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THE University of Edinburgh has sustained a great loss in the unexpected death of its veteran and genial professor of mathematics. Only three weeks ago, in giving the annual address at the graduation ceremonial, he in touching terms alluded to his long length of service, and the improbability of his again addressing the collected body of graduates. The labours of the winter session had proved too much for his enfeebled health. Immediately after their close he left for the country, where he seemed at first to revive, but a cold which he caught brought on congestion of the lungs, against which he had not strength to rally. He died on the 7th inst. His eminence as a mathematician, and his excellence as a teacher, combined with his admirable personal qualities, will be long remembered by all who have known the Edinburgh University during the last forty years.