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Rev. John Mocket Cramp, D. D.— Born at St. Peter's, 

 England, 25th, July, 1796, son of Rev. Thomas Cramp, pastor 

 of St. Peter's Baptist Church; died at Wolfville, N. S., 6th 

 December, 1881. Was ordained in 1818, and from that year 

 to 1825 was pastor of Dean St. Baptist Church, Southward; 

 from 1827 to 1842 co-pastor with his father at St. Peter's; and 

 from 1842 to 1844 was pastor at Hastings. In 1844 he came 

 to Canada as principal of the Montreal Baptist College, 

 Montreal, holding that position until 1851 when he was 

 appointed president of Acadia College, Wolfville, N. S. From 

 1853 to 1855 he was principal of the Theological Institute, 

 Acadia College, and from the latter year until 1869 was again 

 president of Acadia. He was one of our original members, 

 but contributed nothing to its Transactions although re- 

 taining his interest in its welfare. 



Colonel Francis Duncan, R. A., C. B., M. P., LL. D., 

 D. C. L.— Born 4th April, 1836; died, 1888. Graduated M. A. 

 from Marischal College, Aberdeen and commissioned lieut- 

 enant in Royal Artillery, 24th September, 1855; served at 

 Hali'ax and in Canada, 1857 to 1862; commis ioned captain 

 in 1864 and major in 1874 Was instructor in gunnery, 

 School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, 1877 to 1882. Became 

 lieutenant-colonel in 1881, and wa? emp oyed with the 

 Egyptian Army from January, 1883, to November, 1885, 

 taking an active part in the Soudan Expedition of 1884-5, 

 commanded the artillery of the Egyptian army and employed 

 on lines of communication and as commandant of Wady 

 Haifa. Was mentioned in despatches, became a colonel in 

 June 1885, received the Egyptian medal with clasp and made 

 C. B. (1885). Was conservative member of parliament for 

 Holborn division of Finsbury, 1885-6. Received the degree 

 of LL.D from Aberdeen, and D. C. L. from Durham. Dun- 

 can, who was stationed at Halifax from 1857 to 1862 with 

 Hardy, was among the names of the original members of the 

 Institute of Natural Science, and deserves mention here only 



