1885.] J- -"3 [Ruschenberger. 



his life he was President of the Philosophical Society of Glas- 

 gow. 



Accompanied by his wite and daughter he visited the United 

 States in August, 1865, and returned without them to Shawlands 

 early in April, 1866, to be in time to begin his courses of instruc - 

 tion in May. 



His physical constitution was not vigorous. His force bad 

 been slowly waning for some time. Indeed, hope of restora- 

 tion to health was among the motives of his voyage to the 

 United States. On returning to his residence, No. 5 Elgin 

 Villas, he tried to resume his duties, but found his power to 

 labor had been so far expended that he could not work. An 

 obscure disease, which probably had been long seated in the 

 brain, terminated his life May 29, 1866, near the close of his 

 fifty-eighth year. The announcement of his death in the news- 

 papers of Glasgow was accompanied by expressions of praise of 

 his character and approbation of his career, mentioning the 

 honors paid to him by learned organizations. " He was," said 

 one, "a quiet, amiable, and thoroughly lovable man, and much 

 admired by all who had the opportunity of knowing him inti- 

 mately." Another said, among other things, " indeed he actu- 

 ally shone when descanting on the physical conformation of the 

 earth's surface, and the grandeur of the operating forces to pro- 

 duce that conformation. His public lectures were well worth 

 hearing when he confined himself to geology and the allied sub- 

 jects of climatology and physical geography, and his services 

 thus came to be in requisition in many places be}'ond the college 

 class-room. He had keen powers of observation, and his power 

 of generalization reached very high. He was likewise possessed 

 of great literary ability, and frequently contributed excellent 

 articles to scientific and other journals." 



The career of the youngest and last of these distinguished 

 brothers was as useful and praiseworthy as that of his seniors. 



Robert Empie Rogers, the sixth child and fourth son of his 

 parents, was born in Baltimore, March 29, 1813. 



He assumed the name of Empie while a youth as a lasting 

 token of his grateful appreciation of parental care bestowed 

 upon him at the College of William and Mary after the death of 

 his mother, in 1820, when he was only seven years old, by the 

 Rev. Adam P. Empie, D.D., and his wife. 



