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in 1801 that of M.B.; in 1803 he was appointed Professor of 

 Chemistry; and in 1804 he proceeded M.D. On the resignation of 

 Sir Christopher Pegge in 1808, he was unanimously elected Physician 

 to the Radcliffe Infirmary ; and succeeded him also in 1822 as Regius 

 Professor of Medicine, to which office are annexed Tomline's Prse- 

 lectorship of Anatomy and Aldrich's Professorship of Anatomy, 

 together with the Mastership of Ewelme Hospital. In 1826 he 

 resigned his active duties at the Infirmary, becoming its Honorary 

 Physician; and in 1834 he succeeded Dr. Williams as Radcliffe 

 Librarian. From this time he ceased to practise as a Physician, and 

 devoted himself almost entirely to his duties as Librarian ; and under 

 his charge, following out the example set by his predecessor, the 

 Radcliffe became celebrated as one of the most complete Natural- 

 History libraries in existence. Dr. Kidd became a Fellow of this 

 Society in 1835, but has no paper in our ' Transactions.' His 

 jmblications are numerous and varied, the principal of them being 

 the following: — 



' Outlines of Mineralogy,' 2 vols. 8vo, Oxford, 1809. 



' A Geological Essay on the imperfect Evidence in support of a 

 Theory of the Eai'th deduced either from its general structure or 

 from the changes produced on its surface by the operation of existing 

 causes,' 8vo, Oxford, 1815. 



' An Answer to a Charge against the English Universities con- 

 tained in the Supplement to the Edinburgh Encyclop?edia,' 8vo, Ox- 

 ford, 1818. 



'An Introductory Lecture to a Course on Comparative Anatomy 

 illustrative of Paley's Natural Theology,' 8vo, Oxford, 1824. 



' On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition 

 of Man,' 8vo, London, 1833 — one of the Bridgewater Treatises. 



' Observations on Medical Reform,' Svo, London and Oxford, 1841. 



•Further Observations on Medical Reform,' Svo, 1842. 



Besides these he published various papers in the ' Philosophical 

 Transactions,' the 'Transactions of the Geological Society,' 'Nichol- 

 son's Magazine,' the 'Philosophical Magazine,' &c., among which 

 the most important in a natural-history point of view is his "Ana- 

 tomy of the Mole-Cricket," printed in vol. cxv. of the ' Philosophical 

 Transactions.' 



Dr. Kidd was a good scholar and a man of genius ; liis reading 

 was extensive, and his conversation agreeable and instructive, free 

 from pedantry or affectation. He was warm-hearted and benevolent, 

 and a zealous friend. He has left a wife and three daughters : for 

 some years he had declined general society, and he died at his 



