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up the general conclusions of his researches in 1887, in his 
work entitled “A New Basis of Chemistry,’ which has 
gone into a third edition and has been translated into French. 
His latest work, published in 1891, “Systematic Mineralo- 
gy,” gives a new Classification of the mineral kingdom 
based on an improvement of what used to be called the 
Natural History System, followed long ago by Mohs and 
Jameson. It would be premature to express any opinion as 
to the acceptance by chemists and mineralogists in general, 
of the new views propounded in these works; but they are 
unquestionably able and full of important generalizations 
and suggestions which must make their mark in the science 
of the future. 
Dr. Hunt found time to do some work as an educator. 
He was professor of chemistry in Laval University, Quebec, 
from 1856 to 1862, during which time he delivered annual 
courses of lectures in French. He continued to be honorary 
professor until his death. He was also for several years 
lecturer in McGill University, Montreal, and was professor 
of geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
1872-1878. Among his academic titles were those of M.A., 
Harvard; Se.D., Laval; LL.D., McGill, and finally LL.D., 
Cambridge, England. He was elected a fellow of the Royal 
Society of London in 1859. He was a member of a large 
number of other societies, both Canadian and foreign. A 
member of the National Academy of Science of the United 
States since 1873, he was president of the American Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science, and of the Ameri- 
can Institute of Mining Engineers, and twice president of 
the American Chemical society. He was one of the original 
members and the third president of the Royal Society of 
Canada, which, uniting some features of the British Asso- 
ciation with those of a Royal Society, elects a new presi- 
dent annually. One of the organizers of the International 
Geological congress, he was its first secretary, and was a 
vice-president at the congresses of Paris, 1878, Boulogne, 
1881, and London, 1888. In connection with the great in- 
dustrial exhibitions Dr. Hunt represented Canada as a 
