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OBITUARIES 
SAMUEL ALLPORT 
Born JANUARY 23, 1816. DieD JULY 7, 1897 
WE learn from the Geological Magazine of the death of the veteran 
petrologist, Mr Samuel Allport, who was one of the pioneers in the 
microscopical study of thin sections of rocks, and one of the most 
generous helpers of the younger generation studying his favourite 
subject. He was born in Birmingham, where he resided for the 
greater part of his life. For eight years only he was absent as 
manager of a business at Bahia, in Brazil, and there he made his first 
original observations on geology, collecting the cretaceous fossils from 
the coast near Bahia and contributing a paper on the subject to the 
Geological Society in London in 1860. On returning again to Birming- 
ham his interest was excited by the work of Dr Sorby on the micro- 
scopical study of rocks, and thenceforward he became an accomplished 
petrologist. He made his own sections with great skill, and amassed 
a large collection of slides. His papers, chiefly published by the 
Geological Society, were not numerous, but very valuable, and related 
almost exclusively to the structure of igneous rocks. In 1887 he 
received the Lyell Medal from this society in token of appreciation of 
his researches. In 1880 he quitted business occupations and became 
librarian of the Mason College, Birmingham, an office which he held 
for seven years, until failing health necessitated his retirement. 
FRANCIS AURELIAN PULSKY 
Born 17th SEPTEMBER 1814. DIED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1897 
Francis Putsky, the great Hungarian patriot, and the friend of 
Kossuth, is dead. His political life needs no mention here. On his 
return to Austria after the Imperial pardon, he became Director in 
1869, and in 1872 General-Director, of Hungarian Museums and 
Public Libraries. An archaeologist, Pulsky’s chief claim to the re- 
membrance of our readers is his “Copper Age in Hungary,” which 
was published both in Magyar and German. 
THomMAs Brumby JOHNSTON, the Queen’s Geographer for Scotland, 
died at Edinburgh on September 9th, in his eighty-fourth year. He 
was the last of the firm, of which he became a partner in 1852. 
Sir Everett Mitais died on September 7th. He was born in 1856, 
and paid especial attention to the breeding of dogs and stock, and for 
some time was editor of Zhe Stock Breeder. 
