THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Vol. XVII.] JUNE, 1893. [No. J 98. 



THE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF GILBERT WHITE. 



In the quiet little churchyard of Selborne, in Hampshire, far 

 removed from the busy haunts of men, a plain headstone, with 

 the inscription " G. W. June 26th. 1793," marks the spot where, 

 exactly one hundred years ago, the Keverend Gilbert White was 

 laid to rest. Against the chancel wall, at first on the outside, but 

 subsequently for better preservation on the inside, is a marble 

 tablet to his memory bearing the following inscription : — 



In the fifth grave from this wall are interred the remains of 



The Rev*. GILBERT WHITE, M.A. 



Fifty years Fellow of Oriel College, in Oxford, 



And Historian of this his native Parish. 



He was the eldest son of John White, Esquire, Barrister at Law 



And Anne his wife, only child of 



Thomas Holt, Rector of Streatham in Surrey, 



which said John White was the only son of Gilbert White, 



formerly Vicar of this Parish. 



He was kind and beneficent to his Relations, 



Benevolent to the Poor, 



And deservedly respected by all his Friends and Neighbours. 



He was born July 18th, 1720, o.s. 

 And died June 26th, 1793. 



Nee bono quicquam mali evenire potest 

 neo vivo, nee mortuo. 



This is the sole monument which at present exists to 

 perpetuate the memory of one who has done more perhaps than 



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