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  Forth 
  afforded 
  favourable 
  opportunities 
  for 
  observation 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  would 
  

   spend 
  hours 
  patiently 
  watching 
  the 
  phenomena 
  exhibited 
  by 
  these 
  humble 
  

   organisms 
  in 
  their 
  native 
  element. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Grant 
  remained 
  in 
  Edinburgh 
  till 
  1827, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  mean 
  time 
  com- 
  

   municated 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  various 
  scientific 
  inquiries 
  to 
  the 
  ' 
  Edinburgh 
  

   Philosophical 
  Journal 
  ' 
  and 
  the 
  ' 
  Memoirs 
  of 
  the 
  Wernerian 
  Society,' 
  of 
  

   which 
  he 
  became 
  an 
  active 
  member. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  (in 
  1824) 
  elected 
  a 
  

   Eellow 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  Edinburgh. 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  1827 
  Dr. 
  Grant 
  was 
  elected 
  Professor 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Anatomy 
  

   and 
  Zoology 
  in 
  the 
  newly 
  founded 
  University 
  of 
  London, 
  afterwards 
  

   University 
  College. 
  He 
  was 
  not 
  altogether 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  teaching. 
  

   He 
  had 
  some 
  early, 
  though 
  brief, 
  experience 
  in 
  Edinburgh, 
  in 
  1824, 
  when 
  

   Dr. 
  Barclay, 
  who 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  had 
  delivered 
  lectures 
  on 
  Comparative 
  

   Anatomy 
  during 
  the 
  Summer 
  Session, 
  entrusted 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   course 
  which 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  anatomy 
  of 
  invertebrated 
  animals. 
  He 
  entered 
  

   on 
  his 
  duties 
  in 
  London 
  in 
  1828, 
  and 
  in 
  October 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  delivered 
  his 
  

   inaugural 
  lecture, 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  went 
  through 
  two 
  

   editions. 
  In 
  this 
  office 
  he 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  death, 
  during 
  

   which 
  long 
  period 
  of 
  forty-six 
  academical 
  years 
  he 
  never 
  omitted 
  a 
  single 
  

   lecture. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  point 
  on 
  which 
  he 
  justly 
  prided 
  himself. 
  Up 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  

   Session 
  (1873-74) 
  he 
  continued 
  to 
  give 
  five 
  lectures 
  a 
  week 
  ; 
  but, 
  sensible 
  

   of 
  failing 
  strength, 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  number 
  to 
  three 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  

   Session 
  (which 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  destined 
  to 
  see). 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  pupils 
  in 
  his 
  

   class 
  fluctuated 
  a 
  good 
  deal, 
  but 
  was 
  never 
  large, 
  attendance 
  not 
  being 
  

   compulsory 
  in 
  the 
  Medical 
  Curriculum 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  Licensing 
  Cor- 
  

   porations. 
  In 
  one 
  Session 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  fifty-six, 
  but 
  usually 
  it 
  was 
  

   between 
  thirty 
  and 
  forty, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  much 
  less. 
  

  

  After 
  he 
  had 
  thus 
  laboured 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  twenty 
  years, 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  

   the 
  College 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  kmall 
  return 
  he 
  received 
  for 
  his 
  services 
  an 
  

   annual 
  stipend 
  of 
  =£100, 
  which 
  was 
  continued 
  during 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  his 
  

   incumbency. 
  About 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  his 
  friends, 
  in 
  present- 
  

   ing 
  him 
  with 
  a 
  microscope 
  in 
  testimony 
  of 
  their 
  esteem, 
  purchased 
  for 
  

   him 
  a 
  Government 
  Annuity 
  of 
  £50. 
  Afterwards 
  he 
  succeeded 
  to 
  some 
  

   property 
  left 
  by 
  his 
  brother 
  Erancis, 
  an 
  officer 
  in 
  the 
  Madras 
  Army, 
  who 
  

   died 
  in 
  1852 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  latter 
  years 
  he 
  found 
  himself 
  in 
  easy 
  circum- 
  

   stances. 
  

  

  His 
  leading 
  pupils 
  were 
  much 
  attached 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  sincerely 
  

   esteemed 
  and 
  respected 
  by 
  all. 
  His 
  style 
  of 
  lecturing 
  was 
  clear 
  and 
  

   impressive, 
  with 
  a 
  ready 
  and 
  copious 
  flow 
  of 
  language. 
  Without 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  his 
  mode 
  of 
  treating 
  his 
  subject, 
  we 
  may 
  nevertheless 
  

   remark 
  that 
  on 
  one 
  great 
  biological 
  question 
  (the 
  origin 
  of 
  species) 
  he 
  

   was 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  an 
  evolutionist, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  promulgation 
  of 
  the 
  Dar- 
  

   winian 
  hypothesis 
  of 
  natural 
  selection 
  he 
  became 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  warmest 
  

   adherents. 
  

  

  In 
  1833 
  Dr. 
  Grant 
  delivered 
  a 
  gratuitous 
  course 
  of 
  forty 
  lectures 
  on 
  

   the 
  structure 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  animals 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Zoolo- 
  

  

  