Dr. Seth G. ShanksSource: Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1912), p. 137Published by: Wiley on behalf of American Microscopical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3221360 .

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NECROLOGY

DR. SETH G. SHANKS

Dr. S. G. Shanks, a member of the American Microscopical So- ciety since 900oo, died Nov. 5th, 191o. He was an expert and devoted microscopist, and gave much time to the preparation of microscopic slides. It is an interesting coincidence that the illustrdtions of Mr. E. W. Roberts' paper, published in this number, are photographs of sec- tions made by Dr. Shanks.

Dr. Shanks was a student under Dr. James Armsby and gradu- ated from the Albany Medical College in 1875, taking the prize for the best thesis. After a year of hospital work he entered upon pri- vate practice.

His acquaintances testify that he was a most charming com- panion, and, while he was of a very retiring disposition, he endeared himself to all those who came close to him.

Mrs. Shanks and their daughter survive him.

ROBERT BROWN

Mr. Robert Brown, of New Haven, Conn., a member of this Society since 1885, and a Life Member since 19o3, Secretary Emer- itus of the Yale Observatory, died June II, 1911, at the home of his sister.

The cause of his death was gradual weakening of the heart. He was born March 8, 1836, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father was a business man who came to this country from Scotland in 1830. He prepared for college under Charles Mathews, principal of a private school in Cincinnati, but on account of ill health did not enter Yale until the third term of Freshman year. During Sophomore year he

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