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Sttt^&eok-Majob George Edward DoBsoisr, M.A., M.B., M.Cli., 

 r.'R.S., was born in County Longford, Ireland, on September 4th, 

 1S48, and educated at the Royal School of Enniskillen and at 

 Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Army Medical Service 

 in 1868. Early in his career he attracted attention by receiving 

 the Gold Medal of the Dublin Pathological Society for an 

 ' Essay on the Diagnosis and Pathology of the Injuries and 

 Diseases of the Shoulder-joint ; ' and his work entitled ' Medical 

 Hints to Travellers,' published by the Royal G-eographieal Society, 

 reached a sixth edition in 1889. 



He was the author of numerous well-known papers and En- 

 cyclopfedia articles on Mammalian Anatomy and Classification, 

 and will be best remembered for his work and monojxraphs on 

 the Bats and Insectivora. While stationed in India in the 

 seventies he concentrated his attention upon the first-named, and 

 his 'Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera,' published in 1S76 

 by the Trustees of the Indian Museum, led up to his being com- 

 missioned on his return to England to write the * Catalogue of 

 the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum,' which 

 still remains the standard work upon the order. His ' Mono- 

 graph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical,' commenced 

 in 1882, remains unfinished : but, so far as completed, it is a 

 standard work of reference in detailed anatomy. Eor some time 

 he was in charge of the Museum at the Royal Victoria Hospital, 

 Netley. 



He was Senior Moderator and first Gold Medallist in Expe- 

 rimental and Natural Science, Classical Honourman and Stearnes 

 Exhibitioner, and a Member of the Senate, of the Dublin Uni- 

 versity. Also a Eellow of the Royal, Liunean, and Zoological 

 Societies, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and of the Biological Society 

 of Washington. 



During the last 7 or 8 years of his life a lengthy indisposition 

 followed by a fatal illness necessitated the abandonment of all 

 official and scientific work and complete retirement. He died 

 on November 26th, 189.5. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society, April 16th, 

 1874. 



George Stephens Gottgh, second Viscount Gough, was bora 

 18th January, 1815, and died at his residence, Booterstown, 

 CO. Dublin, on 2nd June, 1895, in his 81st year. He was the 

 son of Eield-Marshal Hugh Gough, who brilliantly distinguished 

 himself in the field in India and annexed the Punjab to the 

 British Dominions. After graduating B.A. at Trinity College, 

 Dublin, in 1836, and M.A. in 1840, he entered the Army; and 

 after service in the Grenadier Guards, he went on active service, 

 and served in China with much distinction. He was twice 

 married, first in 1840 to Miss Sarah Elizabeth May Palliser, who 



