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340 Canadian Record of Science. 
THE LatTE Dr. JoHN STRONG NEWBERRY. 
The United States has lost one of its ablest geological 
workers, in the death of Dr. Newberry. Born in 1822, and 
having first appeared as a scientific investigator and writer 
in 1851, he may be regarded as one of the senior scientific 
men of the Union, and few have worked more diligently 
and assiduously, or on a greater variety of subjects. 
Personally, Newberry was frank, kindly, generous and 
upright; and beloved by those who had the honour of his 
acquaintance. His early papers on the fossil plants and 
fossil fishes of the Carboniferous established his reputation 
as a paleontologist, and were followed by a long series of 
reports and papers on these subjects, all done with con- 
scientious care, and of the highest scientific value. Later, 
he worked with much success at the mesosoic and tertiary 
floras; and laid foundations in these departments which 
others have built on. As a physical geologist his Colorado 
reports and his later work in Ohio, have given him a wide 
reputation ; and in these explorations he evinced a power of 
inductive reasoning and a grasp of the various phenomena 
observed, of a very uncommon character. While thus 
eminent in scientific geology, he was willing to give the 
benefit of his knowledge to the development of the mineral 
resources of his country, and he rejoiced in any opportunity 
to popularize the subjects of his studies in lectures and 
magazine articles, and he was a leading mind in the teach- 
ing work of the School of Mines of Columbia College, New 
York. The following notice in ‘‘ Nature,” is probably from 
the pen of the distinguished head of the Geological Survey 
of Great Britain; and may serve to show the estimation in 
which he was held beyond the limits of his native country. 
Jin Wield: 
‘Tt is not only in the United States that the death of this 
veteran of scientific research will bring widespread regret. 
To many geologists and paleontologists in this country and 
on the Continent he was personally known, and those 
whom he honoured with his friendship will feel keenly the 
