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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  OBITUARY. 
  

   Dr. 
  William 
  Francis. 
  

  

  The 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Francis, 
  which 
  occurred 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  January, 
  will 
  

   be 
  regretted 
  by 
  all 
  zoologists, 
  to 
  most 
  of 
  whom 
  ' 
  The 
  Annals 
  and 
  Maga- 
  

   zine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ' 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  best 
  known 
  publications. 
  He 
  was 
  

   born 
  in 
  London 
  on 
  Feb. 
  16th, 
  1817 
  ; 
  educated 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  at 
  University 
  

   College 
  School, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  at 
  St. 
  Omer, 
  Cravelt, 
  and 
  Gera, 
  which 
  he 
  

   left 
  in 
  1836, 
  and 
  spent 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  at 
  the 
  London 
  University 
  (Uni- 
  

   versity 
  College). 
  Thence 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Berlin, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  to 
  

   Giessen, 
  where 
  he 
  took 
  his 
  degree 
  of 
  Doctor 
  of 
  Philosophy 
  in 
  1842. 
  

  

  In 
  1837 
  he 
  suggested 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Taylor 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Annals,' 
  which 
  he 
  edited 
  from 
  the 
  commencement, 
  although 
  his 
  name 
  

   did 
  not 
  appear 
  on 
  the 
  wrapper 
  until 
  January, 
  1859. 
  He 
  became 
  co- 
  

   editor 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Philosophical 
  Magazine' 
  in 
  1851, 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  

   previous 
  had 
  taken 
  an 
  active 
  share 
  in 
  its 
  management. 
  In 
  1812, 
  in 
  

   conjunction 
  with 
  Henry 
  Croft, 
  he 
  founded 
  the 
  ' 
  Chemical 
  Gazette.' 
  

  

  During 
  his 
  long 
  life 
  Dr. 
  Francis, 
  in 
  his 
  business 
  capacity, 
  printed 
  

   a 
  vast 
  number 
  of 
  zoological 
  books 
  and 
  publications, 
  was 
  in 
  touch, 
  

   as 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine,' 
  with 
  most 
  zoologists, 
  and 
  

   proved 
  what 
  the 
  printing 
  press 
  at 
  Bed 
  Lion 
  Court 
  could 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  

   furtherance 
  of 
  biology. 
  In 
  his 
  business 
  establishment 
  it 
  was 
  always 
  

   a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  same 
  old 
  official 
  faces, 
  a 
  criterion 
  of 
  the 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  both 
  employer 
  and 
  employee, 
  and 
  he 
  may 
  truly 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  respect 
  of 
  all 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  brought 
  in 
  contact. 
  

   Before 
  his 
  declining 
  years 
  he 
  used 
  annually 
  to 
  entertain 
  a 
  company 
  of 
  

   entomologists 
  and 
  other 
  zoologists 
  at 
  his 
  Richmond 
  home. 
  

  

  