_ fortune to be punaeiee with. He has left a widow but no 
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Tia The late G. C. Dennis. 
out apparently in his usual health and spirits to distribute the 
Christmas dole in connection with one of the York charities, 
and whilst thus engaged in the vestry of the church he 
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unconscious almost immediately. e was taken to his home, 
but although he lived until after three o’clock next morning, 
never regained consciousness. For the greater part of his life 
he was connected with the well-known firm of wholesale confec- 
tioners, Sir Joseph Terry & Sons, eventually becoming partner 
in the business. . About two years ago he retired entirely 
from commercial pursuits, to spend his time in natural oe 
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gardening, fishing, and other outdoor recreations. 
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est own, and for many years, as a lepidopterist, and in — 
the pursuit of his favourite study it was his delight to make 
distant and lengthened excursions to localities in various 
parts of the country, and well do I remember the pleasant 
outings we have had together at Saltburn, Morecambe, 
St. Anne’s-on-Sea, Deal (with St. Margaret’s Bay and Folke- 
stone), Hunstanton, Wicken Fen, etc.; and the many equally 
enjoyable shorter excursions to Bishop’s Wood, Pickering, 
Askham Bogs, Edlington Wood, Sandburn, Castle Howard, 
and other well-known (ichttees in our own county. Quite a 
recently Mr. Dennis had taken up the study of the Neuroptera 
and Trichoptera with the intention of forming a collection for 
the York Museum, in which institution he took great interest, 
and to which we believe he has left his collection of insects. 
At the time of his death he was, and had held the office for 
a number of years previously, President of the York and 
District Naturalists’ Society; he also served on the Council 
of the York Philosophical Society; and of one of the York | 
Horticultural Societies, etc.; was a member of the Yorkshire — 
Naturalists’ Union, in which he was always interested, for- 
merly holding office as Secretary to the Entomological Section, 
but the presidency of which, though repeatedly offered to him, 
he always declined. He was a life member of the Entomo- — 
logical Society of London; also. a member of the South 
London Natural History Society. 
In private life Mr. Dennis was genial and unassuming, 
and had a fund of breezy dry humour which, to his friends, 
was most enjoyable. He was devoted to his wife ; ; and was - 
one of the most unselfish men the writer ever had the good 
