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M. Georges Ville, one of the most prominent of the agricultural scientists and 

 authors of France, died February 22, 1897, at the age of 73 years. At the time of his 

 death he was connected with the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. A sketch of his life 

 aud works by L. Grandeau appears in Journal cT Agriculture Pratique, Gl (1897), I, 

 No. 9, pp. 307-309. 



Dr. Eugene Baumanu, the well-known physiological chemist, died in Freiburg, 

 Baden, November 5, 1896. A portrait and review of his life is given in Ztschr. ithysiol. 

 Chcm., 23, No. 1, pp. 1-17. Dr. Baumann was born December 12, 1846. At the time 

 of his death he was professor of chemistry in the medical department of the Univer- 

 sity of Freiburg. Shortly after the revival of the University of Strassburg he was 

 Hoppe-Seyler's first assistant. He was called to Berlin as the head of the chemical 

 department of the Physiological Institute, and later was made a full professor. 

 After a number of years in Berlin he was called to Freiburg, where he remained 

 until the time of his death. After Hoppe-Seyler's death his position was offered to 

 Dr. Baumann but was not accei)ted. Dr. Baumann contributed largely to the 

 progress of organic and physiological chemistry. 



