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he died after a very short illness on July 7, his mind happily 

 remaining unclouded till near the end. 



Allport was not a voluminous writer. He published rather 

 less than twenty papers in all, most of which appeared in this 

 Magazine, or in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 

 In the former those on the South Staffordshire Basalts (1869), the 

 Wolf Eock Phonolite (1871), and the Pitchstones of Arran (1872) 

 may be specially mentioned ; in the latter the highly important papers 

 on the British Carboniferous Dolerites (1874), on the Metamorphic 

 Eocks surrounding the Land's End Granite (1876), on devitrified 

 Pitchstones and Perlites from Shropshire (1877), and on the 

 Diorites from the Warwickshire Coalfield (1879). He became 

 a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1869, was awarded the 

 Wollaston Fund in 1879, and received the Lyell Medal in 1887. 



We cannot measure the value of Allport's work by its quantity. 

 His extreme care as an observer, alike in the field and with the 

 microscope, his wide range of knowledge, for he was far more 

 than a petrologist, his strictly inductive habit of mind, give to that 

 work exceptional solidity and permanent value. Though he was 

 compelled to feel his way, as a man in an unknown forest, he was 

 one of the safest of guides. To such a patient, accurate observer 

 and sound, cautious reasouer, flashy hypotheses presented no charms, 

 and Samuel Allport did much to liberate petrology from such errors 

 as making geological age a factor of importance in the classification 

 of igneous rocks. Amiable, courteous, and openhanded, he was 

 beloved by those who had the good fortune to know him. 

 Absolutely free from all petty jealousies, he was the most generous 

 of helpers to all younger men who were attracted to his favourite 

 study. Whatever he knew was at the service of others, and no 

 man owes him a deeper debt of gratitude than the writer of this 

 tribute to his memory. T. G. B. 



PROFESSOR 8. A. B. LUNDGREN. 



BoKN February 19, 1843. Died January 7, 1897. 



The death of Professor Lundgren has removed from Sweden 

 a valued worker in the field of geological science, and in him the 

 Univei'sity of Lund has lost one of its most energetic and able 

 lecturers. 



Sven Anders Bernhard Lundgren was born at Malmo in Scania 

 on the 19th of February, 1843. He seems to have passed the early 

 days of his life in his native town, but became a student at the 

 University of Lund in the autumn of 1860. 



He worked diligently at all the subjects then considered essential 

 for the degree in Philosophy, but at an early stage in his career he 

 showed a marked preference for natural science. He especially 

 distinguished himself in zoology and botany, and was a very fair 

 chemist. 



Geology was not at that time recognized as a distinct subject in the 

 examinations of the University ; nevertheless. Lundgren attended 

 some lectures on that subject given by N. P. Angelin. He took his 



