528 OUtuarij—John Ellor Taylor, Ph.D., F.L.8., etc. 



the Crag at Thorpe, near Norwich ; and in 1840 he sent to the 

 " Magazine of Natural History " a " Notice of the existence of 

 a distinct Tube within the hollows of the Paramoudra." In later 

 5'ears he announced before the Norwich Geological Society, the 

 finding of Deer's antlers in the re-deposited Chalk at Hartford 

 Bridges, near Norwich ; and also the discoverjr of Flint Implements 

 in the valley of the Little Ouse. His fine collection is placed in 

 a special room in the new Museum-buildings at Norwich Castle. 

 He died on April 4th, 1895, in the 93rd year of his age. 



JOHN ELLOR TAYLOR, Ph.D., F.L.S., Etc. 

 BoBN September 21st, 1835. Died September 28th, 1895. 



As an enthusiastic lover of Nature, and a popular exponent of 

 Geological and Botanical Science, Dr. Taylor did much to arouse in 

 others an interest in Natural History subjects. The son of the fore- 

 man of a cotton factory, he was born at Levenshulme, Manchester, 

 and was employed in early years in the railwaj'-works at Crewe. 

 Developing a taste for literature and science, he read largely, 

 cultivated a facile style of writing, and became a contributor to 

 a Manchester paper. His leisure hours were devoted to Geolog}'-, 

 and in his first work, " Geological Essays" (1864), he gave a sketch 

 of the geology of Manchester and its neighbourhood. About the 

 year 1862 he settled in Norwich, as a sub-editor of the Norwich 

 Mercury, and stirred up much interest in the geology of the country 

 round the old city. He drew attention to the disturbed Chalk at 

 Whitlingham, Swainsthorpe, and other places ; he pointed out the 

 differences in the Mollusca preserved in the two shell-beds in the 

 Norwich Crag at Bramerton ; and, in conjunction with the late John 

 Gunn, he established the Norwich Geological Society, which is now 

 incorporated with the Norfolk Naturalists' Society. Before these 

 local Societies, and before the British Association, the results of his 

 geological obsei'vations were brought ; and records of his work are 

 printed in the earlier volumes of the Geological Magazine. In 

 1866 he published a little introduction to Geology, entitled "Litho- 

 graphs," and subsequently other popular works on Natural History 

 flowed from his pen. In 1872 he was appointed Curator to the 

 Ipswich Museum, a post from which he retired through ill-health 

 about two years ago. He contributed a capital " Sketch of the 

 Geology of Suffolk " to White's History of the County ; and for 

 many years he was Editor of Science Gossip. His Science Lectures 

 at Ipswich and elsewhere were widely appreciated, and of late years 

 he was a strong advocate of the search for Coal in East Anglia. 



Dr. J. E. Taylor was present in the Geological Section of the 

 British Association at Ipswich in September last, and spoke on the 

 subject of the deep-boring in search of coal at Stutton ; and definitely 

 stated his opinion, that though unfavourable to the anticipations and 

 hopes of himself and others, he believed that the boring had brought 

 up a sample of the Yoredale Shales below the real Coal-measures. 



Erratum. — On p. 472, October Number Geol. Mag., line 17 from top of pat)- 

 for Geniformes read Gruiformes. — Edit. Geol. Mag. 



