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OBITUARY. 
Professor Thomas Strangeways died at Glengyle Terrace, 
Edinburgh, on Saturday, February 6th, aged forty-four, deeply 
regretted. 
He was born in the city of Durham, 6th November, 1824. His 
father, Mr. John Strangeways, officer of Inland Revenue, survives 
him. Professor Strangeways received his education under the Rev. 
A. Wood, D.D., Hilton, near Sunderland, and afterwards served his 
apprenticeship with Mr. Smith, a chemist and druggist of Alnwick. 
Subsequently he became assistant to Mr. Davidson, apothecary in the 
same town. 
At the commencement of the session 1855-6 he entered the Vete¬ 
rinary College of Edinburgh as a student under the late Professor 
Dick, and at the end of the first session, he gained the senior prize 
in materia medica for a ‘Thesis on Opium.’ He was highly com¬ 
plimented for this paper by the late Dr. T. Lindley Kemp, then 
the Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica in the College. At 
the end of the next session, 1866-7, he presented himself for ex¬ 
amination, and obtained the diploma of the Highland and Agri¬ 
cultural Society, and also the prize for the best examination in 
chemistry. 
A very interesting circumstance in connection with this exa¬ 
mination may be noticed. The Highland and Agricultural Society, 
in addition to the prizes given for the best examination on special 
subjects connected with veterinary science, are accustomed to 
award a prize to the student who passes the best examination in all 
branches of the science. On the occasion of the examination 
referred to, the students selected for competition for this prize were 
—the late Thomas Strangeways, James M‘Call, James Law, 
W. A. Field, and W. Williams. The latter was awarded the prize. 
All these gentlemen, except Mr. Field, became teachers or pro¬ 
fessors—Mr. MUall, in Glasgow ; Mr. Law at the State Veterinary 
College, New York ; Mr. Williams and the late Mr. Strangeways, at 
the Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
At the beginning of the following session, 1857-8, Mr. Strangeways 
was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Edinburgh Vete¬ 
rinary College. This office he held for one session only; and 
thereafter at the request of some of his professional brethren, com¬ 
menced practice at Otley, Yorkshire. Before leaving the Edinburgh 
College, he was presented with a handsome testimonial by the stu¬ 
dents. He remained in Otley for about eighteen months, when in 
November, 1859, the Chair of Anatomy having become vacant by 
the resignation of Mr. M‘Call (who had occupied it for the two pre¬ 
ceding sessions), Mr. Strangeways received an invitation from the 
late Professor Dick to fill the chair. He accepted the offer, and 
continued to discharge the duties of the professorship up to the date 
of his death. 
