432 Obituary — Frof, Angelin — Miscellaneous. 



PROFESSOR ANGELIN, PHIL. DOC. 



EoRN, I8O0. Died, 1876. 



Nils Peter Angelin, the eminent Swedish Palaeontologist, was 

 born in Lund 1805 ; he studied at the University of his native city, 

 and devoted himself to the pursuit of Natural History, especially 

 to G-eolog}^, for the illustration of which he accumulated an immense 

 palgeontological collection. He was during many years a private 

 teacher in Natural History. 



Under the name " Musteum Paleeontologium (suecicum or scandi- 

 navicum ?)," he published in 1839 a series of fossils from the 

 Silurian and Cretaceous formations of Sweden. 



In 1851 he published under the title of " Palaaontologia Suecica " 

 the first part of his monograph of the Silurian Crustacea of Scandi- 

 navia; the second part, "' Palseontologia Scandinavica," appeared in 

 1854. 



He was created a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of 

 Breslau, and was appointed by the University of Lund as Palaeonto- 

 logical Docens ; soon afterwards he got an ordinary position as 

 Palgeontologige Adjunctus. 



In 1865 his Geological Map of Scania appeared, and in the same 

 year he was created Professor at the Eoyal Academy of Sciences 

 of Stockholm, and Director (" Intendent ") of the Palaeontological 

 Department of the States Museum there. His very rich and large 

 collections were bought by the States. He died in Stockholm 

 February 13th, 1876. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. Elkanah Billings, F.G.S., 

 for many years Palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Canada, 

 Montreal. We hope to give some account of his life next month. 



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EoYAL School of Mines, Jekmyn Street. — We understand that 

 the Lords of the Committee of Council of Education have conferred 

 the post of Lecturer on Geology in this Institution (recently vacated 

 by Prof. Eamsay's resignation) upon J. W. Judd, Esq., F.G.S., for 

 some years connected with the Geological Survey of England, and 

 whose name is well known among the leading contributors to the 

 pages of this Magazine. — Edit. Geol. Mag. 



Geology op England and Wales. — We understand that Messrs. 

 Longmans and Co. will publish in October next a work entitled 

 "The Geology of England and Wales; being a concise account of 

 the lithological characters, leading fossils, and economic products of 

 the rocks ; with notes on the phj^sical features of the country." By 

 Horace B. Woodward, F.G.S. (son of the late Dr. S. P. Woodward, 

 F.G.S., of the British Museum), of the Geological Survey of England 

 and Wales. The book will be illustrated by a chromo-lithographic 

 map and numerous woodcuts. 



