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Toronto, was the outstanding interest of his later Hays. He toured 

 the world for new ideas in equipment, collected through the influence 

 of his newspaper the funds necessary for its efficient upkeep, and from 

 its revenue sufficient to erect a summer home for "his family" on 

 Toronto island, a perfectly equipped residence for nurses, a model 

 infants' department, a pavilion for tubercular children and a unique 

 pasteurization plant. A great hospital which extends its healing 

 mercy to an entire province and, thanks to his princely legacy, need 

 never turn a sick child from its doors, is the enduring monument which 

 John Ross Robertson left to his trusteeship of that prosperity which 

 his fellow citizens vouchsafed to him. 



JOHN BISHOP TINGLE 



John Bishop Tingle, Professor of Chemistry in McMaster Uni- 

 versity, Toronto, who died at the age of 51 after a brief illness on 

 August 5, 1918, had enjoyed fellowship in The Royal Society but a 

 few months, having been elected by the unanimous vote of Section 

 III at the Annual Meeting in May last. It had been fully expected 

 that Dr. Tingle by his scholarly attainments and his researches in the 

 field of organic chemistry might for many years add greatly to the 

 interest and value of the Society's meetings and transactions. 



Dr. Tingle received his early training at the Royal Grammar 

 School, Sheffield, and in 1884 entered Owens College, Manchester, 

 where he studied and worked under the late Sir Henry E. Roscoe. 

 In 1887 he proceeded to the Universit}^ of Munich, studying there 

 under Claisen and von Baeyer and taking the degree of Doctor of 

 Philosophy in 1889. While at Munich his studies were essentially 

 in organic chemistry, his dissertation for the degree dealing with the 

 action of ethyl oxalate on aliphatic ketones. 



On his return to England, Dr. Tingle first held a junior position 

 on the staft" of the Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and later accepted 

 the post of Research Assistant to F. R. Japp, then at the Royal 

 College of Science, London. He later held the important positions of 

 lecturer in chemistry at the Merchant-Venturers' Technical College, 

 Bristol, and subsequently at Gordon's College, Aberdeen. 



In 1896 he came to America and was successively professor of 

 Chemistry at the Lewis Institute, Chicago (1897-1901), IlUnois 

 College, Jacksonville (1901-1904) and assistant in charge of organic 

 chemistry at Johns Hopkins University under Professor Remsen 

 (1904-1907). During his residence in the United States, Dr. Tingle 

 became sub-editor and abstractor in organic chemistry on the staff 

 of the American Chemical Journal. His work in the latter position 



