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WE greatly regret to record the death, at Seaham Harbour, on the 7th of September, after a short illness, at the age of thirty-eight, of this accomplished naturalist. Although from his retiring and unassuming disposition, little known beyond the naturalist circles of the north, George Hodge realised, as few do realise, the objects of a local naturalist. Living on a portion of the north-east coast, the marine fauna of which was practically uninvestigated when he first settled there, he made its patient and honest study the business of the scanty leisure left him by heavy business responsibilities. How far he succeeded is best evidenced by the Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham, his favourite medium of publication for his careful observations and exquisite drawings of the lower animal forms During a temporary residence in Newcastle, he was honorary secretary to the Natural History Society, and was to the last a valued member of its committee.
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Mr. George Hodge . Nature 4, 387 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004387d0
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