XIX.—Obituary Notices: J. W. Gregory; R. McMillan; R. W. Dron; W. Mackie

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The death of Professor J. W. Gregory on 2 June, 1932, by drowning in the dangerous gorge of Pongo de Mainique on the River Urubamba, during an expedition to Peru, has aroused inextinguishable regret in the hearts of all those who were privileged to know him, especially members of the Geological Society of Glasgow to which he rendered such illustrious and faithful service, A full biography and appreciation, to which readers are referred for details, was published in the Glasgow Herald on 14 June, 1932. Tributes to Professor Gregory's genius and character were also published in other Glasgow newspapers of the same date, in the Manchester Guardian (14 and 15 June), in the London Times (14 June), and in many other newspapers and periodicals. Later estimates of his scientific achievements are to be found in Nature (25 June) from the pen of Sir J. S. Flett, and in a noble tribute by Professor Bailey Willis ( Nature , 27 August). A remarkable number of appreciations and tributes have been published in Australian, African, and Indian newspapers testifying to Professor Gregory's world-wide interests and scientific fame. John Walter Gregory was born on 27 January, 1864, and was therefore in his 69th year at his death. Originally destined to follow his father's business as wool merchant he early evinced an overwhelming interest in travel and natural history, and finally deserted business for a post in the Geological Department of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, for which he had prepared himself by unremitting This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract