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upon these investigations. In this report, the young natural- 

 ists were complimented for the good work they had so 

 successfully conducted. 



Among other appointments held by MlLNE-EDWARDS was 

 that of Professor of Entomology at the Museum Jardin des 

 Plantes. Besides numerous original memoirs, he was author 

 of many important works ; of these it may suffice to mention 

 Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces 1834-40, Histoire Naturelle 

 Coralliares, 1857-60, Lemons stir la Physiologie et V Anatomie 

 comparie de I' Homme et des Animaux, 1 85 7-1 881, 14 vols. 

 Recherches Anatomiques et Zoologiques faites pendant un Voyage 

 sur les Cctes de la Sicilc, etc., with nearly 100 coloured plates. 



Dr. William Benjamin Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S., was born 

 in Exeter, 18 13, and died in London, Nov. 10th, 1885, ,n tne 

 73rd year of his age. He graduated M.D. at the University 

 of Edinburgh at the age of 26, and shortly afterwards com- 

 menced the practice of medicine at Bristol. In 1843, he 

 removed to London, with the determination of devoting him- 

 self entirely to scientific and literary pursuits. He filled the 

 offices of Examiner of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy 

 in the University of London and Professor of Medical Juris- 

 prudence in University College, until 1856, when he succeeded 

 to the Registrarship of the University of London. 



Dr. Carpenter was the author of numerous works ; but the 

 manuals of Physiology, human, comparative, and general, are 

 perhaps more particularly associated with his name. His 

 Microscope and its Revelations still holds its place, as also does 

 his masterly Introduction to the Foraminifera. He also con- 

 tributed able papers to the Cyclopedia of Anatomy and 

 Physiology, and to the journals and transactions of several 

 learned Societies. He took a prominent part in promoting 

 deep-sea exploration and research, and in conjunction with 

 Sir Wyville Thompson, he initiated the Challenger expeditions. 

 The results of these expeditions he reported in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Royal Society, and in the Journal of the Royal 

 Geographical Society. 



Dr. Carpenter was in no sense of the term a specialist, but 

 a many-sided naturalist. After labouring in the brain- 

 exciting occupation of original research, he would by v\ay 



