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Abstract

IN the last week British science has sustained a great loss in the death of Mr. Thomas Chenery, the editor of the Times. During his all too short reign the leading journal of Europe has been in strict harmony with the real progress of humanity, instead of being merelya chronicle of “politics” and “society,” and day by day it has been wonderful to watch with what continuous well-balanced vigour and skill the general public has been made interested in the victories achieved in the domains of science, literature, and art, as only a daily journal can interest it. Never before in the history of daily journalism in any country did science receive the recognition which Mr. Chenery accorded to it. Mr. Chenery was not only a great scholar, but the nearest approximation to an admirable Crichton that we have known, and in this we find the secret of his skill as an editor. So many-sided was he that whether teaching Arabic at Oxford as Lord Almoner's Professor; taking his part in the revision of the Old Testament; acting as Special Correspondent in the trenches in the Crimea; at his post as Editor of the Times or in private life, he won the admiration of all who knew him by his deep knowledge and splendid modesty. He was a perfect friend, and gained the respect and love of all who came into contact with him.