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Physical Society of Ediuburgh, and was a Fellow of the Eoyal 

 Society of Ediuburgh and of the Zoological Society. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1879, in 1892 a 

 Member of the Council ; and he died suddenly on August 12th, 

 1893, from the effects of heat-apoplexy whilst out with a shoot- 

 ing-party on the moors near Newoastle-on-Tyne. 



His untimely death, at the early age of 36, robs British science 

 of a promising naturalist, whose self-taught knowledge, clear 

 judgment, and bold independence, enlisted the admiration, as 

 well as the affection of a large circle of friends. 



Dickinson Webster Ceompton, the son of a notable 

 Birmingham merchant, was born at Birmingham on Sept. 30th, 

 1805. He was educated at the Unitarian school of the Rev. 

 J. "W. Currie at Woodville, near Sandwell, and being destined 

 for a Surgeon he was sent in due time to the Greneral Hospital 

 as a pupil under Dr. Mole, the Senior Physician, and was after- 

 wards apprenticed for five years to Mr. Richard Wood, then the 

 Senior Surgeon. At the end of this term young Crompton 

 entered himself as a student at Gruy's Hospital ; and from Gruy's 

 he went to Paris, and studied anatomy for some months under 

 the celebrated Baron Dupuytreu. Returning to England in 

 1829, he passed the necessary examinations and became a member 

 of the College of Surgeons and the Apothecaries' Company. In 

 1834 he took the Jacksonian prize for an essay on " Diseases of 

 the Nose and Face ; " and in 1813 he was elected an Honorary 

 Fellow of the College of Surgeons. 



On returning to Birmingham, he began practice as a Surgeon, 

 and, after filling several minor appointments, he was ultimately 

 elected Senior Surgeon to the Greneral Hospital in 1852, a post 

 which he held until 1868, when he resigned in order to confine 

 himself to private practice. 



Mr. Crompton's life was a purely professional one, and, with 

 the exception above mentioned, we are not aware that he 

 contributed to Medical or Scientific literature. He was regarded 

 as a most competent surgeon, and was especially successful in 

 operations for the relief of Stone. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1830. He died at 

 Birmingham on March 30th, 1894, in his 90th year. 



James William Davis was born at Leeds on the 15th of 

 April, 1846, and was educated at the grammar school of that 

 town. At an early age he went into his father's business — that 

 of cloth-dyeing, and in due time became a partner. About 

 1864 the firm removed to Greetlaud near Halifax, a step wliich 

 was speedily followed with most successful results, under the 

 judicious and able management of young Davis. 



From earliest boyhood Davis showed an ardent taste for 

 Science, and especially Natural History ; even before leaving 



