DR. W. H. DALLINGER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 14

DR. W. H. DALLINGER.

MINISTER AND SCIENTIST. / Tho Rev. Di W II Dallinger, PES, tho oraini?nt biologist ; and microscopist, died on November 8 at the age of 07, at his residenco at Leo. -. Dr., Dallinger was . ono. of the most remarkable men of his time.,- Borne in 1841, : h9;. was brought: up. as a Churchman, 'and on; his'conversion he joined tho Wcsleyan Church ;and';.entered ' the Weplevan ministry in 1801 as a'mere.youth .of twenty. :Hc was laid aßideearly by a'serious illness, which debarred linn from .' pastoral<work for many -months, v.To ; relieve; the'; tedium;.of." convalescence, he was ' much' .in tlio fields and ' woods, and took up the ..study 'of ; minute life from tho - microscope. ,'H6 : resumed pastoral work, and. for a while confiflod his scientific study to his scanty hours of .leisure. . But by-and-by he, began that-.study - oftho : life-history of putrefactive organisms ;.which, niadd...him .famous -. in • the: ./soientifib. world- - It was ho - whu answered Bastian's "Beginnings of Life, and .the position, he attained -to shown by the fact that in 1883 he; |. was'.' appointed-iPresident -of the. Royal Micro-. -scopic Society; In 1850 ho became Governor and Chaplain. 1 of Weslev College, Sheffield, an institution to which his..reputation gave, a. glory. The .Wcsleyan Methodist Church knowhow-, to-'treat ;this great; man; arid. in; 1887 ho was appointed Pernley Lecturer, and took for his; subject-:"Tho Creator , and i What vire May. Know' /ofthe {Method :of '. Creation.". At \ one .period'; he;'contributed scientific - notes ;every niorith tp .tho "Wesleyan Methodist Magazine/' and. even to -non-scientific-.readers they were attractive/- for Dr. : Dallinger' was. a .master of stylo and a groat thinker. In his latter years Dr; Dallinger'ranged himself on thov Conservative side in politics. At all, events, he was strongly, opposed to . Home /Bulb/ V The . Confer-' ence, 'much to; its honour, allowed Dr.; Dal.linger. in! 1888 ',to ; become' administer "without pastoral ; 'charge. or any otheroffice,. .simply;• retaininghis, f : statns : and, prerogativesas-'-ai, We'sloyan .minister.". In 1880. he was elected into the Legal. Hundred of the Connexion'.— ; l "British Weekly." ■ ■■ v-