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dates. Three of his important memoirs on Eubian and its derivatives 

 were printed in the " Philosophical Transactions." He was awarded 

 the Davy Medal of the Eoyal Society in 1899. In the same year the 

 Victoria University conferred on him the honorary degree of D.Sc. 



Dr. Schunck was President of the Chemical Section of the British 

 Association at the Manchester meeting in 1887, and was President of 

 the Society of Chemical Industry in 1896. 



In his younger days Dr. Schunck was fond of travel, riding, and 

 billiards. He made many journeys on the Continent, and kept 

 voluminous diaries. Eotany was always a favourite study of his, and 

 those who knew him in later life always found him either hard at 

 work in his laboratory, or busy in his greenhouses, or deep in a 

 botanical book by way of relaxation. He had a good memory, and 

 was a storehouse of information which he was always ready to impart. 

 His uniform courtesy and his kindly but shrewd counsel, ever at the 

 service of those who sought it, endeared him to a wide circle of 

 younger men. He gave large sums in charity, but the help bestowed 

 was given in secret. Few men have devoted their lives so unselfishly to 

 the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. 



In 1851 Dr. Schunck married Miss Judith Brooke, of Stockport. 

 He died January 13, 1903, at his home at Kersal, leaving his wife and 

 four children to survive him. 



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