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the next three years. In 1838 he was appointed to the Chair of 
Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, as successor to Professor 
Wallace. He has been a Fellow of this Society ever since he came to 
Edinburgh ; and only last year was elected to its highest office. 
The loss which this Society suffered in the death of its President 
has already been characterised in fitting words by Sir Alexander 
Grant ( ante p. 208). What we are now called upon to do, is to give 
a general account of his services alike to the University of Edin- 
burgh and to science. 
Kelland occupied the Mathematical Chair from the time of the 
resignation of Professor Wallace in 1838 — a period including forty- 
one complete sessions. During six months of each year he gave at 
least thirteen lectures in all per week to his three classes ; and for at 
least four sessions, during the illness of Professor Eorbes, he conducted 
the Natural Philosophy course also. He was, besides, for long periods 
secretary of Senatus, and of the Board of Visitors of the Observatory, 
and was constantly employed in conducting examinations for 
various public bodies and institutions, e.g ., the Colleges of 
Physicians and Surgeons, the Dick Bequest, the Edinburgh High 
School, &c., and on several important occasions his services were 
engaged by one of the Scottish Insurance Offices with a view to the 
septennial investigation of its affairs from the actuarial point of 
view. In this connection he made a tour in Canada and the United 
States, of which he published an account in a charming little volume 
called “ Transatlantic Sketches.” If we add to this the labour en- 
tailed by his various published works and original scientific papers, 
as well as his constant contributions to educational publications, we 
can easily see what an active life he spent. To the very end of his 
career his activity never seemed to flag. His college duties grew 
from year to year, partly in consequence of the great increase in the 
number of students, but mainly because of the enormous increase of 
graduation. And he kept up, year after year, from 1869 at least, two 
Mathematical Classes for the Edinburgh Ladies’ Educational Associa- 
tion. Yet his teaching was to the last as thorough as ever ; and no 
better proof could be desired than the fact that three of the last four 
awards of the Ferguson Mathematical Scholarship, which is open 
to all the Scottish Universities, have been made in favour of Edin- 
burgh students. 
