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complete work of the kind. It lias been translated into English 

 and French. This was followed in 1899 by a connected work 

 on the progress of geology down to the end of the 19th century. 

 The Geschichte der Geologic utid Pakontologie, in which he 

 records our advance in the knowledge of the ancient history of 

 the earth, with a literary skill leaving nothing to be desired. 

 This of itself would mark him out as one of the leaders of 

 thought in his time. In October last his labours were cut short 

 by his being knocked down in the street by a cycle, and the 

 shock proved too severe for a frame weakened by heart disease. 

 He died on the 5th January last, full of honours, amid the 

 regret of his wide circle of friends, and of those who have 

 been influenced by his writings in all parts of the civilised world. 



W. B. D. 



Mr. John Jackson Ashworth was the son of a cotton 

 manufacturer, Mr. Thomas Ashworth of the Pendleton Mills, 

 and Gorsefield, Eccles Old Road, who was an Alderman of the 

 Borough of Salford. Subsequently the son also became a 

 member of the Salford Town Council. Mr. John Ashworth's 

 tastes were from boyhood scientific, and in early life he became 

 a student in the chemical laboratory of the old Owens College, 

 then located in Quay Street, Manchester, a fellow student being 

 the present Professor T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., of the Government 

 Laboratory in Clements' Inn Passage, London, and an honorary 

 member of this Society. The sudden death of his father 

 compelled young Ashworth, as the eldest son, to abandon his 

 scientific career in order to carry on the mill and administer the 

 estate under the provisions of his father's will for the benefit of 

 the younger members of the family. He had a chequered 

 business career owing to recurring depression in the cotton 

 trade, but found much relief in his interest in pure science, 

 especially chemical science. He gave much attention to 

 microscopical investigation, practised photography very success- 

 fully, and, like his friend the late Mr. Richard Dale, the chemist, 

 was fond of musical studies. He was elected a member of the 



