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few months before his death, on the work at Stonyhurst in connexion 

 with solar physios during the last ten years. He also frequently 

 lectured on astronomical subjects in the large towns in the North of 

 England. 



At the time of his departure from England, on the expedition 

 that resulted in his death. Father Perry was contemplating a full 

 discussion of all the work carried on at Stonyhurst, a work which 

 would undoubtedly have formed a most valuable contribution to our 

 knowledge of solar physics. 



Father Perry was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1874, and 

 in November, 1889, was made a member of the Council for the 

 ensuing year. He became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society in 1869, and was also a member of the Council of that 

 Society. He was a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and 

 the Physical Society of London, and was President of the Liverpool 

 Astronomical Society at the time of his death. 



Of foreign Societies, he was a Member of the Aocademia dei Nuovi 

 Lincei, of the Societe Scientifiqne de Bruxelles, and of the Societe 

 Geographique d'Anvers. He has been for several years a member of 

 the Committee on Solar Physics appointed by the Lords of the Com- 

 mittee of Council on Education, and of the British Association 

 Committee for comparing and reducing Magnetic Observations. In 

 1887 and 1880 Father Perry assisted at the International Congresses 

 on Astronomical Photography held at Paris. In 188G he received 

 the degree of D.Sc. from the Royal University of Ireland. 



In the death of Father Perry science has sustained a loss univer- 

 sally felt and most deeply regretted by all labourers in that branch to 

 which his heroic self-sacrifice and never-failing energy have con- 

 tributed so much. A. A. C. 



WILLIAM KITCHEN' PARKER, born at his father's farm at Dogsthorpe, 

 near Peterborough, June 23, 1823, died suddenly, of syncope of the 

 heart, whilst visiting his second son, Professor W. Newton Parker, at 

 Cardiff, July 3, 1890. Whilst cheerfully talking of late discoveries and 

 future work in his favourite biological pursuits, he ceased to breathe. 

 Accustomed to outdoor life, he was a true lover of nature from the first ; 

 the forms, habits, and voices of birds, especially, he knew at an early 

 age. Village schooling at Dogsthorpe and Werrington, and a short 

 period at Peterborough Grammar School, prepared him for an 

 apprenticeship, at fifteen years of age, to Mr. Woodroffe, chemist and 

 druggist, at Stamford; and three years afterwards he was ap- 

 prenticed to Mr. Costal, medical practitioner, at Market-Overton. At 

 Stamford, studying botany earnestly, he collected and named more 

 than 500 species of plants. The fauna also of the fen lands attracted 

 his attention -in Borough Fen, Thorpe Fen, Whittlesea. Deeping, 



