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Sn Memoriam. 
HENRY CULPIN—1861-1912. 
ALL northern naturalists will receive with great regret the 
news of the sudden death of the Honorary Treasurer of the 
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, Mr. H. Culpin, of Doncaster. 
He was found dead at his desk on the morning of Monday, 
23rd December, within a very short time of reaching the office. 
Those who were at the Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union, only a few days before his decease, saw in 
Mr. Culpin a powerfully-built man in the pride of life, and 
The late H. Culpin at the source of the Nidd, 1912. 
none could possibly have imagined that that life was so soon 
to be brought to a close. 
In connection with his work as Treasurer of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union, Mr. Culpin’s services were incalculable. 
He took over the work at a time when the finances of 
the Union were in a somewhat critical state, and by his 
perseverance, and by exercising rigid economy in every possible 
direction, was able to point out at the recent Meeting that 
the financial status of the Union was quite sound, and 
within easy distance of having a balance on the right side. 
Mr. Culpin’s experience as Accountant to the Great Northern 
Railway Company peculiarly fitted him for the position he 
