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by the Rev. W. Scott Moncrieff, vicar of Bishop-Wearmouth, who 
was for some years Mr Drummond’s colleague in St Thomas’, and a 
large concourse of friends testified to the affection and respect in 
which he had been held. His funeral sermon was preached in St 
Thomas’ and St Yincent English Episcopal Chapels, by the Rev. C. 
T. Astley, vicar of Gillingham, Chatham, who had formerly assisted 
him at St Thomas’. 
William Keddie became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edin- 
burgh in 1867, and died suddenly at Oban on 26th July 1877. 
He was born at Peebles on 2 2d March 1809, and with the 
exception of the first seven years, all his life-time was spent in 
Glasgow. At the age of thirteen he entered a printing establish- 
ment, and continued in it till he was twenty years of age. In 1832 
he became sub-editor of the “ Scottish Guardian,” and contributed 
many valuable scientific articles to that newspaper. He attended 
also scientific classes at the University of Glasgow and the Ander- 
sonian College. He was a pupil of the Botanical class in the former, 
during the year 1843 when Dr Balfour was Professor. He 
ultimately became principal editor of the “ Guardian.” He was 
connected with the paper for twenty-seven years. Mr Keddie 
afterwards lecturerd on Natural History in the Free Church 
College. He made an excellent collection of geological and 
zoological specimens, which were handed over to the College. He 
was elected Secretary of the Glasgow Philosophical Society and 
editor of its Transactions. He published accounts of his visits to 
various Botanic Gardens in Britain, as well as to the Bass Rock and 
the Highlands of Scotland. His kind and genial manner and his 
fine flow of spirits made him a most pleasant companion in scientific 
excursions. His loss is much felt by the followers of science in 
Glasgow. 
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