1898] OBITUARIES 135 



THOMAS JEFFEEY PAEKEE 



Born October 17, 1850. Died November 7, 1897. 



By the premature death of Prof. T. Jeffrey Parker of Dunedin, 

 biological science loses one of its most brilliant exponents. The 

 eldest son of the late W. Kitchen Parker, he came early under the 

 influence of Huxley, his father's most intimate friend ; and a year 

 after his completion of a distinguished student's career in the Eoyal 

 School of Mines, in 1872, he returned at Huxley's special invitation 

 to be his Demonstrator. Here Parker remained until 1880, taking an 

 unusually active part in the re-organisation of biological teaching, 

 which was at that time being brought about by his Professor. He 

 was then appointed to the Chair of Biology in the University of 

 Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and since that date he has been the 

 most striking figure in the biological world of Australasia. After 

 leaving Europe, Parker still continued to elaborate the methods of 

 teaching he had formed when under Huxley's guidance, and the 

 results were given to the world in his well-known little text-book, 

 " A Course of Instruction in Zootomy (Vertebrata)," published in 

 1884, and " Lessons in Elementary Biology," of which the first edition 

 appeared in 1891, while we reviewed the third only a few months ago. 

 At the time of his death, it is melancholy to relate, he had only just 

 completed the revision of the proof-sheets of the forthcoming " Manual 

 of Zoology," by Professor Haswell and himself. On reaching New 

 Zealand, however, Parker at once began to investigate the animal life of 

 that part of the world ; and many will remember the fine series of 

 fish skeletons (including a shark and a skate, prepared by a new 

 process) sent by him to the International Fisheries' Exhibition in 

 London, 1883. The results of his researches were published in 

 numerous papers and memoirs, contributed chiefly to the publications 

 of the Eoyal and Zoological Societies of London and to the Trans- 

 actions of the New Zealand Institute. Among them may be specially 

 mentioned those on the blood-vessels of the sharks, the skeleton of 

 the ribbon-fish (Begnlccus), the skull of the Moas, and on the anatomy 

 and development of A'pteryx. These works are illustrated chiefly 

 by the author's own drawings, and are models of what technical 

 scientific memoirs shouW be. There is the mark of thorough and 

 conscientious research throughout them all ; the facts are always 

 marshalled on a laboriously-conceived plan most conducive to clear- 

 ness, and there is always a cautious reserve in formulating generalisa- 

 tions, such as is rare in most modern exhaustive writings. Biological 

 science has indeed lost a master craftsman, of whom it had expected 

 great things yet for many years to come. 



GAEDINEE GEEENE HUBBAED 

 Born at Boston, Aug. 25, 1822. Died at Washington, Dec. 11, 1897. 



The Hon. G. G. Hubbard, son of a doctor of laws, studied law at 

 Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1843. He practised his pro- 

 fession in Boston for twenty, and in Washington for five years, when 



