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Bn Wemoriam. 
ALEXANDER NORMAN TATE, F.LC. 
WHEN a man so well known, so universally esteemed, as the late 
Mr. A. Norman Tate passes away from among us, it is impossible at 
once to realise the full extent of our loss. Those who have ever been 
brought in contact with him will feel that it is a real calamity to have 
him removed from their midst in the very prime of life ; and, apart 
from the public usefulness of his profession, in which he had attained 
so well deserved an eminence, his loss as a citizen, ever active in 
self-sacrificing labours in the cause of popular education, will be felt 
far and wide. Many a young man owes both position and livelihood 
to Mr. Tate’s help and teaching; while his valued counsel and 
friendly aid will long be missed by those who were privileged to 
enjoy his friendship or to associate with him in one direction or 
another of his public work. Mr. Tate’s death (which occurred, after 
a long illness, on the 22nd July) leaves a distinct void in the 
intellectual life of Liverpool. In the commercial world, too, his 
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