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OBITUARIES 



LiEUT.-CoL. Chakles Cooper-King, of Kingsclear, Camberley, who 

 died, aged fifty-four, on January 16th, was an enthusiastic exponent 

 of the natural sciences at the Staff College, Sandhurst. From 1886 to 

 the time of his death he was lecturer on applied science there, and 

 drew a large class of officer-students to geology, both in the lecture- 

 room and in the field, for being a military expert, his explanations of 

 the science in relation to military tactics and battlefields were well 

 appreciated. He also added to our knowledge of the geology of 

 Berkshire and of the local prehistoric man. 



Dk Albreciit Schrauf, professor of mineralogy at Vienna, and for 

 many years custos in the Imperial Museum of that city, died in 

 December 1897, aged 60. His "Lehrbuch der physikalischen 

 Mineralogie " (1868) and his " Atlas der Krystallformen " (1865- 

 1877) are the most important among many important l>ooks and 

 papers on mineralogical subjects. 



The death of Prof. Kudolf Leuckart, of Leipzig, is announced. We 

 hope to give some account of his life and work next month. 



The following deaths are also announced :— Dr Waldkmar v. Schkoeder, professor 

 of pharmacology in the University of Heidelberg and author of a number of treatises on 

 physiological chemistry ; Cesare Crety, professor of zoology and comparative anatomy 

 in Sessari, Sardinia, on Sept. 14, 1897 ; Dr Max Zeppelin, the zoologist of Stuttgart, 

 on Dec. 3, 1897, aged 41 ; Rev. William Houghton, ichthyologist, at Wellington, 

 Somerset ; James Thomson, the entomologist, well known as the author of the 

 " Systema Ceranibycidarum," and other monographs on beetles; Alessandro Lanzi- 

 LUTTi, professor of veterinary anatomy at Milan, aged 40 ; F. Alex. Slfdski, professor 

 of geodesy in the University of Moscow, on Nov. 25, 1897 ; Friedrich Adolf Hoff- 

 mann, the geologist, in Mexico ; Dr Eugen Zintgraff, the African traveller, on Dec. 

 4, 1897, aged 39 ; Alfred Monod, the cryptogamic botanist, aged 61 ; Henry N. 

 BOLENDER, botanist, at Portland, Oregon ; and Kasimir von Pietrowski, killed dur- 

 ing the botanical expedition of Tatra, aged 20. 



