Abstract
THE unexpected decease of Prof. Hugh Blackburn, who occupied the chair of mathematics in the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879, was announced by Principal Sir Donald MacAlister to the great audience of students and friends assembled to hear the inaugural address of Prof. Gibson. The news came as a great shock to such former students as were present, among them his then retiring successor, Prof. Jack, and Prof. Gibson himself, and Prof. Blackburn's old student, colleague and life-long friend, Prof. Ferguson. It was well known that Prof. Blackburn's health had broken down seriously in the spring, and that there had been no sensible improvement, but the actual news was unexpected.
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