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degree of M.D. in the University of Dublin, and also in the Uni- 
versity of Oxford in 1847. During the year of his graduation he 
was appointed Regius Professor of Botany in Dublin University, 
and ten years later he resigned the Dublin chair for that of Regius 
Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh, 
with which was incorporated the Keepership of the Natural History 
Museum. He resigned his Chair in 1870. Allman’s first Paper 
was a botanical one, “ On the Mathematic Relations of Cells of 
Plants.” He wrote on the Crinoids, but his greater reputation 
rests upon his investigations into the Classification and Morphology 
of the Coelenterata and Polyzoa. His magnum opus was on the 
“ Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids.” This monograph ranks 
among the most perfect and philosophic of all modern zoological 
treatises. He was one of the most prolific of naturalists, and 
between the years 1835-1873, and apart from his monographs, 
produced more than 100 papers. He was elected a Eellow of the 
Royal Society in 1854, and in 1873 received the Society’s Gold 
Medal. He was elected a Eellow of our Society in 1856, and in 
1877 was awarded the Brisbane Gold Medal. In 1878 he was 
awarded the Cunningham Gold Medal of the Royal Irish Academy, 
and in 1896 the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society, of which he 
had been President. He died on 24th November 1898. 
Sir James Bain was a native of Glasgow, and was born in the 
year 1818. He started ironworks at Whitehaven, but always 
retained his connection with Glasgow. He was elected Lord 
Provost of Glasgow in 1874. Sir James interested himself much 
and successfully in extending the dock accommodation of Glasgow. 
In 1891 he was returned Member of Parliament for Whitehaven. 
In 1877 he received the honour of knighthood. He took a great 
interest in scientific matters, and was a Fellow of the Royal Geo- 
graphical Society and a Fellow of the Scottish Society of Anti- 
quaries. He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1875, and 
died on 25th April 1898. 
Dr Campbell Black was born in Oban about fifty-five years 
ago, and loved the Highlands, being at his death President of the 
Glasgow Gaelic Society, and a member of many other Celtic 
bodies. He held opinions antagonistic to those of the great 
majority of medical men, and lost no opportunity of making an 
