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The 'Rev. Sa3iuel Haxxghton, M.D., D.C.L., P-E-.S., was born at 

 Carlow in 1821. At the early age of 23 he was elected a Fellow 

 of Trinity College, Dublin, having, even then, gained a considerable 

 reputation as a mathematician ; and some of his first published 

 works were the well-known Manuals of Mathematical and Physical 

 Science, which he issued in conjunction with his friend, Prof. 

 Galbraith. He was appointed Professor of Geology in Dublin Uni- 

 versity in 1851. His geological researches were chiefly confined to 

 the study of the Granites of Leinster and Donegal. His class-lectures 

 were always fresh, full of life and interest, and, although he did 

 not attempt to treat the subject exhaustively, he was a stimulating 

 and suggestive teacher. He published a course of his ' Lectures 

 on Geology,' and, later, an interesting though somewhat eccentric 

 course of ' Lectures on Physical Geography.' He had taken holy 

 orders at an early age, but seldom preached. His connexion with 

 medicine began in the year 1859, when, finding that the School of 

 Physic in Ireland was inefficient and in need of reform, he con- 

 ceived the scheme of entering it as a student, and, having attended 

 the classes and hospital, he graduated in medicine in 1862. He then 

 set himself vigorously to work to reform abuses, and to strengthen 

 the School where it was weak. By his energy and practical wisdom 

 he soon brought about a new state of things, and eventually raised the 

 School to the position which it now occupies as the leading medical 

 school of Dublin. He was most sympathetic and helpful to any who 

 tried to do their duty, but firm and unsparing to those who shirked 

 their obligations. His work was recognized and appreciated not 

 only in Ireland, but by the educational and scientific world generally. 

 Oxford, Cambridge, and Edinburgh gave him honorary degrees. He 

 was Fellow of the College of Physicians of Dublin, Honorary FeUow 

 of the College of Surgeons, and honorary member of many foreign 

 scientific societies. He was for 30 years an active member of 

 the Council of the Poyal Irish Academy, and President from 1886 

 to 1891. In the Royal Society's ' Catalogue of Scientific Papers,' 

 some 206 papers are entered as having been written by Dr. Haughton, 

 besides a few in conjunction with others. These are on very various 

 subjects, and exhibit in a marked manner his great versatility. 

 His papers in the Journal of this Society are mainly on the Granites 

 of Ireland, and are to be found in vols, xii, xiv, xv, and xviii (1856- 

 1864). 



All who came in contact with Dr. Haughton were greatly impressed 

 by his charm of manner, and his brightness, humour, and remarkable 

 individuality endeared him to a very wide circle of acquaintances. 



