In Memoriam — Walter Angus Dun. 55 



WALTER ANGUS DUN. 



Doctor Walter Dun died on the afternoon of November 7th, 

 1887, after a severe illness which continued for four weeks. 



By his death the community lost a man of inestimable worth, 

 and one who gave the most brilliant promise of future success and 

 usefulness. Endowed with those rare qualities of mind and char- 

 acter which fit their possessor to fill the highest stations in life, few 

 enjoy brighter prospects than he, and seldom is a death more de- 

 plored in a community than was his. All that may be said to honor 

 his memory, is no more than would have received the hearty in- 

 dorsement of every one who knew him, had it been spoken dur- 

 ing his life. A man of more than ordinary ability and persever- 

 ance, upon whatever work he entered, it was with the purpose 

 to carry It through to a successful issue. His mind was of unusual 

 strength and acuteness, his reasoning and judgement clear and un- 

 biased by prejudice or false ideas, he was broad and liberal in his 

 views, but always a staunch adherent of truth and justice; his 

 every action was based upon principle and not upon caprice. 



He was an earnest student, not only in his professional work, 

 but in many subjects of scientific or general interest. Into what- 

 ever circle he entered, literary, scientific, or professional he, re- 

 ceived a warm welcome not only by reason of his attainments, 

 but by his warm genial heart, and his manly unassuming charac- 

 ter, which won for him a host of sincere friends. Possessed of 

 these noble qualities, and just entering upon the period of his life 

 when they began to show their real power and they could be used 

 to the best advantage, he was called away, leaving many a friend 

 to mourn his untimely death, and not a few subjects of study to 

 feel the want of his acute reasoning. How these faculties were 

 used, and the promise given for the future, will be shown in the 

 sketch of his brief but very active life. 



During his leisure moments, he wrote a brief autobiography, to 

 which access has been given through the kindness of his mother, 

 and it is to this that I am indebted for many of the facts concern- 

 ing his life. 



Walter A. Dun was born at Plumwood, Madison County, Ohio, 

 March i, 1857. His early education was received at home and in 

 the public schools. In October, 1873, he went to Chillicothe, O., 

 where he studied with his grandfather until the following January. 



