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1892. — January 12 th , Armand de Quatrefages deBréau, 

 Member oftheFrencliInslitiite,Professor in the Paris Museum, 

 died in Paris aged 82. He succumbed suddenly without any 

 apparent suffering. — Armand de Quatrefages was born at 

 Berthezène, a small village in the Gévennes (Hérault), France, 

 on the 10 th of February 1810. He was first educated by a 

 young pastor. Later on, he went to the college of Tournon, 

 where he was remarked and befriended by his professor, 

 Mr Sornin , who took him at Strassburg, where he was 

 appointed Professor of Astronomy to the Faculty of Sciences. 

 During his stay in Strassburg he studied mathematics, and 

 at the early age of nineteen, he conquered his diploma of 

 Doctor in Mathematics. In 1832, he passed successfully his 

 examinations as a Doctor in Medicine, after which he retired 

 in Toulouse amongst his family. During his stay in that town, 

 he edited the Journal de médecine et de chirurgie. But the 

 study of Natural Sciences had a great attraction for him, and 

 he soon abandoned his career as a Doctor, and accepted the 

 modest employment of Professor of Zoology in the Faculty 

 of Sciences. With the very small credit of 90 francs monthly, 

 he created there a small Museum, but his ambition was to come 

 to Paris, and after some difficulty, his family consented to his 

 departure. When in Paris, he made the acquaintance of 

 Messrs Agassiz, Vogt, Milne-Edwards, and other Scientists. 

 Since 1840, when he obtained his Diploma of Doctor in Natu- 

 ral Sciences, up to his last day, he worked constantly, and his 

 fame increased. In 1852, he was elected Member of the Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, and three years after he was nominated 

 Proiessor of Anthropology in the Paris Museum, where he 

 professed to the last. His works are too numerous to mention 

 in this brief notice; but I will just mention the Souvenirs 

 d'un Naturaliste , in which he describes in a charming- 

 manner, his stays on the shores of the Atlantic and Mediter- 

 raneanSeas, studying the inferior animals, and the fi ne works 

 which he published on the nature and origin of Man. 



Armand de Quatrefages is the Creator of the fine anthro- 

 pological Collection in the Paris Museum, whichis considered 

 the best one in Europe. He was very amiable and modest, 

 and it is a great loss for Science. 



1892. — January 14 th , Duke of Clarence, the eldest son 

 of Prince of Wales, died in London at the early age of 28. 

 He succumbed from a severe attack of influenza, after a few 

 days illness. — The Duke of Clarence was born the 8 th of 

 January 1864. Science had a great attraction for him. His loss 

 so unexpected and at such a time, on the eve of his marriage, 

 was deeply felt by the reigning family, by all England, and 

 by the Word at large. 



Numerous messages of sympathy and condolance were 



