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Mr. W. KINSEY DOVER, -F.G.S. 
By J. POSTLETHWAITE, F.G.S. 
IT is with extreme regret that I have to record the death of 
Mr. Witi1am Kinsey Dover, F.G.S., at Low Nest, on the 27th 
of March, 1891, in his seventy-fifth year. Mr. Dover’s education 
began under the tutorship of the Rev. E. Wilson, of St. John’s 
Vale ; subsequently he was sent to Hawkshead Grammar School, 
which was then under the management of Dr. Hickey, a teacher 
of some repute in his day. After leaving school Mr. Dover went 
to London, where he was engaged for some years in mercantile 
pursuits ; but not feeling himself adapted for commercial life, he 
left the city and entered the Cumberland Militia, being gazetted 
as ensign in 1855, lieutenant in 1861, and captain in 1865. He 
served some time with his regiment in Ireland, where the Militia 
was on garrison duty during the Crimean War. On returning 
from active duty in 1868, he devoted himself to field sports and 
the study of Natural Science, spending a portion of each year in 
the West of Ireland, or in Scotland, amongst the wild fowl. 
Occasionally he contributed to the Natural History column of the 
Field, articles on shooting, fishing, and the habits of birds. He 
also formed a collection of fresh-water shells. 
Mr. Dover had passed the meridian of life when he took up the 
study of paleontology, but he entered into it with the same energy 
which had formed a prominent feature in all his pursuits. He 
began to collect Skiddaw Slate fossils about 1870 ; and as very little 
had been done prior to that time, he had the field practically to 
