical Society. 

 In 1910 Dr. Butcher was elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Micro- 

 scopical Society, and at the November meeting of the Society in 

 the same year he gave a brilliant exhibition of photomicrographs 

 of Diatoms, and described at length the conditions under which 

 they were taken. 



In October 1911 he read a paper before the Society, entitled 

 " The Structural Detail of Coscinodiscus asteromphalus." The 

 paper is illustrated with sixteen photomicrographs. 



That Dr. Butcher was in the front rank of photomicrographers 

 is undoubtedly true. His work obtained universal recognition, 

 and he was awarded several medals for the excellence of his 

 photomicrographs. 



