NOTABLE DEATHS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 848, 4 June 1910, Page 3

NOTABLE DEATHS.

ax art i.ovinc doctor. EOXDUX. June 2. The dcnlb is unnouiired of Sir I'Taiifis Seymour linden. President of the Royal Society of Piiiuler-Kleliers. Sir Francis Seymour linden wart n Moled elclier, ami the founder of the importnid Society of which he was president. lie was 'a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and art was his hobby. 11 is publications include many work's against cremation and the remainder mostly dealt with the art, of w bich be was so line an exponent. THE FIRST LADY DOCTOR. LONDON, June 2. Obituary.—Elizabeth Blackwell, who held the distinction of being the lirst qunlUicd lady doctor. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821. Sin- was placed on the English register in 185 J and practised in London as far back as 1869. She was the founder of the National Health Society and assisted in forming the London School of Medici ne for women. A WELL-KNOWN POLITICIAN. LONDON. June 2. Sir William Brampton Uurdati is dead. Sir William was a well-known political figure in the Old Land, lie was private secretary to Mr Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1865 and as Prime Minister in 1863-74. lie served on special missions to South Africa- in 1879 and 1881. He had represented North Norfolk since 1899.