REMARKS OF ROBERT E. C. STEARNS 



DEATH OF DB. fflLLlAM STIPSOI 



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June 17th, 1872. 



Mr. President : — 



It devolves upon me to impart to the Academy the sad news of 

 the death of my esteemed friend, Dr. William Stimpson, late 

 Director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and successor to the 

 late Robert Kennicott as scientific head of that institution. Dr. 

 Stimpson was also a corresponding member of this society, as well 

 as many of the principal scientific associations in this country and 

 Europe ; and both at home and abroad he was recognized as a most 

 thorough investigator in his department of study, and everywhere 

 his scientific services are appreciated and his loss will be deplored. 



From boyhood it may be said, even to the hour of his death, he 

 was a diligent and enthusiastic worker in the enchanting domain 

 of Natural History ; first studying with Agassiz soon after the 

 latter settled at Cambridge ; at one time shipping as one of the 

 crew on a fishing smack, that he might the better pursue his inves- 

 tigations upon the easterly margin of this continent, especially 

 along the shores of New England. His researches include the 

 entire coast, from Nova Scotia to Key West. 



