120 IN MEMOEIAM DR. COLLEY MARCH. 



For a number of years before he departed from Rochdale Dr. March 

 was a Justice of the Peace for the Borough, and he brought to his work 

 in that capacity all the zeal and zest which he displayed in other 

 departments, public and private. For a number of years he w r as also 

 police surgeon for the borough. 



Dr. March was not a native of Rochdale, but during the thirty years 

 or more that he resided amongst us he identified himself with a variety 

 of movements for the social and intellectual advancement of the 

 town. He was an inspiring intellectual force among us, and made for 

 himself a name, especially in medical and archaeological circles, 

 honoured far beyond Rochdale's boundaries. 



Dr. March quickly won his way to a leading place among local 

 practitioners, and long before he retired in 1896 he had one of the largest 

 and most lucrative practices in the town and district. His patients 

 had the greatest faith in his professional skill and knowledge. He 

 took infinite pains to keep abreast of the modern developments of 

 medical science, and he had that valuable type of scientific mind 

 which was never afraid of new discoveries, and was, indeed, ever on the 

 look-out for them. He wrote considerably on professional subjects. 



Locally he was among the earliest of scientific men to seriously take 

 up the investigation of the archaeology and geology of the Rochdale 

 hills ; and the extremely fine collection of flint implements, which he 

 gathered from the Rochdale Neolithic floor and presented to the town 

 in 1896, is practical evidence of his valuable work in this branch of 

 science. 



It is not too much to say that no member of the Literary and Scientific 

 Society made more valuable contributions to the society's literature. 



