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Mr. a. F. SEALY. 



Alfred Forljes Sealy^ the son of Benjamin Dowden Seal v. 

 JMajor-General H.E.I.C. Service, was born at Clevedale, near 

 Bristol, on October 25th, 1831. He was educated for five 

 years under the Rev. G. Despard, of Redland, Clifton, and 

 subsequently at Clapham under the Rev. C. Pritchard. On 

 April 10th, 1850, he was admitted as a Pensioner at Gonville 

 and Caius College, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the 

 degree of B.A. in 1854< and that of M.A. in 1857. Having 

 secured a place, as a Junior Optime, in the Mathematical 

 Tripos, he obtained a second class in the Natural Science 

 Tripos, and followed this up by devoting much of his time 

 to Ornithology and Entomology, forming considerable 

 collections in both branches of Science. 



For some time he continued to reside at 70 Trumpington 

 Street, Cambridge, and then left for the East, to become 

 Principal of the Rajah^s High School at Ernacullum in 

 South India. Meanwhile his acquaintance with the Ornitho- 

 logists of the University and elsewhere, and especially with 

 Professor (then Mr. Alfred) Newton, led to his becoming 

 one of the Founders of the British Ornithologists' Union, 

 though his departure from England prevented him from 

 taking any active part in its subsequent proceedings. He 

 was, moreover, a Fellow of the Entomological Society. His 

 collection of Birds' Eggs was presented to the University 

 Museum of Zoology at Cambridge. In later life he was 

 appointed Director of Public Instruction for South India 

 and was elected a Fellow of Madras University. He died 

 at Cochin on October 29th, 1894. 



