OBITUAKIKS. KoKKKiN. (WlLDBB WOUMWOBTH.) 



oli '.-ted rn> ti-M. r of Pathological Anatomy in Uni- 



. College Hospital, London, where 111' entered 

 >n tin- liracti,-.- "f medicine, lie became Prof, 

 i 'tinical ainl S\ -tematie Medicine at'teru aril, and l>li v 



sician t Krompton Hospital for diseaMB of the oaMt 

 llo published valuable works on philology , a well M 



important treatises on nu-iliciil subjects, including a 

 translation of the work of Louis on " Phthi 

 treatise mi " Cancer," others <*n diseases of the lungs 

 and nf tlic heart, and t\vu theoretical works \\ ritt.cn 

 .il'tcr his retirement from practice, entitled " Dramatic 

 Singing physiologically considered" and "The Col- 

 loquial Faculty for Language ami the Nature of 



is." 



Wilder, Jerome A. Victor, a French musical critic, 

 horn in l>rl'_'ium, in is;; I; died in Paris, Sept. 9,1892. 

 ivt-il the doctorate in jihilo.sophy and law in 

 the university of Ghent, and in l*iio went to, Paris, 

 mid Ipccamc a musical critic, writing for the, " Kveiic- 

 mcnt," tin- " Meiicstivl." and other journals, lie WOT 

 l>ecamc known ns an able translator from the German 

 and Italian, and wrote the French words to which 

 t' the Ivrieal works of Handel, Weber, Schu- 

 mann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg, and liuhinstein 

 are sung. He also wrote a " Life of Mozart" and a 

 Lite of Beethoven." He came conspicuously into 

 puhlic view as the translator of Wagner's operas, and 

 the valiant champion of the composer's fame in France. 

 For some time before his death ne was musical critic 

 tbrtlie "Gil Bias." 



Williams, Montagu, an English magistrate and 

 (Queen's counsel, born in Freshford, Somerset, in 

 1884: died at Ramsgate, Dec. 23, 1892. He was edu- 

 cated at Eton, became at twenty a classical master in 

 the grammar school at Ipswich, and at the outbreak 

 of the Crimean War entered the army and served in 

 the Crimea, After the fall of Sebastopol he left the 

 !irm\, became an actor, and wrote a number of clever 

 far.-i's in collaboration with F. C. Burnand. " B. B." 

 was the most successful of these. While in the the- 

 atrical profession he married Miss Keelev, a daughter 

 of the famous actress Mrs. Keeley. Leaving the 

 sta'je alter a few years, he took up the study of law, 

 became a barrister, and one of the most successful 

 criminal lawyers of his time. For a quarter of a cen- 

 tury he was engaged as counsel in most of the cele- 

 brated eases at the Old Bailey and Clerkenwell. In 

 later life he sat as police magistrate at Greenwich, 

 Woolwich, and Marylebone courts, liis position 

 gave him an insight into the life of the very poor, 

 who found in him a stanch friend. He founded the 

 Montagu Williams Relief Fund, and established places 

 in the East End of London for the distribution of 

 bedding and clothes. He contributed many articles 

 to " Household Words," which were very popular, 

 iiml published the following works which are au- 

 tobiographical in their nature: "Leaves of a Life," 

 "Later Leaves," "Round London: Down East and 

 up West," 1892. The latter book appeared but a 

 week before the author's death. 



Wilson, Sir Daniel, a Canadian educator and author, 

 boni in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1810; died in To- 

 ronto, Aug. 7, 1892. He was a nephew of Christopher 

 North and a brother of Dr. George Wilson. Profess- 

 or of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. 

 Daniel was educated in the high school and Univer- 

 sity of Kdinhurifh, and cniraL'ed in literary work in 

 London for a few years, then returned to Scotland, 

 won a reputation as an archttOlOffiBt acted as secre- 

 tary to the Scottish Society of Anthmarics, and 

 throuirh Lord Elgin, who was at one time president 

 of this society, he \\ as called to the I ' diversity of 

 Toronto, in is;,:;. : ,s 1'rot'essor of History, lie had p'uh- 

 lislied - .Memorials of Kd'mhunrh in the Olden Time," 

 illustrated by his own hand S 1T); " Oliver Crom- 

 well and the Protectorate" (1848) ; and " The A r- 

 ohsBology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland" 

 {\^*\ I. In i 'anada he sustained his reputation as 11 

 scientific man, and also took a leading part in educa- 

 tional atlairs. He became President of Toronto Uni- 

 versity in 1881, succeeding Dr. McCaul. He was the 



foremost advocate for a national system of university 

 education in Canada freed from the auspice-, of de- 

 nominations or churches and controlled and directed 

 by the state, and his cttbrtx for thirt\ live years wen; 

 finally crowned with success. Hi- ,i>ok IB 



'Prehistoric Man: Researches into the Origin of 

 Ci\ili/.ation in the Old and the New Worlds "(1863). 

