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Eleanor A. Ormerod, LL.D., F.R. Met. Soc, F.E.S., born May 11th, 1823, at 

 Sedbury Park, Glos., died July 19th, 1901, at St. Albans, Herts. She was the 

 youngest (and the only survivor) of the family of ten children of Dr. G-eorge Orme- 

 rod, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., of Sedbury. From her childhood she showed a strong 

 taste for Natural History and other scientific pursuits. Some 30 years ago she 

 commenced forming a collection illustrative of Economic Entomology in connection 

 with the Eoyal Horticultural Society, and in conjunction with the late Mr. Andrew 

 Murray ; that collection is now in the Bethnal Green Museum. In 1879 she com- 

 menced (in conjunction with others) her annual " Notes of Observations on Injurious 

 Insects," continued subsequently and down to 1899 as the annual " Report of 

 Observations on Injurious Insects, &c.," the whole series of Reports containing an 

 enormous amount of sound information for the benefit of those concerned. She 

 also published a " Manual of Injurious Insects," 1881, and second edition, 1890 ; 

 a " Text Book of Agricultural Entomology," which went through two editions ; 

 •' Observations on the Ox Warble," 1S85, and some other separate works; also 

 papers in the publications of Societies, such as phenological observations in the 

 Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ; and especially her Reports in the 

 Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, to which Society she acted for some years 

 as Honorary Entomologist. Unfortunately this connection terminated unhappily. 

 Relations between her and the executive of the Society became strained, and as it 

 was apparently impossible to find a modiis vivendl, she retired from the position. 

 She was the first lady Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, and joined the 

 Entomological Society of London in 1868. So lately as 1900 the University of 

 Edinburgh (to which she bequeathed £4000) conferred on her the Honorary degree 

 of LL.D. She had also many foreign honorary distinctions. A few years ago she lost 

 her sister (Miss Georglana S. Ormerod), who had been her faithful companion and 

 fellow worker (especially in the way of illustrating her publications), and this no 

 doubt proved a severe shock, but it was hoped that the Reports would have been 

 continued with the co-operation of Mr. Newstead. This was not to be : a fatal 

 malady had declared itself, and at the last she passed rapidly away. 



Miss Ormerod was in many respects a remarkable woman — strong minded, self 

 confident, possessed of untiring energy, and able to impart information in a manner 

 in which it came to be appreciated by the class of readers for whom it was intended. 

 Possibly there was noticeable an occasional tendency to exaggerate the evils on 

 which she was writing : if this were intentional, her excuse no doubt was that it 

 was done with the intention of calling moi-e prominent attention to these evils. It 

 is needless to add that all her work was purely honorary in its nature : it will be 

 diiRcult if not impossible to fill the position she created, for there are few who have 

 the means, time, inclination, and ability for such work. 



