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genial climate he passed the winter of 1854 in Italy ; but his powers 

 of life at length succumbed, and he died at Brighton on the 1 1th of 

 August, 1857. 



Dr. Hall was a member of the Institute of France, and of most of 

 the learned societies of Europe and America. The date of his elec- 

 tion into the Royal Society is April 5, 1832; he served on the 

 Council in 1850-52. 



JOHN AYRTON PARIS, M.D. The unvaried tenor of a physician's 

 life ordinarily affords few opportunities for remark, even while he is 

 rising in the good opinion of the scientific and learned. This obser- 

 vation must be qualified in relation to the late Dr. Paris. Deeply 

 and thoroughly versed in the practical studies of his profession, he 

 became eminent in general science, and in his own profession his 

 researches tend to throw new lights upon it. 



Born in the city of Cambridge in August 1785, and educated 

 there, partly at home, partly under the care of Mr. Barker of Trinity 

 Hall, in his early years, he was matriculated at Caius College on 

 the 17th of December, 1803, and was elected to a Tailored Stu- 

 dentship in Physic on the 3rd of January, 1804. From the com- 

 mencement of his career at Cambridge he evinced the strong pre- 

 dilection for natural science which afterwards distinguished him, and 

 was a diligent student of chemistry under Professor Farish and of 

 mineralogy under Dr. Clarke. Leaving Cambridge, he proceeded to 

 Edinburgh, and having taken full advantage of the professional 

 teaching of that city, and obtained from Cambridge the degree of 

 Bachelor in Medicine, he proceeded to London. There his talents 

 and acquirements obtained for him at once the high opinion and 

 regard of one similarly accomplished, the late Dr. Maton, which 

 largely promoted his success, and continued for life. Dr. Paris 

 became Physician to the Westminster Hospital in 1809 by a large 

 majority of votes, in his 23rd year. 



From London he went in 1813 to Penzance in Cornwall, and there, 

 besides obtaining a high degree of medical reputation, he became 

 eminent in mineralogical and geological researches ; he proposed, 

 indeed established with the cooperation of his friends, and largely 

 contributed to, the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. His con- 

 tributions comprise papers " On a Recent Formation of Sandstone 



