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THE unlooked-for death of this distinguished man of science has sent a thrill of deep regret all over the world among those who take interest in the progress of geology and geography. Though he had passed the limit of three-score years and ten, he remained up to the last so active in mind and body, so full of an almost youthful interest in the advances of science, so keenly solicitous and enthusiastic over the welfare of the institutions with which he was connected, that all who knew him looked forward to still many years during which his inspiration and guidance would continue to be at the service of those departments of investigation which have long been so deeply indebted to him; but this augury proved vain. While sitting at his writing table, apparently in his ordinary health, a sudden seizure deprived him of speech. Yet, as he remained otherwise fully conscious, it was hoped that the symptoms might soon pass away. A little later, however, another seizure attacked him during a deep sleep, and after two days and a half he passed peacefully away on October 6, without illness or suffering of any kind.
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G., A. Ferdinand Baron Von Richthofen . Nature 73, 8–9 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073008b0
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