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THE BRITISH NATURALIST 



[January 



Obituary. 



HENRY TIBBETS STAINTON. 



Only eleven months ago, we had the pleasure of presenting our 

 readers with a portrait of Mr. Stainton, and he has already gone from 

 us, having died on 2nd December at the age of 70. Having so 

 recently (" British Naturalist," Vol. 11, p. 44) given an account of his 

 entomological work, it is unnecessary to refer to it again at length. 

 Just at the right moment, when extra postal facilities, and the 

 extension of the railway system gave greater opportunities for inter- 

 communication among Entomologists, he brought out his " Entomo- 

 logists' Annual " (1855), his " Manual of British Butterflies and 

 Moths" (1856), and "The Entomologist Weekly Intelligence." 

 These gave the impetus wanting, and made Entomology what it is 

 to-day. He also arranged a series of " At Homes " for the winter 

 season and conducted personally, excursions to various well-known 

 localities in the summer, and so brought about that feeling of good 

 fellowship that still obtains amongst us. His uniform courtesy to 

 enquirers, and his geniality will never be forgotten by those who knew 

 him. His works will survive him. 



SIR RICHARD OWEN. 



It is a curious coincidence that in the same number in which we 

 give a portrait of Professor Flower we have to announce the death of 

 his predecessor. In many respects the career of the two naturalists 

 were similar. Both were born and educated in the provinces, both 

 turned their attention to anatomy, and both became surgeons, both 

 became curators in the Hunterian Museum, and finally both became 

 Superintendents of the Natural History Department of the British 

 Museum. 



Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., M.D., D.C.L. LL.D., F.R.S., &c, 

 &c, was born at Lancaster, July 20th, 1854, anc ^ studied at the 

 grammar school there, he subsequently matriculated at Edinburgh, 

 and entered the Medical School at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 

 became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of London in 

 1826, aud began life as a general practitioner in Serle Street, Lincoln's 

 Inn Fields, but his subsequent appointment, on Mr. Abernethy's 

 recommendation, to the post of Assistant Curator of the Hunterian 

 Museum, led him to devote his attention exclusively to the study of 

 comparative anatomy. In 1834 he was appointed to the Chair of 

 Comparative Anatomy at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and soon after- 

 wards he married the only daughter of his colleague, Mr. William 



