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FATHER ALOYSIUS LAURENCE CORTIE, S. J., who died on May 16, was born in London on April 22, 1859. He had thus attained the age of sixty-six years. His cheery genial ways left the impression of his being a much younger man, and he will be mourned by a wide circle of friends who enjoyed his companionship in his merry moods and valued it in his more serious moments. He was educated at Stonyhurst, and having joined the Society of Jesus at Roehampton in 1878, he was ordained priest in 1892. For thirty years, with but little intermission, he was on the staff of Stonyhurst College teaching physics and mathematics, and he was also director of music for nineteen years. He was a very popular teacher, and the hold which he gained on the affection of the boys was maintained throughout his life, for he continued by correspondence in touch with his old pupils in all parts of the world. No Stonyhurst gathering was considered complete without Father Cortie. His songs and his quaint stories were equally welcome. His quick sense of humour enabled him to pick out many a local episode, which he would recount in the Lancashire dialect to the great amusement of his hearers. He was in great demand as a popular lecturer on astronomical subjects, and as his humorous touches seemed to give almost as much amusement to himself as to his audience, his call on their interest and sympathy was irresistible and met with immediate response.
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Father A. L. Cortie, S.J. Nature 115, 881–882 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115881a0
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