Dr. Carpenter. 5T 



penter, long a resident in Montreal and equally esteemed 

 and beloved for his scientific eminence, public services, and 

 Christian character. 



The following notice of Dr. Carpenter's life and scientific 

 work is extracted from the London Athena j um : — 



" Dr. Carpenter had a life of hard work. He was for 

 years actively engaged in the drudgery of teaching; he was 

 always preparing and compiling valuable manuals ; and he 

 was an energetic writer for, and editor of, periodical publi- 

 cations. The activity of many of his best years (1856-1878) 

 was devoted to the interests of the University of London, 

 and much of the high position which that examining body 

 bears is due to Dr. Carpenter's character, feelings and pur- 

 suits. He was constantly engaged in elaborate researches 

 into the general or minute structures of animals, and he 

 took more than his fair share in the duties which scientific 

 men owe to the scientific bodies with which they become 

 connected. 



"But, in addition to all these engagements and studies, 

 Dr. Carpenter was essentially a good citizen. He took the 

 highest interest in social questions, on which he threw the 

 light of scientific knowledge ; he persistently endeavoured 

 to expose such superstitions or follies as were based on 

 ignorance or neglect of a knowledge of natural laws; and 

 he entered actively into the pursuit of objects which ap- 

 peared likely to improve the sciences he had at heart. It 

 is sufficient to refer to his lectures on temperance, his let- 

 ters on vaccination, his exposure of phrenology, his treat- 

 ment of the spiritualists and their doctrines, and the share 

 which he took in the early days of deep-sea dredging and in 

 advancing the general cause of marine zoology, to prove 

 abundantly the statements just made ; if any other proofs 

 are needed, a file of the Times has only to be consulted. 



" In the department of zoology we must make especial 

 reference to his reports on the microscopic structure of 

 shells, presented to the British Association in 1844 and on- 

 wards ; his work on the Foraminifera (and the consequent 

 discussions on the organic nature of Eozoon canadense) pub- 

 lished in the Transactions of the Royal Society and in a 