 He published also " Chatterton : A l{io^raj>hicul 

 Study " (1869), and "Caliban, the Missing Link" 

 (1873), and contributed articles on aivhii-ology, Cana- 

 da, i -on federation, Chattel-ton, Kdinburtrh, ami Toron- 

 to to the " Encyclopaedia Hritannica." lie was the 

 author also of a volume of poems called " Spring Wild 

 Flowers." He was knighted in 1888. 



Wolf, Gerson, an Austrian historian, born in Mora- 

 via, in 1823; died in Vienna, about Nov. 1, 1892. He 

 was educated for a Jewish rabbi, but took up jour- 

 nalism and literature. For his political writings he 

 was tried by court-martial and sentenced to imprison- 

 ment in 1852. He wrote works on the .lews in Vienna, 

 on the history of Vienna University, on Maria There- 

 sa, and on the modern political 'history of Austria 

 and Hungary. 



Woolner, Thomas, an English sculptor and poet, born 

 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Dec. 17, 1825 ; died in London, 

 Oct. 7, 1892. In 1842 ho exhibited at Westminster 

 Hall a life-size group, " The Deatli of Boadicea," 

 which attracted much favorable attention. In 1848 he 

 exhibited statues of "Puck," "Titania," and "Eros 

 and Euphrosyne," which added to his fame, already 

 considerable. He was an ardent disciple of the pre- 

 Raphaelite school, and was instrumental with Millaia, 

 llolman Hunt, and Dante Rossetti in founding " The 

 Genu," a preraphaelite periodical, begun in 1850. 

 His poetical contributions to that journal were col- 

 lected in a volume in 1863 with the title " My Beauti- 

 ful Lady." His other volumes of poems are " Pygma- 

 lion" (1881); "Silenus" (1884); "Tiresias" (1886); 

 " Nelly Dale " (1887). He was elected an associate 

 of the Royal Academy in 1871, and a few years later 

 became an academician. For two years from 1877 

 he was Professor of Sculpture. His.most celebrated 

 sculptures include " Constance and Arthur," " Elaine," 

 " Opnelia," "Achilles and Pallas shouting from 

 the Trenches," statues of Macaulay, Lord Laurence, 

 Lord Palmerston, Lord Frederick Cavendish (a re- 

 cumbent figure) ; busts of Carlyle, Tennyson, Dar- 

 win, Gladstone, Kingsley, Maurice, and others. His 

 verse appeals to the most cultivated intellectual 

 tastes, and has few of the elements of popularity. 

 His best work is undoubtedly included in " My Beau- 

 tiful Lady." His later poems, though finely con- 

 ceived, are somewhat cold in treatment 



Wordsworth, Charles, an English clergyman, born in 

 Lambeth Palace, London, Aug. 22, 1806; died at 

 Kilrymont, St. Andrew's, Scotland, Dec. 4, 1892. His 

 father was the younger brother of the poet Words- 

 worth. His education was gained at Braintree, Har- 

 row, and Christ Church, Oxford, and he was grad- 

 uated from the university in 1830. He remained at 

 Oxford for some years as a private tutor, and among 

 his pupils were Mr. Gladstone and Cardinal Man- 

 ning. He was ordained in 1834, and the nev 

 became a master at Winchester College, and filled 

 that position till his resignation, in 1846. A few 

 months later he accepted, at the request of Mr. Glad- 

 stone, the wardenship of Trinity College, Gh-nal- 

 mond, Scotland, which office he held until 1S54. In 

 is.vj he was elected bishop of the united sees ofSt 

 Andrew's, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, and from that 

 t'mii ilcvoted his entire energies U> the duties of his 

 office. His consecration took place in is;,:;, and at 

 the outset he assumed the leading position in the 

 Scottish Episcopal Church. He labored strenuously 

 to effect a reconciliation between Presbyterians and 

 Episcopalians, conceding the validity of Prc.-hytcrian 

 orders, but requirinir the return of the Presbyterians 

 to the protection of the historic episcopate. His view* 

 on this point, however, were di.-ta>teful to lar-re num- 

 bers of Scottish Episcopalians, and by no means 

 satisfactory to the members of the Kirk of Scotland. 



