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THE sudden and unexpected death of Prof. W. J. Lewis deprives mineralogy of a well-known personality. He passed away peacefully in his sleep in the afternoon of April 16 at the house of his sister, Mrs. G. T. Pilcher, at Godalming, Surrey. William James Lewis, the second son of the Rev. John Lewis, was born at Llanwyddelan in Montgomeryshire on January 16, 1847, and was educated at Llanrwst Grammar School. Entering Jesus College, Oxford, as a scholar in 1865, he took first classes in Mathematical Moderations in 1867, in Mathematical Finals in 1868, and in Natural Science in 1869. He gained the Senior Mathematical.Scholarship in 1871, and was elected a Fellow of Oriel College in 1872. Not being married, he held this fellowship until his death, and the funeral service was conducted in the chapel of Oriel College.
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S., L. Prof. W. J. Lewis, F.R.S. Nature 117, 628–629 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117628a0
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