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3n fiDemoriam. 



F. M. BURTON, F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 (1829 — 1912). 



We are sorry to have to record the 'death, '"on May 17th, of 

 Frederic Merryweather Burton, at his residence, Highfield, 



Gainsborough. Though considerably handicapped through 

 the loss of his right arm as a result of a shooting accident, Mr. 

 Burton successfully practiced as a solicitor, and from 1859 ^o 



