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CHARLES JAMES EDWARD MORREN, whose death on the 28th ult. we announced in our last issue, was the son of Charles Morren, a Professor in the University of Ghent, and was born in that city in 1833. Shortly afterwards the father removed to Liége as Professor of Botany. The son, Edward, as he was usually called, was educated for the law, but evincing a strong tendency towards the natural sciences and chemistry, took his degree in the Science Faculty with much distinction. Owing to the ill-health of the father, Edward Morren was early called on to undertake the professorial duties, but the continuation of his licence to teach was made conditional on his undergoing a “special” examination for the Doctorate. This was the occasion of the publication of his dissertation on green and coloured leaves, by which he first became known to the botanists of Europe. After the death of Charles Morren, in 188, the son was appointed in the father's stead, and from that day to this, the aim of the son seemed to be to walk in the steps of his father, and to complete and extend his work. Both devoted themselves not only to botany but to chemistry, and in particular to horticulture and agronomy. Both were imbued, as so many of the Belgian savants are, with an ardent patriotism which led them to devote their science to the practical good of the nation, and to hold up to honour and respect the work of their celebrated predecessors. Hence, from father or son, or both, we have memoirs of Dodoens, of de l'Obel, of de l'Escluse, of Fuchs, and other worthies of Flemish nationality.
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Professor Edward Morren . Nature 33, 447 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033447a0
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