The late J. Yonqe Akerman, Esq., F.S.A. 



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he held, and the arduous duties of this responsible office he dis- 

 charged, with credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of the 

 magistrates, until the 24th of September last, when, in the full 

 possession of his faculties, he was suddenly taken with an apoplectic 

 seizure, which soon terminated his existence. 



In addition to the archaeological essays alluded to above, Dr. 

 Thurnam was the author of many memoirs on various pathological 

 subjects, to the great merit of which ample testimony has been 

 accorded by the faculty, both in this country and on the continent. 



We cannot conclude this brief memoir of our lamented friend, 

 without an expression of hearty sympathy for his bereaved family, 

 as well as of sincere personal regret at the loss we have sustained. 



[A.C.S.] 



%\t late |, jjonge ^feerman, €aqf, 



|p||gHIS gentleman was a native of Wiltshire, and though he 

 j jffgj l had been for a long time compelled by ill-health to reside 

 away from London, was some years ago well known there, both in 

 his official character as Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, and 

 as a literary man by his works on archaeological subjects. He is 

 principally known by his publications on coins : such as the Numis- 

 matic Manual, Ancient Coins of Cities and Princes, Numismatic 

 Illustrations of the New Testament, &c. He was also the author of 

 " Remains of Pagan Saxondom," an c( Arch&ological Index" and, in 

 more immediate connection with his native county, of an amusing 

 little book called a Wiltshire Tales," also a " Glossary of Wiltshire 

 Words." In the Archaologia," among other papers from his pen, 

 were two interesting ones, on " The Possessions of Malmsbury 

 Abbey — with a map/'' He died at Abingdon, on the 18th Novem- 

 ber, 1873, in his sixty-fifth year. 



