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museum work. They are mostly contained iu the Skriften, Oversigt 

 over dct Porhandlinger, and the Yidenskabelige Meddclelser of 

 the Natural History Societj' of Copenhagen ; and, as a natural con- 

 sequence of their origin, are mainly concerned with system atology, 

 geographical distribution, and palasontology. While by them it 

 may be said that he has left his mark on well-nigh every one of the 

 greater divisions of the animal kingdom, the Echinodermata^and 

 Pisces rank foremost among those in which his influence will be 

 longest felt. His researches upon the Echiuodermata of Greenland 

 and on the chorology of the Korthern Echinodermata, and his 

 ' Spolia Atlantiea,' which deals extensively with the young stages 

 of numerous fish-species, are examples of his best work which will 

 remain classic. In 1885 he succeeded Steeustrup as professor of 

 Zoology, holding the appointment with that of the Directorate 

 of the Museum, and of the Inspectorship of the Department of 

 Vertebrates, in which he had two years previously succeeded 

 Reinhardt. 



Of his professorial career we are informed that his lectures, as 

 might have been anticipated from his writings, were clear and 

 attractive, and in his teaching capacity he produced a small text- 

 book, which it is strange to think should not in these days of mania 

 for translation have been done into English. In the later 90's his 

 health became rapidly enfeebled, and in 1897 he was compelled to 

 resign his chair. Paralysis supervened, and took from the world 

 of science a man beloved and respected by all who knew him, by 

 whose life zoology has been the richer, mankind the nobler and 

 more intense. Like the great champions with whom he was asso- 

 ciated, his influence and example for good will endure. 



He was elected a Eoreign Member of tlie Linnean Society on 

 May 5, 1892. 



RoBEET MoKGAN was bom at Norwood, 9th May, 1863, and in his 

 boyhood showed a strong bent for drawing. On his leaving school 

 this inclination was brought under the notice of Mr. Carruthers, 

 at that time Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum, 

 who gave him the encouragement which decided the youth to devote 

 his energies to botanic drawing. He studied and drew from living 

 plants, and benefited from the articles in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 

 which were contributed by W. H, Pitch. His early work as a 

 lithographic draughtsman in the Eeport of the ' Challenger ' and 

 ' Journal of Botany ' led to other work, which was not confined to 

 botany, but extended to other branches of natural history. In our 

 own publications, his name may be noted, both 'Journal' and 

 ' Transactions ' bearing witness to the quality of his work. 



An appreciative notice iu the ' Journal of Botany ' for December 

 last, pp. 489-492, by the editor, gives some graphic touches of the 

 simple but enthusiastic life of our late Fellow, with a portrait 

 which will recall his features to the many who knew him. He 

 was elected into this Society 3rd March, 1887, and he died in 



