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felt I should also remember my birthplace and Newabbey, where I 
was at school for some years before going to Edinburgh.” 
I am indebted to Dr Gunning’s agents, Messrs Auld & Mac- 
donald, W.S., for the following record of his chief benefactions — - 
The University of Edinburgh for Medical Prizes, £5000 ; the 
University of Edinburgh for Divinity Prizes, £5000 ; Protestant 
Institute of Scotland, £1000 ; Waldensian Missions Aid Society, 
£2500 ; Reformed Church of Bohemia, £2500 ; Evangelical 
Church of Italy, £2500; Royal Society of Edinburgh, £1000; 
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, £1000 ; Association for 
University Education of Women, £1000 ; New College, Edinburgh, 
for Science Prizes, £1000 ; Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 
£1000; Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, £1000; Royal 
Society, London, £1000 ; Victoria Institute, London, £500 ; 
Dumfries Infirmary, £1250 ; and Robertson’s Orphanage, South 
Queensferry, £1000 ; more than £28,000. 
In forwarding this list Mr Macdonald adds : — “ I enclose a list 
of Dr Gunning’s benefactions which are passing through my hands. 
Of course his benefactions to the West Port Church, from first to 
last, must have come to a very large sum. He continued his 
subscriptions to it all the time he was in Brazil.” 
Now I am far from gauging the worth of a man by his wealth, 
or his greatness by his giving. But it seemed to me the only 
way to shed light on the individualism of one whose environments 
were often so many, and their influence on his every-day life so 
well marked. The list of his benefactions make it clear that he had 
determined to devote his riches only to schemes which were great 
and good. These considerations lead us to seek for links between 
his personal motives and every-day practices. The Institutions to 
the help of which his gifts were so generous were associated with 
philanthropy or with physical and natural science. 
In looking over the material for this biographical notice, I am 
struck with Dr Gunning’s frequent references to two men who, in 
their several departments of thought, were in their day men of 
mark, men appreciated by him while they lived and not forgotten 
after their death. One could not be long in his company without 
hearing him refer to one or the other — Thomas Chalmers, D.D.. 
and Robert Christison, M.D. In this connection we find a key to 
