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chiefly of scattered papers on various subjects in the ' Edinburgh 

 Philosophical Journal,' ' Loudon's Magazine of Natural History,' 

 and its successor, the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' 

 in the ' Zoologist,' and the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society.' 



His most important work was, however, the ' Natural History of 

 the British Eutomostraca,' published by the Kay Society in 1850, 

 a work of great ability and research. 



He was also the author of a popular ' Cyclopaedia of the Natural 

 Sciences,' published in 1858, and of a valuable paper on Pearls 

 and Pearl-Eisheries, as well as one on the luminosity of the Sea, 

 published in ' Loudon's Magazine of Natural History.' 



During the latter years of his life his attention was principally 

 directed to the Entozoa. As early as 1843 he had drawn up a cata- 

 logue of those then known, which was published by the Trustees of 

 the British Museum. Numerous papers on the same subject were 

 also contributed by him to the ' Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society,' and several papers on new Annelids to the ' Transactions ' 

 and ' Journal ' of the Linnean Society. Latterly he was engaged in 

 preparing a new and general catalogue of the Entozoa, for which he 

 had accumulated a vast amo\int of material, and which, had he 

 lived to bring his undertaking to a close, would doubtless have been 

 a valuable contribution to science. 



But it is not merely by his publications that his attainments must 

 be judged. His knowledge of natural history generally was exten- 

 sive and profound, and his readiness in imparting it to others wiU 

 long be remembered by those who were in the habit of studying at 

 the British Museum. 



As a man of science he was highly esteemed by scientific men, 

 and in private life he was much beloved on account of the unvary- 

 ing amiability of his disposition and the kindliness of his manners. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society on the 16th of February, 

 1847, and died on the 27th of January, 1872. 



William Baxter was formerly Curator of the Botanic Garden at 

 Oxford, an office to which he was appointed as long ago as 1813. At 

 that time botany at Oxford had sunk to its lowest level ; Sherard, 

 Dillenius, and Sibthorp belonged to the past. Dr. Williams, who 

 held the chair in the early part of Baxter's curatorshi]), was an 

 elegant scholar and an amiable man, but added nothing to botanical 

 science ; and for practical instruction in botany the undergraduates 

 of that day had recourse to the teachings of Mr. Baxter. Among 

 his pupils were many men who subsequently distinguished them- 



