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Naval Construction. Under his superintendence some two hundred and 
fifty ships of various types were added to our Navy at a cost of about one 
hundred millions sterling, and for the work of construction of that great fleet 
Sir William was ultimately responsible. He died on 27th February 1913, 
in the 68th year of his age. 
J. J. Kirk Duncanson, M.D., studied medicine at Edinburgh and various 
medical schools on the Continent. He graduated M.D. at the University of 
Edinburgh in 1871, was elected to the Fellowship of our Society in 1890, 
and died on 12th March 1913. 
Walter Whitehead, F.R.C.S.E., was formerly Professor in Clinical 
Surgery in Victoria University, Manchester; past-President of the British 
Medical Association ; and author of many important works in surgery. He 
was elected a Fellow in 1881, and died on 19th August 1913. 
James Gordon MacGregor, D.Sc., LL.D , F.R.S., Professor of Natural 
Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, passed away very suddenly on 
21st May 1913. He was elected to our Fellowship in 1880, and served one 
term on the Council. His genuine character had endeared him to a wide 
circle of friends, who could not but appreciate his kindly, frank manner and 
engaging simplicity ; while the whole-hearted zeal with which he devoted 
himself to his duties gained the admiration of his colleagues. Professor 
MacGregor was a sterling man, whose premature death was deeply 
regretted. 
William Colin Mackenzie, M.D., F.R.C.S., Melbourne, Australia, who 
was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1905, was Demonstrator in Anatomy 
in the University of Melbourne. 
John Penny, M.B., C.M., D.Sc., Cumberland, elected 1900, died 19th 
June 1913. He was a distinguished medical graduate of Edinburgh 
University, who afterwards specialised in the Department of Public Health, 
and obtained the degree of D.Sc. Although as a medical officer of health 
his time was largely occupied, he yet engaged actively in research, and con- 
tributed a number of important papers to various medical publications. 
William Gayton, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., etc., was elected to the 
Fellowship of the Society in 1900, and died in August 1913. He was 
Medical Superintendent of the N.W. Fever Hospital, and for thirteen years 
of Homerton Small -pox Hospital. Dr Gayton was the author of various 
papers on vaccination and small-pox. 
