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Mr Patrick Dudgeon of Cargen, who died on 9th February 
1895, at the ripe age of 78, combined in himself very happily the 
characters of savant and country gentleman. As a mineralogist 
he was a recognised authority, and few could equal his knowledge 
of the mineralogy of his native land. Amongst other scientific 
papers, he wrote a historical account of the finding and working 
of gold in Dumfriesshire. He also published numerous papers 
on the Place-names of Scotland, and compiled a Glossary of the 
Galloway Dialect. As showing his public spirit, I may mention 
that he recently established at Cargen a circulating library, which 
is free to all residents in the neighbourhood. He was much 
esteemed as a landlord, and endeared himself to his friends by 
his sterling character and kindliness. He was elected a Fellow of 
the Society in 1860. 
Dr Thomas A. G. Balfour was educated at the High School and 
the University of Edinburgh. He at first studied for the ministry, 
entering the Theological Hall of the Hew College, but subsequently 
turned his attention to medicine, and having taken the degree of 
M.D., practised for forty years in this city. He wrote several 
works, of which the best known are, All Nature a Symbol , and 
Christ’s Jewels , and he contributed a number of articles to perio- 
dicals. He died on 10th March of the present year, at the age 
of 70. He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1870. 
Dr Benjamin Carrington graduated as M.D. at Edinburgh, and 
subsequently became Medical Officer of Health for Eccles. He 
had a European reputation as a cryptogamic botanist, and was 
a copious contributor to scientific journals. His extensive Crypto- 
gamic Herbarium is now in the Museum of Owens College, 
Manchester. He died on 18th January 1895. He was elected a 
Fellow of this Society in 1874. 
The Rev. Thomas Turnbull was appointed to the first charge 
of the Established Church at Lesmahagow. He discharged his 
pastoral duties with much acceptance, and his sudden death will 
be long regretted by his parishioners, and especially by the poor, 
to whom he is said to have displayed “ unbounded liberality.” 
He died on 22nd May 1894, at the early age of 46 — the same year 
in which he had been elected a Fellow of our Society. 
Dr Murray Thomson was educated at Edinburgh University, 
