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nature 35, 248-248 (13 January 1887) | doi:10.1038/035248c0
John Arthur Phillips, F.R.S
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BY the sudden death of this chemist and metallurgist on the 5th inst. geology loses one of its ablest leaders in a department where the labourers are not very numerous here, and at the same time one of the kindliest and most helpful among the students of science. Mr. Phillips was born in Cornwall, and among the metalliferous rocks of that county began the scientific researches which he has since prosecuted with so much success.
