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3u riDeinoriam* 



THOMAS NEWBITT, F.G.S. 



1846-1912. 



We much regret to record the death of Mr. Thomas Newbitt, 

 of Whitby, which occurred with tragic suddenness on Saturday, 

 June 15th. Since he retired from his scholastic work in 1899, 

 he has taken'^a prominent part in the municipal and scientific 





life of the town he had made his home in later years, though 

 his birthplace was in Lincolnshire. On the death of Martin 

 Simpson, Mr. Newbitt was appointed Honorary Curator and 

 Secretary of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 the reports of which, as we have had the pleasure of noticing 

 from time to time, have contained many evidences of his 

 activity. Not only has he been entirely responsible for the 

 arrangement and classification of the contents of the museum 

 in recent years, but he has also catalogued the coleoptera and 

 lepidoptera, the ethnographical specimens, and the fairly 

 extensive library. He has also devoted much time to the geo- 

 logical collections, and has assisted Mr. Buckman in the 

 preparation of his work on ' Yorkshire Type Ammonites.' 



Naturalist, 



