xl Annual Report of the Council. 



never failed to secure for him the personal regard of those 



who met him. Into all work with which he was concerned 



Dr. Pankhurst threw an extraordinary amount of vigour, his 



temperament being undoubtedly conducive to his untimely 



decease. Dr. Pankhurst was an Associate and a Governor of 



the Owens College. He died on July 5th, 1898. 



W. B. F. 



James Rhodes, F.R.C.S., who was born at Tintwistle in 

 1830, died at Glossop in his sixty-ninth year, on April 21, i8g8. 

 Dr. Rhodes commenced his medical practice at Milltown, but 

 subsequently succeeded to the practice of his relative. Dr. Turton, 

 under whom he had originally served at Glossop. His private 

 practice was large, and extended widely through the High Peak, 

 and the duties of the appointment of Medical Officer were 

 discharged by him for many years. Dr. Rhodes was also one of 

 the earliest members of the Glossop Town Council. During a 

 very busy life he kept up a continual interest in both literary 

 and scientific subjects, and was the author of several papers and 

 articles marked by a clear philosophical spirit, and his annual 

 reports on sanitary and medical matters were highly esteemed, 

 and his attendance at the meeting of the Society was frequent. 

 Dr. Rhodes' manner was markedly genial, kindly, and courteous, 

 and his loss is deplored by all who knew him. His wife died in 

 1882, and he leaves three sons and a daughter. He was elected 

 a member of this Society on April 3, 1883. 



Mr. John Wright was connected with the Society for all 

 too brief a period, his election to membership dating from 20th 

 October, 1896. Though not himself an original investigator, he 

 was always alert to utilise the investigations of others by putting 

 their conclusions to practical tests. He belonged to a Derb}'- 

 shire family, but was born at Cheetham Hill, on the i8th 

 November, 1844, and was educated at the Cheetham Collegiate 

 School. In his early years he became connected with the 

 large manufacturing, home-trade, and shipping firm of 



