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The deceased members this session are Mr. Joseph Garrick, 
Mr. Henry Newall, Dr. John Watts, and Sir Joseph Whit- 
worth. 
Mr. Joseph Garrick was the son of the late Thomas 
Garrick, who was for many years an active member and 
former Treasurer of the Society. He had travelled a good 
deal in America and in Norway, and was a good botanist, 
but never contributed to our ‘ Proceedings.’ 
Dr. John Watts was born at Goventry on the 24th March, 
1818. He was the son of James Watts, a ribbon weaver, 
and was one of twelve children. His grandfather, Guy Watts, 
had removed to Goventry from Shipston-on-Stour where 
the family had lived for many generations. John Watts’ 
early education was acquired at the various charity schools 
of his native town. When five years old, an attack of 
scarlet fever left him partially paralysed on the left side and 
rendered him unable to follow his father’s trade. What 
then was considered to be a great affiiction was in later life 
regarded by him as the most fortunate occurrence, for the 
inability to use his hands stimulated him to cultivate his 
mental powers. From being assistant at the Goventry 
Mechanics’ Institution, he became librarian and secretary, 
spending all his spare time in studying the books in his 
charge. In May 1840 he went to Manchester to preach 
Gommunism, visiting Glasgow for the same purpose. He was 
thus engaged up to June 1844, teaching a boys’ school 
during the week and lecturing on Sundays. Being 
dissatisfied with the progress made and losing faith in the 
practicability of communistic schemes, he resigned. During 
these four years he assiduously pursued his private studies, 
and in 1844 he obtained the degree of Ph.D. from the 
University of Giessen. In 1 842 he wrote a pamphlet entitled 
“ The Facts and Fictions of Political Economists, being a 
review of the principles of the Science, separating the true 
from the false.” In the following year (1843) he wrote 
